Time for introspection!
When you fail, commit mistakes or when you witness something inspiring, difficult, cataclysmic how do you respond to it?
How many of you think there is a message exclusively for you in whatever happens around you?
In real life, if we witness something aweful, we exclaim. If we see something difficult, we cry. But what happens after 5 mins?
WE FORGET ABOUT IT!!
Our mind will as usual wander around things that give us comfort! May be drinking, smoking, flirting or for some it could be SEX! This is a psychological disorder! We are all prone to it and it is called "Pass the Salt" Syndrome!
Consider a dining table conversation between three people:
1st person: "Can you believe it about the bomb in the school down the block?"
2nd person: "Yeah. I heard the explosion all the way here. Crazy that there was nobody in the school at that moment. Five minutes later and it would have been a disaster."
3rd person:"WHEW...!! YEAH. Could you please pass the salt?"
So, "Pass the Salt" is how we pass the buck on spiritual change. We behave as if wre programmed to exclaim and then forget immediately! Imagine how ridiculous it is!
The way we react to the awesome things that happen in the world around us, speaks volumes about who we really are.
Everytime we fail to see the message God has sent exclusively for us. Every time we turn back to our own quest for a spiritual change. And hence every time we miss the opportunity to become a better person.....the opportunity to live a better life!
When the world around us seems chaotic, let's open up our eyes really wide. We may just see the writing on the wall that was meant just for us.
After all, life can provide a whole lot of flavor even without the salt.
And for your info, I stopped drinking! Thank God
