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Today's
Meditation:
Wishing
doesn't change much of anything, does it? Sometimes
we can take wishing to a new level and help it to become
something more, but it really doesn't ever do us any good
to just wish that things were different. If we truly
want things to be different, then it's necessary for us to
use the energy that we've been given to change our
behaviors, for if we continue to do the same old things,
guess what? The things around us-- those things that
are brought about by the same old behaviors-- won't change
at all.
We
have a lot of energy. We expend a lot of energy
every day, yet usually we use it in doing the same tasks
all the time. We fall into habits (ruts?) and allow
ourselves to work very much like machines-- performing the
same tasks in the same ways each day.
But
don't we have a choice about how we act? Sometimes we
can look at what we're doing and say yes, I'm doing fine
and I like what I'm doing, but if there are many
unfulfilled wants and needs in our lives, then it's very
obvious that some sort of change in our behavior is
necessary. Our unfulfilled wants are telling us that
we should make some changes if we want our life
circumstances to change.
It
really is up to us. It really is our decision to
make changes or not, to continue to do things that same
way or not. And if we do have unfulfilled wants,
then it's up to us to make the decision to use our
energies in ways that can help us to fulfill those
wants. Wishing won't do it. Changing the way
we act and think is the only way that we can bring about
change in our lives.
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