Wednesday 29 May 2013



Whenever we think back over the past, we start to see ways in which our ability to see the future was less than complete. We never expected this to happen or that to occur. No wonder we get apprehensive when we try to anticipate what lies in store next. If we fail to foresee Event X, perhaps we won't be ready for Event Y, either. Yet though none of us have perfect powers of prescience, your abilities are at least as good as anyone could ever reasonably hope to have. Trust your most positive vision of tomorrow. It may well be right.
Whilst an opportunity might have the potential to lead to trouble, it might also have the potential to bring great delight. And there is certainly no guarantee that doing the easiest, obvious, thing will afford you some kind of safety and protection. Life may often seem like a constant struggle to fulfil financial and emotional obligation but actually, it is supposed to be a great adventure. Many people insist that we were put on this earth to explore, to discover - and to enjoy ourselves. Could this be your chance to prove them right? 
The world, as I rather suspect you may have noticed right now, is a crazy place. One of the most spectacularly silly things about it, is the way in which it is populated by so may people who go to such great lengths to pretend that everything is sensible and sane. Of course, it isn't! How can it be? The art of successful survival does not involve tracking down the one true source of logic; it involves learning to accept with grace, the endlessly paradoxical nature of existence. Your sense of humour is your greatest friend.  
No matter how selfless we may try to be, none of us can really hope to understand exactly how the world appears through the eyes of someone else. Naturally, our own feelings and experiences dominate our perspective. Yet an effort to be sympathetic is always much more than a gesture. Relating to others helps others relate to us. And it also helps us to see our own situation in perspective. Someone in your world now, appears to lack compassion. Isn't that all the more reason why compassion should be extended to them?
 'Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.' It is no longer acceptable to sing the praises of sugar. Dentists say it is bad for our teeth and nutritionists believe that it provides empty calories that cause weight gain. Anyway, the conversational, psychological equivalent of sugar does no harm at all. Try to be sweet.  
  The key question is not, 'Why does life seem to be so unfair?' Instead, you need to ask, 'What's still possible, even if too many restrictions and limitations are operating?' The one opportunity that remains open to you may well be the only opportunity you actually need to explore. Now, I must be a little careful. I am not, repeat not, encouraging you to take desperate measures. The 'big chance' that, involves making a positive, constructive, move. If you can't yet see what that could be, keep looking. 
Stand up! Sit down! Don't read another word. Well, okay, go on then. You can look at the next couple of sentences.' Are you beginning to tire of life in a world where everyone is barking orders yet many of those instructions conflict? And why are you obliged to accept other people's choices and priorities? You now have an option to set the agenda, to take charge of a seemingly chaotic situation and to assert your own strength, even over those who have been behaving in an overbearing fashion. You are entitled to this!  
When we agree with other people, we gain a sense of comfort. There is something reassuring about knowing that the folk around us see life from much the same point of view as we do. But that hardly becomes a reason to start deliberately embracing the world's most popular or fashionable ideas. Better by far, to be thought of as an oddball, yet to remain true to a point of principle. Resist the subtle pressure that you may now feel, to comply with an expectation. Your idea maybe more controversial but that doesn't mean it is wrong. 

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