LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE - Law of Action

Next in line in our parade of Universal Laws is.......

The Law of Action

Thoughts = Actions = Results

The Law of Action requires that we do something to attain/obtain the things we want.  We have to let go of the way things are.  We have to reset our expectations.  We cannot demand an immediate outcome by snapping our fingers.  Achieving a goal doesn't happen overnight.  That's why there's the saying, "Rome wasn't built in a day."  The law of action requires that we continue moving forward with our efforts for however long it takes.  This, in turn, teaches us the profound powers of patience and perseverance.

Example:  Losing weight is the goal.  What does one have to do, and what changes does one have to make to daily life, in order to decrease one's body weight?  Actions required:  preparing and consuming alternative foods in smaller amounts, getting more exercise, and keep doing this for as long as it takes.  These efforts require tremendous patience and perseverance, but, according to the universal law of action, they will eventually pay off.

Action doesn't only mean physical movement.  It can mean changing one's mental, emotional or spiritual mindset.  Sometimes we have invisible 'goals for the mind' where we may want to expand our thinking.  It's possible to sit quietly in a chair and put our mind into action, trying to figure out ways of seeing things from another person's vantage point.  

Sidebar:  My generation's definition of action screams of having to be productive all the time.  We were raised to always be doing something, going someplace, working, never sitting down.  If we took a rest, we would earn the lazy label.  This introduced us early on to gnawing guilt.  Even today, it's not unusual to hear our compadres talk on and on and on about their busy schedules, to the point where they itemize hour by hour what they've gotten done in a day.  This is gnawing guilt.  They have an intense need to prove their worth by explaining what they have been doing.  Thankfully, this girl is cut from a different fabric.  Probably I'd best fit in the philosophically active category, and I suspect there's ample space for me to play around in that category.  I've been known to say that if my body got half the exercise that my brain gets, my nickname would be Twiggy.

A prime example of the Law of Action is the desire to run a marathon.  I can't fathom the physical and mental work necessary to build the body's strength and endurance to run 26 miles.  But, if their desire is overpowering, people do endure the rigorous physical and mental training it takes to put their foot across the line and wear the finish line tape.  They may actually collapse afterward, but they've done what they set out to do.  This is the Law of Action in a nutshell.