Don't Be "Flat." Let Them Use "Glasses" to See YOU!

Most all of us know that when a movie has to be viewed with 3D glasses, we expect to get into a different "realm" of things and relish the richness of the experience. So, we don't complaint about spending the extra dollars to view it in "three dimensions."


With our glasses on, we clearly can see the depth of the action and activities playing out on screen. Without those glasses, though, everything would be flat and not as rich or joyous an experience.

Life is pretty much the same way.

If we live a one-dimensional life, i.e. only for one aspect of ourselves then people, viewing us from the outside, get the sense that there is not much more to you. They probably feel they can "read you" at a glance, so don't even bother to get to know you better and at your depth.

Thing is...we have to make sure that if we want people to look deeper than what's beyond the surface of ourselves, we offer them more.

Like the three-dimensional movies we don't complain about paying more to see, folks would not complain about knowing you at a deeper level, if on the surface they view you and gauge there is more "depth" to you.



With this post, I'm inviting you to acquire more depth to your Presence. If you don't already have it, acquire some more dimensions to yourself and your life.


By this, I mean that you get more involved in the living of life!

Don't be the person who lives every day the same way, without exploring the beauty of the world around you. Get to know why your heart races faster at the sign of danger: "Is it fear of Life or Death?" Get to know why at the mention of certain things, you feel repulsed or excited.

In essence, what I'm inviting you to do is to get to know yourself a little better, today.

By doing so, you will acquire new dimensions that folks on the "outside" will not fail to see, and through curiousity will want to put on those glasses to "see you!"



St. Therese of Avila, a 16th century Roman Catholic saint and Carmelite nun (March 28, 1515 to October 4, 1982) penned in 1577 "The Interior Castle," where she spoke of seven "mansions," therein. Each one of the mansions, St. Therese wrote about, takes you closer and closer to the center of your being and the ultimate connection: with God. The book offers a way of life, based on Prayer and Service.

The book, according to Wikipedia, "Inspired by her vision of the soul as a crystal globe in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions, which she interpreted as the journey of faith through seven stages, ending with union with God."

St. Therese's last words were recorded as:

"My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O my Lord and my Spouse, the hour that I have longed for has come. It is time to meet one another."

I'm not promising you that if you develop more spiritual muscle and people have to use three-dimensional glasses to see you, you'll get to the same level of connection St. Therese did in her short life. But I can promise you, they will find you more interesting.






I now look to people whose careers suggested that they were "only a journalist...a teacher...a doctor...a lawyer...a CEO..." et al, to really see the spiritual muscle underlying all that they do. People who quickly come to mind are Anderson Cooper, Oprah Winfrey, Nicholas Kristof, Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates, John Chambers of Cisco Systems, Nat Goldhaber, my former boss...and so many other people who work through life putting their hearts and souls into everything they do.

[Note: Several images are displayed, above and below, of John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, a CEO I truly admire!]


Indeed, on some days I don't have to look further than a few of my friends to see their three-dimensional nature: Parthenia Dixon, Bernice Griffith, Sandie Anderson, Chris Osborne, Revs: Cecilia Loving, Joy Wyler, Zelda McRae, and Jack Krasner, Jim E. Smith, Hubert O. Thompson and others.

Aside from wearing the glasses to see you, you'll be inspiring so many others to do the same in their own lives.

Don't be flat. Be multi-dimensional! Let them wear those glasses to see in you!


If you have to be flat, at least be like a "flat-screen television."



Then...at least show some "action."

Namaste',

Che'