Make Your Life Matter
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At one point or another we pause in life and ask ourselves if
we are fulfilling our life purpose. Some people do it during a “Mid Life” crisis,
while others do it after a succession of failed relationships or unsatisfying
jobs. Pausing to evaluate your life is an important and valuable tool to
finding yourself and your purpose.
In many spiritual teachings you learn that your only purpose
is to love yourself and others unconditionally. Doing so is not as easy as it
sounds. We are told to find love in ourselves and others even when things
happen that hurt our feelings. We are to find and express love in all things,
all situations, with all beings.
Expressing love, compassion and kindness when we are happy
is easy. Doing so when we are depressed, hurt or offended is much more
difficult but not impossible. Throughout history there have been Masters and
Saints that exemplified this. Jesus, Buddha, Ghandi, Mother Teresa and even
Princess Diana showed us how to offer ourselves and our lives as a tool for
loving kindness. They showed compassion for those who were in need, sick, and
even lost.
Our purpose truly is to love. We are called to live our
lives in a state of love, both giving and receiving. We are asked to see love
in all things, even if what we experience doesn’t feel good. To go beyond
oneself and give more then you thought you were capable of is a true act of
love.
If you are at a crossroads in life and searching for
fulfillment, ask yourself “What would love do through me”? You may get an
inclination to push on in a dull relationship. You may get a thought to pursue
a long held dream. You may have an urging to volunteer your time to a worthy
cause. It may be as simple as a feeling or thought to focus on being more
loving in your relationships with your children, parents, friends or
co-workers.
There is a reason we honor people like Mother Theresa. The compassionate,
loving example she set by living her life as a Humanitarian, Teacher, Healer
and Mother to many impoverished continues to affect the world in a profound
way. She gave up the comforts of Convent living to live among the poor and
destitute to fulfill a call within.
Whether you are a teacher, homemaker, cashier or celebrity
you can build a life that reflects love and compassion. Your life does matter
and what you do with the life you’ve been given is the most important thing in
this world.
As we continue to face economic trouble throughout the
world, we are asked to give of ourselves beyond what we believed was possible. When
you make the choice to give of yourself even though you are lacking, you begin
to receive blessings untold.
May you be blessed and be a blessing!
Bernadette Dickinson © 2009 All Rights Reserved