It's Just a Thought Away
This entry was posted on 2/8/2010 9:29 AM and is filed under secrets to peace.
Saturday night I watched a movie entitled
Push. A young girl (played by
Dakota Fanning) was called a “watcher”
because she could see the future.
I did not write down her exact quote but she
stated that the future was always changing.
She said something like this:
“The future can change greatly, because of
a small change now.”
I have been thinking about how true this has
been in my life. I suppose it is one of the
reasons I have never put a lot of stock in
fortune tellers. What I do today affects my
world tomorrow. There is very little, about
my future which is locked in stone. Of
course, some of what I have done in the past
may still have future consequences, living in
linear form sort of requires that each action
has a reaction, but everything can change
with just a slightly different thought
and/or action.
This morning I was cleaning out old email and
I found a Secret to Peace I wrote four years
ago entitled “Shift Happens.” I am going to
finish today’s offering by reprinting that
writing.
I recently read a quote by Sharon Salzberg,
who is one of the co-founders of the Insight
Meditation Society, which said, “Life is
like an ever shifting kaleidoscope – a slight
change, and all patterns alter.”
This has been my experience.
I have noticed, over the past twenty plus
years that in conjunction with each shift in
consciousness, my whole world changes, often
dramatically.
My life shifts, with each new awareness, as
if it were some type of three dimensional
kaleidoscope.
All of the sudden, people once important to
me, no longer fit in my life; activities I
once held dear, are no longer attractive.
I have even seen changes in my physical body,
changes in my career options, and changes in
all types of relationships as a result of
even a minor shift in my consciousness.
I have attracted people and opportunities
beyond my grandest dreams.
What an incredible adventure this life is.
I have always been thrilled by kaleidoscopes.
So, what is the secret to peace in this message?
Simply that your whole world shifts when you
do. If you are not seeing peace in your
world, make the shift within. The world, you
see, has no choice but to respond in kind.
