--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> Outside of meditation, we have the same choice. We > could choose to focus on the dark stuff, like so many > around us. But if you really *look* at the lives of > "so many around us" and what they have become as a > result of their focus on the dark stuff, is that what > *you* want to become? If so, focus on the dark stuff. > > If not, there is another possibility. You can be > aware of the dark stuff, and when it is possible do > whatever you can to eliminate it by exposing it to > light. But then the rest of the time, you can focus > on something that is a tad more uplifting. Focus on > laughter in a world of tears and it's the laughter > you become, not the sadness. Focus on light in the > midst of darkness, and you become light. > As so often happens here on FFL, I was thinking about this a lot lately. Thanks for expressing it so well!
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