DAY 29 – KEY ASPECT: HUMAN EVOLUTION

My grandfather is telling me about his life. He describes himself in ways that I never knew before. He’s telling me what he enjoyed doing, his aspirations and the knowledge he accumulated at various points during the course of his life. I am starting to understand my grandfather not just by my interactions with him but from a perspective of how he has changed over the years.

He says I will change too as I get older. I will do certain things when I am young that I will not do in the future. I will have certain friends based upon what I am interested in now and then move on because other things will become more of a priority. I may not have one job for my entire life because I will find something else I prefer to do.

The one thing he emphasized is that I will become a person who grows as a human being not just in height but in developing more insights and understandings about life. With more knowledge I should be able to make more accurate and life enhancing decisions. My personal evolution into a higher consciousness will not only enable me to live my life with fewer problems it will also enable me to contribute more effectively in making this a holistically better world for everyone.

Some of my growth into a higher awareness will be the result of just figuring out certain things on my own. Other times I will grow as a human being because I will learn from my mistakes and learn from the misdeeds of others of what not to do. The realization that I do not want to think or behave in a manner that contributes to personal or societal difficulties can be a powerful force for change.

My grandfather then started telling me how humanity as a whole also evolves over time. Many societal situations that were accepted in the past as the norm but were actually detrimental to the well being of human beings are no longer tolerated. Practices that were outright cruel have been discarded with many being made illegal. Ideologies that were recognized as valid concepts to live one’s life by but in real terms hinders humanity’s ability to live in peace, cooperation and prosperity have been countered by caring people who stand up for a just and equitable world.

Because of my grandfather’s insights into life I now realize that I will make a concerted effort to evolve over the coming years into a better human being. Generations after generations have been striving to make this a better world and those of us who are alive today have a responsibility to be part of humanity’s continual evolutionary march forward.