Day 74:
Listen to your own advice and boost your self-esteem
Yesterday I wrote about slowing down basically
since it was the best advice for me. Recently I have been working very hard
in order to improve this site and bring up other websites. We have had some
kind feedback from some of you who mentioned you enjoy these tidbits and look
forward to them each day. Thanks.... That's what keeps us going....
We wanted to increase the number of people who enjoy these columns. So I (JH) started learning how to promote our site. It ended up that we needed to have synergistically cooperating sites. To this end we'll be putting up a few sites in the next months. Some will be related to this site and others are not. The point is that I have been working nonstop the last week getting less than five hours of sleep each night. That's why I wrote the slow down column yesterday...
Tonight I'm taking my own advice and going to bed early....
The point is remain true to yourself. If you preach one thing and act in
another your self-esteem and self-worth decrease. However, if you are congruent
and listen to your own inner guides (and after all who knows your needs better
than your own unconscious mind) you show that you value your beliefs and your
self-esteem and dignity (worth) increases.
Thank you....
I am off to a well deserved rest!
Zzzzzzzzzzz......
There is a story which I have heard in slightly different variations about both Mohammed and Gandhi. It is most probably the way wise people would behave. I'll tell the two variations of it so I can honor both of the masters.
A mother was concerned about her son who had diabetes was yet eating sugar which was bad for his health. So she took him to Gandhi and asked that he should tell him not to eat any sugar Gandhi told the woman to return in three weeks. Three weeks later the woman returned and Gandhi told her son, "Do not eat any sugar." The lady asked Gandhi, "Gandhi-ji, it took me three days to get here from my village, and then three days to return and now another three days. Why couldn't you tell my son to stop eating sugar three weeks ago?" Gandhi replied, "Three weeks ago I loved sugar and would eat a lot. I had to stop eating it myself before I could advise you son."
The story with Mohammed starts in same way with the mother asking the Prophet to tell her son to eat less sugar. Again he tells her to return in a weeks time. When she returns, he tells the son, "Eat less than one ounce of sugar a week." The woman thanks him and leaves. One of the companions asks him, "Prophet of God, how come you didn't say this a week ago?" Mohammed replied, "I too loved sugar and ate too much. I had to see how much I could cut down before I could advise anyone else."
Namaste means "the Divinity within me salutes the Divinity within you...."
Back
Home
|
