A Cure for every dis-ease … ( 01 / 20 / 2012 )
A Cure for every dis-ease … ( 01 / 20 / 2012 )
Life keeps on sending us challenges … No matter how “ well-adjusted ” or “ wise ” or “ functional ” we become , we will all continue to experience situations that will be painful or frustrating , and we will do so for the rest of our lives . It ’ s the “ nature of the beast ” — it is the nature of living a conscious life — it is the nature of being human .
And yet , even though we cannot hope to attain a life that is constantly and permanently pleasant , we can choose to accept the “ hard times ” with grace when they come … and we can choose to use our difficulties as sources of empowerment … and we can choose to Love (& thereby be Happy ) anyway .
Indeed , every time something “ bad ” happens to us , there is an alternative available to all conscious beings — an alternative to bemoaning our “ bad luck ” or railing against that “ injustice ” or striving to fix that “ unfairness ”.
In some of those moments , there is nothing we can actively do about the problem that caused our pain . And yet , even in such “ helpless ” times , we can pause for one second and choose to be thankful anyway — we can choose to be thankful that we are alive at all . And this is the mental “ WD-40 ″ that allows us to slide back into being Joy-full again .
There are also moments when our dis-ease comes from another person . In those times , there IS something we can actively do to alleviate our own suffering . We can pause for just one second -- and then choose to do something Kind for that person . And this is the “ duct tape ” that reconnects us ; that mends that discord ; that eventually turns enemies into friends — ultimately forcing that other to choose between being Kind to us in return , or leaving us in Peace .
WD-40 & Duct-tape & LOVE … … They really are the answer for every problem .
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