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Wednesday, May 04, 2005



♥Learn to live life now♥
There are many things in this world that can bring
us temporary joy and happiness sufficient
money, business success, good health, loving
family, loyal friends. But no worldly thing can bring
enduring joy and happiness. We might become
poor, fail at business, lose our health, or, by
separation or death, lose our spouse or our friends.
Even if we gain all of these, and more, and keep
them, sooner or later we must leave them all
behind and "go the way of all flesh". The saying is
true - You cannot take it with you!

It is very common to get into a mode where you
think, "If only I had object X, my life would be
perfect and I would be happy." You REALLY want
something: a new TV, a new car, a special pair of
shoes, whatever. Then you buy it and you LOVE
having it for a few days. But over time you get
bored or it wears out. You can see this pattern
repeated constantly in your own life. For example,
your parents and grandparents likely spent
thousands and thousands of dollars on toys for
you as you were growing up: Dump trucks and
Barbie dolls and video games and electric cars and
on and on and on. All of those toys got boring or
broken or outgrown eventually. They brought
happiness for a moment or a week, but over time
they became worthless and your desire turned to a
new object.

This pattern begs the following question: "If
material things bring just a temporary and short-
term happiness, then what does that mean?" It
might mean that you have to buy material objects
at a rate of perhaps one per day to sustain the
temporary and short-term high of getting
something new. The problem is, that begins to
sound a lot like a drug habit. This train of thinking
can get you into some very deep areas. Things like:

What is happiness?
What does it mean to be happy?
What do I want to do in my life?
Does life have meaning?
And so on.
Very deep.

We need to learn to live, love, and enjoy life NOW
and when we live in the now we will be happy now!

You know that this is your life, and it is your
responsibility to do with it, as you desire. We
know that since you grew the carrots, you realize
that what you are today is a product of what you
thought yesterday. I realize that many people do
not wish to accept that statement, however we
really have NO choice. You had control over those
carrots, and they did exactly as you told them to
do, didn't they? If they were a product of what you
thought, you certainly are the product of your
thoughts. I realize that is quite a statement,
however it is true. But if you want to go on through
life and blame others for your problems, that is
fine. Apparently you aren't ready for this great new
life that can be yours NOW.

But you know that you have a choice why not go
ahead and accept that new life NOW. LIVE LIFE
NOW! Man has been tied down by things so long,
no wonder he has forgotten how to live.


* my S H A T T E R E D dreams_ 9:51 PM

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