Today's
Quotation:
You
are the person who has to decide.
Whether you'll do it or toss it aside,
You are the person who makes up your mind.
Whether you'll lead or will linger behind,
Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar.
Or just be contented to stay where you are.
Edgar
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Today's
Meditation:
There
are no bad choices here. Any of the options in this
short poem can be the right one, depending on circumstances,
feelings, emotional states, or possible consequences.
Edgar's point, though, is well taken: we must make our
own decisions about all of these things.
After
all, we're leading our lives. No one else should be
leading our lives for us, and no one else should be making
the important decisions for us.
Nor
should we be trying to make the important decisions for
anyone else (except, perhaps, small children, but only until
a certain point).
I
really like the way that Edgar puts together what seem to be
opposite possibilities; they're not truly opposites, but
just choices between two different paths of action.
Sometimes we can lead others, and sometimes we can be led;
both are perfectly acceptable choices depending on where we
are at the time.
Today
you can lead or follow. As Paul says in the Bible,
there is a time to reap, and a time to sow; a time to laugh,
a time to cry. We must be true to who we are and where
we are at this moment if we're going to be able to lead our
lives with peace and love, and we must learn to accept
ourselves and our actions as indicators of just where we
are.
Some
days it's better to sit on the couch and read a book than it
is to keep working towards a goal. Some days it's
better to go after that goal than it is to sit around and
read. Respect what your body and mind and heart are
telling you, and you won't have any problems listening to
them.
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