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Today's
Quotation:
If you let
your fear of consequence prevent you from following
your deepest
instinct, your life will be safe, expedient, and thin.
Katharine
Butler Hathaway
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Today's
Meditation:
I
can do whatever I want with my life. I can let fear
and greed rule me if I so choose, and I can do my best to
spend my life accumulating material things. I can live
from my ego, my most superficial self, and I can live for
self-gratification above all else. No one can stop me
from doing so-- it's my life.
The
question I have to ask myself if I do so, though, is what my
life will turn out to be like if I do so. If I don't
live from my deeper self, from my better self, what kind of
person will I turn out to be? Will I find peace and
happiness, or will I turn out to be miserable and
frustrated?
If
I allow fear to keep me from doing things that I know in my
heart to be right and true, what will my life be like?
I may get through things more quickly and easily because I'm
not making any waves or facing any conflict, but what will
my heart say to that? Will I be satisfied that I've
truly been me, or will I regret not having pursued those
things that my heart told me were true and necessary?
"Safe,
expedient, and thin." These are words that should
serve as warnings-- words that should make us see what we may
become if we choose to let our fear make our decisions for
us.
I
can live my life letting my fear control me, but what are
the consequences of doing so? Who will I be if I let
my fear build who I am, rather than letting the higher parts
of myself do the building?
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