We all have ancestors. Last year’s “you” could be your ancestor. However, because it is the past, it exists in memories. Only the present exists now. All else is irrational because the past does not exist for you now. Declare yourself alive and growing. Choose to be aware of endlessly giving birth to yourself in new and better ways.
An example of the need to continually expand into a newer state of being is illustrated in the following parable about seeing beyond your comfort zone. It is excerpted from Karen La Puma’s book, Awakening Female Power.
Once upon a time, a frog lived in a deep well. She loved her home. It felt safe and secure and it was all she had ever known. She knew every corner, every crack, and every cranny of the well. One of her favorite things was to share what she knew about her well with others.
One day a sailor fetched water from the well. When he lowered the bucket, a curious thing jumped out and made a huge splash. With surprise, the well frog watched as the thing climbed onto the rock upon which she was sitting. It was another frog.
“Where did you come from?” asked the startled well frog.
“I came from a place far away, near a large body of water called the ocean.”
“Oh! Is it this large?” the well frog asked, as she jumped to another rock across the well.
“No, it’s really huge. Very big,” answered the ocean frog.
The well frog thought that could not be true. That’s wrong, she thought in total denial. She puffed herself up and used all her energy to jump from the rock all the way across to the wall of the well. With pride she announced, “Well, it can’t be any bigger than this!”
The moral to this story is that life can fool us into believing we are in a small deep well. You can choose to be open to a “larger awareness”. Having a larger awareness is easy when you chose to walk in Spirit. Then walking in Spirit gives you both happiness and the ability to take action. |
