Are you a dinosaur?

Evolution....

From the time we're born until we die we are in a constant state of evolution. Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually...

 

In most cases however, through circumstances on our journey, this evolution stops, or slows down to a crawl.

 

I heard it said that if we look at people, and their behavior as an observer; through the things they say, or the behavior they exhibit, we can tell where that evolution or growth stopped.

 

For some, it's in  infancy, or childhood, or  for others-adolescence..

 

That doesn't stop us  from reacting to the behavior or emotion, but it should make us more compassionate to who we're dealing with at any given moment. But that can't happen until we look at our own evolution.

 

Where have you stopped in your evolution?

 

What happened in that child place or young adult that keeps us reacting, and blaming and judging, with an un evolved eye-  creating the "unfairness"  in our life- the victim or the inability to own our part in the adult world?

 

Our physical parent, or peer may not be there to heal that place for us or give us what we need now. So it is up to us to heal that place so we can live in peace and be compassionate to our less evolved brothers and sisters in the world.

 

The dinosaurs are extinct because they could not evolve.

 

Growth requires change, and with growth there is pain, but it is short lived compared to living every day with the pain of ignorance.

 

Here is the thought for the day;

 

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun.

You never blame the lettuce.

Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person.

But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce.

Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument.

That is my experience.

No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can Love, and the situation will change.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist

Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber