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Daily Question, April 9

Can I commit to living today with the knowledge that all that I do has an impact on the world?

  • torithedreamcatcher

    Reading everyone’s reflections confuses me slightly. Some agree that everything on this earth is connected, and therefore everything that one does has an impact on the larger world. Some say that they are just a speck in the larger cosmos, and that life and living goes on, maybe even in spite of you. I feel the two interpretations denote different responsibilities and different concerns. Which is right?

  • torithedreamcatcher

    Yes I can, and I shall. I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given in this trip of life. I will live according to my morals and to the guidance given to me, and help the world around me in whatever capacity I can.

  • GCharlotte

    Being holy as possible is something positive for the world. Sacred.

  • Stephen Soos

    This is a beautiful questions because it inspires me to be mindful of just how my thoughts are vibrations and that every single one of them emirates form me and impacts those around me. Today I will consciously hold the thoughts and feelings of love and compassion. I will consciously look forward to every interaction with everyone as a special moment in my life. I will project love from my heart to them.

  • R.P. de Jonge

    An astronaut floats in space. Why? She is on a spacewalk. The Earth attracts her. But not only that. She also ever so slightly attracts the Earth. The world impacts her actions and her actions subtly impact the world.

  • Elizabeth M Jones

    Yes.

  • Natalie

    YES!

  • Doreen Nixon

    Yes!

  • Bob V

    Yes, I can commit to that, but I know that I will frequently act and think outside of that commitment (and consciousness). So, I expect to fail a lot in my commitment, but I hope to maintain a growing consciousness around the fact. (I definitely see myself as a work in progress.)

    I do know one thing – what I do really does impact others and the world around me, whether I notice it or not. Perhaps with that knowledge I will strive to be gentler, more caring, more conscious.

  • Tracey

    Yes.

  • Mica

    No problem – my problem is that I live my days and feel that I have so little impact on those dear to me who are suffering in ways I can do so little to ameliorate!

  • Maggie

    I will take this knowledge and feel good that my actions are received by all by way of the butterfly effect and it will inspire me to make more connections, no matter how small.

  • Francine Marie Tolf

    “What Buddhists have always known, physicists now confirm: there are no isolated things or events. Underneath the surface appearance, all things are interconnected, are part of the totality of the cosmos….” — Eckhart Tolle And I say: The more we understand this with our hearts, the more meaningful every action!

  • Karmit

    Game on! I shall take it on as a friendly challenge – to commit to living today with the knowledge that all that I do has an impact on the world 🙂

  • Amor fati

    The wording of this question implies i am the conductor of today’s symphony, instead of a humble note in the magnificent music.
    All will be well.

  • Michele

    All that I would like to do is go back to bed … woke up with heart burn, stepped in cat throw up on the way to bathroom for tums. super tired. I will remember this throughout the day. Gotta have a sense of humor:)

    • Kevin

      Oh Michele….been there, and done that! Hope that you’re feeling better by now.

    • Mica

      Poor dear Michele! Virtual hugs to you, sweetheart!

  • Kevin
    Now there’s a lofty statement if there ever was one! The idea that EVERYTHING I will do today will have an impact on the world is, at its face, a stretch. I get the message and of course I truly want to be a part of the global solution of problems and not the other way around. But some days are just days and we carry out the duties that come before us and that is it. Heck, I may not even have an impact beyond my street today, or my town, and if that is the case, so long as I have done that hon...

    Now there’s a lofty statement if there ever was one! The idea that EVERYTHING I will do today will have an impact on the world is, at its face, a stretch. I get the message and of course I truly want to be a part of the global solution of problems and not the other way around. But some days are just days and we carry out the duties that come before us and that is it. Heck, I may not even have an impact beyond my street today, or my town, and if that is the case, so long as I have done that honorably and with good intentions then that is quite enough.

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  • Antoinette

    “my religion is kindness.” HHDL
    His holiness the Dalai Lama has helped me see how important having a clear intention each and every moment of living kindness for all beings no matter if we have put the label friend, enemy or stranger.
    My responsibility is the cultivation of the altruistic intention for the benefit of all.
    Gratitude is my attitude that gives me enthusiasm to continue.

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