A belief is only a thought you continue to think. A belief is nothing more than a chronic pattern of thought, and you have the ability -if you try even a little bit- to begin a new pattern, to tell a new story, to achieve a different vibration, to change your point of attraction. ~ Abraham-Hicks
Time is the nemesis of age. You keep a steady pace, climbing hills one step at a time and feeling “groovy.” Suddenly, time seems to accelerate to the speed of light. The days shorten and the catalogue of promises to ourselves grows until there comes a time when we recognize that the book of our lives is an inventory of ‘I need to,’ ‘I plan to,’ and ‘Tomorrow, I will.”
After you look in the mirror and gasp with realization that it is you looking back, will you know who you are? Do you see the shortcomings and disappointments you’ve known rather than the most magnificent, treasured dreams you once imagined? Are you someone burdened with yesterday’s glitches or someone bursting with today’s promises?
Do conflicting limitations others have assigned to you stymie you or can your soul work through any obstacle that confronts you? Is your mind engulfed by empty, meaningless pursuits of the materialistic culture instead of enriched from deeply held, lasting values you know to be truth?
Maybe you don’t really know who you are or what you are capable of achieving. Me either.
I do know I am part of a generation that produced some amazing risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors who released new ideas, advances and innovations like a glorious fireworks display. Still, life progresses and in the blink of an eye, everything can change.
Sometimes we journey through turbulent waters and other times the waters are still. These journeys become a part of us and make us who we are. If we are wise, we learn from one another and use our insights to heal relationships and hopefully ourselves. Tough as it may be, most of us learn not only to accept change but to embrace it.
Otherwise we go out of style – still wear panty hose, listen to rock and roll on CDs, carry version 2.0 iPhones and fail miserably playing Battlefield II. We think an emoji is a cure for constipation and LOL stands for Little Old Lady. It can be humbling.
It may surprise you then to know that I still cling to some of my outmoded attitudes. I can’t seem to let go of using my values as a compass to direct me to the right choices. I hold the old-fashioned belief that looking out for your neighbor is more important than besting him. To crazy me, the meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
I do not measure success in stockpiles of capital as do many in the current generation. They are like Smog, the dragon in the Hobbit books that rules a massive configuration of caves to hoard all of his ill begotten treasures. He spends his days chained like a prisoner, exterminating would-be-burglars. If he were willing to share his wealth, he could soar out of the cave into the light and have a free and fiery fling any old time rather than ending up alone and empty as was his fate.
Happily, many people still have an attitude of generosity. This attitude undermines any senseless and vicious act with a multitude of small, discreet acts of love, consideration and compassion. For every person who seeks to wound, many more devote their lives to helping and to healing.
The catch is that you are not your attitude, but the one who creates, controls and upholds that attitude. That means that you can also change your attitude if you decide to exercise control and commitment. That is encouraging because it brings hope that limiting attitudes currently in play can quickly evolve into attitudes of empowerment.
No matter what else is happening around you, focus on what is real and lasting and in tune with your values. Keep a positive, open-minded attitude and your natural abilities will open doors.
Live to make your dreams happen, live to make them real.
May I suggest something? Pick one thing that you want to accomplish for yourself – not for somebody else- but for you. Make it something that will make you feel good about who you are and maybe even symbolize what you can accomplish. Write it down, give yourself a deadline to get it done and just do it. Let me know how it goes.
Today’s pun: Sleeping comes so naturally to me, I could do it with my eyes closed.