Sometimes, we cannot see our own horizons. But more often, and to our detriment, we can. For it is in seeing the horizon that we fail to see beyond it, and when we react accordingly, we tend to make very bad decisions.
There has been a lot of talk lately about "the Secret". Here's a better secret, The Secret is not such a secret. Think good thoughts, like Dorothy clicking her heels and thinking her way back home, and you will draw good things to you. I believe that. But I think that the good things we draw towards ourselves is not in the form of material things, but more important, long-lasting things. I think that the good things we draw towards ourselves are those things that will give us a long life, both in this life and the next. From the moment we are born, we edge toward our horizon, the end of our lives as we know it. We know not what is beyond that horizon, and so we act as if there is no 'beyond'. There is. There is a beyond and those who fail to see that are doomed to never see it. Those who fail to see that are forever seeing only the horizon and never past it. If we only see our horizon, next week, for example, or next year, or the NEXT BIG THING in our lives, if we live with "if only's" we won't be prepared for what comes next. If only I was thinner, if only I were richer, if only I had married that other guy, if only I had a bigger house, blah, blah, blah. Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans, said John Lennon. Look at him! He lived his life as if every day were his last, and we are all the better for it. I know he certainly was too.
I can write about the horizon because I know that there is a place past it, both in this life and in the next. Death is nothing but a beautiful experience into another dimension and it is as natural a part of life as breathing. I am not hoping my horizon will come soon, but I am not afraid of my horizon. I'm ready to see what is on the other side. I know it will be great. Really, really great.
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