I asked her, what is it that you like about this place?. Check this beautiful flower right there, she happily said. I looked where she pointed, and i saw a lovely violet flower that risen above all the garbage. It was a very beautiful scene right in the middle of a very irritating one. The little girl chose to see that beautiful scene. She chose to see what makes her happy. The flower, and the girl both taught me one of the biggest lessons of my life. The world reflects not what it is, but what we are. What do you choose to see in the things you look at? do you choose to see the beauty of things, or do you tend to see the negative side of them. It is a profound transformation when you start to choose the things you look at. Once you choose looking at whats beautiful, your mind then ignores what is not, and you then maintain your happiness. This is in fact the key to get over suffering on earth. If we choose to see how miserable the world is, how many people are suffering, how much hate, and violence are out there, We become miserable ourselves; and also, we empower those negative things, making them get bigger and bigger, until we become part of the crime, we become responsible for those terrible things just by empowering the idea that they exist. We tend to forget that every thing is not what it seems. My father who is a journalist, once went to Palestine to cover some news there, and when he came back, he told me that little kids there were happy, the sounds of shootings and bombs did not scare them at all nor stopped them from playing their cheerful games. When we follow the media and see the misery that those kids are supposedly going through, we believe that, not knowing that how they feel is way different, not knowing that they find happiness during those dark times. Those kids may even wonder why we think they are miserable. They just do not get it, because they are happy. Actually the kids who live in Palestine are just an example of people living at many areas around the world that we think are dark. Knowing this, i wonder why we choose to see the things that makes us feel bad. What if we just see and empower the beauty in everything around us, in fact, this is one of the core meanings of the Yin & Yang symbol, that is to see the white in every black, to empower this white until it expands, gets bigger, and fills the whole planet. This kind of change in thoughts is life transforming, because once you start looking at the beautiful side of things, more beauty will be attracted into your life, this is a universal law, and it is a sacred promise! Do not be one of those who know that watching the news makes them feel bad, and still watch it! Let the way you feel about things be your compass. Before you do anything just ask yourself if it would make you feel good; and if not, just do not do it.
Remember what Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Be the change you want to see in the world," only those who become the change they want to see in the world make a true profound difference, and this can be achieved by observing the beautiful side of everything you see; and also, of each person you deal with, including the ones you call enemies. Remember that we do not attract what we want, we attract who we are; This is so important if you think of it deeply, we attract who we are, and who we are is defined by the thoughts we hold on to. Thank You!
Love & Light...
