Controlling our destiny starts with
being able to control our minds and bodies.
It is like holding your own voodoo doll.
If something or someone else holds our voodoo doll, he or she can
control us. If this happens, then the
tread on our mental tires have no grip to hold onto life’s winding road.
If we feel as if someone or something
else holds our voodoo doll, and we want it back in our hands, we might have to
start thinking “outside the box” socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Conceivably, every few decades has its own
example of a voodoo doll. Today’s voodoo
doll seems to be the many hand-held devices which can control one’s every move.
Sure, these tools can often give us more choices towards a feeling of freedom,
but so often, they seem to be inhibiting one’s freedom to control his or hers
own destiny. Today’s tools are so
powerful; a person can hit one button miles away and change another’s life’s
direction. I just feel these tools are
so new to all of us, and we are naive to assume anyone is a master with these
tools and knows all the affects. We should work at finding the right balance
when needed to relay information over a device or when we need to relate to
another physical human being. We can be
in such a race against time sometimes and live our lives merely to cross the
finish line.
On the other hand, there are those not
in a race but rather a game in which they embrace and understand that there is
no play clock. These people play for the process rather than the results. They
understand no one gets out alive, but if you enjoy the process, then when you
do get out, you will feel alive. The
great entertainers and athletes understand this when they perform. When they are done and leave the stage,
court, or playing field, the audience is fulfilled yet always still looking
forward to more. There are those who
know this game of life oh so well. They perform in the same manner and leave
everyone with a feeling of wanting more out of this game of life. The many “greats” that passed in their prime
all had this influence on us, whether it was their fire or just a flame. They truly realized they could only give
what they possessed. What did many of
the “greats” possess? Joy, love, hope, and passion for what they believed in.
Yet, many now are gone. It is up to us to keep these flames ignited so we can
give it to others and help them hold their own voodoo dolls.
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