Dust
in the Wind
One
of the sayings that changed my life forever is from a book called “What Happy People Know,” by Dr. Dan
Baker. He quotes one of his dying patients who had struggling through a bout of
cancer only to find another small growth: She says about the meaning of life:
“Every moment
that’s ever been, or ever will be, is gone the instant it’s begun. So life is
loss. And the secret of
happiness is to learn to love the moment more than you mourn the loss.”
Notice she doesn’t say, “But the secret of
happiness...”
She says, “And the secret of happiness is...”
“And
the secret of happiness is to learn to love the moment more than you mourn the
loss.”
The
truth is we don’t know what today or tomorrow or even the next moment will
bring to our lives. We don’t know if it will bring something wonderful or
something tragic. But the secret to happiness is to learn to love the moment
that you are in, more than the loss of it, whether good or bad.
This
concept completely changed my way of thinking. I don’t get up in the morning
thinking that I have to change the world. I get up in the morning knowing that
every moment I am conscious of the present, I am changing the world because I
am conscious.
Can
you grasp the concept? It’s huge.
The
songwriter wrote: “All we are is dust in the wind. Same old song. Just a drop
of water in an endless sea. All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse
to see. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind.”
We
can look at this song with a fatalistic, realistic point of view and get very
sad. But when we see the truth in it, we recognize that we can’t stop change,
growth or death. If this is the case, then why are we living in the past 90% of
the time? Why are we not stepping forward into life 100% of the time with
vitality and love and generosity and compassion? …
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