There is no such thing as luck. Nothing ever happens by chance. Everything, good or bad, that comes into your life is there as the result of unvarying, inescapable Law. And the only operator of that law is none other than yourself. No one else has ever done you any harm of any kind, or ever could do so, however much it may seem that he did. Consciously or unconsciously you have yourself at some time or other produced every condition, desirable or undersirable, that you find in either your bodily health or your circumstances today. You, and you alone, ordered those goods; and now they are being delivered. And as long as you go on thinking wrongly about yourself and about life, the same sort of difficulties will continue to harass you. For every seed must inevitable bring forth after its own kind, and thought is the seed of destiny.
Yet there is a simple way out of trouble. Learn how to think rightly instead of wrongly, and conditions at once begin to improve until, sooner or later, all ill-health, poverty, and inharmony must disappear. Such is the Law. Life need not be a battle: It can, and should be a glorious mystical adventure; but living is a science.
EMMET FOX
You know I really didn't want to hear this right now...Nope, not at all....
I don't even know why I checked in here.....Sometimes it is so much easier to place blame and wallow around in the poor me, if they'd have only done it my way..............
Okay, time to smoke and do some praying...."practice all these principles in all my affairs" "practice, practice, practice" <sigh>
Thanks for letting me vent....guess my way isn't always the best answer even though I thought so for so very long......
Hope your having a good day!
I don't even know why I checked in here.....Sometimes it is so much easier to place blame and wallow around in the poor me, if they'd have only done it my way..............
Okay, time to smoke and do some praying...."practice all these principles in all my affairs" "practice, practice, practice" <sigh>
Thanks for letting me vent....guess my way isn't always the best answer even though I thought so for so very long......
Hope your having a good day!
What's going on, Stace?
Nothing big, it's just my job and the decisions and how I address the situations being put in front of me.....
My old behaviour would be to tell these men how they screwed up, explain in detail where they failed and scream & yell.....It doesn't feel right to do that anymore and so instead of that snap knee-jerk reaction to a big issue at hand, I find myself praying for the words to come and not to snap at people....
I was almost upset and ready to write an e-mail but stopped...took a break, prayed and kind of have to ask myself just how important this will seem in a year and I happened to read your post.....
I need to remember that it is only a job and it's not important anymore that my way is right or I could have done it better...I guess the important thing is to figure out a way to make things right and move on from here.......
Who knows where I'll be next year....If I win the lotto, I could be hanging out in Florida, visiting my friend Miss Katbird, waiting for the Daytona 500 & enjoying the sun....thanks for listening...I'm still an alcoholic and sometimes tend to make things much bigger of a problem than they need to be.....
xoxoxo
My old behaviour would be to tell these men how they screwed up, explain in detail where they failed and scream & yell.....It doesn't feel right to do that anymore and so instead of that snap knee-jerk reaction to a big issue at hand, I find myself praying for the words to come and not to snap at people....
I was almost upset and ready to write an e-mail but stopped...took a break, prayed and kind of have to ask myself just how important this will seem in a year and I happened to read your post.....
I need to remember that it is only a job and it's not important anymore that my way is right or I could have done it better...I guess the important thing is to figure out a way to make things right and move on from here.......
Who knows where I'll be next year....If I win the lotto, I could be hanging out in Florida, visiting my friend Miss Katbird, waiting for the Daytona 500 & enjoying the sun....thanks for listening...I'm still an alcoholic and sometimes tend to make things much bigger of a problem than they need to be.....
xoxoxo
I guess it all boils down to do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? I prefer both but it doesn't always work my way. Dammit.
smooch
smooch
I used to think being right made me happy but it never did and slowly I have learned the difference and today, I prefer happy over being right....and acceptance is the answer to all of my problems <smiling>
Thank you...more than I can express.....
Smooches back at ya...
Thank you...more than I can express.....
Smooches back at ya...
| QUOTE |
| There is no such thing as luck. Nothing ever happens by chance. Everything, good or bad, that comes into your life is there as the result of unvarying, inescapable Law. And the only operator of that law is none other than yourself. |
I disagree.
OK
Hey OK,
you know you have my utmost respect, but I have to disagree too.
