Sometimes, in the seemingly never-ending quest for fulfillment, we arrive at a point where the question, "What's the meaning of life?" becomes meaningless. It is my belief that life has no meaning but that it is WE who bring meaning to it.
The purpose of life is to live it as brilliantly and as gloriously as possible. Everyday is an opportunity to say "YES" to life or to say "YES" to what may appear to be unfavorable circumstances. The choice is always ours. Say "YES" to life and we find that life responds with life-affirming circumstances. Say "NO" to seemingly unfavorable circumstances and they lose their power to hold you prisoner.
One of the greatest gifts, perhaps the most important, given to us by our Creator is the ability to make choices. All that we see around us, all the people we meet, all the events in our lives, all the circumstances surrounding us, good or not so good, are there because of choices we've made at one time or another.
We may not be able to figure out what choices brought what result because we make so many choices all the time. However, rest assured that there is a link between our choices and the life we live. Many of the great teachers throughout history have stated and restated this, so, if our past choices have brought us to where we are today, then our choices today will make the tomorrow that comes.
We can change our choices to those that produce peace, prosperity and happiness. Choose faith instead of fear and current frightening situations will have no alternative but to change their very nature. Choose courage instead of discouragement and your world will begin to vibrate at a higher, more beautiful level. Above all, choose love for this is the highest vibration of all.
Let your choices be based on the truth that the Universe is biased on the side of good. If you feel unsafe or frightened by appearances, you may just be reacting to remembered situations. Do not let your choice be dictated by logic alone but use your heart as a partner in the decision.
It is not what is happening around you that causes anxiety but what you think about what's happening around you. And since your thoughts are yours, you can choose to change them whenever you want. Change your thoughts and keep them changed and in so doing you would have started a process which changes your entire world.
Edited by Nicky
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Boredom
The labeling of a huge part of human experience as boring is a relatively new phenomenon. The concept of boredom -- a sense of emptiness and a lack of stimulation -- didn't even exist until the nineteenth century. Before that, it was used only in the context of a person who spoke too long or rambled off the topic: "Oh, she's such a bore!" Now it is a state of being that is a fate worse than death.
Psychologists say that the problem we think is "out there" -- in the book, movie, job, relationship -- is actually in us. Boredom, they say, is created by an inability to delay gratification and a low tolerance for frustration, both of which have serious implications for our success in life and in love.
Any time we proclaim something boring, what we really are saying is that we don't have patience for it. Rather than looking at ourselves for the source of the problem -- and therefore the solution -- we look at whatever is provoking the feeling and label that the problem.
A lot of human experience can be considered boring. There are huge stretches of parenting, in relationships, in work, where "nothing" is happening, or at least nothing obvious. We can consider those moments boring and seek to alleviate that boredom with any distraction available. Or we can see such occasions as opportunities to tap into our patience and look more deeply.
Try it yourself. Go on a fast for a week in which you refuse to consider any experience boring. When your mind begins to use that label -- in traffic, say, or on hold -- challenge yourself to find something of interest in what is going on, either in yourself or the world around you. How does that change your experience?
With attention, nothing is boring, even the most routine tasks. If you tune in to how the warm soapy water feels as you wash the pots and pans, how does that change the experience for you? Or weeding the garden, how does it feel to bend and stretch in the sunlight? What *is* the name of that gray bird with the crested head that suddenly appeared? This level of experiencing life isn’t one that we tune in to, but it is one that can bear many riches of wonder at the very fact of being alive in this amazing world.
Nicky Bita
Psychologists say that the problem we think is "out there" -- in the book, movie, job, relationship -- is actually in us. Boredom, they say, is created by an inability to delay gratification and a low tolerance for frustration, both of which have serious implications for our success in life and in love.
Any time we proclaim something boring, what we really are saying is that we don't have patience for it. Rather than looking at ourselves for the source of the problem -- and therefore the solution -- we look at whatever is provoking the feeling and label that the problem.
A lot of human experience can be considered boring. There are huge stretches of parenting, in relationships, in work, where "nothing" is happening, or at least nothing obvious. We can consider those moments boring and seek to alleviate that boredom with any distraction available. Or we can see such occasions as opportunities to tap into our patience and look more deeply.
Try it yourself. Go on a fast for a week in which you refuse to consider any experience boring. When your mind begins to use that label -- in traffic, say, or on hold -- challenge yourself to find something of interest in what is going on, either in yourself or the world around you. How does that change your experience?
With attention, nothing is boring, even the most routine tasks. If you tune in to how the warm soapy water feels as you wash the pots and pans, how does that change the experience for you? Or weeding the garden, how does it feel to bend and stretch in the sunlight? What *is* the name of that gray bird with the crested head that suddenly appeared? This level of experiencing life isn’t one that we tune in to, but it is one that can bear many riches of wonder at the very fact of being alive in this amazing world.
Nicky Bita
Friday, March 6, 2009
community commitments
Community commitment has been in my mind since my father passed away a long time before i was old enough to get to school, and my mother is not educated at all and my brothers finished secondary school but did not continue their education. I am taking the responsibility for my family to excel and go to university. They are all looking up to me to do something big with my life for my benefit and that of my family…I want to become a committed community developer with feeling and sense of the community so that I can go back to my community and especially care for the women and children who do not get the proper care they need. Women are not respected as well as children. I want to change this…I also want to be well paid so that I can also sponsor other children in my community to have the same opportunity I currently have. be part of this journey...
NICKY BITA
NICKY BITA
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