You can be anything. And you choose to be this.

Is the title statement full of judgment or praise? Our choices can really change the way we see things. It depends a lot on what a person feels; feelings often change. At any moment, we can turn things around. Or we can continue down the same path.
For this reason, life is seldom a linear journey. We can be anything: kind, but we worry about suffering. So we become suffering. Open, but we worry about our feelings being exploited. So, we become exploited victims. Happy, but we fear for how long? And so we become uncertain. Pick one and cast away the other.


Open Hearts, Open Hands

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If we spend time being angry at irresponsible people for not acting mindfully in crisis, we become distracted from being helpful ourselves. It’s really wasteful to use precious energy being frustrated and angry at the selfish and ignorant actions of others; ugliness is often obvious, and it doesn’t need a hype-man. Shaking closed fists angrily at injustice has its place, but during a time when friends and loved ones suffer uncertainty, be an open hand. An open hand comes from an open heart, and becomes a place of giving and receiving; a place of no ego. We all are in need of something, and can always give something. Try to keep both heart and hand open, and let’s overshadow ugliness with action.