Some people tend to laugh or snicker when another states they have a spiritual guide or spiritual adviser. I think all of us have some type of spiritual guide in our lives. Someone to show us right from wrong, good from bad, and help us make the right decision, whether it be Jesus, God, a friend, or someone we admire. As humans, we always seem to be wanting to make the right choices and look to others when we are at a crossroads. The angelic examples in people are everywhere, who help us reach for the higher good.
My spiritual guide flickers often. Sometimes they are the typical spiritual people; other times they are the ordinary people around us. Because I do not base my entire self on any one person or their actions, my spiritual adviser often changes.
We attended an annual charity event recently, and I found my spiritual guide to be a friend who has given his heart to Haiti. He selfishly has given his time, away from family and his career, his personal money, his mind and heart. He has even learned the language, so he can communicate better while there. I have never met someone so dedicated to any cause. For the past few years, I have silently watched and followed his actions, and have been amazed at the steps he has taken to help these people.
My immune system has kept me a prisoner from visiting Haiti again. I yearn to go back, but I'm not sure why, as the country is filled with pain, sickness and despair. I now quietly rely on my friend to go there and check on the piece of my heart that remains in Haiti. His eyes show me what I need to know. To reciprocate, I have found a small way to help him in his efforts.
No one knows what beats inside of me. There are very few people who realize why my heart aches or what makes me tick. Yesterday, I learned from yet another spiritual adviser this should make no difference in my life. I do not have to answer to fellow human beings. They are filled with fault, like me. They are filled with sins, like me. I should not put what other people think onto my shoulders. In the end, it doesn't matter, nor will it put me in a higher place when I leave Earth. What I do and what I accomplish is no one's affair but my own.
I can only do right and gain strength and righteousness, and be selective of my spiritual advisers here. I have to see the good and follow up with my actions. I can pick and choose what seems to be the right direction on any particular day, using a piece of goodness from someone when I see it. I can change my path and use smaller examples from anyone. Why I choose or who I choose is only what is important to me. I do not have to answer why of my actions to any other human. No other explanation to any other person is necessary.
