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Today's
Meditation:
So much of what we read in inspirational and
motivational material says basically the same thing:
our thoughts determine much of our lives. If we
think poor thoughts, we experience poverty; if we think
lonely thoughts, we experience loneliness; and so
on. We see it enough from so many different people
that we know that there has to be something to the claim,
but what exactly does that mean to us?
I have plenty of friends who do think oldish thoughts--
basically, they have an "I'm too old for
that" mentality that keeps them from trying new
things or doing things-- like exercise-- that they think are
more appropriate for younger people. But it seems to
be a truth in life that we're only as old as we think we
are, for there are plenty of older people around who do
wonderful things such as running marathons, starting new
careers, traveling extensively, starting new
relationships; in short, challenging themselves on many
different levels that other people avoid with the excuse
that they're "too old."
It's that kind of silliness, though, that keeps us often
from reaching our potential, or from working our ways out
of potentially difficult situations. How many
50-year-olds have considered themselves too old for
exercise, only to start exercising regularly after their
first heart attack? How many older people have
thought they were too old to start a new career until the
day when they got laid off, and were forced to find new
ways to bring home a paycheck?
These people have been forced to stop thinking oldish
thoughts about their own capabilities and potential.
Imagine what we could accomplish if we didn't have to be
forced-- if we were able to stop all the self-limiting
thoughts we have in order to start working towards our own
potential?
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