Not every day seems inspiring enough to write about, though every day can be (if allowed). When we become fixated about ourselves in our minds, every new day can seem to be a depressing version of the previous day, over and over again. I think that I am this person, who sees things and life in a certain way and who likes and dislikes certain things and who goes about their business in a certain manner. Gradually, I become more and more involved with this image of myself, which feeds me and drains me at the same time. I take the balance and the confidence I need to carry on with my life from this rigid self-image, but I also sacrifice energy and potential for change to it. In this most vicious of cycles, I forget over and over again that I can choose the outcome of every single new day when I pick one frame of mind over another at the onset.
Phil makes for a lovely metaphor about our potential, given our self-imposed limitations. Phil is all about learning, through trial and error, about how to be a better person, how to become truly happy in a selfless and harmonious way. He goes through all the oh so familiar stages of the clueless apprentice, from rebellion to haughty allmightiness, from despair to surrender. Does he transform into a different person when he finally becomes creative and open to the world around him? Not necessarily. Arguably, we change with every new lesson in one way or another. Some things can be changed about us. Fundamentally, however, we remain the same unique individual. This is why each choice is so magnificently important, so special and precious if acknowledged and made use of. I do not have to give myself up entirely in order to be a better me. I can be a better me with every little choice I make to that purpose. There is beauty and hope in knowing that happiness is within reach even on the dullest and most despairingly familiar of days, as long as I see in it another great opportunity to learn something new.
PS How many a whine maketh a looser? Today IS tomorrow :)))
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