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A key Hindu teaching is to renounce the outcome,
and instead, enjoy the pursuing, often phrased
as "Renounce and Enjoy." The guidance offered
in this powerful sentiment is that those who are
compulsively attached to the results of their action,
the outcome, cannot really enjoy what they do; they
get downcast when things do not work out and cling
more desperately when they do.
Having spent most of my career in "corporate America,"
I learned quickly that only results mattered and have
found this a hard habit to break. So now I write
Affirmative Thoughts like the one below as a reminder
that when I am entangled in the outcome, finding
myself lost in the striving, no matter what the result,
there is only anguish waiting for me in the wings.
ENTANGLED IN THE OUTCOME
It is often in the striving that we
become entangled in the outcome –
focused on the results, the goal,
miss the relevance and message
of the journey itself – neglect the
lessons revealed, the experiences
offered, the wonders presented.
It is often in the striving that we
forget the living – focused on doing
rather than being, we miss the point
as we miss the moment – with our
eyes on the prize, we step over
the diamonds on the path, losing
ourselves in our own momentum.
It is often in the striving that we
must realize that it is the pursuit,
not what we are pursuing, which
offers us the opportunity – enables
us to evolve and find our heaven.
AT G. 4.26.2012
WITH LOVE, G.