Galen Pearl is one of the most insightful bloggers around. She sees things that most of us miss. I tried to complete a "Course in Miracles" with her in recent years and failed. She has done that exercise in mindful living many times.Recently she began a new blog called No Way Cafe. In her Welcome post she explained where she is coming from. Even that post is a lesson in life.
Recently she wrote about the concept of "trying". In the blog she talked about how we do not try to do things...we either do them or we don't. I had never really thought about that concept before. In fact, I use the word try far too much. That may be what I did when I began the Course in Miracles. The truth is I quit. I did not do it and it was a conscious decision. I was giving myself a backdoor way out to fail. Why would I do that?
I don't sit down here to "try" to write a blog post. I either do it or I don't. The outcome is not certain but but the words are very real and certain.
What if we just erased that word from our vocabulary? Would our outlook on life be different?
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I am tutoring a grandson this summer just so we can have fun together for a couple of days a week. I wonder how many times he will say "I can't" and I will reply "Just try!"?
So in the weeks to come I am going to replace that word with the famous Nike adword "JUST DO IT". The outcome may be good or mediocre or even bad. But in the end, it will be done. There is no "try" in this world!
What do you think?
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I completed the Course in Miracles many, many years ago, and much of it is still with me all these years later. I have the books still on my bookshelf along with other important ones in my journey. I'll have to check out her blog, she sounds (and looks) like fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteShe is absolutely amazing. She was a law professor at Lewis and Clark University here in Portland. Her story is amazing. A book she wrote called "Finding My Happy Place and Staying There" is just wonderful. Please do check her out.
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