Cause...Not effect

One of the greatest tragedies of our culture is that we give our power away daily. We believe that there are forces in the outer world that control our fate, while the abiding truth of our life is that we create our own destiny. We Choose other people as objects of romance and credit them with making us happy, and then when they leave we blame them for hurting us. We recieve a check in the mail and we feel abundant; the next day we receive an unexpected bill and we become upset. The sun shines and we feel elated, and then the rain comes and we are depressed. We act as if our happiness or misfortune is dealt to us by any hand except our own. Could such capricious tides be the rulers of our destiny? We are children of a creative God, choosing and chosen to be here to act as cause, not react as effect. Surely we have a greater purpose than to bob helplessly on whimsical waves of circumstances. Although the world would have us believe that we are powerless, there is a strength inside of us that does not depend on other people, the economy, or climatic conditions. Our stength comes from a source deep within ourselves.....