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Aloha and Good Morning, In my meditation, I found myself reflecting upon an
old adage, a wonderful story you may be familiar with. It tells the tale of
an old man strolling along the beach. He catches sight of a young girl who
appears to be dancing at the water’s edge. The old man slowly ambles closer,
watching the girl as she bends down, straightens to her full height and casts
her arm out in an arc. Drawing closer, he sees that the sand is littered with
starfish and she is throwing them, one by one, back into the sea. |
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The old man grumbles, “There are
stranded starfish as far as the eye can see. What difference can saving a few
of them possibly make?” Smiling, she stoops down and tosses another
starfish out over the water, saying, “It made a difference to that one.” It always makes a difference when we chose
to act out of kindness and love. And yet, so much of how we act seems based
upon how we feel and so much of how we feel is based upon our |
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our thought processes and the
habitual action/reaction reflex that rules our relationships until we
take conscious control. Again, this is an action that must spring from our
thoughts. |
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So I reflected upon the events
casting a pall of darkness over the heart of the world; I thought about the
eruptions of unhappiness and conflict. Mostly, though, I reflected upon how
these outward events are mirrored in my inner thinking. Are my inner thoughts
on the verge of war? Do my inner thoughts create conflict within me -- or
worse, create it without? It comes down to our choice of thoughts, fleeting
or familiar as they wash up upon the beaches of our minds. |
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Of the thousands of starfish
thoughts that wash upon the shores of our being, which will we save? Which
will we pick up and throw back into the sea? We have the choice. We can pick
up thoughts of love, thoughts of radiant inner light, thoughts of God and the
divine within us, thoughts of peace. We can pick up the thoughts that propel
us forward upon the path to health and well-being. Or we can focus on the
acid rains of negativity that pelt the inner sands of our mind. The one
or the other, which will it be? And what will our thoughts manifest in our
lives? A simple ill chosen word can manifest
immediate hurt and unhappiness in our relationships; a simple and heartfelt
“I love you,” can turn a gloomy day into a sunburst of brightness. Both
results are the product of the starfish thoughts we save from extinction, the
thoughts we nurture with habitual repetition. May your thoughts propel you forward to a
bright and beautiful day, one in which you chose
peace, one in which you chose to “accentuate the positive, and illuminate the
negative,” one in which you make the choice, consciously and
with full awareness of where your thoughts, and as a result, your feelings
will go. Aloha, Peace, and Wellness, Holman |
