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Today's
Meditation:
Our actions really are the bottom line of our
lives. We can sit and ponder the meaning of
existence for days or weeks or years, but if we don't do
anything positive with our lives, then what can the
meanings of our lives possibly be? It's very easy to
get caught up in thoughts and ideas, but while in the end
these can help us to make decisions to act, they really
don't make any contributions of their own.
I know people who live almost completely in their
thoughts. Often they'll spend plenty of time
thinking about things that are wrong with the world, and
they may even come up with some great ideas about how to
deal with some of those problems, but they never take
any actions on those ideas. They may think of a
wonderful invention or product that would help many
people, but they don't do anything that would make it a
reality. And when someone else creates something
similar to what they thought of, they're often upset
because they "thought of it first."
We may think that the new tax in our state is unfair, but
if we don't act to change it, the thoughts really mean
nothing in the long run. We may believe that it's
important to help our fellow human beings, but until we
take the steps to actually do so, those beliefs don't help
anyone at all. We may have thought of great ways to
improve conditions at work or to improve productivity, but
if those thoughts never leave our minds and turn into
action, then guess what?
It's great to think. It's great to ponder life and
living and the meaning of life. It's wonderful to
let our minds ruminate on thoughts and ideas that really
do need to be thought, when all is said and done.
But there are points at which the mental work does need to
become action, at which we need to take things from the
theoretical to the practical. Those are the points
that in the end, when we're looking back at our lives, we
will have begun to make a difference and to define
ourselves.
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