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Instead of writing my usual few lines, I am going to share one of my favorite handouts from Jack Canfield and Mark V Hansen. I hope you enjoy it and get it’s message as I have. Who have you helped this month? On behalf of each of them, I say, “Thank You!” Peace, John
One At A Time
A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean.
As our friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, he was throwing them back into the water.
Our friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said, “Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing.”
“I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen.”
“I understand,” my friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?”
The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”
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Feelings are a part of us, just like our thoughts and behaviors. When we are awake and conscious we are always feeling. Sometimes it is calm, and the waves are minimal. At other times the sea is rough, our feelings more intense and the waves pounding. Much of the time our feelings are somewhere in the middle. Our feelings give us valuable information about ourselves and our surroundings. When we become aware of them, we need to discern what they are telling us. We need to accept them and not reject them or try to make-believe that we’re not feeling them. This is particularly true of the feelings that our thoughts would label as “bad.” Feelings are neutral, neither bad nor good. Our feelings never get us in trouble. What gets us in trouble is when we try to get rid of them or fake what we are feeling. When we do that, we are denying a part of ourselves – this causes us internal conflict. Just because you know what you are feeling doesn’t mean you need to share it!
Waves play out on a beach. What makes a beach a beach are waves. Feelings are incessant as they play out on our lives. We would do well to choose which feelings to surf, knowing full well that soon they will play out on our beach. When you hear “surf’s up” choose wisely which ones you are going to dwell upon.
TOUCHPOINTS, from Personal Growth Concepts, Inc. 