Footprint January 2008

Being picky is the wisest thing

We become what we engage in. Tell me where you put your time and effort today and it will show where you will be in ten years from now. Nelson Mandela once said that a good head and a good heart always are the most formidable combination. When we step up and use the combination of logic and inner wisdom and become responsible for our feelings, thoughts and actions, there is nothing that can stop the force leading to peace. Both within ourselves and in our surroundings. Everything starts with us and with a decision on how to spend our time, how to use our energy and how to spend our money. We can come from a place of love or from a place of fear, we can focus on ourselves or we can focus on giving of ourselves to others and we can choose to be a part of the problem or a part of the solution.

Our ability to choose is the human being’s most powerful weapon. We have to choose every day, every hour and every minute, being the persons we were meant to be. When we stumble and fall we have to get up again and continue striving towards that vision directing the path that we are on. Creating space in our lives helps us to see clearly what we need to focus on to stay fully awake, alive and conscious, where we need to grow and when it is the right time to make a jump or stand still. When we let everything go and get rid of all things bringing us down we create a freedom that makes our true creativity and our true selves come out. Out of nothing we can create anything and when we create we grow.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find all the ways we ourselves have altered. Being picky, making wise choices and being selective with what we let into our lives gives us the gift to grow and expand more than we ever thought possible. We become who we surround ourselves with. We become what we eat. We become what we focus on. John Lennon focused on spreading the word of peace through his music. Mother Teresa focused on helping the poor and the sick. Al Gore is focusing on opening our eyes to the inconvenient truth that we are the ones that have to save our planet. We become what we engage in and we express who we are by our actions. Everything starts with a wholehearted decision to engage in what is truly meaningful for us, and nothing else than that.