Notes From the Cave

The Greatest Thing...

Today's "Thought-for-the-Day" is a reminder from a previous post.  It is a common thread that runs throughout all of my philosophy and guides my spiritual journey.

It is the closing line from the song Nature Boy.  It goes as follows:

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn... is just to love... and be loved in return."

Traveling on the Path

It is important to choose the path to travel that fulfills our soul. However, it is the people we meet along that path, and particularly those souls who touch us and those whom we touch, that give life its meaning.

Making Changes in Your Life

It does not matter what others think of you. What matters is what YOU think of you.

If you are not content with who you are, then the following is the best path:

1. Accept who you are at the moment... including all of your faults. Love yourself, faults and all, not IN SPITE OF your faults.

2. Decide what about you that you want to change.

3. Start on the path to change, using study meditation, conversation and reflection.

4. Ignore others who stand on the sidelines, criticizing you and reminding you of all of the "bad" things about you that you are working to change.

Remember: You are perfect just the way you are... because you have chosen to be the way you are. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

By choosing to make changes, you will not become any more or less "perfect"... just different.