It has been said that we are not so much physical beings having a spiritual experience as we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. Please dwell on that thought, move it around in your mind, pause and think about how adopting that perspective would change our approach to life.
If we choose to think of many of our attitudes, beliefs and opinions as a garment that we have chosen to don, it frees us up to choose differently, perhaps, hopefully better and with greater awareness of the impact of our choices.
Closing Quotes:
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, Mother Night
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” – William James, 1842-1910
“Our beliefs are like the clothes we wear. We can choose them, and we can change them when they no longer fit.” – Eckhart Tolle, b.1947, The Power of Now, A New Earth
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier