The Paths We Are On
To me, the most important part of any path is the ground directly below one's feet. That is the only part of one's path that can be experienced and enjoyed in the present NOW. Time spent scrutinizing and judging the part of the path behind us that we have already traveled is time wasted and time spent not in the NOW. Likewise, excessive scrutiny and judgment of the path that lies ahead also is time spent not in the NOW, not present on the spot of the path we currently are on. Our awareness and appreciation and actions in the present NOW determine how the path unfolds in front of us. If we are loving ourselves in the present NOW then a path of possibilities opens up for that love to continue and grow.
My own personal pathway has taken me to countless different places with many different experiences but in many ways it has not changed much over the years. No matter where my path takes me I bring with me so many of the same burdens and challenges. Though the pathway seems to take me to ever new places, there has not been a corresponding amount of change. I learn the same lessons and meet the same challenges over and over. It can seem like the path is a big circle. It is as I drop baggage and conditioning and issues that the path veers off into new directions and real change happens. My path becomes brighter when I become a litterbug, dumping my garbage off to the side of the path and lightening my load. As I shed the burdens I have chosen to carry I realize that it is easier to travel and that there really is no place up ahead to take those burdens to. They can be dumped anywhere. By lightening my load in the NOW I am enabling myself to better enjoy the path ahead. Without the burdens I find that I am not so concerned about the path ahead because I am so happy right where I am. When you are carrying a lot of luggage you tend to walk quickly and you take the shortest path so that you can hurry up and get where you are going so that you can put the baggage down. It is better to just put the baggage down and proceed without it. Our paths then suddenly become way more fun.
We worry about where we are going and whether our path will take us there. The less we enjoy where we are now, the more we concern our selves with where we are going to. We think a pathway will lead us to change but change can only happen in the present NOW. It is the only place change actually happens. So if we are on a path to change that change will remain in the future. Our paths do not lead to change. Change is what determines our path. The ultimate destination is the here and now and the pathway that takes us there is loving our selves. It is the path we are all on.
My own personal pathway has taken me to countless different places with many different experiences but in many ways it has not changed much over the years. No matter where my path takes me I bring with me so many of the same burdens and challenges. Though the pathway seems to take me to ever new places, there has not been a corresponding amount of change. I learn the same lessons and meet the same challenges over and over. It can seem like the path is a big circle. It is as I drop baggage and conditioning and issues that the path veers off into new directions and real change happens. My path becomes brighter when I become a litterbug, dumping my garbage off to the side of the path and lightening my load. As I shed the burdens I have chosen to carry I realize that it is easier to travel and that there really is no place up ahead to take those burdens to. They can be dumped anywhere. By lightening my load in the NOW I am enabling myself to better enjoy the path ahead. Without the burdens I find that I am not so concerned about the path ahead because I am so happy right where I am. When you are carrying a lot of luggage you tend to walk quickly and you take the shortest path so that you can hurry up and get where you are going so that you can put the baggage down. It is better to just put the baggage down and proceed without it. Our paths then suddenly become way more fun.
We worry about where we are going and whether our path will take us there. The less we enjoy where we are now, the more we concern our selves with where we are going to. We think a pathway will lead us to change but change can only happen in the present NOW. It is the only place change actually happens. So if we are on a path to change that change will remain in the future. Our paths do not lead to change. Change is what determines our path. The ultimate destination is the here and now and the pathway that takes us there is loving our selves. It is the path we are all on.
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