Having had a few days to reflect upon the thoughts that I shared in my first post, I noticed that I failed to share with you my reason(s) for starting this blog. Perhaps I should have put this in the first post and some may even say it should have been the first thing I wrote; but since that is in the past and, as Holiday has shared with us, it is something that we cannot change, it should not be our focus.
I was hesitant to start this blog. After all, who am I to think that my thoughts on this matter are worthy of any one's attention? Isn't it a bit presumptuous of me to think that I have learned something from this book that others may find beneficial in their life journey? I put the thought of starting this blog aside for a few days and allowed it to percolate within my mind. After all..who am I, with all of my faults and weaknesses, to presume that I have thoughts on this subject that are worthy of sharing with the fellow pilgrims of time on our journey towards enlightenment or oblivion? And it was that last part, the oblivion, that gave me the impetus to begin this blog for I believe that, while I am far from perfect, I just may be able to provide some assistance to someone else that is struggling with this very issue. Someone who is teetering on the edge, needing to find a way to overcome the obstacles in their life denying them the enlightenment they seek.
If not, at least I will have refined my own outlook on obstacles and what it takes to overcome them and that in itself makes the writing worthwhile.
Time, or more succinctly, SPACE-TIME, as Einstein coined it, is how we measure movement. This movement has been broken down into seconds, minutes, hours, days ,weeks, months, years and light years. It affords us a way to mark the various events (actions) that occur within this space-time. For us, it is a constant progression of events that are unique and unalterable in the skein of time. Each event contributes towards what WILL BE in the future but I am getting a bit off track here. Time is a subject that should be reserved for another discussion and a rather lengthy discussion at that. For now, let us just say that we have control of only the NOW of time. We have no ability to alter what has been done or spoken in the past. Once an event has been relegated to the past, we have no power to alter it. We can act upon the NOW and those actions may ameliorate or alter the effects of things in the past, but we cannot change what WAS ! As for the future, it is yet to be so how can we change that which is NOT?
We can affect only that which is in the NOW, therefore that should be our focus for this discussion of obstacles. I will again discuss perception, as described by Ryan Holiday in my next post.
Until then, be safe and treat each other with the respect that each of us desires.
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