► http://SamVLOG.com http://samharris.com/tao.htm A letter to a friend on his birthday by Sam Harris In this new year - I ask you to create the vision for what you want this year to be - for yourself, for those you love and for the world. It will affect everything you choose to do. Every day. Every action I take is reflection of what I want my world to be. In this new year - be brave. Speak up against the wrongs you encounter. Neutrality gives voice to the oppressor, never the oppressed. Silence give a platform to the tormentor, never the tormented. Silence in the company of judgment justifies the act. Be stronger than your fear or those who perpetrate fear. Investing in worry brings the subject of your fear into reality. Worrying is like praying for what you don't want. We get to choose between love and fear every day - every moment. That's all there is. EVERYTHING comes from one of those two things. And we get to choose. We are creatures of free will. Love knows no separation, no division, no hierarchy. Love sees us all as one. There are those who will not agree. There are those who think that bigger bank accounts will stave off the demons. Bigger locks on our doors will protect us from the demons. And bigger guns will keep the demons out. When, in reality, fear of the demons is the demon. There is nothing wrong with having money or being cautious or protecting ourselves - but when it is a solution to fear, it will never be enough. So this year, motivate yourself to act out of what you desire, not what you are afraid of. In this new year, invest in how you want to feel, rather than in getting the things you think will make you feel good after you've gotten them. If you want to diet, do it because it feels right and good to do something for yourself - to feel better, to look better, to be better, not because when you lose weight, someone will love you or you'll have a better job or your mother won't criticize you - and that will make you feel good. It is the process. For those of us who love immediate gratification - the process of feeling good begins the moment we say "yes." If you want to get your finances together, do it because it feels good to have order and well being - not because when you get your finances together you'll be able to buy the things that will make you feel good. It is the process. It's all about the process - the ride - not the result. Choose the goal, get in action and let go of the result. When I choose the result, I don't have room for, nor can I see anything but my idea of the goal. And what's going to happen could be so much larger and bigger and better than what I think I want to happen. God's imagination is much bigger and better than mine. So just be in action toward the goal and let it take you wherever it may. If I say "yes" and go into the world - I don't know what's going to happen. But something is going to happen. If I say "no" I know what's going to happen - nothing. Do you want to stick with what you know and remain inactive - or jump into the unknown, where you are going to experience joy and sadness and love and loss and change and discomfort and growth and empowerment and activity and - life? This year - I choose "yes." Everything we do is motivated from either wanting something we don't have or fearing that we will lose something we do have. This new year - unfurrow your brow. Stop coveting. Stop worrying about what you might lose� Or who you are if you don't get what you want - or think you are entitled to. Keep your goals in mind but only as motivation for action - let the result be a surprise. Replace your fears and uncertainties with the accomplishment of living fully - daily. The small, seemingly unimportant tasks that make a life large. Continued... FOR THE FULL TEXT, PLEASE VISIT: http://samharris.com/tao.htm -------------------------------------- Sam Harris WAR ON WAR Music Video Contest! More information at: http://www.WarOnWar.INFO Over $6000 in CASH and PRIZES! ► http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic ► http://SamTUNES.net ... to download Sam Harris songs and full albums. LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: http://SamHarris.com © All videos property of Sam Harris Author: SamHarrisCOM Keywords: tao sam harris philosophy of life goals love change free depression alcoholism support grief social science humanities Added: May 14, 2008
