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Today's
Meditation:
I
know many people who could stand to hear-- and take to
heart-- this piece of advice. Many people seem to
find themselves "stuck" in certain places, jobs,
or situations, and they don't realize that all that's
necessary for them to change their situations is to make a
decision and either turn around and go back and find the
right road, or simply to start out on another road that
looks positive to them.
It's
easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves, though.
After all, when something goes wrong, we want others to
know that something's wrong, that we're deserving of other
people's sympathy or pity. But this type of approach
does absolutely nothing to change or help our situations;
it merely shows a negative reaction to what's going on in
our lives.
A
positive reaction, though, is one that puts us on the road
to make a change when we feel that a change is due.
There are times in our lives when things just aren't
working; at those times, it's important that we make
decisions that put us on the road to improvement, not that
keep us on the barren road of self-pity.
We
all choose wrong roads now and then, no matter how good or
how honorable our intentions. What helps to
determine our character and the quality of our lives,
though, is not necessarily the road we choose, but what we
decide to do once we find out that we're on a wrong
road. In those decisions we'll see our lives being
constructed, refined, and improved.
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