FINDING MY PATH I woke up at 12:30 AM thinking........looking for the right words to wish someone a Happy Birthday. To say my mind wondered would not be an exaggeration. It wondered all over my brain map. Fitting meaning with each word I thought. I like that notion of a "Brain Map"....Here is part of the rambling which I hope will make sense at some point....We are all born with potential. Sometimes we call it gifts, and most of the time we possess these gifts if we simply recognize them as gifts. Let me open the box and describe the gifts. The gift of time,Purpose, Inspiration, Charisma, Talent,Speech,Wonder,Hope,Love,Recognition, Choices, Beauty,Color.....there is more I cannot think of at this moment.....Wisdom, Introspection. My Brain Map took me all over the place as it did not seem to have a destination. I guess when one thinks of a map than one is prone to need road signs, or recognizable symbols to avoid getting lost. (Many of us get lost with the minutiate(sp?) of daily events that keep us on a recognizable path, a point marked so we can find our way back to our original starting point. I guess for some of us the original point can be scary or bring meaning and I guess it depends on the brain map we start off with and evntually fill in as time goes on. Here is the final conclusion I came up with in my meandering. We possess each day of our lives the ability to choose. Some people might disagree that they get to choose, and I'll not argue that point. I will simply let you decide if it is true for you and move on with that premise as an agreed upon understanding. I will let you choose. Every day when we wake up we get to choose whatever will unfold in the day's events. We can choose fear, unhappiness, discontent,sickness,spitefulness,narrow-minded thinking, after all we're "human" right? Or we can choose being open minded, have a true compass of our life's work (a brain map if you will)to always take the high road to understanding who we are in time and space. So it begs the question:Do I want my life to unfold with all its vagaries or do I want to "work" at marking my route as I go? If I find myself at a starting point I did not create, or expect, or understand than what direction do I take? I can retrace my steps back to the starting point and move forward, not knowing exactly where I'm going (Oh yes that's right did I mention that I have this box of gifts I can discover and use?) Today, right now I will choose for myself refreshing rest, clear thinking, being fear-less, appreciating my opportunities this day will bring, understanding, meaning, loving myself and loving those who are loveable as well as unloveable. This shall be my "prayer" for today. I choose to live positively, with clarity, patience and love. This way if I find out that I am lost I have left a "mark" on my path.
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