Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

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Remember that song by Johnny Lee – Looking for Love (in all the wrong places)?

Or, how about the old story of the guy who lost his keys in the parking lot at night? He was looking under a lamppost when a passerby asked where did he lose them.  The guy pointed out towards the darkness, and replied “someplace over there”.  The passerby asked, “so why are you looking here?”  The guy replied, “because it’s easier to see here”.

So many times in life we end up having a misalignment of what we want, and where we should go to get it.

It’s easier to go to the doctor and take a pill than eat better and go to the gym.  Or as the song implied, you usually won’t find your future wife or husband in the midst of a smoky bar.

Alignment of Desire and Action is often difficult to achieve in our modern world.  Especially given the unlimited choices that we have. I’ve certainly been fooled by the lure of the “lamp post” many times.  So how do we know which path or which option to take?

I have a simple algorithm to use:

Follow the path of the idea, media, experience, opportunity, or person that takes you in the direction of greater integration, collaboration, unity, and love.

That’s the path the Universe is on.  Everything else is at best a detour.  In some ways it’s like driving the wrong way on a one way street.  You’re either going to get lost, hurt, or worse.

Products, companies, and organizations can exhibit this trait as well.  Apple embraces connectivity across all its products and ensures that its hardware and software work seamlessly together.  Microsoft – not so much.  Starbucks  shows great care for its employees in terms of wages, healthcare, education, and other benefits.  Walmart – not so much.  You can do your own comparison with television shows, radio personalities, news organizations, politicians, states, countries, sports, movies, music, and more.  Support the one’s working to harmoniously connect, support, and unify us by strategically exercising your purchasing power, your vote, your attention, and your time.

You get the idea.  If we want to be more in alignment with Love in both our personal and professional lives, we should make more conscious choices.  We just need to shine our own light beyond the lamp post…

~Jay Kshatri

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