Each Second We Live is a New and Unique Moment-Daily Meditation 216

Today’s Quotation Each Second We Live:

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again . . .And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four and that Paris is the capital of France.
When will we also teach them what they are?
We should tell each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel.  You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you—your legs, arms, clever fingers, and how you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michaelangelo, or a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
It would help if you worked – we must all work – to make the world worthy of its children. -Pau Casals

Today’s Meditation on Each Second We Live:

Did you know that?  You are a marvel!  You are a miraculous creation on a miraculous planet, completely unique and wonderfully crafted.  Do you give yourself credit for that?  Probably not–most of us don’t.  But that’s what you are, and there’s no way to deny that fact.

Even if you don’t become a Shakespeare or a Beethoven, you still are a marvel with wonderful potential.  Most people’s poetry is in how they live, not what they write.  Most people’s symphonies are in their relationships, how they help others deal with their problems, and sharing their lives with others.  A symphony depends on harmony and cooperation, as does a well-crafted life.  If you don’t see yourself as a marvel, though, it can be very difficult to give yourself credit for being able to create a symphony of your life, to find the harmony that allows our lives to flow smoothly all through our days, no matter what the outside throws at us.

Many people’s misery results from how they see themselves and how other people have told them they are for so long.  They don’t seem to realize that other people have a very limited view and way of seeing the world. When they tell anyone anything about themselves, they’re bound to have very incomplete information.

You are a marvel.  Can you say, “I am a marvel,” and believe it?  You must be able to do so if you’re to be able to live this life you’ve been given fully and happily and if you’re to be able to give to the rest of the world pieces of the marvel that you are.  It would be best to believe it because it’s true–you are a marvel.

Questions to ponder on Each Second We Live:

1.  Why is it so hard for many people to believe that they are marvels?

2.  Why has each of us been given our own unique beauty?

3.  What would life be like if we all believed in our beauty and we were all able to treat others as if we believed in it?

For further thought:

Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take.  As you begin to treat yourself with more respect, other people begin to do the same since we subconsciously “train” others how to treat us through messages we send through body language, tone of voice, and other subtle cues and behaviors.  Discovering your innate worth and living from that place allows you to make more constructive choices–to choose the higher roads of life.-Dan Millman

If you missed our last Daily Meditation, it is here.