Our actions can be mental, verbal or physical.
Some of our choices, utterances and actions can
be beneficial whereas others can be harmful.
Obviously petting a puppy is beneficial,
whereas punching one is not!
If we wish to be fortunate, happy as well as
enjoy thriving relationships and lead a truly meaningful life then
it is imperative that our choices, utterances and
actions be beneficial and NOT harmful.
Does that mean that we’ll never botch things up?
Folks, I can guarantee it that each of us will
screw the pooch in new and inventive ways.
Well that sucks!
Does it?
Wouldn’t it be cool if at the heart of every screw-up lay the
seeds for even greater spiritual development?
What is the key to unlocking these spiritual seeds?
Vulnerability!
And that my friends is why it’s crucial that we man-up and
face our short comings with OUT seeking to:
• rationalize,
• minimize,
• justify or
• excuse them,
in any way, shape or form.
For if we do, we are certain to repeat them or
do even worse.
We can all feel defensive when confronted with
the specter of our shortcomings.
What separates the men from the boys is
NOT what we feel BUT what we choose.
If we feel defensive and
choose to submit to the tyranny of those destructive feelings
then we are boobs.
If, however, we choose to defy our feelings of defensiveness
then real growth becomes a possibility.
Folks, when we choose defensiveness we
are saying “NO” to growth and evolution.
I don’t want to continuously repeat the
same mistakes over and over again,
how about you?
When has defensiveness ever benefited:
• us,
• our relationships,
• our goals or
• our growth?
It is written that a famous Jew once taught,
“… a man can not serve two masters lest
he love one and hate the other.”
We must chose now,
and chose well,
between:
• pride or humility,
• fear or courage,
• anger or love, and
• petulance or maturity.
May our decision be made from
lucidity, calmness and wisdom for
what we choose today will
echo throughout eternity!
May you and yours be
happy and healthy!
Om Mani Padme Hum,
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