Our Life - Our Choice
OK, maybe thats a bit of an overgeneralization but it applies most of the time. Basically, what I am saying is that we are what we are because thats what weve decided to be. We live where we live, do what we do and think what we think because thats weve decided to do. Yes, I understand that there are some illnesses and other stuff that happens that tends to force us into a particular mode of operation. But by the same token, how we function within our situation and how we deal with the things we need to deal with is always our decision.
This takes us right back to one of my foundation principles - we believe what we believe because of our personal programming. Our present perception (whatever it is) of what is written in the preceding paragraph is absolutely correct based on our life experiences, input and programming. Does that mean that there are no incorrect opinions and this is one of those Im OK, youre OK so lets hold hands and sing something things? Oh, heck no! This just means that we all have our personal reasons for doing what we do and thinking what we think.
Unfortunately, none of us repeat, none of us has been fortunate enough to get one hundred percent accurate and unbiased information and input into our little pea brains as weve trudged through life. As a result, were all playing our life game with a few cards missing from our deck. Its almost a sure bet that well never find all of em, but I think the sporty thing to do is to do our best to search out at least a couple more cards before we revert back to our basic earth elements. And yeah, well count the Jokers as worth keeping. (Maybe theyre really the ones we oughtta look for first! Just a thought.) Note: For those of you who are presently holding a partial deck that is only giving you a Jack high poker hand- heck, thats good enough to open. Hang in there and keep playing!
Now that weve come out of the closet and admitted that were all screwed up to some extent, lets get back to the initial subject. Our life and nearly all of its components is the result of our decisions that have been heavily influenced (or even controlled) by our programming. And yeah, we may have also been heavily influenced by other factors namely people but unless someone is holding a gun to our heads to force us to do what were doing, the reason were here at this point in our lives is because of the decisions weve made. Even with a gun aimed at our noggins, we still have a couple of options to choose from, dont we?
For those of us who are completely satisfied with the way our lives are going in every little detail we should take a lot of satisfaction in knowing that we have been extremely fortunate to have been able to make some very beneficial decisions. Back up a second here. The biggie word in the last sentence was satisfied. I didnt say happy. We can be generally happy with the way things are going in our lives and still not be satisfied. The way I look at it, if we have just one small thing wed like to do differently or better then were not completely satisfied. Cool! That keeps us from joining the walking dead and trudging down our rut to the slime pit.
For those of us who are not completely satisfied with every little detail in our lives, we really should seriously consider doing something about it! And that brings me to the main point of this little discussion. To be able to do something about our lives, to make the changes and improvements that we feel we would like to make, we need to first say the following words:
I (insert your name here) hereby take full responsibility for all aspects of my life. I am personally fully accountable for who I am, what I believe and what I have accomplished - and will accomplish in my life.
Of course, you can expand that if you want to include never blaming anyone else for your situation, to understand and respect the rights of others to have any darned opinion they want because now you know why they think and believe the way they do, to not take stuff so seriously because everyone is doing whatever they think is the best thing to do at the time, that were all a little goofy and that helps make this world a really interesting place to live and that youre going to do your best to take some time for yourself every day to think about cool stuff and just relax and that youre going to chill out and have some fun and enjoy life more. (Whew, I need to take a deep breath!)
Once we can accept full responsibility for our lives and what we are, only then are we capable of moving on toward our goals and a truly enjoyable lifestyle. Well worth doing, Id say.
About The Author
Gene, through NuPathz.com, provides an easy reading self-help blog along with affordable books and materials written to help folks find the road to a more enjoyable lifestyle, to pass on some of lifes secrets for survival in a chaotic world & offer a few smiles along the way. It\'s a down-to-earth, simple approach to discovering a better life. You can visit Gene at http://www.nupathz.com/
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