In the 14th Century a writer wrote “the proof of a pudding is in the eating’.
In other words, unless you experience a thing for yourself you cannot be sure.
Unless you bite into the pudding how can you know what it tastes like?
Others may tell you it’s good, it’s bad, it’s tasty, it’s off: how can you judge?
You must test it and taste it for yourself.
And so it is in life.
In so many ways many of us live life as voyeurs and witnesses.
We watch but don’t join the throng.
Some of us never leave our city of birth.
Many of us manage to stick to one career for most of our life; and some enjoy the actual same job for decades.
Some of us have the same friends as we did in primary school.
Some of us holiday at the same beach every year.
Some of us do the same thing every Monday or Friday night.
Some of us shop at the same shops as we did thirty years ago.
Some of us follow the same sport as we did forty years ago.
Some of us refuse to even consider a change of political party.
Some of us drink the same drink as we did when we were teenagers.
And eat the same takeaways.
And anything more daring is simply beyond the pale.
We don’t go there.
We pride ourselves on our rigidity and our commitment to the status quo.
We don’t taste and test the vast repertoire of opportunities that are presented to us every day and everywhere.
Our reasoning is simple: it’s not as good as what we do or have now.
But how do we know?
The proof is in the eating of the pudding!
And if we don’t take a bite or two or three…..how are we to know?
So…….a taste challenge.
What will you do that’s different next week?
Make a list of 12 changes – one a week for the next three months – that will brighten your life and give you greater sparkle and joie-de-vivre?
Let me know what the pudding tastes like…..
Peace be within you!
Les
Thankyou to everyone who replied to my last email.
We received hundreds of replies, with just 5 people choosing to unsubscribe.
Your support and encouragement is greatly appreciated.
As a consequence we shall proceed with The Community Of The Heart as an internet-based spiritual-support and healing network.
More info to follow…..
Namaste!
Les