THE ONE THING

THE ONE THING

We’ve been together for a number of months now...since shortly after Covid-19 began its rampage across the world. Throughout this time I’ve been sharing my thoughts here with a singular purpose: to encourage us to think about how we think. Why? Because nothing is more important. Nothing! (Case in point: If you are a religious person, it’s the basis of your religion. If you’re not, your thinking is the basis of that, too.) There are no exceptions on this one, no matter what we place on the continuum!

We’re doing it 24/7/365 from birth till death. How we do it is the one (and sometimes only) thing you and I have control over in the course of our day--or at least, it can feel this way. It’s the one thing that influences our emotions and our actions--and their consequences--more than anything else. It’s the one thing that you and I MUST take responsibility for before anything else, in order to live a life that is joyful, compassionate, generative and meaning-filled as opposed to one empowered by fear, greed, lust and ego. 

Oddly, it’s the one thing that we--in the blink of an eye--surrender unconditionally to the thinking, influences, forms and forces in and around us. (If we want proof of all this we need only to consider the devastating political climate we Americans are living in and how we got here--for which no one person’s thinking or actions is entirely responsible.) At the same time, our current world’s/humanity’s well being--or lack thereof--reveals that it’s more important than ever that we think about how we think. Finally, it begs us to remember that our thinking, which got us here in the first place, is the one thing--the only thing--that will get us out of here and onto high ground. 

While we're busy buying or making Christmas gifts for our loved ones these days, let’s give them the one gift that can and will genuinely improve their lives--as well as the life of this exquisitely unique, diverse and beautiful world. While we’re at it, let’s give it to our gnarly neighbors, our politically-possessed politicians, and those most different from us. And let’s not wait for Christmas. Let’s do it today. Beginning right now. It’s not expensive. It’s absolutely free. But its essence is essential, its availability is infinite and its value is priceless. 

TODAY.

LET’S GIVE THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.

LET’S TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE THINK