Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol IV (Nov 2011 thru Apr 2012)
…a few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way
…a few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that
I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way
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Your true Fortune …<br />
(04/30/<strong>2012</strong>)<br />
One year ago today, while I was waiting for <strong>the</strong> start of a Chi Gong<br />
conference to which I had been invited, some friends and I decided to check out<br />
our horoscopes. One after ano<strong>the</strong>r my companions each picked up <strong>the</strong> daily paper<br />
and read aloud <strong>the</strong> bland, overly-general advice that pretty much applied to every<br />
human being in <strong>the</strong> room, if not to every person on <strong>the</strong> planet. Still, it was lots of<br />
fun and we all shared a laugh or two. When it got to be my turn I wasn’t really<br />
expecting anything even remotely relevant. After all, what would a horoscope<br />
have to say to someone in <strong>the</strong> middle of a 900+ mile Peace Pilgrimage — to<br />
someone with no home, no money, very few possessions & very few desires? As<br />
<strong>the</strong> paper was handed to me, after glancing to my companions and rolling my eyes<br />
a bit, I looked down and read <strong>the</strong> following:<br />
“If you can, walk home.”<br />
I guess <strong>the</strong>re are many points to this story -- and I’ll leave each of you to<br />
discover <strong>the</strong> ones that are most relevant to you, and yet for me, I was reminded<br />
that day that <strong>the</strong>re is Good Advice being “spoken” to us in every second of our<br />
lives, if only we have <strong>the</strong> Humility to open up and Hear It … And to do so, we<br />
must first choose to set aside our judgments of o<strong>the</strong>rs & our preconceptions about<br />
life — We must loosen <strong>the</strong> taloned grip we have on our personal beliefs long<br />
enough to perceive what is truly right <strong>the</strong>re in front of us (as opposed to what we<br />
already know is “actually <strong>the</strong>re”).<br />
Of course, to truly SEE what we are being “told”, we have do more than<br />
simply open up and Look — We must also have <strong>the</strong> Courage to take <strong>the</strong> second (&<br />
far more important) step on this two-step journey: WE MUST ALSO ACT on what<br />
we have allowed ourselves to See …<br />
Indeed, if we don’t make such a Leap of Faith when presented with <strong>the</strong>se<br />
special “messages”, <strong>the</strong>n a horoscope remains just an “amusing phrase”; a chance<br />
meeting with a friend remains simply an “unusual coincidence”; that direct eyecontact<br />
with a stranger becomes just a “random glance”; and that beggar on <strong>the</strong><br />
street remains “just a bum”.<br />
Now I didn’t put much faith in horoscopes back <strong>the</strong>n, and frankly I still<br />
don’t today (something about <strong>the</strong>m de-emphasizing <strong>the</strong> importance of Free Will & <strong>the</strong><br />
power of choice just bugs me). And yet one year ago today, I chose to act on what<br />
my horoscope “told” me …<br />
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