There are two sides to every story. Or so we are told. If only it were true. Think how simple life would be. You are keenly aware of the daunting truth about a sensitive matter. There are not two sides, nor even twenty-two to this tale, but twenty-two to the power of twenty-two. Cubed - and then marinated in a bubbling sauce of confusion and opinion.People don't always say what they mean but sometimes they do. Yet even when they are being completely clear, they are still only saying what they think they mean. A lot of the time a lot of us don't really know what we truly feel. We hang on tight to the emotions and beliefs that seem the most reassuring or appropriate and we widely deny the existence of deeper feelings and wilder ideas, which we suspect we really ought not to have.There are so many things that you don't understand about the people around you and the situations that you are a part of. You can tell a tale and it can go into quite some detail, yet there are missing bits and pieces; statements that cry out for further explanation. Could it be that there is actually something you have still to understand about yourself? If you would like to arrive at that elusive understanding, you must be careful not to cling too tightly to the first explanation or justification that springs to mind today.Whenever we seek official permission for any plan or activity, we effectively oblige the official in question to think long and hard about what they can or can't permit. Had we never asked, they might never have given the matter a second thought and we might have got clean away with doing whatever it was that we were hoping to be allowed to do. Today's big question is: do you feel able to take responsibility for a wise, informed and conscious choice? Or do you need someone else to play the grown-up for you?Are you good or are you bad? Is there a halo hanging over your head? Or can we see a scroll poking out of your pocket on which there appear to be two signatures, one looking remarkably like yours in red ink and the other bearing more than a passing resemblance to a trident? Such questions are far too easy to ask and far too hard to answer. Of course, you are good. Perhaps you are not perfect - but then, nor are any of us! But you are certainly good enough to have a series of good things happen to you today. You really don't know how wonderful you are! I say this not in an attempt to pander to your ego but because it is simply a bald statement of truth. It is almost as if we human beings can't recognise our own true depth and significance. The very best we can manage is to become a little pig-headed about some of our most superficial and irrelevant attributes. It is not that kind of pride that I am encouraging you towards today. Recognise the depth and strength of your connection to the cosmos. Be inspired and helped by that.Is today a day like any other? Only if that is all you want it to be. Only if you have no other expectation. Only if you are unconsciously restricting the depth and breadth of the potential experience that you could be having, in order to stay within the seemingly safe framework of a mundane routine. Would you like your day to be full of magic? It can be. Do you feel that if you are not careful, it could be full of drama instead? Well, it could, but you know how to be careful! It is memorable magic that you deserve - and can have.Wells, Verne, Orwell and Huxley. These great writers foretold at least some aspects of the future in amazing detail. You could argue that they shaped the future. Those who grew up conscious of their prophecies, took them, to some extent, into account in all the choices that they made. Where they left us inspiration, we acted on it. Where they issued warnings, we tried to heed them. They were visionaries. You have got a visionary living in you! What is the best and most exciting thing that this prophet can see?.Perhaps you are saying 'no' to something that you should say 'yes' to. Perhaps, you should say, 'maybe' or 'not at the moment but I'll give it some thought.' Whilst you don't want to send out mixed messages and you shouldn't just bite back a rejection or refusal because you fear causing offence, there are times when it is legitimate and appropriate for us to keep some of our options open. As time goes by, you are finding out more about what you really feel and why. Leave room, from this journey of discovery, for more discovery!
When we have been hungry for a while and we finally eat, it can take time for our appetite to subside. We may have to consciously decide that we have had enough, even though it doesn't yet feel that way. A similar challenge can arise when we are wrestling with a problem. We find the solution; we apply it yet it can take time before we see definite evidence that this has had the desired result. Meanwhile, we carry on worrying, even though there is no longer a need, don't restart something that you have already finished.They say, 'One good turn deserves another.' That is true. Nor, claim those who believe in the laws of karma, need we expect our 'good turn' only ever to be repaid by the same people that we have helped. They suggest, that somewhere in the cosmos, there is a kind of central 'good turn banking system'. Helping out one person automatically entitles you to be helped out by another person, even if these two people have no connection. 
You will see delightful proof of the old saying, 'what goes around comes around..Are you keeping a careful eye out for random subatomic particles? Who knows when a Higgs boson might be about to sneak up on you? You could fall into a patch of dark matter at any time. Or so the scientists say. Such things concern them. The rest of us only have mundane concerns like, 'why is this member of my family behaving like that?' Or, 'when will my finances improve?' Yet the solutions for these seemingly much bigger issues, are smaller and easier to detect than a Higgs - as soon you will see! Love? Are you keeping a careful eye out for random subatomic particles? Who knows when a Higgs boson might be about to sneak up on you? You could fall into a patch of dark matter at any time. Or so the scientists say. Such things concern them. The rest of us only have mundane concerns like, 'why is this member of my family behaving like that?' Or, 'when will my finances improve?' Yet the solutions for these seemingly much bigger issues, are smaller and easier to detect than a Higgs - as soon you will see! It is always important to be thoughtful. Much damage is done because people do things because they seem, at the time, like the right things to do. Only afterwards do they say, 'Oh, I never really thought about those particular consequences for my actions.' Yet sometime, we can over-think. We can mull over a matter until we have entirely shrouded our minds in mist. So, how can you tell if you are now paying too much attention to an important matter - or not enough? Well, if you are worried or confused, it is too much. You should know the rules of game called life, you should apply rules and play well to win.