By Moss Greene ©2002
Believe it or not, the world doesn’t have to change one iota in order for you to experience total joy and peace. As a matter of fact, even if the world did change, that wouldn’t alter how you feel. Not for long anyway. It’s your own way of thinking and being that’s the problem. And, once again, changing your feelings is up to you.
Everything is only as “good” or as “bad” as your opinion of it. You are the one who controls how you feel about things. Remember the bumper sticker “compost happens.” Consider this different perspective. Compost may just look like a pile of poop and garbage, but as it decomposes it becomes something very valuable. Compost makes good rich topsoil. So, who are you to judge that what’s happening in the world shouldn’t be happening? Maybe it’s happening for some good reason. Who knows, maybe it’s there to make good rich compost.
No matter what happens, especially if you can’t do anything about it, your best bet is to learn to accept and allow whatever happens “out there” in the world to happen. It’s more than likely going to happen anyway – without your judgement or indignation.
The same holds true about what happens to you personally. There’s a natural ebb and flow to life. Don’t judge it. Just accept and enjoy it. Learn to ride those waves in joy and peace. People, things and circumstances “out there” do not create your sadness or your happiness. You can only learn to be happy from the inside out.
We knew a traveler on the road of life who stopped to ask a gardener, “What kind of weather are we going to have today?” “The kind of weather I like,” she said. “How do you know you’ll like it?” he asked. She replied, “Well, once I finally realized that I didn’t always get what I liked, “I decided to always like what I get. So, I’m quite sure today will bring me the kind of weather I like!” Sounds like a recipe for happiness, doesn’t it?
You and your life are a work in progress. It’s like cooking a great gourmet meal. Halfway though the preparation, do you get disgruntled with yourself because it’s not finished yet? Do you hate yourself because your kitchen’s a mess? Do you decide you’ll never get it right? Probably not. More than likely, in the middle of cooking, you realize that creating this exquisite meal is a work in progress.
Hopefully you even enjoy the process. So, see if you can’t enjoy the
process of conceiving, believing and achieving buoyant vibrant health
and fitness. Allow it to be the work in progress that it is.
Even so, there may be times, especially in the beginning, when things seem too heavy and dark. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t find anything to feel light about. Even distraction doesn’t work. At those times it’s okay to put on your brakes, lay down and take a nap. Sleep it off. You might be in a better frame of mind by the time you wake up. Maybe the weather will look better. Maybe you’ll be able to see light at the end of the tunnel.
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