PERSPECTIVES
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by JJ Schwartz
I
was skillfully slinking around the subject which I knew would bring about fear.
Oh, I avoided this at all cost. I would chatter and dance about with folly as I
carefully planned and achieved my escape. I had become a master of the
techniques used to insubordinately defy the qualities and traits required to
walk the good path of life and achieve success.
Unbridled
energy filled my days with determination to understand what my purpose in life
was. I tried the avenues that were taught to me with some success however I
always felt lost and different. Dysfunction was my reality and I was a victim. Failure
had strung traps about me and I continually succumbed to the world where my
walk seemed to always go uphill.
One
can take this story and use every justification and rationalization to continue
to make excuses for the way we live today or we can choose to tell ourselves
the truth. We are all born into a world where corruption, deceit and pain
exist. But there is also the other side of the circle where truth, compassion
and love exist. The truth will cause the traps to unleash its prey but it is up
to us to run with this new found freedom.
We
choose to determinably fight the good fight. This choice we make sometimes
daily, sometimes moment by moment, will bring about a change in perspective that
will give us new eyes to see the bounty and the strength to push ahead through
the harvest. Every day brings opportunity to tip the scales, so-to-speak.
There
are the every day tasks that we usually traverse through with mundane
familiarity. There are the hills where we are challenged to excel and overcome.
And we all love the valleys where we can rest beside the still waters. This
roller coaster of life’s events needs to be handled with careful consideration
of others and with openness to change. Do you tend to exploit your hardship to
try and alter the outcome? Do you encounter the martyr and welcome him as your
friend? Or do you look firmly in the face of the challenges and attempt to
overcome? Facing these challenges and overcoming them with the least of chaos
and pain is a task that takes us through uncomfortable and sometimes painful times.
If you can move out of the arena of self-deception and denial and look for the
truth, it is out there.
Step
out of your dancing shoes, fit the hiking boots on and climb until you reach
the pinnacle. As you stand at the pinnacle you can see both sides, the
challenge on one side and the decent on the other. Each hike will become
mastered with direction and become easier as you learn the right path up the
mountain. Do not let yourself become encumbered by the perpetual attacks of
self-doubt. Shed the baggage of negativism and expel the trap of old behavior. Listen
to your heart, mentally map your steps and let your inner strength guide you up
the mountain. Each hike will build character and help us to see the truth. The
steps you have mastered will guide you past the worst of the crags and
avalanches of loose rock.
As
you descend to the valley, prepare yourself for the bounty. For your time of rest
awaits you. Remember, your perspective of the mountain will illuminate your
path. May the light of truth, compassion and love light your path.
I
will meet you in the valley.
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