Personal Meditation No. 151

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

I am always learning new things. I hope you are as well. Learning is not something that stops one day if you’re going to keep living abundantly. You do not get days off from working on living either. That is one thing I do not understand about most folks. They learned all they need to learn to get them to death. One day they just stopped learning. Sure, new information is out there. They process that information BUT the information does not lead to learning or change. I never quite fathomed that sameness.

And since a lot of folks are the same for the majority of the time we meet them, folks make the assumption that everyone is the same. There is no expectation of change in character or knowledge or health or belief or philosophy or anything. This is why folks are shocked by growth. It isn’t their expectation. Folks are one way forever.

So, there isn’t a lot of space in their thinking for those of us that do change. We violate their need for consistency. I am consistently learning. And sometimes that means changing my mind about actions and thoughts in my past. That has nothing to do with me being untrustworthy or inconsistent. It is only my dedication to learning and the scientific method. Trying out new things and testing where they get me along the path.

Folks are concerned about change. They want things to be like they idealistically remember them. BUT being healthy means going forward. Living in the past, yearning to return, dreaming of memories, are not going to help us live in the present and future. Those days of yesterday are great to look back on fondly BUT our home is in the present. We can’t get those pasts back no matter how we try and hope and wish. We need to, I need to, be present in the present.

Some folks look back on the past and all they want is change. They want things to be different. They so want to eliminate the past. And that is not healthy either. The past is a lesson on which to build your tomorrow. You take what worked and what did not work and use that knowledge to move forward, hoping to learn from the mistakes and triumphs of the past. I hope you find peace with the past as you work on your present. The present is the path to the destination, the goal, the path to your better tomorrow. The past is just going to keep you chasing your tail. Set yourself free into the future.

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

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