Most people are going as fast as they can through life, but in reverse gear.
They are astonished when they crash and burn – again and again. This comes from
the erroneous belief in “Have – Do – Be.”
Are you a have – do – be person? Does your thinking run along the lines of
“If I only had enough money, then I could do all the things that I want to do,
and I would be happy.” If so, I have a wake-up call for you. You have the
process exactly in reverse. Further, this error is the root of all your
problems. I understand that you most likely learned to think that way from your
parents, teachers, peers, etc. – but now you get to choose your own path.
The people who are consistently happy are the ones who choose to be happy,
irrespective of the circumstances that surround them. I am not talking about an
empty, pretend happiness that collapses when things get rougher – I am talking
about a choice to be respectful and trusting of our Creator, and to appreciate
the precious gifts that we have in the moment, no matter whether we recognize
them as gifts or not.
One of the greatest gifts I ever received resulted from a serious automobile
accident. I was in Korea at the time – many miles away from what we would
consider to be “civilized” medical aid. The jeep in which I was riding rolled
over, coming to rest with its right front fender across my chest. Many of my ribs
were broken, both my lungs were collapsed, and my heart was compressed and
shoved off to the extreme right side of my chest cavity. There was more than
enough damage to my body to have killed me, yet it was not my time to go.
It was at that moment that I was introduced to my Creator. I was privileged
to observe a series of “miracles” occur within and without my body as I was
virtually re-plumbed and re-prioritized to keep my body alive until I reached
medical aid many hours later. This was particularly poignant, considering that I
had been an atheist up to the moment of the crash.
Although I did not remember my Enlightening experience until
several years
later, my life was permanently and irrevocably changed. I had a new inherent
attitude of gratitude, and I began to be fascinated by matters of the Spirit.
Suddenly people started sending me books that further awakened me to the
Wholeness of my existence. Although I had read most of the Christian "Holy Bible" before the
accident, rereading it was like reading an entirely different book. The words
may have been the same, but the messages were entirely different. I developed a
fascination for different religions. Some of these studies
awakened me to spirituality.
As a result of being crushed and mutilated, I became grateful to just be! I had come very close to
not being at all, or at least being in a very different way. I lost my attitude
that life owed me something, and came to realize that it was me that owed for my
very existence. I also became aware that I did not need to do anything or to
have anything in order to be. My very presence was more than proof enough that I
was supposed to be here.
From this very solid foundation of being I have gone on to do the things that
are consistent with my being. As a result, I now have much more than I need. I
greatly appreciate every little thing, incidence, even life’s little ”pains”.
Apparently I needed a severe wake-up call to get my attention.
Hopefully you will not be as hard-headed as I was. If you respond to life
from have-do-be, change your mind now. Shift out of reverse gear and into
overdrive. Recognize who and what you are. Be Universally grateful for every
aspect of your being. Do what you know you must do, based on who you are,
and you will have all that you need. The immediate and ultimate result of
be-do-have living is Bliss – the healthiest state of all.
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