It’s hard to remember what it was like when I was a child…What it was like when my biggest concern was how my sister was “copying me”, or which color marker was “mine”. Yet at times, it seems that these concerns have not changed, but rather transformed into thoughts like “What do you think of my shirt?” or “Is my car as cool as his?” or even “I don’t want to share…with you”.
I see world events unfolding and cannot help but to compare Holy wars to playground quarrels over sandbox toys. Has my own world view changed as I have grown into adulthood or has it remained the same as when I was a child, unwilling to share and starved for attention?
If these thoughts and feelings are how growth is measured, then have I truly grown at all? Or is a better gauge of growth actually how I am perceived by the world…how others see me? I have heard it said that we often judge ourselves by our intentions, yet the world will judge is by our actions.
I suppose the question then becomes:
“How can I align my thoughts with my actions?”
Could this marriage of intention be the true judge of who I have become, and thus the true path to who I wish to be?
GP
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