There are things in life that happen to us that in no way are our fault or responsibility. There is nothing we could have done to prevent it. Of course what we do with the circumstance that life threw us is entirely up to us.
I still enjoyed reading it and it did give me something to ponder for a bit.
How are you doing these days?
>Hi Danny and Stacy!<
xxxxxxoooooo
you know you have my utmost respect, but I have to disagree too.
There are things in life that happen to us that in no way are our fault or responsibility. There is nothing we could have done to prevent it. Of course what we do with the circumstance that life threw us is entirely up to us.
I still enjoyed reading it and it did give me something to ponder for a bit.
How are you doing these days?
>Hi Danny and Stacy!<
xxxxxxoooooo
Hey Kat-
Exactly.There was a lot to think about after reading that but there are simply too many random variables in life to think that you control everything and can change the course of anything through that control. You simply can't. In reality, your life is primarily based upon random chance (starting with your own conception). Now, once that cause is put into effect, you certainly do have control, or at least to some extent, over what happens.
Example, you wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast and get into the car to go to work. Someone across town does the same but forgets his briefcase so runs back into the house and grabs it and jumps into his car and gets caught at three stop lights and finnaly, at the fourth, not paying attention, runs through it, broad sides your car and kills you.
To quote Emmet here
I certainly didn't produce the condition of some person, whom I don't even know, met or interacted with, let alone knew was even alive, forgetting his brief case, hitting three lights and missing the fourth. Yet, I am in this condition now, called dead. I had no control. If he had not forgot his briefcase, if he hit 2 lights in stead of three, whatever, her would not of hit me and I would still be alive.
You life, your day and almost everything that happens is not the result of your control, but of random chance.
If we could control everything, as Emmet says, no one would be poor, hungry, sick or stupid, because no one wants that. And sometimes, being poor, hungry, sick or stupid is well out of the bounds of our control.
Exactly.There was a lot to think about after reading that but there are simply too many random variables in life to think that you control everything and can change the course of anything through that control. You simply can't. In reality, your life is primarily based upon random chance (starting with your own conception). Now, once that cause is put into effect, you certainly do have control, or at least to some extent, over what happens.
Example, you wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast and get into the car to go to work. Someone across town does the same but forgets his briefcase so runs back into the house and grabs it and jumps into his car and gets caught at three stop lights and finnaly, at the fourth, not paying attention, runs through it, broad sides your car and kills you.
To quote Emmet here
| QUOTE |
| Consciously or unconsciously you have yourself at some time or other produced every condition, desirable or undersirable, that you find in either your bodily health or your circumstances today. |
I certainly didn't produce the condition of some person, whom I don't even know, met or interacted with, let alone knew was even alive, forgetting his brief case, hitting three lights and missing the fourth. Yet, I am in this condition now, called dead. I had no control. If he had not forgot his briefcase, if he hit 2 lights in stead of three, whatever, her would not of hit me and I would still be alive.
You life, your day and almost everything that happens is not the result of your control, but of random chance.
If we could control everything, as Emmet says, no one would be poor, hungry, sick or stupid, because no one wants that. And sometimes, being poor, hungry, sick or stupid is well out of the bounds of our control.
I agree, Danny. I could think of so many examples but yours was a fine one.
How are you feeling these days? I'd love to see some more of your sketches.
xxxxxoooooo
How are you feeling these days? I'd love to see some more of your sketches.
xxxxxoooooo
It's hit and miss as far as I feel, to tell the truth. Between Christmas and new years, it was bad. Then ok..last week, pretty bad. This week, so far. Ok. I was throwing up a lot of blood last week but none this week.
Ya, I should take some pictures I suppose of my drawings. Next time I get film, I will. I rarely keep anything I do, though. I usually give them away. I have some though.
Ya, I should take some pictures I suppose of my drawings. Next time I get film, I will. I rarely keep anything I do, though. I usually give them away. I have some though.
12 Stepper,
I have to politely disagree with you. Nothing is black and white.
Hi Danny.
Sharon
I have to politely disagree with you. Nothing is black and white.
Hi Danny.
