More on Change! 01/23/2011

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Here is another post from a blog I kept in 2001 and it too is about Change.  I must have been going through somethings back then but they act as a nice reminder now.  Check it out...

I can't remember how many times I have read or been told, when things are going wrong in your life look in the mirror.

Recently there were several sequences of events that had me totally frustrated. Why were people being such jerks with me? Why were they screwing up when it came to my stuff? Maybe I am just in a bad cycle, I thought. I would just have to put up with it until it passed.

Then I remembered the proverbial mirror. Was it me? Could it possibly be me? Hey, everybody else was being mean, they were the ones messing up, so how could it be me?

I decided to run a little test over a couple of days. I was going to do everything in my power to forget about all the customer service nightmares I had just been through. I was going to expunge them from my thoughts. Every time these thoughts would enter my mind, I would flush them.

Moreover, I was going to be happy and nice. Not just on the outside. I knew that everyone deserved to be treated with real love and respect without any expectations on my part.

The results were phenomenal.

What I learned was what I already knew. When things are going wrong in your life, look within. Look at yourself. You may not like what you see. You may not even want to admit it. Unless you do however, you can't move forward because, Change begins with YOU!

That is the first level of change that must take place if you want to change your world. The next inevitable level of Change begins at HOME!

Then and only then can the third level of change begin. That is in the people around you.

 

Wisdom of The Soul 01/22/2011

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"As you become wiser in the ways of the world, you are less wise in the ways of the soul."

I remember when I was a child I would trust my instincts more. I would know almost intuitively, what was supposed to happen. As I grew older and as I grew smarter, I trusted my gut less and listened to my peers. When I was older, well, I was much wiser I figured, so I did not listen to my gut at all. I listened to my friends, my co-workers, my bosses, my family and all those people who loved me so much. After all, they were only looking out for my best interests.

One day after almost giving up all hope I sat in a room all by myself. I shut out my friends, my family and everyone else and all of their voices I banished from my head. At first, I cried. Then I became quite. Very quite! From deep within, I heard a voice cry out.

"Why don't you listen to me?"

I did not answer.

"No one loves you more than I do. No one cares about you more than I do," the voice continued.

So where have you been, I thought.

"You used to listen to me when you were younger. Not only don't you listen to me, you do not trust me and I have never steered you wrong. I am always here, trying to reach you over the voices of the world. My voice is soft! My nudges are gentle!"

I will be back, I thought. This feels so wonderful. All the wisdom in the world is within me!

"You make it sound like you have to visit me in some distant place. I am with you, within you, available to you 24/7/365. All you have to do is pay attention."

©2001 Allan Marston

 

My Thoughts: 01/11/2011

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"Walk with me through adversity and you will truly know who I am."