O Happy Day!

Life keeps getting better & better! I wake up happy. :) What more is there?

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I just wanted to elaborate a little bit on the post below. I tackled a very broad topic in a short post. What I want to say today is how much enlightenment the awareness that I have control over all of my thoughts/emotions/actions & reactions has given me. Freedom of choice in all aspects of life. I have attained a certain peace in knowing that I may choose not to be hurt, offended, wronged, sad or depressed. I can dismiss forgiveness knowing that there was never a reason forgiveness was called for in the first place, other than my own personal inner turmoil.
That isn't to say that I never feel upset about anything, but being aware that I can ALWAYS redirect my thought process back to the positive is a constant comfort.
I've been cultivating this sort of manner of being for quite awhile, and I have been able to come to terms with a lot. I don't want to be misunderstood, because I don't just dismiss things..that would be denial. What I try to do is really spend some time breaking things down from all angles. Like I said below, when I do that I can realize that I am pondering an outcome. An outcome can not be changed, but the way I process it, the way I choose to feel about it is malleable.
It's not a new concept & I'm sure many self help type books would direct me to the same practices. There is something to be said for really learning the lesson though. I think I have, and I'm finally starting to get it.

The Illusion of Seeing With Your Own Eyes

My grandmother used to say that you can never believe what you hear, and only about half of what you see. This has proven to be true. I never believe what I hear, and while I can believe what I see in front of me, I can never assume to know. What I walk away with is what I perceive. It is becoming very apparent to me how much residual impact the way I choose to percieve things will have in all aspects of my life.
Perceptions have consequences, always. They can impart meaning, and influence decisions. Courage can be provoked, fear exposed, and wisdom simulated. We are continually given a choice about the way we perceive things, and yet we condition ourselves in a way that fools us into believing there is only ONE way to see things. I think that in failing to see that EVERYTHING is universally multifaceted, we assassinate our innate behavior of being inquisitive, and trade it for indifference and dismissal. It is the root of vast social discord in this country, and the rest of the world..and it's a choice. Life, and people are not, and will never be so facile.
There is never any one right person or thought or belief when you take the time to ponder something twice. What you thought were straight lines on a marked path become labyrinthine, and although you run the risk of getting lost, you also reap the reward of finding your own way out.

A big part of my personal growth in the last few years has been realization that nothing is indubitable.
Question everything.

Creeeepy

So, Brian found a gigantic spider that had spun a gigantic web reaching from our garage all the way over the the neighbors garage. It was UNREAL...which is why we took pictures.

I couldn't sleep last night because I kept thinking I felt something crawling on me!