Contracts

Caroline Myss calls them Sacred Contracts and they are the notion that we here on the planet have a mission to fulfill. Our mission may be a very ordinary one or so it may appear to others. We may go about our small quiet lives never realizing how important we are in the scheme of things. The reason I am musing on this is in regard to the random shooting of a Chinese greengrocer on Broadview Ave. last week. He got in the way of a supper time shoot out while he was stacking his oranges, of all things. In this case he truly was a victim as that neighbourhood is no more dangerous than any other in the city. I am there several times a month and have never felt in any danger. To get back to the" contracts", Myss proposes that we contract in spirit to fulfill these tasks through our everyday lives and they are always for the greater good of the community. So.. suppose Mr.Greengrocer is going to be, by his what appears to be senseless death, a springboard for action in politics that will ban handguns in Canada. He offered himself through his death to make his new home a safer place for all of us. Small comfort I realize to his sad children but to think that nothing is random and that all our actions have a purpose shows that we are all in this together and have a very important part to play during our stay upon the earth. Many people of all ages offer their lives this way in order to serve humanity and to carry out their contracts. Nothing is wasted, nothing is for nothing though to our temporal minds it may seem so.