Sharon
I keep hearing of this line of thinking. Like back when I had that horrible phone bill (the kid ran it up over 10k) and the black girl assaulting me.
I was at work; and the assault was sorta my thing because I was in that space, but it was completely unprovoked. I always wondered how I brought this on.
A good friend of mine told me at that time, I was a vibrational match to it. While I believe some things we can attract into our lives, this stuff was completely out of the blue...my son was actually the bringer of those scum bags into my life.
Maybe it was his lesson; who knows.
I do believe, however, that our thinking can have a huge impact on our lives, and we can move up to a higher energy field in which synchronicity happens more frequently...I see it in my own life.
great food for thought.
p.s. Danny, maybe a Maui vacation will help? I hope you get better, and I am sending out positive thoughts your way. You are one of the good guys.
I was at work; and the assault was sorta my thing because I was in that space, but it was completely unprovoked. I always wondered how I brought this on.
A good friend of mine told me at that time, I was a vibrational match to it. While I believe some things we can attract into our lives, this stuff was completely out of the blue...my son was actually the bringer of those scum bags into my life.
Maybe it was his lesson; who knows.
I do believe, however, that our thinking can have a huge impact on our lives, and we can move up to a higher energy field in which synchronicity happens more frequently...I see it in my own life.
great food for thought.
p.s. Danny, maybe a Maui vacation will help? I hope you get better, and I am sending out positive thoughts your way. You are one of the good guys.
I so understand the intent of this message, Mizz Bird. What is the great Law? And how can we work that Law to our advantage? Every world religion has it: whether it is called Cause and Effect, or Karma, or Sowing and Reaping, it is all the same great Law. Not only can it be worked successfully it can be overcome and transcended!
Every thought is a seed. If I plant crab apples, I certainly shouldn't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
I intend to be a blessing today in every way. May the ideas I sow produce a rich and bountiful harvest for all to share. May my words express love, encouragement and tenderness. May my thoughts bless and be peace filled. May my hands build up, keep safe and hold dear. And may my mind always be open and receptive to my HP's will.
Thank you, Mizz Bird for such a thought provoking topic to my spirit.
Namaste' ~
Sammy
Every thought is a seed. If I plant crab apples, I certainly shouldn't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
I intend to be a blessing today in every way. May the ideas I sow produce a rich and bountiful harvest for all to share. May my words express love, encouragement and tenderness. May my thoughts bless and be peace filled. May my hands build up, keep safe and hold dear. And may my mind always be open and receptive to my HP's will.
Thank you, Mizz Bird for such a thought provoking topic to my spirit.
Namaste' ~
Sammy
"Fate is the force that interferes with our lives,wreaking things at the worst moments.Yet what we call fate is nothing more than the consequences of our own actions.Each time we act,we generate a chain of events that is tied to us completely.The faster we run from these links,the faster they follow us.They cannot be severed; our every act binds us further."
I don't believe in luck. I believe we reap what we sow in most instances. Of course we are not responsible for being molested but we are responsible for our reaction to it. I believe in free will but I believe I am guided by a Higher Power. I still have a choice on what I want to do but if I listen to that voice deep inside I will find the right choice. I do beieve attitude is everything. If I perceive myself as a victim, I will be a victim. If I see myself as a survivor, I will survive anything.
I'm not even sure if this is on topic because work just went berserk but I am posting it anyway.
I'm not even sure if this is on topic because work just went berserk but I am posting it anyway.
I beleive that the strong can MAKE thier own luck.But thats my thoughts...
molly
molly
I have to respectfully disagree wtih the original post, also.
There are too many instances of bad things happening to good people to list them all. It happens everyday.
Of course, how we respond to them is on us, that goes without saying, but to suggest every bad thing that happens to every one is of their own making, and just what they deserve, is ludicrous.
I intend to be a blessing today in every way. May the ideas I sow produce a rich and bountiful harvest for all to share. May my words express love, encouragement and tenderness. May my thoughts bless and be peace filled. May my hands build up, keep safe and hold dear. And may my mind always be open and receptive to my HP's will.
Thank you Sammy <smiling>
Thank you Sammy <smiling>
