Let´s start with the arduous task of the reconciliation with us and our opening towards the future by facing circumstances with optimism and courage.
As an indispensable requisite and without wanting to appear, in the eyes of so many despairing people, as another one of those Christians who, by force of straining themselves to keep their eyes looking upward to the heaven, they envision themselves as living in an utopian and privileged existence.
I do not want to appear as another one who by attempting to force the hand of God so He pours His blessings visualize Him as He were our own property or an slave bought at the ridiculous low price of our hypothetical conversions, supplications, prayers and invocations, oriented, solely, towards our human conveniences.
But, this for sure, I want to emphasize that we are His children, and that He as a loving father, it is true that He protects and blesses but He also corrects and straighten us up.
And even more, with due respect to our too often egotistical decisions, He allows us to deviate from the right paths so we learn, even it at the cost of pain and failures, from our foolishness and mistakes when we try to take the reins of our lives in our hands.
Despite all our misbehavior, or precisely because we are His children, He is always making us remember we were created at His image, and we keep it well inside, even if soiled and mistreated, while we are submerged in the darkest darkness.
He wants us to be aware, intimately, and over and through any misfortune and vicissitude that we have this image pressed upon ourselves as the intrinsic and real value as an individual, because of the immensity and greatness of His divine presence and being.
Because we are valuable! Not in the material sense when we define what it is a valuable asset! But in the sense of a human living being created by God!
And He reinforces this through all the positive and generous thoughts and feelings He infuses in us!
And He reinforces this through the messages of so many other individuals who take seriously the real and integral search of the reasons and meaning of the individual and life.
Let´s meditate and make our own the concepts that define this immensurable value, especially those referred to in the following video. Let´s meditate on its wording as follows:
¡Observe yourself immersed in your inner darkness! And then look around and observe the beauty of your God´s creation. Observe, think and meditate!
Don´t you think it would be good to make an inventory of your life? To be able to live with a greater joy and optimism!
Why do you cry because your shoes are tight when others walk with broken ones? And even more others just dream about them, even if broken and not mended, and many more even if without feet or legs, still face life with a smile?
Why do you live worrying about the ten per cent of the things that inflict pain and do not remember the ninety per cent of the things that went well and make our life joyful?
The millions cells in your body continually working in perfect harmony! Your brain and its neurons! Irreplaceable by none of the most sophisticated computers!
Your heart beating year after year, without caring if you are awake or sleeping! Your lungs! Always purifying the received air! Your eyes allowing you to enjoy the magic of the colors, the light, the sympathy of the people and the majesty of Nature!
You are a human being, the only being capable of talking, reasoning and calming the angered, encouraging the beaten down, stimulating the coward, and saying… I love you!
In your ears vibrate the wind, the children laughter, the soft music of the orchestras, the trepidation of the foaming waters, the kind words of the people you appreciate.
You can move around. You are not a tree tied up to a little piece of land. You can stroll around, run, dance, play sports or migrate to better places.
Your blood is a wondrous treasure. There are molecules in every cell and an atom in each molecule oscillating faster than ten million times per second.
Now, ask yourself: Don´t you believe your life is worthy to be lived?
It is so sad that we dedicate so much time to think about what we lack! And we almost never stop to remember and be grateful for the abundant and good things that Life offers.
For all this, do not see only what you are missing. Be grateful for what you already have!
As an indispensable requisite and without wanting to appear, in the eyes of so many despairing people, as another one of those Christians who, by force of straining themselves to keep their eyes looking upward to the heaven, they envision themselves as living in an utopian and privileged existence.
I do not want to appear as another one who by attempting to force the hand of God so He pours His blessings visualize Him as He were our own property or an slave bought at the ridiculous low price of our hypothetical conversions, supplications, prayers and invocations, oriented, solely, towards our human conveniences.
But, this for sure, I want to emphasize that we are His children, and that He as a loving father, it is true that He protects and blesses but He also corrects and straighten us up.
And even more, with due respect to our too often egotistical decisions, He allows us to deviate from the right paths so we learn, even it at the cost of pain and failures, from our foolishness and mistakes when we try to take the reins of our lives in our hands.
Despite all our misbehavior, or precisely because we are His children, He is always making us remember we were created at His image, and we keep it well inside, even if soiled and mistreated, while we are submerged in the darkest darkness.
He wants us to be aware, intimately, and over and through any misfortune and vicissitude that we have this image pressed upon ourselves as the intrinsic and real value as an individual, because of the immensity and greatness of His divine presence and being.
Because we are valuable! Not in the material sense when we define what it is a valuable asset! But in the sense of a human living being created by God!
And He reinforces this through all the positive and generous thoughts and feelings He infuses in us!
And He reinforces this through the messages of so many other individuals who take seriously the real and integral search of the reasons and meaning of the individual and life.
Let´s meditate and make our own the concepts that define this immensurable value, especially those referred to in the following video. Let´s meditate on its wording as follows:
¡Observe yourself immersed in your inner darkness! And then look around and observe the beauty of your God´s creation. Observe, think and meditate!
Don´t you think it would be good to make an inventory of your life? To be able to live with a greater joy and optimism!
Why do you cry because your shoes are tight when others walk with broken ones? And even more others just dream about them, even if broken and not mended, and many more even if without feet or legs, still face life with a smile?
Why do you live worrying about the ten per cent of the things that inflict pain and do not remember the ninety per cent of the things that went well and make our life joyful?
The millions cells in your body continually working in perfect harmony! Your brain and its neurons! Irreplaceable by none of the most sophisticated computers!
Your heart beating year after year, without caring if you are awake or sleeping! Your lungs! Always purifying the received air! Your eyes allowing you to enjoy the magic of the colors, the light, the sympathy of the people and the majesty of Nature!
You are a human being, the only being capable of talking, reasoning and calming the angered, encouraging the beaten down, stimulating the coward, and saying… I love you!
In your ears vibrate the wind, the children laughter, the soft music of the orchestras, the trepidation of the foaming waters, the kind words of the people you appreciate.
You can move around. You are not a tree tied up to a little piece of land. You can stroll around, run, dance, play sports or migrate to better places.
Your blood is a wondrous treasure. There are molecules in every cell and an atom in each molecule oscillating faster than ten million times per second.
Now, ask yourself: Don´t you believe your life is worthy to be lived?
It is so sad that we dedicate so much time to think about what we lack! And we almost never stop to remember and be grateful for the abundant and good things that Life offers.
For all this, do not see only what you are missing. Be grateful for what you already have!
Not only in what relates to your body, but also to your family, and the friendships that form the inner circle of your living, and to the comfort you enjoy and even the opportunities presented to you that probably you have wasted without caring for at all.
Count your blessings and your joyful circumstances. Do not waste your time recalling your misfortunes. Collect your happy and optimistic moments, and do not forget to chase away those crows that bear the name of “sad thoughts and memories”.
Do you know why? Because you are EXTREMELY VALUABLE!
EXTREMELY VALUABLE! EXTREMELY VALUABLE!
EXTREMELY VALUABLE!
YES! YES!
VALUABLE!
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Glad to see you are finishing strong, when you get to Mexico City you're only 2.3 hours away.
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