Meditations on God

  • Robert Van Valkenburgh

  • What You Think You Want

    Leave room for the possibility that you are short changing yourself with your desires.

    You only think you know what you want.

    Your desire blinds you from possibilities that you cannot imagine.

    Life may have way more to offer you than your limited imagination can fathom.

    By seeking only that which you think you want, you close yourself off to everything else that life has to offer.

    Furthermore, once you get what you think you want, it is very likely you will simply want something else.

    Remain open to the possibility that you do not know what is best for you and life may surprise you by making you happier than you could make yourself.

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    March 10, 2024
    desire, opportunity, possibility, potential

  • Take Action

    Take action while you have the chance.

    Life does not wait until you are ready.

    The timing will never be perfect.

    Ready enough may be as ready as you will ever be.

    The worst that can happen is that you fail.

    But you can also fail by doing nothing.

    It is better to risk failure by taking action than to guarantee failure by doing nothing.

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    March 8, 2024
    action, failure, success

  • Personal Preferences

    Different people like different things.

    Let them have it.

    Their preferences do not affect you.

    If they enjoy something you do not, it does not make what you enjoy any less valuable.

    Focus on what you like and leave other people alone.

    As long as they are not doing something to you, mind your own business.

    Life is short so do what you want and let others do the same.

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    March 8, 2024
    preferences, taste

  • What Others Think

    Be careful not to view yourself through the eyes of others.

    It is okay to be sensitive to what those around you feel.

    But your experience of life is uniquely your own.

    What you think and what you feel is as real and important as what others think and feel.

    Do not let what other people think about you, or what you think they think about you, alter your course.

    You have to know yourself, love yourself, and be yourself in spite of outside influences.

    In the end, no one looks back at their life wishing they had cared more about what others thought.

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    March 7, 2024
    be yourself, bearing, compassion, empathy, purpose

  • Following Inspiration

    You have an obligation to follow your inspiration as far as it will take you.

    The fact that it came to you is a blessing.

    Make the most of it.

    Do not squander it or it may not come back to you.

    Inspiration is promised to no one.

    It is a gift to be accepted and shared.

    And it is in the sharing of your gifts that your obligation to your inspiration is truly fulfilled.

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    March 6, 2024
    Inspiration, obligation

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