THE DAILY SPARK

NO ABSOLUTES

The more we say or think that we absolutely know what is right, the more likely we are to believe it.  It becomes another unexamined construct or the mind, and thus an impediment to the very freedom and honesty and true morality we are advocating for others and claiming we live by and enjoy.  You can just feel how dangerous that kind of thinking is, especially if we are unaware of it, because that is just what everybody feels, no matter what side of an issue they fall on.  “I am right and they are wrong.”  “I know what is right, and they don’t.”  “What is wrong with them?”  Then we start attributing motive –  right away we’re in trouble.

Source:  Arriving at your own Door  108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

REFLECTION:

  • Is there something you believe is right… the other is wrong? 
  • Have you taken that thought down a trail of attributing a motive? 
  • Can you see the situation from the other viewpoint? 
  • How does that viewpoint change the relationship?  Are you willing  to open the door to working through the differences?

HOW YOU ANSWER THE CALL

What they call you is one thing….. what you answer to is something else.

Quote by Lucille Clifton

REFLECTION:

  • What name do you answer to?
  • Do you need to answer to something else?
  • What is that new name?

A NEW PERSPECTIVE

What if life is happening FOR you, NOT TO you?

It’s easy to feel like a victim. But, what if you could change your view?  What if you could look at a challenging situation you are facing through the lens of this being part of your soul’s journey? Or needing to grow…. that you came here to learn certain skills or to know yourself better… to know you are capable of much more than you thought possible.  What if?

                                YOU’VE GOT THIS! 

My own thoughts…

REFLECTION:

  • Is there something happening right now that you feel powerless –  you feel is happening TO you?  Write about it.
  • What else could this situation mean?

  • Now, what if you could look at this situation through a lens of  – this is happening FOR you.  How would this change how you view this situation?  Are you willing to see things differently? If yes, what does it look like? Write about this new perspective.