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Today's
Meditation:
George
may seem a little harsh here towards the people who spend their
time whining and complaining that life isn't fair and that
there's nothing to do, but when you consider just how high
the stakes are, it seems that harshness may be the most
effective way to pull some people out of their complaining
mode and into an active one.
There
is so much to do in this world, so many ways to
contribute. And we don't always have to be actively
contributing--sometimes finding a quiet place and reading
for a few hours is the best thing we can do for ourselves
and others. We all have purposes for being here--one
of our most important tasks is to find the purpose or
purposes that we can and should be fulfilling now, and get
to it. That's how we find happiness, by doing
something that brings us fulfillment and that serves other
human beings. Happiness doesn't just come to us when
we sit around in the same spot, waiting for it to come and
do its thing in our lives.
I'm
not a professional runner, but I do like to run in
races. And one thing that I know is that at the end
of any race, I want to have nothing left. I want to
know that I gave my all out there on the track or on the
course, and I know that the more I have left in me when I
finish, the faster I could have gone--but didn't--while I
was running. I know that once the race is over I'll
have time to recover, but I won't have the chance to go
back out there and improve my performance.
Life
is like that. We get one shot in the big picture,
but in the little daily picture, we get chance after
chance after chance to excel and to make something special
of our lives and of the people we are. When my
life's over, I want to look back and smile and say "I
did all I could, I think, with what I was given, and even
more than others who were given similar situations.
I truly believe I gave life the best I had to give
it."
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For further
thought:
The need to
make wise choices encompasses every area of our
lives. Since we have time for only a limited amount of
stuff,
we need to choose wisely what stuff we're going to
allow to
take up that time. Since we have only a
limited amount of time
to spend with friends or to engage in leisure activities, we
need to choose our friends and
our activities wisely.
Elaine St. James |
