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Never Get It Wrong - Never Get It Done
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Yesterday’s daily quote from Abraham-Hicks contained one of the ideas that really attracted me to them:
“You’re never satisfied. That’s what life is, it’s just this ongoing, neverending vacation adventure, you see. You can’t get it wrong and you never get it done—and we recommend that you have as much fun as you can along the way.”
Excerpted from a workshop in San Antonio, TX on Saturday, November 13th, 2004
All Is Well
At first glance, this idea can seem, well, just plain wrong - of course we can get things done! Of course we can get things wrong!
If I’m a student, and I flunk a class - well, I got it wrong!
If I’m writing a novel, and it’s finished, well, then… I got it done!
But what’s important here is what the definition of “It” is.
The “It” that Abraham is referring to is life - and many of us confuse the test or the novel (individual instances and activities) with life itself.
Life never ends. I’m not so sure which side of the fence I fall on when it comes to our consciousness itself ending or not, but I do know that life doesn’t end.
My life is more than my thoughts, more than my heart beating and my lungs moving and my brain computing.
I breath in, and I take in millions of life forms and they become a part of me… are they me?
I breath out, and millions of life forms are expelled from my body, to become a part of something else… does that mean that those things that they become a part of become a part of me as well?
The stuff that I’m made of is the same stuff that makes up the stars, and the same stuff that makes up a stinking pile of garbage. My thinking mind would like me to believe that I’m “better than” or “less than” either of these… but I’m really not.
I am That, and That is I.
I can never get it done because life is never done.
And I can never get it wrong because, it the grand scheme of things, there is no wrong.
A billion years from now, the novel I wrote or the test that I flunked won’t matter.
The universe will just keep on expanding, contracting, expanding, contacting…
And I, the I of my essence, will be expanding and contracting right along with it.
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8 Responses to “Never Get It Wrong - Never Get It Done”
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Good article.
I think at the heart of this article is a word that everyone needs to learn and live by: contentment.
Being content with who you are, where you are, how you’ve done, and what you’re going to do is an important life skill.
People who are not content with their life will continue to be controlled by it.
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You got it right
My test to see how important something is to me is, “Will this matter in 10 years?” Lots of things fall outside that bucket and the things that do stay on my radar. But in the end, none of it really does.I heard a minister once say, “We are on the party planet. We are all here to have fun. Are you giving it your all when it comes to fun, enjoyment, and really living?”
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Kevin - great point! I used to think of contentment as being the same as complacency… but they don’t have to be. We can be content with our lives but still strive to grow… actually, we don’t even have to “strive” - we can just point ourselves in the direction of growth, and it happens. It’s what we are here to do.
Thanks for commenting!
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Woo-Hoo! The Party Planet! What a way to look at it, Nneka… I love it.
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Thanks, Lyman.
The Dalai Lama believes the purpose of life is to be happy, and if you want to be happy be compassionate. If you want others to be happy, be compassionate.
Cheerful Monk is “devoted to happiness as a spiritual practice”. It’s fun exploring the idea, even though one person asked, “Are you on drugs or something? That’s the dumbest idea I ever heard in my life!.” I’m not convinced.
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LOL Jean!
I suppose to many people, happiness as a spiritual practice would be a strange idea. Many still equate spirituality with religion, and the religion they come from had very little to do with being happy, unfortunately. I was one of those people a long time ago.Now, I just can’t see spirituality and happiness as separate - they are completely intertwined…
Thanks!
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Lyman, as you can probably tell from the comments that I have been leaving, I really like your ideas. A lot of what you write coincides with what I believe. I am so glad that your break from writing was a very short one. I had just discovered your blog just before my India trip which was about the time that you took your break.
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Thank you, Patricia… and I really appreciate the comments you’ve been leaving. I’m glad that my last break was short lived as well - it feels great to be back in the swing of things.
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