Remember Your Promise

Haven't you felt a need to do more, achieve something worthwhile in life that could positively impact those following in your footsteps? Is there an empty feeling inside that you haven't been able to quell? What is it?, you ask. Can't you see the loose ends and missed strokes in your life requiring attention? If not, consider your life from a different angle, so that the promise you made prior to embodiment glistens in the light. There is no time to lose.

How would you cope if everything you valued was lost? Loved ones, source of income, food, home—everything. Like most, you would likely be devastated. Yet millions in war-ravaged countries or those born into abject poverty cope. What is the wellspring of their hope and inspiration? Whatever it is, you must draw from the same source if you are to discover the meaning of your life.

Demanding times require emotional, mental, and spiritual flexibility. To magnify joy, attract basic necessities, and fulfill your higher purpose—judge less, practice humility, live nimbly, and bless everything (positive and negative) that comes your way. Heaven is astonished at how much arrives on each person's doorstep and is summarily rejected because it isn't what they think they need. Consequently, millions starve, even die, needlessly, though everything needed for their survival is within easy reach.

Grains of sand begin falling through the hourglass the moment one is born. Yet the young innocently believe they will live forever. With little foresight, they waste precious time digging themselves into karmic holes until one day a life-threatening event comes crashing down, shaking them to the core. Only then does their higher purpose come to light. If they had only been aware of their spiritual purpose before losing an arm or causing the death of a friend, they could well be on their way to helping rather than hindering the world. And if the majority of their generation were in sync with their evolutionary timetables, they could, as a force for good, change the world for the better in a cosmic instant.

Consider taking someone in need under your wing. There's no reason anyone should feel alone or directionless with so many wiser individuals on the planet capable of befriending or guiding them. One reason so many do not is that they have become overwhelmed by their own karmic struggle. Numbed as a result, they too often neglect the needs of loved ones under their own roof. But they are wrong believing they have nothing to give. Balancing personal karma is an act of giving and receiving. One simple, yet effective, method of helping others, while at the same time lightening their own karmic load, is by offering everyone they meet a heartfelt word of encouragement. Imagine if everyone tipped their hat and smiled at those they encountered every day for the rest of their lives. What a different world it would be.

These are inspiring times. Unlimited opportunities abound to expand happiness. Prior to embodiment you promised to overcome and accomplish something special in your life. Remember? Only when that promise comes to light, and you take the first step toward its fulfillment, will you begin to live.