What if it is “want” or “die”?

By Lynne Cory

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What if, as humans on the planet, we need to keep wanting or we will die?

What if you want “more of more”: a fancy car, more money, an amazing home or homes, more travel or education or possessions or friends or a fast promotion?

What if I want “more of less”: a quiet life, a smaller home, a fuel-efficient car, emptier closets and drawers, a simple life with fewer possessions, being a helping hand to others and the enjoyment of a few good loving friends?

What if I have seven appointments today?

By Lynne Cory

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What if I am always busy going here and rushing there and filling every waking moment with work and sports and hobbies and meetings and charities and classes?

What if I am actually running away from myself?

What if I stopped and took a breath and found that I am actually quite a nice person and if I slowed down, just a bit, I could find my inner wisdom?

What if this is just a habit?

By Lynne Cory

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What if some people struggle all of their lives because that is how it has always been?

What if, over and over, they make decisions that will cause them problems – not paying parking tickets that then multiply in price, not filing their taxes when they owe nothing but not doing this adds stress, not paying their gardeners or housekeepers on time but still wanting timely service, borrowing money from friends and not repaying it while living in a wonderful home with a new car?

What if all I can do is to see them learning these lessons that they have chosen and hope that they “get it” before the lessons become too hard and they lose everything?

What if they are perfect and these life experiences are for their learning and growth?

What if we will be sorry?

By Lynne Cory

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What if I was watching a documentary on my TV about how TVs were made in Mexico? What if it showed how three of the popular TV makers took their businesses to Mexico and grossly underpaid the workers there and poured many of their toxic chemicals into the water making the people ill and then left a mess that no one could afford to clean up and then, like a herd of locusts, flew off to Indonesia to abuse the people there?

What if this is right on the border near San Diego and the chemicals start oozing into the land and air of this country? What if the TV makers have big homes there and their families fall ill?

What if I love to work?

By Lynne Cory

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What if I do not want to give up my addictions (shopping, drinking, gambling, the computer, drugs, working, exercising, gossiping, smoking) because they are so comfortable and familiar and I am afraid of what it will feel like to be without them?

What if I tried for just one day to explore? What if I learned something about myself?

What if I love my legs?

By Lynne Cory

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What if how I feel about myself is how I will age? What if I hate my nose, my eyes, my teeth, my wrinkles, my thick waist and because I think badly of them, they do not function as well as they could?

What if I love my strong heart and my shiny hair and my friendly smile and my great mind with its eagerness for learning and the vitality of my body and because of this appreciation, my body rarely lets me down?

 

 

What if you can tell how I am thinking?

By Lynne Cory

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What if I and everyone around me can tell how I am thinking by what I am creating?

What if nothing is going right in my day and angry people are in my face and the rest of them are all stupid and I get a flat tire and my gas is low? Can I be having a happy mind or am I thinking dark thoughts?

What if everyone I encounter has an upbeat happy smile and life is flowing effortlessly? Are not they a mirror of my inner joyfilled thoughts?

What if either way, glad or mad, is perfect as we are all humans but joy is easier?

What if I never listen to me?

By Lynne Cory

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What if my body is screaming for change but I just turn the radio volume up and keep going?

What if my feet are hurting but I decide to go on my daily 2 mile hike, my head is splitting but I choose to sit at my computer for another 3 hours, I am so exhausted but I drink 2 energy drinks instead of resting, my stomach burns but I still eat a chili dog with a Tums?

What if my house is speaking to me?

By Lynne Cory

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What if my attic is full of cobwebs and clutter from ages ago? Is my mind clogged with old, foggy, draining thoughts?

What if my basement is unkempt, is there still some old history to clean up? If my bathroom sink drips, do I still have crying to do? If I am angry at my neighbors what is the message? Inner frustration?

What if I just sat for awhile and heard my home speak?