I hear all the time that being a parent is mostly trial and error. That there is no instruction book for raising kids and there is a right or wrong way to do this and that with our children … ok, so that’s great and all…but what about our own lives, our own well-being and the right and wrong in our personal situations?
Let’s start with the right and wrong.
I know that when I don’t eat all day and am out of my mind with hunger, I should not go to the grocery store and buy a bag of tater tots and eat the whole thing in one sitting with half a bottle of ketchup. There is still the knowledge that what I am doing is wrong and yes I have the free will to say, HELL NO! SO why would I ever find a rational excuse for doing it?
Trial and Error.
Some things work for me and some things work for you and vice versa, however, why is it that we continue to do the things that don’t work and then get mad when they don’t work just like we had no clue it could go wrong. For example, I love to watch Tony Horton on his workout videos, he is hilarious and pretty motivational, I bought power 90 (the wussy version of p90x) and watched it once. I never did the workout and never used the tools to help get me into better shape. But I won’t sell it. I look at it and think, “Wow. One day I should do that”. But I never do. Then I see a commercial for some Zumba workout and actually consider buying it. Why are we like that folks? I know I will never use it but still want it!!! WTH?!?!?
INSTRUCTIONS!
Some would argue that the instruction book for life is The Bible and for those that believe otherwise it is The Torah or The KORAN or the Book of Mormon or Essential Tibetan Buddhism or a personal book of Shadows or a journal of personal experience. Whatever you believe to be your instruction book, good for you and I hope it is working for you. I believe we were raised with values and morals and our instructions were passed to us through society and the knowledge we received from our caregivers whomever they might have been (yes I used whom correctly). The books I mentioned before are great when it comes to telling you how your maker wants you to live, or how your actions affect your life but honestly folks, let’s look at this from a SMALLER picture…
The Earth and its progress (or lack thereof) is a lesson of terror, experience after experience of mistakes and misguided fortune. We, as individuals have a much easier task of living and loving the best way we can, helping others and working together, making mistakes and making the right choices are all part of how we get to the end of our individual journeys.
I honestly believe that through trial and error we find the path through the right and wrong choices and therefore the instructions we have been given, or not given, are not as specific as we think.
All the books I mentioned above have one truth that is constant. LOVE
I think if we love each other, if we love all things and all people. If we love the animals and the Earth, if we love our families and our love ourselves and yes even if we love our God, or our religious knowledge and our experience, we cannot truly go wrong.
The truth to this post is, There IS no right or wrong if you have love in your heart when you choose.
There is no error when you face your trials with love oozing out of your pours!
Your instruction books, with all the inspiration and meaning, all their guidance and stipulations, mean much much more to your everyday life when you read them with LOVE in your heart, with love in your eyes and with love in your hands.
I hope all of you have a blessed day, look at the sun that is shining or the rain that is falling or the wind that is blowing and remember to smile because you are even alive to witness it!
LOVE YOU ALL!
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