This weekend gone was Diwali. Diwali, as many know, is a traditional Indian festival involving the setting off of fireworks and lighting candles. Coincidentally Guy fawkes day falls around the same time as Diwali, and also involves fireworks. The significant thing here is that both festivals fall in the cold season, where there is much darkness, wind, rain and chill, yet in just one split second we light a match and BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!…The fireworks go off.
Why is this all significant? In life, things happen that put us in a cold, stormy and dark place. We can sometimes spend a lifetime pondering over the difficulties they create, the wounds they leave, and where it leaves us. Yet, it takes just ONE split second to make a choice to change our lives, just one split second to light our own fuse and set off our own fireworks. When we light fireworks we forget about the cold climate, our fears and our anxieties in the anticipation of seeing beautiful bursts of light and energy in the skies. In the same way, we can have ONE moment where we drop our anxieties, our fears and our hurt, just to burst forward and create an beautiful burst of light that can change our life for the better.
When I was rooted to the spot with near suicidal depression and anxiety, It took just ONE split second to decide that I will make a sensational comeback. It took just ONE moment to pick myself up and keep marching on. the result…in just ONE month I launched my book and ONE month after I became best-seller…all because of that ONE second of making a huge choice. It’s that power of ONE in action. We can be in a bad way for many minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and even years…yet just ONE moment to make a decision to act is all you need to change your life, and that positive ONE moment can strike at any time you want.
think about this…we spend ONE moment pouring ourselves a cold drink, ONE moment to charge our phones, ONE moment to turn the TV on, ONE moment to walk out the door to work, ONE moment to open the door and sit in our car, ONE moment to speak, to listen, to say ‘I love you’ amongst many other simple daily actions…so use that power of ONE to make that decision that could change your life forever.