My Favorite from Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

- Buddha

Of all of the wise things this great man has said, I would say this is my favorite. By pondering upon this quote you can really see why you are in the situation that you are in your life right now. You might get angry and say,
"Wait, I´ve always tried to stay positive but I´m still miserable!"

This quote can be applied all the way back to the day you were born. How were your thinking, feeling and behavior patterns when you were younger? Did you harm people regularly or had a very pessimistic way of being when you were a teenager? These things, whether it be mental, emotional or physical, will catch up to you sooner or later and you will reap what you have sowed. This is the Universal Law of Karma.

A life time of negativity can not be erased just like that by one year of positive thinking although this does help a lot. Many quit because they just can´t see a quick fix or instant results.

Take this example, if you clean your house on a weekly basis, then it won´t take as much time to clean it then cleaning your house after 20 years of leaving it alone. There will be a A LOT more dusts, cob webs, with dead insects and maybe rats. Do you get the picture? This is the same with all of us. If you never did anything for self-improvement (house left alone for 20 years or more) and you start thinking positively for a short time will not "clean" oneself so easily.

But don´t give up. As the incredible Lao Tsu has said,
"The longest journey begins with a single step."

I am also going to be a little harsh like my teacher has once said to me,
"If you have time to be complaining, then get to work!"

But as you keep on with your journey for a better life and to improve yourself, one step each day, you will eventually get there and once you do, the view and the experience you will have will be breath-taking. You WILL see that all these steps were necessary and worth it.

We have a saying in Japan,
"Dust left alone for sometime will eventually turn into a mountain"

The same can be said with your steps for positive thinking and feelings. Once you get rolling not only will you get there but become the living embodiment of positivity itself and your life will improve to the way you want it. May success be thy destination.

Namaste