There is always something calling you forward.
Something you “must” have.
Something just around the bend.
Something promising fulfillment tomorrow…
while quietly stealing today.
FALSE CARROTS OF LIFE
I am referring to a constant beckoning or reminding of wanting, going and must-having that keeps presenting itself constantly while summoning and reminding — even gently — while keeping you questing and never resting for something, anything yet to come.
It remains either elusive or just around the bend but never ends.
This is a dark carrot.
A false force of life.
LIFE LEAKAGE
This is a theft of the highest source.
The loss?
Nothing less than your life and the precious time and events it is made from.
This beguilement only succeeds on the power we give it by giving in to it.
It knows what it is doing.
Do you know what you are doing?
That is a good question.
ALL THERE IS…IS NOW
Life, which is brief and moves at such a rapid pace but presents itself to do otherwise, is to be sipped and enjoyed in the moment you are in.
Anything coming from your past or future is toying with this simplicity and coveted dynamic exactly as it was meant to be.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
If you gained all things while paying all prices to do so, at what point do you take time to enjoy it all?
There is no special time but the moment.
If one does not respect the present time, then they have been robbed and don’t even know it took place.
You can possess all things…
yet have nothing really.
BRAKES OF LIFE
The poets write about existing but never truly living.
That is how subtle this thief that steals moments and makes promises that never end truly is.
Consider this:
A person gets locked up or becomes ill in the hospital and suddenly their life brakes have been applied.
What do both eventually want?
PEACE IN THE MOMENT
They simply want to take in a moment without restraint or interference and enjoy it for what it is.
The man who regains freedom just wants to buy a sandwich, a tasty drink, sit in a park and enjoy the freedom of simplicity.
The person recovering from illness wants to enjoy normalcy again.
COMING BACK TO WHERE WE ARE
If people who lose freedom or simple privileges only wish to regain a normal state of being, then we now know where the true treasure lies.
Contrast reveals it.
Sometimes our lives have to go south for us to recognize TRUE north.
BE STILL AND KNOW
Relax.
Take time to acknowledge, pause and reflect where you are and why.
Whatever your circumstances are, be grateful to see and participate in them for what they are and then take stock from there.
WHY PRAY THEN EAT?
That is why praying before a meal is so effective.
Before satisfying the body’s signal to consume energy, we ponder that we have life, needs being met and show some respect right there and then for the bigger picture.
THE ORIGIN
The Universe takes this in.
It wants this and requires it in order to reward you.
Failure to appreciate anything makes one take for granted all things and life becomes shallow, mundane and routine.
Meanwhile the clock is ticking and the thief that steals moments is still on the job.
PROBLEMS HAVE PURPOSE
Whatever problems one is encountering — and life can dish up some very challenging events — none were designed to lead you to defeat.
NO.
That would make no sense to have you here and then make it harder for you to receive the “here” and use it.
The problem has a purpose.
A solvable puzzle is being presented.
ANOTHER WAY
Life is driving you in the direction it wants you to take.
Take hold of it, rise to it and lo and behold, a new path is presented — one which you would not have chosen for yourself.
That’s the idea.
We are given hurdles and obstacles to get our attention, activate skill and in some cases awaken us entirely.
THIS IS NECESSARY
Faith.
Apparently this invisible dynamic is important or it wouldn’t keep appearing throughout our earthly lives.
Take it when the opportunity is presented and do with it what it was designed to do.
Believe without seeing.
Trust without guarantees.
Faith does this.
SATISFACTION
What we are truly seeking are the inner rewards where events, intrusions, doubts, hesitations and confusions no longer have power over us.
Instead, we begin using those very dynamics to strengthen ourselves.
It becomes a type of faith food if you choose to believe it.
THE PRICE FOR LIFE
The price for life?
It is to be lived.
Not by prompts from the past or promises about the future…
but in the NOW.
Your worth and gain will be found right under your nose if you simply take the time…
to take the time.
— Richie
Pearls for the Soul
when you feed the soul, you feed everything.
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