As spiritual beings, we were designed to be filled with love and trust. More people seem increasingly to be aware of their responsibility to each other as a member of the human family. Both spirituality and science teach that we are united; that each living soul is interlinked with others; that we are indeed part of the whole; and that what each of us does affects others.
In the last three decades there has been an enormous upsurge of people choosing to believe this and acting accordingly, and, as a result, our world seems to be changing for the better. More and more people are coming to believe that a power greater than themselves is in charge.
You may be living in trying times and faced with problems or situations over which you may feel you have no control. You may be confronted, as many people are, with liabilities that seem a burden, rising costs of living that may make the challenge of financial management precarious. You may feel like an innocent bystander in a world of international conflicts, a society replete with injustices. You may even feel there can be little you can do to change any of this. Yet, you have a choice!
It can often be our attitude that colours our life. Perhaps you may not be able to change the fact of a condition in your life, but you do have a choice in how you think about it. Philosopher, Aldous Huxley said, “Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you”. We can choose how we handle anything that comes into our life. We can choose love or hate. We can worry about the situation, or we can pray about it. We can struggle, or we can meet the experience with non-resistance. We can accept the experience a crushing blow of defeat, or we can lift our eyes and move toward victory. Think of history’s myriad souls like Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, and others! who rose to dizzy heights from their crushing circumstances!
Take another look at a crippled man who hobbled painfully on crutches. Yet, he was so enthusiastic and successful professionally to the surprise of all around. When asked, “Hasn’t your physical handicap colored your thinking about life?” He replied, “Of course it has colored my thinking – but I have always chosen the colours!” Also, an Oriental axiom says, “You may not be able to keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair!”
We can begin to work to become masters of our world instead of its victims. Rather than allow ourselves to be consumed by our egos, we need to remember that each of us is a co-creator in life. When we abide in this truth, we can rise above doubts, fears and negativity and allow the indwelling divinity in each of us to guide us to better solutions.
