Ramblins' 12-18-2010-a

CHOOSE

 Choose What Will Be


by: Edward V Ellis, Sr.

As both creation and creator you have an extraordinary opportunity in this reality - this earthly playground. Your mission is to fulfill the promise and potential of life. Grounded in an immense landscape - you are an actor in an epic tale written across generations. You are meant to contribute a unique and vital element to this heroic, romantic adventure. Without your contribution the story is incomplete.

You possess a distinct and powerful gift with which to make your mark. You have the ability to choose. You can choose what you will do, what you will be and, to a degree, what will be.

Though it may not seem that way when you are lost in the illusion, the rules of the game are stacked in your favor. The outcome is pre-determined. In the end you will arrive at a glorious destination. Only the route is left to folly - you get to choose the path.

When you are disoriented and overwhelmed, then you experience conflict and strife - disharmony and discord. Interpretations of discontent are burdens you lay on yourself. Instead of letting go of painful circumstances you hold tightly to what you know. Instead of observing and accepting, you judge. Instead of allowing what will be, to be, you seek reassurance and demand control.

Contradictions are rampant in this existence. You observe contrast but often fail to see meaning, purpose, harmony, unity. The tides of change ebb and flow with a rhythmic persistence yet, somehow, you find yourself adrift, lost at sea.

Imprisoned by your "human" nature, caught in the emotion of being; you succumb to ego and fall victim to fear. The need to survive, the energy of emotion and the limitations of the intellect are overwhelmed by a complex environment, the demands of the moment, and the challenges of the flesh. Embracing the "world" view, you forget your "true" nature and mistakenly put stock in the notion, "It's me against the world." This need not be the reality you embrace.

You are on a journey from the trifles of everyday existence to the exuberance of ultimate joy. Wisdom is realizing the truth: you are whole, complete, timeless and immortal.

You are a spirit on a human journey. You are an observer of a vast illusion - an illusion at once rich in texture and diversity, alive and dynamic and yet simple and elegant and graceful. The illusion is awe inspiring and profoundly uplifting.

You will journey to where you are meant to be. Don't waste your life on a troubling route. Face the unknown with trust and faith. Choose not to be lost in the illusion. Choose another way. Choose rightly and persevere in your choice until the smoke clears, the fog lifts, the clouds part - until the truth reveals itself. Instead of choosing to experience pain and loss and fear, choose again - choose until you find the joy that awaits - choose what will be.