Remember kids, you are going to have to deal with more things than you really want to in this lifetime, and not everyone is your friend. You are the sum of all your choices. From a young age, we believe our parents dictate so many things in our lives because until we are adults, they are the ones who made the big choices for us.
Now that you are old enough to surf the internet and find any answer to any question, you are old enough to assume responsibility for what you previously blamed on your parents. Yes, parents guide, and not always well, but each individual is responsible in the long run for the entirety of their life, including your fourth grade homework.
Today, right now, this very moment - you can do what you need to do to have a happier more productive moment that will propel you into a bigger land of happy.
How? You know the expressions they have about being in the moment, being present because we only have right now, you can't live your life in the past - yada, yada, yada? What all that refers to is what you are ACTUALLY doing now. Right now. Now, which was just a second ago from the previous sentence. That kind of now.
Get it?
Now.
Not next now - but now.
So now, that you have identified your now, what will you do with your next now?
Oh yeah, you are reading my next sentence about now.
You have a million more now's coming your way, and a zillion more options of what you can do with it.
I want to remind you that as your mind races forward in time to when you (fill in the blank), you aren't actually here with your moment. When you spend time dwelling on what you did &/or didn't do, you aren't in the moment either.
If you are lamenting your actions, or lack of actions, then you spend your time lamenting. You don't spend your moments acting the way you wanted to, and you take your brain waves and throw them down the same black hole that you created with whatever you are lamenting.
Are you looking for the switch? You know, the one that causes you to act different? The one where you don't have to say "I always choose the wrong one" (or whatever you say to yourself over and over again).
That switch is you.
You, and everyone else - the collective we - all have a tendency to make the same bad choices over and over again.
Look at Donald Trump with his hair - smart man, manipulative so that he makes tons of money, but proves that a bad choice can become your signature item.
He always has hair that makes us wonder why he doesn't have hair that would afford him a better look for the money he has.
You always pick the wrong guy and end up getting hurt. Or, you have friends that only whine, bitch and complain. Or you just can't get whatever it is you always wanted.
Why?
Patterns of behavior which have become your signature item.
You are the only switch you will ever have. It is up to you to take care of your karma by making choices that will keep you feeling joy - joy that will carry you through the rough patches of life.
You have more control over your life than you realize, and sometimes you don't remember that little fact.
As KarmaMom, I just want to remind the children of the world (especially the grown up ones) that each choice you make adds up to your life. You may think that the "weird stuff" that gets thrown in is a bunch of wild cards, but you are being tested all the time by life. Your reaction is key to your growth, and the only thing you really have control over when dealing with "stuff".
Much love is out in the world - it is up to you to be aware - people prey on other people and situations. Don't let them take advantage of you, and if they do, understand that you let them. Are they wrong? Yes, but you didn't have to let them. Accept that you were wrong and move on.
Ready for a happy moment? Do something that moves you in the direction you want to go. Floss your teeth for a prettier smile, stretch your back for better posture and less stress on your shoulders, make a good choice for the food that fuels your life, and love yourself for making a good choice.
The more you love yourself, the more love-able you are.
Go my dear children of all ages, go do something productive, and feel the feeling of the good karma you are creating in your own body!
