Ponder This.......................

I recently subscribed to an online newsletter from  The DAILY OM (Thanks, Patty!)I thought today's email was well worth passing on. 

We live in a world where we sometime think what we say or do does not matter. There are days when I sometimes feel that I am but one teeny fish in a huge, over populated, and sometimes polluted pond. LOL

I have always believed the choices we make, not only affect ourselves and our own daily lives, but, unbeknownst to us, can have a ripple effect, touching the lives of people we may never meet.....that, of course, has not stopped me from making some really wrong choices in my day to day living, at times!!! I guess some of us need a reminder to think before we act, myself included!!

Below is today's email from The Daily Om- some food for thought for today:


"All motive and action affects the cosmos in some way. The principle of cause and effect is the truth that allows us to change ourselves and the world around us for the better. However, this same universal law is also at work when change is not at the forefront of our minds. Our intentions flow forever outward in the form of energy, affecting both the people closest to us and billions of individuals we will likely never meet. For this reason, we should strive always to speak, think, and behave with great thoughtfulness and compassion. The virtues we choose to embody can inspire joy and integrity in the lives of countless people, whether we touch their existence directly or not.

The influence we wield is infinite. In an effort to internalize our conscious understanding of the nature of cause and effect, we can never truly know how our thoughts, emotions, words, or actions will manifest themselves on the larger universal stage because it is likely that the furthest-reaching effects will fall outside the range of our perception. We can only look to the guidance of our conscience, which will help us determine whether each of our choices is contributing to humanity's illumination or setting the stage for unintended troubles. When we are in doubt, we need only remember that the cultivation of altruism inevitably leads to a harvest of goodwill and grace. Motivated by a sincere desire to spread goodness, we will be naturally drawn to those choices that will help us express our commitment to universal well-being. Nothing you do, however minor or mundane, is ever exempt from the rules of cause and effect. From the moment of your birth, you have served as an agent of change, setting forces beyond your comprehension into motion across the surface of the earth and beyond. You can exert conscious control over this transformative energy simply by examining your intentions and endeavoring always to promote peace, positive energy, and passion in your ideas and actions. While you may never fully comprehend the extent of your purposefully heartfelt influence, you can rest assured that it will be universally felt."