I recently got cut-off while driving; the car beeped at me because I did not immediately go when the light turned green. The problem was that people in oncoming traffic were turning left at the light. Not one or two but three people went through the light. I beeped back and angrily said, “What does he want me to do, hit one of the cars?”
This reminded me of something I did when I was young. As a child, I loved throwing pebbles or stones into a lake. I would love watching the ripples and watching how far I could see the ripples, taking different size stones and seeing how they affected the water.
You must be thinking, “What does throwing stones in the water have to do with someone beeping or cutting you off?” Well, I’ll tell you. I threw a pebble in the water—let’s call it anger. The car behind me threw a pebble of frustration in. The other three cars were throwing pebbles in as well. It does not seem to me that one pebble in that situation was a loving thought.
Our emotions and unloving reactions are no different than the pebbles. We can think that when we get angry, annoyed, or frustrated, it only effects us and the other person involved. When we judge in our heads, we might think, “No harm, no foul.” Not true.
Everything we do, say, and think is like a pebble being tossed in the water, and those ripples don’t stop. The ripple goes on and on. Even when the eye cannot see the ripple going, it is still moving under the water.
After I threw the pebble of anger in the water, I realized it was not what I wanted to share with the world. I immediately did a forgiveness prayer for my anger and sent love to all involved. For me, this was a sign that I was growing. A couple of years ago, I would have been complaining about it for quite a while before I would let it go. By saying the forgiveness prayer and sending love, one big rock was thrown in the water: Love.
Anger spreads—we have been seeing that not only in America but around the world. We are all adding to the ripples in the water, which touches everything and everyone. So, let’s do something—let’s heal the world.
As I have said in Theresa’s Plan to Save the World, healing the world starts with each one of us. Let’s make huge ripples by throwing a big rock in the water and letting it overtake the smaller ripples. That huge rock is Love.
Time to let go of pebbles that cause us anything but peace. What pebbles do you want to throw in? Maybe, I am worthy, I am loved. I think I will no longer throw the pebble of frustration in, slowly, throwing in only positive pebbles. The biggest of all Love.
I had the choice of what kind of ripples I wanted to create; ripples of Love, joy, and peace or ripples of hate, anger, and fear. What do you want to create? Our thoughts are not neutral, but we can make the event neutral depending on how we handle it. The choice is ours. We need to not allow what others say to us or do to us move us away from our truth; we are Love in form.
Let’s be more of who we are today than yesterday, and live more of our truth tomorrow. We are all in this together.
Theresa Contaxis 