Oldie but a goodie! Enjoy, I hope something sparks that creative power within you!
I learned a pretty valuable lesson in the last couple of weeks. When you see the world changing and crumbling around you…you have two options…you can crumble right along with it or you can rise above the rubble and find a different way to live your life.
It is said that only through falling apart can we truly
rebuild an empire. Brick by brick, stone by stone we have built the walls of
discontent, anger, frustration, and hate, and in building those walls we have
never once really examined each stone or brick for what it truly was…an
opportunity.
Could it have been that each earthen brick and smooth stone
that we laboriously piled and mortared into place with such diligence was an
opportunity to see a different side of a situation? Sometimes we are so tightly
wound in being resentful that when we start picking those perfectly molded
bricks we don’t see that there are six sides to them. That’s six different
opportunities to see a new way to build our empire!
What if we turned over, examined,
and made the best
decision on how to place these bricks in our wall? Could we
have quite possibly discovered that the bricks we are using weren’t meant to be
the pillars of hate and fear but the cornerstones and foundations of love,
peace, and harmony in our lives? How long must we stand there and contemplate
where we are going to cement these limited beliefs into our walls that surround
us in our empire of one?
Change your mind! Look at the other side of the brick and
make an educated decision on which belief you are going to use. You are the
builder of your future. You are the only constant in your life…What you see is
what you get…so what are you seeing? What are you giving the world? Someone
petrified with fear, or someone who is immersed in love? Are you learning how
to build a wall strong with peace, love and joy surrounding you? Because when
you come from peace, love, harmony, and joy, the fear will dissolve, the hate
and anger will not exist, and you will begin to see there was really nothing to
fear to begin with.
Thanks for hanging out and reading my ramblings!
Love,
Gretchen
