Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol IX (Oct 14 thru Aug 16)

Putting your life to Music
(01/01/2016)
You may not know this, my Friends, but each and every one of you are
living an absolutely EPIC adventure ... Each & every one of you is tempted every
day to take care of yourself first & foremost -- to strive for wealth & comfort &
pleasure & power (even if it means hurting others to get them), AND each & every
one of you is constantly given the opportunity to choose differently.
And this is what makes our lives so phenomenal -- this is the “soundtrack”
that is not-so-subtly accompanying our every moment; a score of inspiration &
intrigue; always encouraging us (see, in-Couraging us) to make selfless choices --
to transcend our primitive, selfish instincts and sacrifice for the betterment of
others instead; to be Kind instead of lashing out in “self-defense”, to be generous
instead of “being responsible with our money”, to be gentle & uplifting instead of
critical or condemnatory or callous.
This beautiful “soundtrack” is often hard to hear, of course -- often drowned
out by the raucous clamors of fear & anger & hope & desire -- and yet it is
always there nonetheless; always there within us; calling us to be better than they
say we can be -- better than they say we should be -- better than they say we are.
Well, my dear Friends, I'm here to remind you that your “soundtrack” is
who you really are ... I'm here to remind you that you are amazing and that you
are courageous and that you are kind and that you are moral and that you are
important ... I'm here to remind you that you can be the Hero of your own life's
story … And I am here to remind you that all you have to do to BE that Hero is
listen for your “inner soundtrack” -- and live accordingly.
Amen … Let it be so.
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