There are many of us these days that are very conscious of conservation. It is thought that resources of all kinds are in short supply and to wantonly squander anything is irresponsible and debilitating for society.  I recall many moons ago as a child my Mother telling me not to waste my food because there are children starving in Biafra (I still have no clue why there, and where it even is) that would be very happy to get my asparagus. I offered to send it to them, but got slapped for being a wise guy! We are always told not to leave the water running while brushing our teeth, close the windows when the heat or air conditioner is on to conserve energy, and donate our used clothes instead of throwing them out.  You get the picture. To waste anything is not recommended, we even recycle metals, plastics and paper. Nothing should be underutilized since there is a finite supply of all of it, and it is dwindling away before our eyes. Naturally I see value in the practice of conservation and wholly advocate that we all partake in being mindful with resources of every kind..

There is however one natural resource that most folk think nothing about and routinely wastes the majority of. This precious product has the largest effect on their lives and yet we mostly toss it out the window, or worse, use it to our own detriment.  I am speaking about our thoughts, our focus and our concentration. This resource is responsible for the entirety of the experiences we realize and the tone, flavor and quality of our lives yet we waste precious hours thinking of things that do not serve us well.

 Whether you understand, agree or have ever even heard before, the lives that unfold before us are the projections from our inner selves creating, attracting, designing, directing and producing the events experiences and every component of our life. Before anything occurs or materializes it was first born in our mind from some thought. Continued focus, energy and emotion behind the thought creates the frequency and vibration that manipulates the energy in our sphere of awareness and constructs the events of life that we become shrouded in. Thoughts become things. Whatsoever we focus on becomes ours whether we want it or not. By thinking of it, revisiting it, assigning a feeling to it, then allowing it to ruminate, even our fears become reality.

Imagine walking through a grocery store, and looking at all the food you despise and would never eat, then tossing it in your cart, paying for it, and then taking it home. Later on when you open your fridge and cabinets, then ask:” Why do I have all this crap here”? The answer is; because you bought it!

 When we think about, then focus on, either worry or just complaining rhetoric, about politics, society, rude people, bad weather etc, we are buying that condition as part of our experience. We could have been better stewards of our thoughts and only thought about situations, experiences and events we find empowering and uplifting but we choose to waste our most precious resource and are living with piles of crap wondering how and why.

 To be truly economical with this resource, conservation minded and not wasteful, make a practice of dismissing thoughts that do not empower, uplift or benefit many immediately so we are not wasting our creative juice designing a world that we want to run from.

Only buy what you will enjoy eating, only think about what you will enjoy living with and perhaps, the water, energy, plastic, metal and paper will take care of itself.

The Journey IS the Destination