Suddenly you come to a
patch of sand that's darker, harder, and firmer than the rest. Your heart beats
faster with anticipation as you mind contemplates the possibility that water is
there. You fall to your knees, and tear at the sand, digging deeper and deeper
as your fingers scratch and bleed. Then the ground goes moist and you feel
within yourself a burst of energy that you didn't know was possible. With
renewed strength, you dig faster and harder until you feel the cool liquid on
your hand, and you take it and splash it quickly into your parched mouth.
This story is a picture
of how priorities form. In a desert situation like this, you become completely
focused on what you want and what you need! This is what I mean by commitment.
Are you possibly in some kind of desert situation in your life right now? Are
there some situations in your life that stubbornly resist a solution? Then you
will need to look for the solution with the same commitment as the person in
the desert did.
This desert traveler was
totally committed to the goal of finding water. As a result, he found it! Was
he thinking of the pizza parlor during his search? His girlfriend? The movie he
saw the week before? No, there were no distractions here. Just the commitment
to find water, and the perseverance to keep going until the goal was won.
In the same way, when you decide you want to find your true Self, you
will need to commit to the process. In this illustration, the person's
commitment was forced on him by circumstances. Like the rabbit in the previous
story, he had to find water or die! Although this seems like an extreme
example, your need to know your real Self can be just as great. Even if you don't
have a life threatening situation that could be healed only by the power of
your real Self, it would be a terrible waste to let your life slip away without
realizing your full potential.
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