Life is an echo. Another one of the paradoxes in life. How I see life is how life treats me. If I see life as a gift and as a blessing, gifts and blessings will abound in my life. If I see life as a burden, a burden indeed it will be. And if I am blessed but still choose to focus on the burden that life may sometimes be; then I will be burdened by the difficulties and struggles of life. And if I struggle and choose to still count my blessings, I multiply the blessings I have received.
Objectivity is a myth. We do not see the world as it is; but as we are. If I see myself as a loser, a loser I will be. If I see myself as a winner, I have already won. If I see only the faults and mistakes of others, they will often live up to my image of them. If I chose to see their goodness and their beauty, then I shall have surrounded myself with good and beautiful people.
The is the Law of Nature. Guitar strings will vibrate sympathetically when just one of them is plucked. And several guitar strings in sympathetic vibrations with each other will produce yet another sound in addition to their own individual sound. Such is the richness of life. What we share gets multiplied and what we don’t use we lose. Thus, life begets life and love begets love. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hatred cannot drive out hatred; only love can do that.” ~ MLKJr.
Then the other came, saying, “Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth, for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.” He said to him, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank? Then when I returned, I could have collected it with interest.”
Luke 19:11-13,15-24