Good Morning!

Good Morning, to you.  Yes it is.  After a sleep, I am feeling better.  And I have to laugh a little at myself.  You see I've been reading a book called The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power and Grace of the Earthkeepers by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.  In the book he explains that we are the author of our experiences.  Thus, if we are having a difficult day or days or life, he says that indicates that there is some inbalance within us that remains unhealed, for the universe only reflects back to us how we live and think.  He says at one point "When we become peace, serenity and abundance, these will prevail in our lives."  After my last post, you can see that I have a ways to go! lol. 

It may seem like so much "mumbo jumbo" to some.  I feel it is a worthy goal.  Why not believe that we can dream/create a world of peacefulness, joy and abundance by incorporating it into our lives?  It is as good a plan as any, and far less harmful than many currently in vogue.  I prefer to avoid living my life as a victim of circumstance - as so many people have resigned themselves to be.  Far better to believe in one's power to create a world of good, and live in that manner.  And rather than blaming myself for creating noxious circumstances, and suffering, remind myself to look for another way of responding to the circumstances.  Yah - it's getting deep here.  But a worthwhile concept to consider none-the-less. 

I have a third bumper sticker on my car.  It expresses an approach to life to which I aspire.  It says "Whatever you do - is it necessary, truthful and kind?"  An old friend of my parents saw it recently and said, "Oh, I don't want to have to work that hard."  Is it really hard work?  Or is it simply a matter of staying conscious of one's thoughts and actions.  I think it is a choice.  One can simply relax back into the way things "always are" and let themselves be storm-tossed by supposed circumstance - or - one can choose to practice consciousness, and make the world their own.  It takes a certain amount of courage and trust, I imagine.  I'm still working all this out for myself.