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Today's
Meditation:
This is a lesson that I wish I had learned much, much
earlier in life. I've had plenty of situations
happen and people come into my life that I mistook as
completely unimportant, truly of no consequence at all,
only to find out later that those situations and people
were truly important to me in my life. I remember
treating people rather dismissively, thinking I'd never
see them again, only to end up needing their help later.
When we pay attention to things and treat each person and
situation with dignity and respect, then we don't have to
worry about them coming back to haunt us later. When we
realize that the whole of any puzzle is made up of small,
seemingly insignificant pieces, we can keep in mind that
the minor occurrence of this morning can do a lot to
develop our character and reflect our character, to
demonstrate what we have learned or what we still need
to learn. The incident in the supermarket can show
us how far we have come in learning patience, or how far
we still need to go to learn patience.
Awareness of the importance of the things that seem
unimportant can be a helpful part of our
growing and learning processes. Not only that, but
when we see that the people in our lives are important to
us, we treat them better-- and that can help them in their
lives, too. Continuing to think that anything is
"little" or "insignificant" is simply
a way to continue being judgmental, when we all know
that's not the best way for us to be.
We risk a lot when we trivialize anything. Mostly,
we risk not seeing and learning the lessons that we truly
need to see and learn. We don't need to overanalyze
all that we go through to come up with specific answers
about just what everything means, but it would be helpful
if we were to treat things and people with the respect
they deserve.
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