"On Choices"

Interesting dialogue between Roo and Mary. They both profess an inability to put words together and yet I believe I understood both of them perfectly. They also seemed to be in some disagreement, but actually I think they're both right.

Sometimes we make a relatively innocent "choice" to wander a little and then end up hopelessly "lost". Why anyone makes that poor decision in the first place is a very personal thing, and generally I believe as a result of environment and/or circumstances. What is it they say? "There but for the grace of God go I" To ask why this same individual doesn't just make the "choice" to get "unlost" is a fruitless exercise. Believe me I know!

Today I was sitting with my friend Mike who has Parkinsons disease. Sometimes he will lose his train of thought in the middle of a sentence. He knows right away when it happens and today he explained it to me this way. I thought it was a beautiful analogy for my post today. Mike said that when he's trying to express something he occasionally takes a step sideways for some reason and then quickly forgets why he did so. The worst part he says is that he then forgets where he was in the first place!

And so I choose not to blame the lost sheep for their situation. I also know that only their own choices will get them back in the fold. Once we give up responsibility for ourselves or for our own situation we give up everything.

Besides, I am a totally selfish human being and care only for my own happiness!! I really don't care about the lost sheep.....or maybe I'm already one of them?

And so tonite in my own way I choose to pray for the lost sheep--or perhaps the lost souls may be more appropriate? I ask you to join me. Who knows? If we use our collective consciousness to put the right kind of positive energy out there into the ether, then perhaps we will influence just one who is currently "lost" to make some wise "choices".

“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels”---Anon

love
peter