What are you doing right now?

If you are still mad at someone, your feelings are still hurt. It is when you have let go that you won't feel anything but peace.

I know that letting go means you have to give up the connection and feelings associated with this person. Joys or heartbreaks. It doesn't matter.  Do you want peace? Then let go of self-righteousness, too. How does one let go? One lives in the present. Every time you allow your thoughts to grind in the past, you are back there! No one but you is being tortured.

So - let go. Even though the past might be easier and the future is unknown. We do have the present. What are you doing right now?

Making the Hard Decisions

I believe that there are a few consequential turning points in a person's life where major decisions are forced upon us. Sometimes we don't even know it is a major decision until afterward. Sometimes it is glaringly obvious if we decide to go one way, the other way will be lost forever.

When they come around, how does one know how to make the best decision? Will we allow fear to guide us? How about the folly of youth? Or are we just gun ho pedal-to-the-metal throwing caution to the wind? Will we walk forward with our minds and hearts engaged together or one leading, trampling over the others' voice? Will we take a spiritual stance? Or a staunch theological one?

It is a chess game. We can try to forecast the outcome, run the odds, accept input from others, and base our next move on our past. Sometimes it is as easy as listening to your instincts.

Crossroads can change a person's life forever. We can kick at the corners, scream at the sky, pound on our chests, and cry. We can relish the happiness of the path we picked. No matter, this is the outcome of what we chose. The path will eventually branch out again and when it does what will we do?

Will we be wiser or just mad that we are expected to plan our future again? Will we realize that sometimes shit happens no matter what we do? Fate. Destiny. Karma. All we control is ourselves.

You have done the best you could. Now go do greater.