How small can we be? In the
larger universe, we pale in size in comparison to the infinitesimal vastness of
space, its galaxies and constellations. Is our universe expanding? If so, we
are far smaller still. We are analogous to plankton in an ocean. Yet, plankton
is a critical organism in how oceans stay fresh and sustainable to other
creatures – large or small.
Yet, in the other order of
things within our immediate system, we can have meaning and purpose. We can
size up our situations so that things appear more complex or simple, intricate
or gross, larger or smaller. Death can stop all these comparison immediately.
Impending death from disease can nudge us into submission or competition. We
can fight the disease or surrender to it. We have choices, and how we choose to
exercise them determines our place and position in the inner universe of our
mind and spirit.
Our time on this earth
determines what we are capable of doing. What we do defines us. As Gandhi
alluded: ‘Our positive thoughts translate into emotions into actions into
habits into values and into our destiny.’ We are capable of shaping our
thoughts into useful ones, which in turn guide us through to our behaviors
towards others.
Think of what you can do in
each moment. If you have the power to change one thing, what would that be?
What would you do differently the next moment? Do we watch the world go by? Or,
do we be come participants in it? See the change. Be the change. Change.
The enormity of what we can
do, can be dazzling. Do what you have to do. Re-size your efforts. Maximize
your vision.
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