Day Thirty Three

DAY THIRTY THREE
Confusion

Confusion is usually the difference between what we experience and what we expect. If we can learn to live without expectation, we eradicate confusion. However, when we have confusion, we can learn that it is because we have expected something else from what we have, and we can learn to let go of our need to have it. This is not to be “confused” with indecisiveness, which occurs before the fact, whereas confusion occurs after the fact. Mind you, this doesn’t all have to play out in actual time, where you are reviewing events in hindsight and are confused—it can, but it can also occur when you expect something to be the case, play it out in your mind, and you can’t seem to make happen in your mind what it is you expect. Thus, you are confused. So even in a mental state, prior to “actually” having an experience, we can be confused.

The task: let it go. Let go of expectation. Expect nothing and receive everything.

Love.

excerpt from 1,000 Days of Happy
http://www.1000daysofhappy.blogspot.com/

Random Intermission

Words you will never hear me say: "thank you for curing me of this ridiculous obsession with love."

Whether you see it now or later, you'll come to realize, it's all about Love. Always.

Peace.

Day Thirty Two

DAY THIRTY TWO
Change

“…change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.” Dr. Arnold Beisser, M.D.

There are only a few absolute constants in the universe and change, paradoxically, is one of them. Here’s how to handle this one…

 

The Four C’s of Making a Choice

Cower

                                                                                                                                  

When facing a problem in our lives, sometimes we might choose to cower. Cowering means that we submit to our fears or to hopelessness. We believe that the problem is greater than us and that we cannot overcome it.

Complain

                                                     

Sometimes it’s as if a tree has fallen directly in front of us and there is no way around it. When faced with such an obstacle we sometimes choose to complain. Complaining is a passive method that relies on those who take action to hear your complaint and make a change or to simply stop listening to you.

Combat

                                                                                                                                             

Sometimes we stand up for ourselves or for a cause and we choose to face the challenge head on—we combat it. This is an active approach that relies on the strength and perseverance of oneself. However, it is important to know which battles are worth fighting.

Change

Finally, when presented with a problem, an obstacle, or a challenge, we remember the Zen Proverb, “the obstacle is the path” and we perceive instead an opportunity. We are afforded the opportunity to change, to evolve with all around us. We subtly shift our perception and embrace everything that comes into our vibration, for we attracted it with our thoughts.

 

Note: the choices presented are in order of self-enlightenment and self-evolution. No choice is inherently bad or good—it simply is.

So, we come to see, we take a leaf from Ghandi’s book. BE the change.

Namaste.

excerpt from 1,000 Days of Happy
http://www.1000daysofhappy.blogspot.com/