Feeling Good

All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected. -Taken from the Native American Indian Traditional Code of Ethics. Inter-Tribal Times, 1994-OCT

This week I was having lunch in a Mexican restaurant and heard two religious leaders at the table behind me discussing how their spiritual answers would benefit the masses if only those masses would ascribe to their thought processes. Mind you, I was by no means eavesdropping. As a matter of fact, I would not have needed to in order to hear this part of their discussion for they, consciously or not, slipped into their “stage” voices during those particular moments. Before anyone misunderstands, allow me to say that I have absolutely no issue with either of these individuals or any of their religious counterparts. More than that, I believe that they are on the absolute correct path…for them.

As I was reflecting on this, the Universe chimed in and delivered the following message in my email:

Physical man gets into an uncomfortable place when he concludes, “I and those like me have come to the right decisions, and everybody that’s living outside of these right decisions is wrong.” And then he spends his life pushing against all those “wrong” decisions and cutting himself off from the Life Force that would help him have joy in his, what he concludes to be, right decisions. There is no one right path. There are endless paths, and the differences in the paths are what make them more and more, and more, perfect. The same old path no longer serves.

-Abraham via Esther Hicks (Excerpted from a workshop in Orlando, FL on Saturday, February 3rd, 2001)

There has also been much said recently about being ever so careful of the vibrational level of the people around you. I believe that thought process is really not that much different than that of the religious leaders that had lunch at the table next to me. I submit that there’s really nothing to “guard against” but only choices to be made.

As for my choices, I choose to believe that each of us has our own path to walk and that each path is just as unique as we are. Because each one’s path is unique, I choose to accept each one where he or she is at any given moment. I choose to be okay with each just as they are and not concern myself with how they may affect me — for I choose to believe they can only affect me if I allow them to. I choose to articulate my beliefs with my words and demonstrate them with my actions. I choose to laugh, play, and live with all those who come my way regardless of what they may have to offer in return.

Above all, I choose to Love each “flower in the meadow”.

And when you strip any of the world’s major religions to their respective cores, that is the one common denominator!