Someone posted a recording of a Byron Katie workshop  – circa 1993 – on YouTube.  Katie talked about living on the street.  I do not know how long or under what circumstances she did this.  She talked about a night when the weather was bitterly cold.  Despite the weather and her circumstances, she was inside a building, warm, sipping a hot drink.  She watched a man – also living on the street –  sleep outside in the bitter cold.

The only difference between them was their beliefs.  She did not let the limiting belief of “I am a homeless person and therefore undeserving with no options” stop her from finding a warm place to hang out.  The man slept outside in the bitter cold.

This example is powerful because it illuminates the principle of how our thoughts can direct our energy (and life) in such a bare, alarming way.  She had nothing more than the man in the cold except the ability to live beyond belief.

May we all develop that ability.  May we all live beyond belief.