” A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meretricious examples of humanity abound throughout our experience in this life’s journey . . . until one day we meet an individual who ignites our creativity, perception, perspective, awareness, curiousity and consciousness. This encounter may be the tipping point that re-maps a balance of our choices and the focus of our lives. Within that moment, we choose the outcome of who we are and what we become. Empowerment in a single moment is either enhanced or diminished. Yes, you make that choice in a single split second to evaluate whether you will be empowered or diminished by what you accept from another.
Implementing mindfulness within every moment of your life is not a so called death sentence of impossibility. Mark Twain put it another way . . . “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” What side of that are you a committed proponent? When you understand that your thoughts are creative, anything is possible. Can you stand alone with your convictions, principles, beliefs, integrity, and values? Moving forward and seeing yourself truthfully is embraced with these words of Albert Camus, “The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.”
As you read these words, there exists the opportunity to become that individual who sparks an idea that empowers your creativity. We all have superfluous baggage that needs unloading. This can be done with a direct purpose of intention and need not be burdensome when approached using a skill set suggested by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
As we continue on this journey, we may be able to reflect on an individual who sparked a moment of profound enlightenment that altered the course of our lives. Will anyone choose you as the hallmark of that moment in their lives? You are the nucleus which ignites the spark within yourself. The moment is now and time will continue to pass with lightening speed punctuated with the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson . . . “People only see what they are prepared to see.” JLR