It has been said that thoughts become things.
A number of people believe this. I’ve heard mega-athletes say that they “envisioned” hitting the home run, or winning the Olympic race. And then it happened. Other times, an actor may talk about seeing themselves getting the part, or holding the Oscar. And the ensuing applause.
It has been noted by some, that if you envision an outcome, it will manifest in that way.
I know in my life, I sure have wished for certain things to go a certain way. Wished with all my might. Tried to see it happening. And then “the thing” went in the other directions. I guess wishing and envisioning are two different matters.
I tell you. I was just sitting here thinking.
“I sure do wish I knew how it all worked.”
Moments before, I thought about how there is so much good happening in the world, perhaps a result of someones, somewhere, envisioning good outcomes.
But then I thought about all the “bad” that occurs too. And I wondered how that fits into the scheme of things. Are there those who envision evil, and get their way?
The point in case, I just read that on today’s date, in 1941, the entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy, Lithuania was exterminated. By Nazis, by Germans. The numbers are horrific for the Jews who continued to be raped and murdered during the years between 1941 and 1944, in Lithuania, by those Nazi intruders.
That certainly was the “will” of certain people in the upper ranks of the German Army. Their vision. But what about all the Lithuanian people who had envisioned happy lives for themselves, in their homes, with their spouses? Just living their normal lives. What happened to those visions?
All of this got underway when I saw a meme this morning that said “You are what you think.”
Once again, I would like this to be true, and to a certain extent, I suppose it is. If I want to experience peace in my life, I have to envision that sense of peace. If I think that I am a “being of peace,” then peace will become a part of me. By trying to share the goodness of peace with the people that I meet, by those in my life, then that goodness will expand.
Yet, in contrast, we can — every one of us — envision ourselves winning the grand prize of the Megaballing Power Millions Lottery game, and I am guessing it will not transpire. Or seeing ourselves eating as many hot fudge brownies with ice cream on top as we want, and never gaining an ounce. That probably won’t work either.
Yeah, I don’t know how the visualization thing works. At all.
But I DO know, when I keep love, kindness, peace, in my mind and in my heart, it feels better. It feels right and good. And whatever happens around me can only be affected in a positive manner, if I am seeing myself react that way, and keeping that peace sewn right into my skivvies.
Even if it starts with having one good, kind, compassionate peaceful thought each day. That has to be helping the world, somehow. I think.
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“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift
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“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
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“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock
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