How are you playing the game of life?

Karen    Uncategorized    

Do you see life as one enormous computer game or iPhone app?

Or do you take things (and yourself) a whole lot more seriously than that?

For me, it’s a bit of both. I think that anyone who can’t step back and laugh at themselves and life in general, is really in danger of losing perspective.

But I also think there are some things we need to take pretty seriously – and act on when and if we can.

Like the enormous pollutants pouring in the Gulf of Mexico right now. Was this just about a very bad mistake by BP that lead to one of the world’s largest environmental disasters?

Or was it our need to push harder and harder to extract fossil fuels from more and more challenging locations – like 5,000 feet underwater? Here in New Zealand we are at risk from a government who are looking at the short term money to be made from selling off our natural resources – including offshore oil, to the highest bidder, without fully taking into account the potential consequences.

A disaster like the BP one would be cataclysmic for an island nation the size of New Zealand. I can only hope that our politicians pay attention to the voices who are telling them to beware.

But really my post is about living life with integrity. Being true to ourselves, and knowing that we can go to sleep at night without fear or guilt, without the worry that we have taken steps that might unnecessarily endanger others.

And that goes for our online presence too. Do you share information that might benefit others? Do you shoot down or laugh at those less fortunate, or those who are trying to make a difference? Do you actively support causes that have the power to create a shift in the world?

What we do, what we say and how we think does make a difference.

Check out this blog post by my friend James, based on the research of Dr Masaru Emoto. It is a clear indication of the impact our thoughts and the written word can have on our environment – and our food. Try the experiment yourself – see if it makes a difference.

Namaste

Karen

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