Ecclesiastes affirms that "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven."
Is everything related? Does everything run in cycles? By watching the cycles in our lives we can become mindful of how our actions naturally lead to larger consequences. One can begin to see the wisdom of small actions. Cultivating healthy habits sets up self-reinforcing positive cycles. Taken individually these tiny actions don't seem like much; however, the cumulative effect of their presence or absence is undeniable. These cycles can be ignored but they cannot be denied.
Everything in nature moves in cycles. While navigating the waters of life in the natural we must know how to blend these cycles in our lives and in our work. It can be illustrated by knowing when to speak, when to pause, when to act, when to remain silent, and when to wait. Empowered by this understanding one can anticipate and prevent problems and pave the way to a particular desire or end goal.
One of the habits of our fast-paced lives is to neglect to see the wisdom of small action. In my books I refer to this as incremental intentioning. Often times we set large goals that often seem outlandish from today's perspective. Resolving a financial problem, saving a marriage from dissolution, healing a disease, placing yourself in a position to buy the house of your dreams, attracting the romantic partner you have always desired are all reachable goals and should be set straightaway. But that is not enough.
Rather then becoming overwhelmed by the new objective and either standing static or giving up, ask yourself the question, "What is the right reaction or action that I can take right now?" If you are attempting to lose weight and seem to always fall back into old habits of eating or physical passivity, set your intention for that moment, that day, to stay on course and eat healthy, to do research on the effects of various foods, to do something in the way of exercise. Now, rather than initiating these behaviors "when you think of it," make them a part of your daily routine and do them every day. When you have successfully blended this pattern into the rhythm of your life, you will begin to feel the victories each day and see the synchronicities that are an out cropping of this new found life style design tool.
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"Think Yourself Young" now for sale - I discuss diet and meditational techniques according to the Tibetan Monks that I was able to interview living amongst them while at the Lama Temple in Beijing China. These folks appear to be able to stop physiological time dead in it's tracks with the net result being a high quality life beyond 120 years.
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