how does one lead a meaningful life
because ultimately isn't that what we
all want we want to lead a life so that
however we transition people can say wow
that was a bright one that was a bright
light first of all I think that it comes
from a deep sense of awareness about who
you are and why you're here it comes
from being in touch with on a regular
basis the appreciation and the holy
gratitude that should fill each of our
hearts on a regular basis the value of
just still being here matters it's
really big that you're here it's really
big because everybody here has been
called from the ethers to do the will
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to fulfill the highest expression of
yourself as a human being and to do that
in truth how do you do that well I think
you let every step you take move you in
the direction of the one thing all
religions can agree on and that is love
I've come to understand that what
Marianne Williamson said is true there's
really only two emotions that count and
that's love and that's fear and in all
of your movements through life you're
either moving in the direction of one or
the other in order to have a meaningful
life you have to choose love and not the
schmaltzy dolts the kind of love but the
kind of love that really counts the kind
of love and when everything else is
going wrong and nobody even knows you're
choosing it you choose love the kind of
love that says I'm here for you no
matter what you choose love the kind of
love that means you make the right
decision even when you know the other
person is wrong you choose love and make
the choice just to move a little closer
in the direction of that which is going
to bring you grace
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that which is going to honor yourself
and by honoring yourself you can't help
but honor the other person and I try to
live my life from the tenant of the law
the third law of motion in physics if I
had only one wise offering for you it
would be this one the third law of
motion and all the laws of the universe
actually are in my mind divine laws
and my favorite is the third law which
says for every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction there are lots of
different religions and philosophies
that call this other things in this
country sometimes we call it the Golden
Rule
what I know for sure is it doesn't
matter what you do unto others it's
already done unto you and before the
third law of motion which says there's
every every action there's an equal and
opposite reaction before there's even
the thought or the action there is the
intention for the thought and if there's
one force field that rules and dominates
the meaning of life for me it is living
my life with us with a pure sense of
intention so this is what I learned
through intention nothing is showing up
in your life that you didn't order there
if it's there it's there because you
needed to see it learning that I could
specifically determine for myself what
the boundaries were for me what I wanted
to do give my money give my time given
of my service to who I wanted to give it
to when I did that I get to make that
decision and just because you get a
hundred requests a week doesn't mean you
have to try to fulfill all of that just
because you have all of these demands on
your time and on you doesn't mean that
you have to say yes you get to decide
because you're the master of your fate
the captain of your soul is William
Ernest Henley said in Invictus an
understanding that really change the
meaning of my life and that I was not no
longer driven by what other people
wanted me to do
but took charge of my own destiny making
choices based upon what do I feel is the
next right move for me so being able to
go continuously to that space that I
call the power station of God universal
energy the divine flow being able to tap
into the space where you and all of life
and me all beings all things are
connected you cannot in my opinion have
a meaningful life without a life of self
reflection of spiritual and moral
inquiry and knowing who you are and why
you are truly here spiritual self
reflection to understand who you are and
why you are here and when you understand
the depths of that and you allow
yourself to tap into the space of that
which is the force the universal energy
the divine flow and you do that with a
sense of authenticity that only you can
that only your energy can bring you
become untouchable and whatever it is
you choose to do you lose your power
when you try to take control of somebody
else's energy because you have no power
in any energy field other than that
which is your own and your real job in
life is to figure out how do you master
your field how do you do that
by consistently choosing love by living
in the space of gratitude and knowing
that that power that you feel from time
to time comes from a source that is
greater than yourself because nobody
gets out of here alone nobody nobody is
making it alone and when you are
trusting in your when you are afraid
when you are sad when you are unable to
make a decision when you are challenged
when you are moving in the direction of
all that which is fearful it's because
you're trusting in your own power and my
ability to step into literally the flow
and grace that I call God is what has
gotten me here and I consistently mind
that because having a spiritual life
isn't something that you can attain
because you already are a spiritual life
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said we're
spiritual beings having a human
experience I know this to be true so
it's not like you can go out seeking a
spiritual life you already are one and
the real job is for you to become aware
of the soul's calling and the spirit
that resides in above around and through
you and be about the business of
fulfilling that there is no one else in
creation like you there's nobody like
you
and what you've come to do and what you
have to offer is like no other no one
brings the level of uniqueness and
authenticity that you can bring nobody
does it like you an understanding that
what you have to offer what you've come
to give to the planet is your gift
you're offering in a way that nobody
else can and how much that matters it
matters to you it matters to the people
that you love and it matters to our
planet that you are here it's it's just
you know it's a miracle it's a miracle
that we get to be here and I'm not
telling you what to believe or who to
believe or what to call it but there is
no full life no fulfilled meaningful
sustainably joyful life without a
connection to the spirit I haven't seen
it happen
and the wait for a sustainable
sustainability is through practice you
must have a spiritual practice what is
yours
I believe that creativity artful
expression prayer
conscious kindness empathy consistent
compassion gratitude all spiritual
practices in the way of becoming more of
who you are and in order to maintain a
sense of growing yourself forward it
requires also being in a place of
knowing that after you've done all that
you can there's a wonderful song by
Donnie McClurkin says you just stand
there comes a time in everybody's life
when you've actually done all that you
can do and you really want something so
badly but it still isn't coming forward
for you in a way that that you feel that
it should I know that what is for you
will come to you I know that for sure
and I know that many times when it
appears that something is happening to
you it is always always happening for
you to strengthen you because my
definition of power is strength over
time strength times strength times
strength time strengthen the glory that
the universe God has in store for you is
unimaginable to you you can't even
imagine it
you can't even imagine it if you will
surrender that which is yourself
in alignment with the greater self and
allow yourself to become a part of the
force of all take your glory
it's waiting for you and run with it
thank you
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you