Consider how reliant you may be on false impressions. For example, color, fragrance, taste are not “outside” phenomena. They are wave lengths within your awareness. Thus, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Time to lighten up and forgive and forget.
Wherever you are, whatever you do, you can always find a reason to appreciate. And appreciation is a wonderful thing, it makes what is excellent in others, belong to you — so says Voltaire.
All “things” have a mental signature, a vibration. The highest and the most powerful are love and its many synonyms. The lowest are the dark concepts founded on fear, anger and the like. Which do you choose? You know you can make your independent judgment on this, don’t you?
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” The world is filled with examples of just such a morality tale. This does not mean that one should abandon ambition, enthusiasm for a goal, or achievement. The character traits of honesty, persistence, self confidence and goodness are what make an achievement enjoyable – and lasting.
Love, good feeling, satisfaction, gratitude are feelings which usually flow from the observation of some approved good. If you approved of everything and everybody, would you not feel these feelings continuously? Consider a day of delight.
Empathy, appreciation, tolerance, affection, unconditional approval are heart emotions. They follow Jesus’ advice to “love your enemies.” These and other heart emotions set YOU free from the darkness that hides the Light of truth in your own lovely Mind.