Under the Sun

Flying blind in life can be unsettling, yet what can you do but fly blind on Earth? You live in a state of unsettledness, and yet life does not have to be unsettling. It is one thing to be alive in life and venture where life takes you, and it is quite another to venture forth in life where it takes you while wracking yourself with fear and worries about what may occur. At present, what is going to occur in life can only be unknown to you. You cannot foretell how life will dress up for you and what bell you will be called to answer.

What can you know for sure in the relative world, beloveds? The woman you adore and marry, you cannot know for a fact that you will feel the same devotion by and by. By the same token, loveless marriages have resurrected themselves and led to hand-holding. What do you know, beloveds?

What you can be certain of is that life is life, and it will lead you to greater understanding of life itself and who you seem to be and what you are made of.

Who can say that when life disappoints you that, even so, you did not do the right thing? You have to forge ahead in life. The past does not always represent the future. Today you could be a rich man, tomorrow a poor man. Today it may rain, and tomorrow will be sunny. The weather can be predicted, but not with certainty. The weather can surprise you.

If you could live this moment of Eternity, live it without thoughts of life, without fear of life, without resistance to it, you would be on top of the world. Events in life may be the same, and yet every inch of life would be experienced in a different way. In any case, you absorb every moment of life as it announces itself. If only you would forestall judgment about life, you would enjoy it more. If you would absent yourself from thoughts such as: “This is great,” or, “This is awful,” life would just be what it is as this very moment. You would live it.

If you hoe in the garden under the sun, and wipe your brow and say in a heavy tone, “This is hard work,” odds are you will feel tired and perhaps overburdened. If you hoe in the garden, and wipe your brow, and say, “This is hard work, but, boy, do I love it,” the odds are you will feel energized. If you hoe in the garden and wipe your brow and say, “Boy, do I love working in the garden,” it is certain that you will feel energized. The same hoe, the same soil, the same sun, and you are tired, energized, or very enlivened. You have heard before that attitude is everything.

I would like to say that perception is everything.

You are privileged to be alive. You are privileged to experience life in all its colors and nuances, and you are privileged to make all your experiences worthwhile.

It is understood that there are blows in relative life, and they are unwanted, yet you have the choice to knuckle down under them, or you can rise above them.

Is it not a wonderful world that gives you choices? This is the free will so often talked about. You may be required to drive your car on one side of the street or another, and yet you can enjoy the ride. You can enjoy the ride on a dead end street. You can enjoy the ride on a rocky road. You can get stuck in the snow or the mud, and that can spoil your day, or it can make your day fun. You can enjoy sunrise and sunset and the waves of life in between. You can enjoy.