To welcome the 2016 I thought I would begin with this.
There is an incomprehensible thing that happens when you begin looking back upon your life, and at about this time in mine, that is what I am doing. You look and study and say, yes, I did that and it did not work as I had hoped, or yes, I did that and it hurt someone else, or yes, I did that and it hurt me, and yes I did that and launched a chain of events you had no idea how to reverse or side step (because life only moves forward). Or even, yes, that was done to me and I’m still hurt and angry. You begin to notice patterns of energy. You begin to notice thoughts from your own mind that contributed to every experience. You begin to understand creation as you never have understood it before. You begin to understand why denial, excuses, regret, ego, blame, shame, self-esteem, fear, anger, and all other such thoughts feel awful to your mind and body, and often cause illness.
When you look at all the happiness you have felt from all the good things that have happened, from the loves you have felt, from the joy of children, from the lessons gently conveyed to help you along, from the good friends and family, you notice the same energy patterns and how your thoughts created experience as well.
Every thought you think creates the energy in your life. The energy in your life creates the experience you have and interacts with those around you. So, it is important to think in a way that helps create the world you desire to experience and to help others feel that kind of energy. If you want to feel good, and share that energy, and know you are contributing to life-giving creative processes, then strive to change how you think.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha
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If you struggle, if you feel negative in any way, think deeply about creation, through prayer, through therapy, through introspectiveness, through forgiveness, through nature, through love – not human love, but the pureness of love in creation you knew before you were born – and I believe every living thing feels this. Find your own way in this process. You cannot do it for anyone else, and no one can do it for you, afterall. We come into life from creation and we leave this life back into creation. All that is in between is temporary.
Of course, for me, it is so much easier to think while walking along a Cape Cod Beach, or walking along beautiful trails!
Be mindful and be peaceful.
Original from NaturalCapeCod.com
