{"id":1762,"date":"2014-01-19T15:08:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2014-01-19T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:10:29","slug":"the-scheme-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2014\/01\/19\/the-scheme-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scheme of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"021\"<\/a>I\u2019ve heard the phase \u201cin the scheme of things\u201d several times over the last few weeks and began to wonder, is this rationalization or affirmation?\u00a0 Confucius would have you believe it is a definition:\u00a0 \u201cIt is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works.\u00a0 All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.\u201d<\/p>\n

So if you preface what you say with \u201cin the scheme of things\u201d you very well may be talking affirmation.<\/p>\n

In the scheme of things I was able to\u2026<\/p>\n

In the scheme of things I still managed\u2026<\/p>\n

In the scheme of things it all worked out\u2026<\/p>\n

In the scheme of things can represent the million things you\u2019ve got to think about each day. It can represent the obligations, the lack of time, the lack of funds, the lack of motivation, the over extension or the doormat you may have become.<\/p>\n

In the scheme of things I only\u2026uh oh here comes the rationalization\u2026 gained 5 pounds over the holidays.\u00a0 Or was only able to exercise once this week, Or didn\u2019t get to see my friends, Or overslept once, Or Or Or.<\/p>\n

Does anyone realize that you get to decide what your personal scheme of things is?\u00a0 If you believe that all good things are difficult to achieve you\u2019ll probably set about living up to that.\u00a0 If you believe that all good things come to you, you just might shift your universe into bringing you only good things. \u00a0Ok mostly good things, point is your scheme of things is totally up to you and\u00a0your life will reflect back to you what you allow.<\/p>\n

My personal scheme of things doesn\u2019t include hate.\u00a0 Hate is a strong word and lends itself to an all or nothing mentality.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong I\u2019ve got a few people on the \u201clive and be well\u201d list (You can find the translation for that in the Food for Thought post.)\u00a0 But overall I rarely use the word hate nor do I give the concept much credence.\u00a0 I move along from anything that triggers that kind of heavy-duty negative emotion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easier for me to lean toward love, not the gushy, sentimental, flowers in your hair kind of love but the everybody\u2019s got a story, put yourself in their shoes, deep breath before speaking kind of love.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been caught in the jump to conclusions outlook one too many times to believe that people aren\u2019t inherently good.\u00a0 They prove me right many more times than they prove me wrong so I\u2019m going with the love angle.<\/p>\n

Still I have my days where in the scheme of things I\u2019m just too tired to get a walk in, or it\u2019s just too cold, or the bagel looks and tastes so damn good with all that cream cheese on it but the other part of the scheme of things is that it\u2019s plural.\u00a0 If, at the end of the day, the scales are balanced you\u2019re in pretty good shape, if they are slanting in your direction, the direction that defines your scheme of things, then you\u2019re in even better shape.<\/p>\n

Confucius may be right, good things may be difficult to achieve and bad things may be easy to get but if you know like you know your own definitions of good and bad and can easily recognize them, if you care enough about yourself to take charge of your personal reflections then your scheme of things will be just fine.\u00a0 At the very least they will be all yours.<\/p>\n

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