You are here to grow
spiritually. All you encounter can help you accomplish this.
If you are committed to loving, everything becomes
meaningful and useful. Your physical life is a means to
realize your potential. Worldly pursuits and experiences are
not ends in themselves. For NOTHING lasts except the YOU
that you are creating. Never forget this! For throughout
your life there will be many things which impede your
progress in developing spiritually. You must put mundane
matters in perspective. For example, never let guilt or
self-recrimination overwhelm you. They are handicaps you can
live without. They are UNNECESSARY. You will be sidetracked
occasionally … developing self-serving habits. You must
constantly renew your steadfast commitment to love.
Since you want to be a loving spirit … you probably would
not have read this far if you were not ‘striving’ … it will
be helpful if you consider what can keep you from loving.
You are familiar with human nature’s foibles and follies …
the predicaments we get ourselves into. Throughout your
lifetime your decisions tend to be either self-serving or
for the benefit of others. Your choices which engender
habits, gradually determine what you are becoming. The more
you ‘turn in on yourself’, for whatever reasons, the more
difficult it is to love. Becoming selfish and self-centered
atrophies the spirit AND it becomes increasingly more
difficult to love and experience joy. But you needn’t worry.
Loving IS easy and its own reward.
You are subject to a tidal wave of choices whether you are
aware of them or not. Ideas and products are spawned daily.
What was once taken for granted, even considered sacrosanct,
has been changing dramatically: Family, religion, country …
the way you view and handle the world around you. For
millennia most people lived in a community. Life was simple
… even predictable. Not anymore.
Now there is so much to be aware of … so much to know. You
work, you travel, you listen to the media, you read. What
should you do? What should you not do? So many decisions. So
many paths you can go down. Nice to have choices but they
can be daunting.
It is important to ‘step back, take a breath’ and ask: “How
will this affect my life … my inner life?” “How can I
sustain hope and confidence?” Ultimately YOU are your most
important responsibility. You must have clear vision of what
you are and what you are doing with your life. You are a
spiritual being. You are striving to love more and more.
Nothing you encounter will be too daunting or devastating if
you trust in love … your ability to love … ALWAYS.
Understand life’s ‘challenges’ Accept them. They are the
means for your growth!!
