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Not even our thoughts are new! It is merely the way our thoughts combine that make, what appears to be, new. Even the so called “new inventions” are re-surged thoughts combined in a new way. Often you will hear someone say, as they view a “new invention”, “Oh! my Goodness! I thought about doing something like that years ago and quickly dispelled the thought as “impossible”! Well – did you ever?” This is why it is so important to be in the moment and pay attention to your thoughts – they all have meaning and as you have experienced, nothing is impossible. Remember to keep in mind the old adage “the gift is the present”.
We spend so much time re-living the past moments or worrying about the future moments we don’t get the ‘gift’. So often, when we are in conversation with a friend, we are contemplating our response and not fully paying attention to the information that they are relaying to us. And, if we are doing that to them, chances are that they are doing that to us! Oops! now that does not feel good. you know what they say, “What you are giving – you are getting!” Also the solution to every problem lies within the problem itself. We spend so much time blaming outside sources when sometimes we just need to stop, look at the ‘problem’ and recognize the ‘gift’!
As I write this piece, I am looking out of my window at the snow that has fallen, covering the limbs of the tree outside and it is glistening in the sunlight against the azure sky – what a gift! How picturesque this little scene is at this moment and in only a few hours it will be gone. It is not a new scene – only slightly different from the previous snow fall – but I choose to enjoy it in this moment. I am ever so grateful for this moment.
I always seem to find myself thinking of my response rather than listening to the person. Great point. Thank you!