Wide, expansive view. The view looks so much different from here. Most of us have forgotten how and are locked in a life of unnecessary struggle.
- Practise living in appreciation and gratitude. So you are on this journey of life.
- Practise kindness to self and others.
Okay.
Pretend you are a helpless, little creature in the bottom of a deep bucket with the rest of your family. For some, this won't take much imagination as it is an all too familiar scene.
You like your new adventure. Your world constricts.
Every now and then, you remember what it felt like to make your led flood light way to the top and the feeling of sheer delight when you got there and felt the sunlight on your face! The vision haunts your dreams and you feel a pull to go back to the top and see the light again.
. No sir! Stay right in the dark with the rest of the crowd. You worry so much, that you forget to enjoy the beauty right before you.. Does it remind them of their inability to get out? Are they threatened in some way? Do they just want your company to share in their misery? Are they jealous of your success? Whatever the reason, they do everything in their power to pull you back down to the bottom where you belong, by golly! No climbing out into any sunshine for you. your adventure on planet earth..
- Start your day with a daily intention and a concrete plan.
Every once in awhile, you worry about how long your new-found freedom is going to last. You learn a few things and forget a few others. You won't even need those desperate creatures to haul you back into the hole. Free, open space.
How do you keep yourself out of that bucket and in the sunlight?
Here are a few tips:
- Follow a daily spiritual practice that really works in your life. You literally worry yourself right back into the bucket.
You have the power to create your life exactly the way you want it to be. Fresh air. No rising above your station in this life-time. You like it!
Uh-oh! The family doesn't take too kindly to your making it to the top.
- Become an expert at observing yourself and noticing where your attention is.
Wow! You can see out.
Eventually, you realize that thinking about darkness, problems, negativity will make that reality grow and you will create that very experience. You take a few steps forward, take detours, you go into deep caves and finally, one glorious day, you actually find your way to the top of the bucket. Who do you think you are anyway?
Sound familiar?
So, for now, you sink back down into the deep, dark abyss with the other tortured creatures. You will put yourself right back in there with your focus on negativity.
You do! This time, you take a jump right out into the clear, open space and experience such freedom and happiness that you have never known! Heaven.