It’s a big world out there. From all appearances there is a lot going on. I can’t begin to list even the categories, or topics in which things are going on there are so many, let alone the happenings in each. We have politics, finances, social justice, law, science, medicine, business, sex, sports, new, crime, commerce, geopolitics, relationship, eco & climate, history, psychology, and religion, just to start. The odds are very high that one can just casually engage in any of these topics and could find reason to be disappointed, sad, angry, indignant, furious outraged or homicidal/suicidal if the passion behind it is strong enough. I have one question about this. WHY?

I am willing to bet only a small fraction of what each of us is passionately disturbed about has any significance on the quality of our lives. Even the ones that do, the majority of that impact is manageable. So many are so angry about so much and it does not have to be that way. Could it be the old “Bandwagon Paradigm”, or do we just want to feel included? Are we so bored that we would rather focus our energy and attention on circumstances that either have no impact on us, or at best a negligible effect, knowing it will cause us anger and is largely out of our control. Perhaps it’s not boredom, maybe we like to be angry! It may be wiser to take an alternate route

Regardless the impetus, the fact remains we cannot feel joy and anger at the same time, and we will not know peace while we surround our mind with chaos. Another fact is that what we focus our attention on, (PAY ATTENTION), is taking our most precious resource, (time) and squandering it on matters that do not make us happy. That would be like having your last few dollars, haven’t eaten in a few days, go to the store and spend your money on magazines. Again, I ask WHY?  We each create the circumstances that are in our lives. Our mind is like a vending machine. You look around at the choices, press the right button and get what you asked for. Each machine has an abundance of goods we like, as well as a plethora of things we don’t, and even a few we know nothing about. If we each choose the items that empower us we will individually have pleasant experiences. When many of us do the same, we collectively have great experiences. When the vending machine is stacked with mostly great things, we have a pretty decent world.

 None of us can, or should choose for another so I dare not make suggestions other than; If you focus on joy, you will see more joy, feel more joyful, and share joy. Don’t be a victim of the awful circumstances you see, circumvent the angst and choose better feeling thoughts. While the world at large may not change musc, the world you live in will.

THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION