Endings, Beginnings & Continuations: Thoughts as 2007 Comes to an End and 2008 Begins
While reflecting about this year, 2007, there is one word that comes to mind to express my state of mind: anger. I have been angry at God for allowing certain events to happen, at myself, for spending too much money, at people for failing to meet my expectations, which have lead to disappointments, at our government for its shortcomings, at Israel for thinking that Fatah is different from Hamas ultimately, and the list goes on and on.
Some of us feel great comfort in looking at the live of another and using it to measure our own successes or failures, our joys or sorrows. How often do we say, 'well I am not so bad off after all, by comparison to what has happened to someone else.' To me, comparisons of this sort are not very helpful in in finding meaning or understading. Each individual has his/her own pain and sorrow, and attempting to understand it in relationship to what goes on in our own world really discounts others in the end. Although each of us cannot control our fate, we must accept what is, we do have the power to make decision regarding how we are to react to any given situation. We are given that freedom, really, whether we know it or not.
For me, each day is a new beginning. A day I have not yet lived before. It can only be hoped that somehow the past has helped me learn how to respond to the moment. When I become toxic, it is best to remain silent. When others are toxic, letting go and accepting them as they are, not as we want them to be, helps to find that molecule of serenity, peace and freedom.
Pain, sorrow and heartbreak are also a part of each one of our realities. That being said, every day each one of us can begin anew. There is a vast treasure chest out there for us to grab on to, to grow and blossom, to sprout.
A new year marks time. Each one of us has the ability to be present, and to seize the moment, and appreciate and savor the day for what is can bring to us. There will always be endings, beginnings and continuations in our lives.
Thank you for your minds.
Some of us feel great comfort in looking at the live of another and using it to measure our own successes or failures, our joys or sorrows. How often do we say, 'well I am not so bad off after all, by comparison to what has happened to someone else.' To me, comparisons of this sort are not very helpful in in finding meaning or understading. Each individual has his/her own pain and sorrow, and attempting to understand it in relationship to what goes on in our own world really discounts others in the end. Although each of us cannot control our fate, we must accept what is, we do have the power to make decision regarding how we are to react to any given situation. We are given that freedom, really, whether we know it or not.
For me, each day is a new beginning. A day I have not yet lived before. It can only be hoped that somehow the past has helped me learn how to respond to the moment. When I become toxic, it is best to remain silent. When others are toxic, letting go and accepting them as they are, not as we want them to be, helps to find that molecule of serenity, peace and freedom.
Pain, sorrow and heartbreak are also a part of each one of our realities. That being said, every day each one of us can begin anew. There is a vast treasure chest out there for us to grab on to, to grow and blossom, to sprout.
A new year marks time. Each one of us has the ability to be present, and to seize the moment, and appreciate and savor the day for what is can bring to us. There will always be endings, beginnings and continuations in our lives.
Thank you for your minds.
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