We touch the lives of others in ways we often never know. People sometimes come into our personal world for fleeting moments and can leave us forever changed. We have more power to create or to destroy than we can imagine. We can leave things or individuals better or worse than we found them. A look, a word, a gesture has tremendous impact and frequently we blither along through our existence unaware of the mighty power that our communication wields.

In a Native American parable, the Creator gathers all the animals and says:

"I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it  - the realization that they create their own reality -”

- "Give it to me. I'll fly it to the moon," says the eagle.

"No, one day soon they will go there and find it."

- "How about the bottom of the ocean?" asks the salmon.

"No, they will find it there too."

- "I will bury it in the great plains," says the buffalo.

"They will soon dig and find it there."

- "Put it inside them," says the wise grandmother mole.

"Done," says the Creator. "It is the last place they will look."

 

This week, please allow a spa near you to assist you with looking within.