tHE bENEFIT OF cONTRASTS

About this time of year I used to ask myself, “what do you want?”  Now the more pertinent question I pose is, “why do I want what I want?”  Am I looking at my current state of existence from a feeling of lack based on the envy of the perceived golden life of others?  Or is the question posed from the standpoint of that which I seek is a logical stepping stone in the creation of more who I sense I can become.  Maybe it is a combination of both.  I have come to understand it is this tension in my emotional frequencies that causes the static, a tug of war between the higher self that watches, quietly aware and fulfilled and the everyday self, constantly in motion that sifts and sorts and analyzes.  Isn’t that what life is about…choosing which emotion you are going to wear today based on your current life situation?  Reality can be both confusing and deceptive – a sea of nothingness or a vast ocean teeming with yet to be seen potentiality.

Through contrast, we acknowledge a state of being strikingly different from something else.  Knowing what we don’t want helps us to identify what we do want.  When we become a gardener of our thoughts, nurturing those of joy and gratitude and plucking those of regret and resentment, we cultivate wellness and prosperity.  However, being composed of a myriad of socially imposed experiences, this is a skill that is not acquired overnight. 

We make the most of ourselves first for ourselves and then for others because that is how we can give and receive the most.  Possessing an indefatigable spirit, we are all heroes in the making.