Spiritual Strategies for Living Well

 

              “With all its alluring promise that some one else will guarantee for the rainy day,
                   social security can never replace the program that man's future welfare is,
                                         after all, a matter of individual responsibility.”

                                                                                        ~ Dr. Harold Stonier

     As we travel around the country lecturing, quite often we find ourselves embroiled in private conversations on the subject of personal responsibility. Many so-called “spiritual people” think that turning the direction of their lives over to destiny is the only way to live responsibly. I’m not so sure about that myself. In my opinion, being personally responsible means, first of all, that we identify ourselves as the architects of our reality. We alone are the writer, director, cinematographer, producer and shining star of our own unique saga. This is not to say that unexpected dramas, crises and people won’t assail our production with stultifying acts of unkindness, from time to time. Yet, it is not what happens to us that is most important in life, but rather what we do with what happens to us that truly matters. Life certainly has handed me a bushel full of lemon’s over the rugged course of the last few decades, and I can proudly say that I’ve nearly perfected my recipe for Lemon Pie. And here it is:

 

              L - Leave the past far behind you

              E - Enjoy every precious moment

              M - Make videos of special occasions

              O - Open your heart a little more each day

              N -  Naively see the good in everyone

 

              P - Process your pain:don’t hide from it

              I -  Indulge your innocence regularly

              E– Effect change...stagnation is boring!

 

When all is finally said and done, the only thing leaving this world with us is the love we given and received in our lifetime. So, let’s all vow to be filthy-rich Love Barons from this day forward!

 

        “ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
                                                      while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
                                                                                                   - Lao Tzu