Thoughts On Being Down
I was thinking about this topic and actually read the 2nd sentence below (or something like it) in a book afterwards. Then I read the Joel Osteen daily about forgiveness that I shared in the Joel Osteen post and then I had a friend mention something about someone being down due to some tough times. In other words, the topic was in the air so I figured I'd write about it.
I think everything in life serves a purpose, even being down. Being down is a good motivator for asking and searching. Asking what? The right questions, of course. Not the "what am I doing, wearing, eating today" kind of questions but the "who am I, why does this upset me so, what am I supposed to learn from this, how do I handle that." And, searching for what? For who you really are, what you're made of, your core bravery in the face of life, in the face of anything that comes your way.
This is when thinking is good for you. Otherwise it'll take you down places that while in the end, if you survive them, may have been good for you, they weren't really necessary had you had the tools to know what to do with yourself in the meantime (when you're in the middle of the dumps). As David Hawkins says in Reality & Subjectivity, "your brain is like Einstein with a gun." (Great quote, huh?) You ain't kidding, man! That's one powerful little 8-pound sucker and, like the "devil" or a bad choice, it'll take you where you don't have to go ... if you let it.
(entry started Tuesday, posted Saturday AM)
I think everything in life serves a purpose, even being down. Being down is a good motivator for asking and searching. Asking what? The right questions, of course. Not the "what am I doing, wearing, eating today" kind of questions but the "who am I, why does this upset me so, what am I supposed to learn from this, how do I handle that." And, searching for what? For who you really are, what you're made of, your core bravery in the face of life, in the face of anything that comes your way.
This is when thinking is good for you. Otherwise it'll take you down places that while in the end, if you survive them, may have been good for you, they weren't really necessary had you had the tools to know what to do with yourself in the meantime (when you're in the middle of the dumps). As David Hawkins says in Reality & Subjectivity, "your brain is like Einstein with a gun." (Great quote, huh?) You ain't kidding, man! That's one powerful little 8-pound sucker and, like the "devil" or a bad choice, it'll take you where you don't have to go ... if you let it.
(entry started Tuesday, posted Saturday AM)
posted by Narah at 11:05 AM
