leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in
shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; and we
must take the current when it serves... or lose our ventures." - Shakespeare
JOE's THOUGHTS - Today we each float upon a full sea of opportunities. Daily we encounter
the power to make strong choices and decisions - when we decide to face those
challenges head on into the "flood" it will lay the path to other "fortunes" for us.
Taking the higher road at every chance gives us the strength to move
onward over any challenge. Choosing to take the lower road, the easy road... the road which pushes aside our values in exchancge for a quicker easier route to what we want... ultimately leaves us stranded without many options... as Shakespeare said it... "bound to shallows and miseries."
ALTERNATE THOUGHTS -
In Zen Buddhism, is it taught to not force things, to not fight against the natural current of life, but instead to become part of the current, to gain the strength of it.
We have a power, that lesser animals do not posses. The dynamic power of cdeliberately creating our own futures. Like attracts like. If we want to bring happiness into our life, it would not make sense to be continually frustrated, allowing for tension and sadness to pervade our emotions. We must act in accordance with what we truly desire, and be focused on what we truly desire.
We must say to ourselves, "I choose to feel good, now." It is the secret to changing the course of our own life, and that power is within each of us.
