Thu Jul 08, 2010
In our book section, you can order Oprah Winfrey's favorite book ~ Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth".
Chinese Proverb
Dear Hearts,
How often do we go through our days in fear of making a mistake? Living in fear of making mistakes is devastating to the growth and unfoldment of our lives. When we live in fear of making mistakes, we’re basically confining our lives to a rigid set of boundaries. If we live in fear of making mistakes, we’re never able to explore all the wonders that life has in store for us. No one ever achieved greatness without making mistakes (and many of them)!
Without mistakes, how would we ever learn? When we watch a toddler start to walk, how many times do they fall before they ever walk smoothly? Yet we never hear a toddler say, “Oh I’ve made a mistake, I’ll never try walking again.” They intuitively know that it’s only in taking a step and falling down, then taking two or three steps and falling again, etc., etc., that they finally learn to walk with ease. And so it is with us. It’s only by trial and error that we’re able to grow and make real progress in our lives.
Mistakes are a necessary part of our journey. Without mistakes, our lives become stagnant and our growth progress is thwarted. Mistakes are simply part of our learning experience.
In metaphysics, we learn that mistakes are opportunities to grow. Perhaps the best thing we might do is simply to rename any perceived mistakes we make and call them what they truly are…opportunities to learn and grow.
Let 2009 be the year we welcome all opportunities to learn and grow. If we make a mistake...well it's simply a GO (GROWTH OPPORTUNITY) and wE simply ”get up, dust ourselves off and start all over again”.
With love and blessings,
Rev. Barbara
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