FEBRUARY 2K17 WHAT I LEARNT...

WHY WE ARE NOT SHOWN THE BIGGER PICTURE

Often we want to be shown the big picture but it is not always in our best interest as we can easily become overwhelmed.

Sometimes, we may find ourselves wishing we knew what our lives are going to look like or what gifts and challenges are going to be presented to us in the coming months or years. We may want to know if the relationship we're in now will go the distance or if our goals will be realized. Perhaps we feel like we need help making a decision and we want to know which choice will work out best. We may consult psychics, tarot cards, our dreams, and many other sources in the hopes of finding out what the future holds. Usually, at most, we may catch glimpses. And even though we think we would like to know the whole story in all its details, the truth is that we would probably be overwhelmed and exhausted if we knew everything that is going to happen to us.

Just think of your life as you've lived it up to this point. If you are like most of us, you have probably done more and faced more than you could have ever imagined. If someone had told you as a child of all the jobs and relationships you would experience, along with each one's inherent ups and downs, you would have become overwhelmed. With your head full of information about the future, you would have had a very hard time experiencing your life in the present moment, which is where everything actually happens.

In many ways, not knowing what the future has in store brings out in us the qualities we need to grow. For example, it would have been difficult to commit yourself to certain people or projects if you knew they wouldn't ultimately work out. Yet, it was through your commitment to see them through that you experienced the lessons you needed to grow. Looking back on your life, you would likely be hard pressed to say that anything in your past should not have happened. In fact, your most challenging experiences with their inevitable lessons may have ultimately brought you the greatest rewards. Not knowing the future keeps us just where we need to be--fully committed and in the present moment.

LAVERNE COX SHUTS DOWN TRANSPHOBIC RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACTIVIST

Laverne Cox slams a transphobic activist, after he claimed trans people ‘harm’ children in school locker rooms.

This week, Trump announced plans to scrap protections for trans students being able to choose which bathroom to use in public schools.

On MSNBC’s show Hardball, Cox appeared alongside Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Centre for Transgender Equality.

The activist, Travis Weber, Director of the Center for Religious Liberty praised Trump’s decision to make states decide on trans bathroom issues.

‘I think we all understand what the harm is when you have a 14-year-old girl in the locker room.

‘Someone comes in with male genitalia to share a locker room – of course they’re going to be harmed.

‘Their rights are not being protected here and all I’m asking for is a reasonable discussion,’ Weber said.

In the video footage, Cox and Keisling are visibly outraged at the transphobic rant.

They both succinctly direct their anger towards Weber in an incredibly satisfying exchange.

‘Everything that he’s claiming happens, actually doesn’t happen’

Cox replies: ‘It’s so deeply objectifying and dehumanizing to talk about trans people and reduce us to body parts.

‘We are more than the sum of our parts.

‘That is deeply disturbing.

‘We need to look at the evidence.

‘We need to look at all the hundred of localities all over the country that have public accomodations protections.

‘Everything that he’s claiming happens actually doesn’t happen.

‘Instead, trans people feel as if they have a right to exist in society,’ she says.

Cox concludes that all she wants to do is be able to thrive in society, just like every other trans person.

Watch the video HERE

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

NOW IS THE TIME

The time to blossom is now, not sometime in the future when you believe the stars will be aligned for you.

Having a vision for our future that differs from our current circumstances can be inspiring and exciting, but it can also keep us from fully committing to our present placement.

We may become aware that this is happening when we notice our thoughts about the future distracting us from our participation in the moment. We may find upon searching our hearts that we are waiting for some future time or situation in order to self-actualize. This would be like a flower planted in Florida putting off blooming because it would prefer to do so in The Bahamas.

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