Inspiration from Life 人生物语

Taking the first step

     How will you know you can succeed at something if you don't give

it a try?

    How will you know you can drag yourself out of the depths of your

despair if you don't try?

    How do you know you won't get that new job if you don't apply?

How do you know...

    Before becoming a success at anything, you must take that first

step.


                  Giving and Receiving Love

     Humans need love. It is in the giving and receiving of love that

we choose life. Participating in this fundamental exchange lies in

our ability to trust others


　                       Happiness Now!

     Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the

road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.

     Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute

for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its

trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.


　            Setting aside special moments

   Over the years, I have noticed that it has become more and more

difficult to set aside those special moments of the day when we can

remove ourselves from the hectic, frenetic pace of everyday life.

   Yet finding time to get away, to reflect, to concentrate, or to

just let the mind wander freely is important for our overall health.

   Studies have shown that reducing stress in daily life significantly

reduces the risk of heart attacks or the need for heart surgery.


　           Reflecting on Anger

   Another way of dealing with anger is to reflect on its results.

   We know very well that when we are angry, we do not see the truth

clearly. As a result, we may commit many unwholesome actions.

   Our future life is determined by our intentional actions today,

just as our present life is heir to our previous intentional behavior.

Intentional actions committed under the influence of anger cannot lead to a happy future.


　            A Fresh Start Now

   The greatest power you possess for succeeding in life is your

understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you

choose to start fresh.

   You've only to test the truth of this fact about the newness of

life to discover the incredible freedom that waits for you just

behind it.

   Nothing that stood in your way even a heartbeat before stands

there now in the same way. It's all new, even if you can't as yet

see it that way.


　                   Finding Spiritual Guidance

       Look for spiritual guidance everywhere and at any time...

Spiritual guidance is not restricted to one area, or one particular

day, or one particular time of the day.

     While you may be more open to receiving your guidance in the

quiet hours of the early morning, or the late night, your spiritual

guidance is always present. It is present in books that you 'happen'

to come across, articles you are attracted to reading, things you

hear that when looked at from that perspective apply to your situation.

Perhaps if we expected to receive spiritual guidance at each and

every moment of our lives instead of simply in church on Sunday,

or when we sit quietly in meditation, we would receive many more

messages throughout the day.


　                 Emotions Have an Effect!

    Every emotion that surges or trickles through you causes a

physical reaction somewhere in the body. A minor upset may take a

couple of days to register as a headache or backache; a more vehement

explosion of anger or hatred directed at someone could result in a

terrible case of ulcers or colitis, because that emotion is pounding

your body.

    But just as negative emotions have a negative effect on the body,

so too do positive emotions have a positive effect.


　   We are all teachers and students

     We are all teachers and students. You learn (hopefully) from the

people in your life, and they have the opportunity to learn from you

as well.

     We are all 'in the same boat' and if we start learning from each

other and sharing what we have learned with others, perhaps we can get

to where we're going faster.

     Sometimes we learn from people's mistakes, sometimes from their

examples, but always we have the opportunity to look around us and

see 'little mirrors' of ourselves.