Are You Sad?
Are You Sad?
by John Cali
Being back here in the part of New York State where I grew up
has reminded me of a few things I'd almost forgotten.
Among those nearly forgotten things is western New York's
weather.
This time of year (fall and winter, for those of you living in
other climates) the skies are often grey for days on end, and
with seemingly endless rain and snow storms.
There's even a name (thanks, I guess, to our medical experts)
for a radical mood change some folks experience due to the
weather. It's called "seasonal affective disorder." or "SAD."
According to those experts, SAD plunges many people into
depression. Here in New York State, the dull, grey, seemingly
endless wet and cold weather is debilitating to many folks.
Some of my family, as I've recently been reminded, have this
"SAD syndrome."
And so that got me to thinking about all life's sad stuff. (Pun
intended!) And also about a far lesser known, but almost
identical, "disorder."
It seems there are people living in places (like Arizona or
Southern California in the USA) where there are probably as many
sunny days a year as there are grey days in New York.
Some of those folks, according to the research I've read, suffer
just as painfully as all those SAD folks. Basically, they simply
get tired of seeing the sun come up every morning -- just as the
folks here in New York get tired of seeing the dawning of
another dull grey day.
All this got me to wondering about us humans. Have we gotten so
lost, so disconnected from our higher selves -- from our source
-- that we are helpless victims of whatever forces surround us?
Instead of being masters of our ships of life, our ships have
become masters of us.
Here's Chief Joseph..
Chief Joseph
You live in a world today where there are many distractions,
dramas, and traumas. All of which can, if you let them, take you
from the focus you intended to have when you were born into your
current physical body.
Friends, you have heard us say this many times over the years,
but it bears repeating. You did not come into this lifetime to
suffer through a sad, dreary existence, only to have it end
painfully and without purpose. That was the farthest thing from
the intent you (at your soul level) held when you chose to be
born again.
Your intent was to be a joyful creator. To immerse yourself in
the vast and endless sea of diversity that is your planet at
this time in your human history.
You ( the soul "you") did not intend to live a joyless life in
your body only to be buffeted, tossed about, and torn by all the
forces and energies you experience on the earth plane today.
Instead, this "soul you" intended the human you to find joy in
the diversity, to find pleasure in the passing of time, to find
excitement in the expressing of your free will, your freedom of
choice.
And here, friends, we come to the heart of today's discussion.
You have free will. You are always free to choose a different
life in every present moment.
Where you are now is the result of all the choices you've made
in all your past present moments. But all the choices you make
in all your current present moments will determine all your
future present moments.
Our point is this: All your power is in this present moment. All
your power is NOW!
Do you get that? All your power is right here in this present
moment -- exactly where you are as you are reading this -- this
very powerful, all-powerful present moment.
Whatever choices you make today will create your tomorrow.
And so let us return to the point from which we started today:
Do the forces around you (cloudy days, sunny days, etc.)
determine how you will live your life?
Or do you determine how you will live your life?
Do the clouds and the sun have more power over you than you have
over you?
We are not saying the environment in which you live has no
effect on you. We are saying you have far more power over
yourself than your environment does. And that includes the other
people in your environment.
Which leads us to our final point today -- and that is your
connection to your higher self, your soul.
When you are fully and consciously connected to your higher
self, you live in a state of bliss, joy, and power.
And how do you achieve (and maintain) that fully conscious
connection?
By remembering who you really are.
You are not a victim of circumstances -- or the weather, the
clouds, the sun, other people. You are not a pawn buffeted about
by the "powers that be." You are not lost, and you definitely
don't need to be saved.
You are you -- this divine being of incredible power and wisdom
who can do and have and be whatever you choose.
Life is good. You are good. And you are free to choose -- or not
choose -- whatever good you want to bring into your life.
All is well, friends. You cannot get your life wrong -- it's
impossible! For all paths lead Home.
And Home is back to the full remembering of who you truly are.
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