Personal Meditation no. 217

“That’s just too much work.”

Embrace the Within.

It’s a lot of work. Waking up daily and working out is too much work. Eating real food is a lot of work. Growing your own food is a lot of work. Drinking a gallon of water is a lot of work. Raising livestock is a lot of work. Raising children is a lot of work. Having a partner is a lot of work. Being friends is a lot of work. Working a job is a lot of work. Being a Christian is a lot of work. Doing the right thing is a lot of work. Being alive is a lot of work. And if you are like me and you want to change and be better every day, what you are noticing is what makes all the difference is your life is putting in the work. When you put in the work, you will see results.

If you think things are too much work, then you are correct. We make time for what we value. Our actions are what we believe. I could sit over here all day telling you what I think BUT if I never went out there and planted seeds, if I never went out there and changed my routine, if I never went out there and changed my life, then what’s the use? Why even get up and pretend? Whe even sit here and type every day? I could be laying in bed hitting the snooze button. I could be drinking a pot of coffee to get going. I could be eating something chock full of sugar to get me energy. I could be grumbling my way out the door for a lengthy commute. I could be in a horrible mood and in terrible health. I can choose that just as easily as you can choose that mind set, that journey, that existence. Because it is simply existing with very little joy.

BUT I enjoy putting in the work because I enjoy feeling alive. I used to be a victim of everything around me. I could blame Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, my neighbor, or anyone else for my problems. There are plenty of places to point fingers because there are plenty of folks doing the wrong thing. Billions of folks out there making the world miserable. Billions of folks out there living a sucky life. Billions of folks that could be happy. Billions of folks that could find meaning. Billions of folks that are not ready to put in the work.

BUT I am ready to put in the work. You are ready to put in the work. And that is all that is important. It doesn’t matter that inflation is out of control. It doesn’t matter that the world is a mess. It doesn’t matter that a new disease is out there looking to kill you. It doesn’t matter that folks are making new laws. It doesn’t matter that the world is against you. What matters is that you and I are ready to put in the work. We are ready to make the change. We are ungovernable. We have no limits. We want to live abundantly and joyfully despite what the world wants for us. We want to change. And all we need to do is commit to the change and work the plan.

Living the life you want to live is a lot of work. It’s not going to be easy. It’s work. BUT if you want something, if you really believe something, if something is important to you, then you make the time for that. You change your schedule to accommodate that. You change your life to incorporate that. Your actions will show what you value.

Bless your heart. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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Personal Meditation no. 212

“Courage is choosing to change.”

Embrace the Within.

Folks talk a lot about change. There is a lot more talk about change than there is actual change in the world. There is superficial change that gives the appearance of difference BUT there is very little transformational change. This has been one of my complaints about the farce of government and politics and temporal power. The mask of power may change BUT the structure behind the mask remains the same. And you can concoct all sorts of theories and ideas about who is in control and who is pulling the strings in the world of men. You can get on the Interwebs and go down rabbit holes and talk about in echo chambers and point fingers and be the smartest person in the room because no one else has done the research you have done. And what is the point?

You see, I know those people. I was one of those people out there looking for the reason the world is such a mess. I was out there and right here preaching the gospel according to ed. I was pointing fingers and laying blame and looking to change the system. I was voting and active and political and struggling in futility to make folks see the truth. BUT I hadn’t found the truth yet. I was just as lost and blind as everyone else. I was struggling to fix something that doesn’t want to be fixed. I was struggling to change something that doesn’t need or want to change. I was looking for change where it wasn’t going to happen.

There is a courage in changing yourself. There is a courage in seeing the path of the world and standing up and saying that is not for me. There is a courage in looking for truth and unity and joy and abundance. BUT there is no wisdom or courage in looking to change things that are not going to change. And there a lot of things out there you and I cannot change. I don’t care how much we want to look to historical figures and say, “That so-and-so really changed that place into something better.” There is no power on our own to change anything in this world.

This world is already set on its course. You and I both know that things are not destined to get better. This is the last ditch efforts of a world that is broken trying to keep its brokenness alive. A broken world trying to prolong its time. And that time is not forever. That time is always close at hand to ending.

And that is why we need to change ourselves. There is no point in trying to change others, our community, our nation, our world, unless we are willing to change ourselves. There is a courage in choosing to look above and not below. There is a courage in choosing to embrace the eternal and set ourselves apart. There is a courage that is in taking the path of truth.

Or we can choose to tell ourselves comforting lies. There is never a shortage of comforting lies in the world to make us believe we are truly good people. There is never a shortage of comfort in knowing that there are plenty of folks that believe the same lies that we do. There is never a shortage of good intentions and excuses in the world. There is never a shortage of talk about change.

BUT there is a lack of change in our hearts, our minds, and our spirits. And that is a good place to start today. A place to change from looking to control everything else and simply take control of ourselves. Find our divine purpose and embrace the path that God has planned for us. You and I were not created to be less than. We were not created to make excuses. We were created to find the beauty and the abundance and the joy in this broken creation.

Bless your heart. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin