The Power of a Thought

There are situations in which external actions accumulate, and even if they are many and good, they fail to touch the root of the problem, because the inner place from which they issue has not yet changed. A person can act, strive, arrange, apologize, invest, and everything remains on the surface, because his inner direction has not yet been clarified. On the other hand, there is a moment of deep recognition, there is a single thought that arrives from the pure and true heart of a person, that reorganizes intention and identity: I truly understand what was not upright, I choose otherwise, I return to my source of good. Such a thought is not a passing idea, but an inner resolve born in truth. It can open the door to a tremendous repair, greater than a thousand external attempts. Deeds are very important, but when they come without the ordering of the soul they are limited, and may become mere external validations.

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