What if …
What if …
( 12 / 21 / 2010 )
“ What if it doesn ’ t matter what you do , but rather how you do whatever you do ? How would this change what you do with your day today ?
What if you could be more fully present and open-hearted working as a cashier in the corner store ; able to really See and rally Be with the people there , than you are when you are striving to do what you think will make a ‘ more important contribution ’ to the world ? How would this change how you spend your precious moments on this Earth ?
What if the fulfillment of your own happiness is not dependent upon discovering a better method of prayer or a more perfect technique of meditation ; what if it is not dependent upon reading the right book or attending the latest seminar ; what if it is not even dependent upon a single one of our traditional definitions of success , but is rather dependent upon both Seeing the Kind Person you already are , and then Appreciating that Kind Person by going forth and acting accordingly ? How would this affect your search for ‘ personal growth ’?
What if there is no need for you to change at all ; no need to try and transform yourself into someone who is more wealthy , more effective , more powerful , more joyful , more wise or more caring ? How would this affect all the places in your life where you are endlessly trying to be ‘ better ’?
What if the essence of who you already are and indeed who you always have been is more than enough ? How would this affect how you view your past ?
What if your task is simply to unfold ; simply to become who you already are : gentle and kind and compassionate and fully capable of living passionately present in each moment of your life ? How would this affect how you plan for your future ?
What if the primary question is not ‘ Why am I so infrequently the person I wish I were ’, but rather ‘ Why do I so infrequently want to be the person I actually am ’? How would this alter what you think you have left to learn ?
What if becoming who and what we truly are happens not through striving and trying to ‘ improve ’, but rather by recognizing and openly receiving the people , the places and the practices in our lives that offer us the warmth , the challenge and the encouragement we need to unfold our True Selves ? How would this shape your choices about how you are going to live your life today ?” ~ Unknown
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