There really is no need to do things on your own. I mean, it’s satisfying some times, but most of the time, it’s OK to ask for help, to seek assistance, to desire the presence of another in your endeavors. In fact, one could make the argument that seeking and giving assistance are the two main components of the glue that holds societies together. They are more important than any of the laws that a legislative body might create.
Yet, in the end, we are completely and utterly alone. We can share moments with others. We can have a common experience. We can even participate in the collective conscious/unconscious of humanity. But those slivers of time end. When the lights go out and the darkness enfolds us, we are left all alone. The body next to you is the illusion of companionship. The heartbeats down the hall cannot be heard. Every friend and loved one, every colleague and acquaintance, every other citizen of your country of residence…exists outside of you. You are, in the end, completely and utterly alone.
“Of course this is happening in your head. But just because it’s happening in your head doesn’t mean that it isn’t real.”
Our aloness is the source of stillness. It is the seat of wisdom. It is where true knowledge and understanding come to us. It is the space inside that is filled up with the presence of the Universe. Aloness is where and when and how we come to know our true nature and understand our place in the scheme of the cosmos.
So, you could say that it’s the most important time in your work day…this…this time when we are alone. It is when you learn. It is when you plan. It is when you decide how it is that you are going to accomplish that which you wish to accomplish. Unfortunately, it’s also the time we tend to ignore. We bottle up the results of our nightly calculations, computations, and flights of fancy. We take our dreams and put them back in their neat little boxes. Then we make the conscious choice to live unconsciously and play the part of the automaton…or we make the conscious choice to live consciously and play the part that we actively write for ourselves.
What happens in our minds is not real, but what happens in our hearts, in our souls…these things are real. At least we have the power to make them real. The act of creating reality from dreams is the power we are given as human beings. When you wake up tomorrow and prepare to face your work day, leave just one dream out. Don’t box it up. Leave it out and listen to it. Choose to pursue it. Choose to find a way to make that one dream into a piece of your reality at work. You’ll be surprised at just how easy it is.
Illuminate Possibilities 