Today's
Meditation:
What
doubts do you have today? I have more than I'd like
to admit. Mine often have to do with finances and
earning money, as well as relationships and other elements
of my life that are too personal for public sharing.
I usually feel that my doubts are a result of past
experiences, of situations in the past that have led to
situations of the present--because things often haven't
gone so well in the past, I tend to doubt that they'll go
well tomorrow. After all, I can base my thoughts of
what's to come only on my own experience, right?
Well,
probably not. I realize that very often, what
doesn't come to pass doesn't come because of my
doubts. In other words, I wasn't right to doubt
because of my knowledge or experience, but I actually caused
certain things to happen or not to happen because I
doubted their possibility. And I continue to do
this, even after I've realized the cause-and-effect
relationship between my own thoughts and what happens in
my life.
Faith,
of course, is the belief that things will happen in spite
of a lack of evidence. And if we can have faith in
tomorrow despite what's happened in our past and present,
then we'll soon come to realize many of our dreams and
desires. Our faith simply can make things happen,
just as our doubts can prevent them from happening.
So instead of allowing our doubts to prevent good things
from coming to us, with a bit of faith we can actually
guarantee that they will.
The
only limit to making tomorrow a great day is our own
doubts. This is a shame because it's completely
unnecessary and self-defeating. Faith isn't the
easiest thing in the world to develop, but it can be one
of the most important if we're ever to reach
fulfillment. Life wants to give us the good and the
beautiful, and it will do so as long as we don't doubt
that the good and the beautiful lie in store for us
tomorrow--and perhaps even later on today!
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