Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Does this pertain to you?

You are aware.  You astutely observe life, and everyone and everything, in it.  Every moment is new and in every moment you are mentally alert and alive.  You are curious, interested in, and excited about what is going on around you.  You want to expand your mind and are aware of the many ways knowledge is available to you including through listening to the points of view of others. Being truly aware is not only knowing intellectually (a clear and certain mental apprehension), but intrinsically.  Interested not only of the things of this world, but in building an ever increasing field of knowledge of the universe and of universal values.  Awareness is searching for beauty and finding it everywhere, from a daisy to a Ferrari.  Being aware is thinking positive, and realizing that if you have a head full of concerns and obsessions, it is impossible to feel peaceful.  As an aware person, you are tolerant of others, identifying with their hopes, dreams, longings, and fears so you may understand and help them.  When you have a heightened sense of awareness, you grasp that life is a package deal, a sum of its parts, and that what you find depends on how you look at it.  Therefore, you realize how important it is to count your blessings, and to know your self, what you give your attention to, what you strive for, why you think you are here, and, most important, what your truth is.  "Awareness is developing the deep sensitivity through which you may suffer and know tragedy and die a little, but through which you will also experience the grandeur of human life."  Wilfred Peterson

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