A Higher Good

When my Dad was nearing the end of his sojourn here, we often passed the time watching Andy Griffith reruns. Films some 50 years old. And the things  woven into those moments by the writers, cameramen, make-up artists, directors and the actors became a gift to us in the present moment. Our family laughed together and for a time, we were able to forget our troubles.

I often wonder—did they know? Did those artists have a clue that what they were doing in the 60’s could reach out and bring some comfort to a family decades later? For my own self, I can’t begin to say how many books, how many music CD’s have fallen into my hands at just the right time and brought me joy, made me not feel alone, or made a good day simply a thousand times better. In Tune With the Infinite, a book by Ralph Waldo Trine that I read back in ’97 which was so relevant to me at the time was penned in 1899!

Artwork painted weeks, months, years ago turns up in places like museums, hospitals and hotels with the artist never knowing what emotions, what comfort, what memories may be stirred by those that see them.

We are often so focused on getting/seeing an immediate result from our efforts that we forget… there is a bigger picture, a bigger plan.

It is our job to show up and let what’s intended to Be flow through us.

When we allow what is real, what is truth, what is beauty, to shine out through our hands, our hearts, our vision.

It will accomplish more than we can ever imagine or ever know—both in the present and in times to come. Knowing that in the end that what will count is this: that our life mattered had meaning, made a difference in the lives of others ….it contained within it A Higher Good.

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