What
really matters most in our life?
We
either know, or we don't. Each of us is different. Yet, the one way we are
unique is that we are all human, all have limited time, and all have a beating
heart. In other words, we all have the present moment (NOW) to show LOVE
to each other. That is the meaning of life: to love and give
to each other in more meaningful ways.
When
people pass away, we offer them a funeral. A ceremony where people who
were close to the deceased show up to show final respects: recite a poem
about them, say thoughts about them, or express ways that they were
unique. These ceremonies are special. Yet, why don't we express
these thoughts more frequently when our friends and loved ones are alive?
Yes,
we are spiritual beings in a physical body, and death is just a passing.
Yet, we will not see that person again in human form in our lifetime. So,
what does that mean to US while we are here, NOW?
Why
not show our love while the person is sitting in front of us? Is it that
hard?
The times
I failed to give love are the times I thought it would make
me soft, or perhaps show my vulnerability. In reality, it would have
showed the other person that I was human and that I cared about them.
Those are the moments that truly matter the most.
Being
human is a precious gift, and part of that gift is time. The other
part is sense/perception, and last, the ability to give.
So
often, we do not give. Instead, we choose to procrastinate. We
procrastinate calling that old friend we think about. We avoid telling our
spouse/lover, "I love you." We delay writing that little
"thank you" note to a former boss who helped us land a hot job.
Why? Why do we procrastinate?
Procrastination
has often been called "the tool of the devil." I would rather
call procrastination "a choice."
We
CHOOSE to procrastinate. We often choose to procrastinate for the same
reason: choosing an unsatisfying career (fear of lack/no money if we do the
thing we really enjoy), accepting mediocre relationships (fear of finding/allowing ourselves
to find true love OR fear of loneliness of actually getting to know our selves
in the process), and creating our own spiritual world or lifestyle (fear of the
other people's perception). There are many other ways we procrastinate,
and most of them are really about fear of SURRENDERING control to the divine
within us (God), who shows us the path to what we really
want and what will really enable us to create happiness and joy. Our culture creates these
fears (though television, media, and mass expectation of standards of what is
"good" and what is "not good" for us). Our culture essentially
tells us to do that which makes us unhappy. We must overcome those
cultural expectations by creating a life containing many more healthy
programming messages.
Every
day we make choices. Whether we make our choices for good or bad is truly
up to us. Procrastination is merely the result of our decisions, the
decisions made from logic, rather than our heart. When our spirit is
guiding, the decisions come from our heart, and the mind then recreates/adjusts
to fit the splendor of that moment.
At
some point we will all die. However, we do not know when that moment will be. Recently, a fellow professional self-help coach, Jennifer White,
passed away. Jennifer's light and energy showed many people a better way (see www.JWCGroup.com).
What did her life mean? If you read the memorial guest book at her site,
you will discover how Jennifer made the most of her moments to create joy, love,
happiness in her life and spread that love to others. We have only the moments we are in front of the
people we care about to reach out and hug them, to kiss them on their cheek, and
tell them how much we appreciate them. It only takes a minute or two to
pick up a telephone and call that friend, or write that letter.
Can
we find ways to improve how we live? How can we love others more
often? What ways can we show our love, creatively? Can we live our
aspirations today? If we know the answer,
what are we waiting for to make us do it? Death? Life is fragile.
Now is the time to live fully and bless those friends and
family who grace us with their love.
Now
is the time to live our life. Do you know your life purpose? If you
do and are not living it, may I ask you WHY NOT? If you do not know
your life calling, are you asking yourself the questions
to finding it? Are you listening to the
answers? Are you living according to those answers?
There
is only NOW to make a difference. It is never too late to start telling people
we love them. It is never too late to start to give and live by our heart,
instead of our mind.
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