Today's
quotation:
The universe does not favor the greedy, the
dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes
appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous.
All the great teachers of the ages have declared this in
varying forms, and to prove and know it a person has but to persist in
making him or herself more and more virtuous by lifting up his or her
thoughts.
James Allen
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Today's
Meditation:
It often seems that the bad people always get away with things, and
that they're never called to account for the bad things
that they've done. Hollywood tends to glamorize the
mobsters and the crooks, often turning them into heroes
instead of the awful people that they tend to be. On
the surface, it often seems that the people who live on
the wrong side of the law or who spend their lives hurting
others are rewarded with lots of money and power, while
the "good guys" finish last, often having little
to nothing to show for their lives.
But
the way things seem aren't necessarily the way things
are. We all know this in our hearts, but it's hard
to keep it in mind sometimes. We see the bullies in
school who almost never get punished, we hear our friends
brag about their speeding or about cheating on their
taxes, and they never seem to get caught. But the
most important question is this: who are these
people becoming? What are they making of themselves?
What
I do is up to me, and I choose to try to help others and
to try to help myself to grow into a person that I'll be
proud of. I try to live my life as I see right, and
I don't need to concern myself with what other people seem
to be. After all, what I see is only a small part of
the story. I know that when people see me, they find
out absolutely nothing about who I am as a person, unless
we get to know each other much better.
So
my task is to continue to be who I am without worrying
about the "fairness" of the universe. The
selfish, cruel, and dishonest people may seem to be
getting away with what they do, but if I have faith in
justice (and I do), I know that justice will come in its
own time, when it's the most effective, and in its own
way, and it's not up to
me to decide when or how it shows itself in their lives. I
know what I want to be, but it's not up to me to turn
others into what I think they should be.
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