thoughts on the new of the day: trying

hmmm…..

            There was a young boy on the Oprah show yesterday who suffered from seemingly uncontrollable anger.  He dealt with the urges by doing some effective meditation.  He imagined himself surrounded by white light and that the white light protected him from the negative energy that invaded his psyche.  Apparently, it is an effective tool for him and the anger episodes have pretty much subsided.

            One of the things he told Oprah was that we must “do it”, not just try to do it.  He had to do the meditation, not just “try” to control his anger.  He couldn’t just “think” about it, he had to “do” it.

            And isn’t that true of life? We can’t just show up and “try’ in order to be successful.  I remember being given the example of “trying” to pick up a pencil.  Trying to pick it up doesn’t get the job done.  You have to reach out and hold it in your hand in order for a pencil to be effective.

            Don’t just “try’ to be nicer to your spouse or your children, do it!  Don’t just try to go to church on Sunday, do it!  Don’t just think about reading the bible, do it!  Thinking about it is just a stall tactic for avoiding doing something we are not sure we are able to accomplish.  I once heard a friend say, ‘We gotta do something even if it’s wrong!”  And sometimes that is what it takes – not just trying – but doing.

            hmmm…..