The Right Path

                                                         

THE RIGHT PATH

“If we are not excited about it, it’s not the right path.”

                                                                        Abraham Hicks

Sometimes we step in a puddle, slip on the ice, trip over a rock on our trail,

fall off our bikes, ride the wave on surfboards then find ourselves underwater,

or we are flying high down that double black diamond cruising through

that turn when we catch an edge and wipe out spectacularly. At times we

go down harder than others on the path and journey of life. But we always

get back up, dust ourselves off and keep going. We may at times need to

alter our path we are on, head down a different path or keep buggering on

steadfastly down the path we started. We will eventually get to the clearing

or open meadow and say wow! What a view, pause, reflect, look around,

enjoy the beauty, soak up the feeling and then we say let us do that again!

Maybe we will head off to another peak on the next mountain range, but we

just keep going and when we do stop and look back, we just might realize

the best part were the struggles where we picked ourselves up after the

fall. No one climbs a mountain all at once, mountains are climbed one solid

step at a time. Focus on one solid step at a time.

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IT IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU

                                                

 IT IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU

“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others

do is because of you. What others say and do is a

projection of their own reality, their own dream. When

you are immune to the opinions and actions of others,

you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”

                                        Don Miguel Ruiz

We can easily get overwhelmed or down on ourselves because we

care too much about what other people think or always take things

personally. Who are we trying to impress and why? We only need

to care what we think about ourselves. We can fall into the trap of

buying what we do not need to impress people we do not really know

or like. We also may assume other people do things directed at us

personally. It is not. Other people have their own issues and their own

problems. Do not take it personally. Funny things happen when we

start caring less about what “other people think.” We are less anxious.

Less nervous. More confident because it is not about us and other

people’s perceptions of us. We can focus on what we know is right,

avoiding what we know is wrong. The only person we need to impress

or satisfy is our true genuine authentic self. We can look ourselves

in the eye, in the mirror, and know we did the right thing. We did our

best. Other people’s worlds do not revolve around us even though it

may feel like it. We cannot control other people’s actions. They make

their own choices and lie in their own bed. We must do the same,

focus on our own choices, and make our own bed. When other people

do things, do not take it personally because it is not about us, there

are larger issues at play.

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INDIVIDUAL

 

INDIVIDUAL

“I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and

it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.”

                                                            Grace Jones

I am an individual. I am unique. I am unlike any other. My purpose

in life is unique, specific, individual to me in my time, in my space in

my choices, in my actions and what is being asked of me right now.

How I choose to respond and react to the individual specific question

being asked of me at any given point in time will dictate how I “feel”

about myself. Did I do the right thing? Did I act in accordance with my

virtues and values? Did I not respond? Did I fail to respond? Did I fail

to rise to the occasion? Did I not even hear the question? Did I see

it? Did I choose to ignore it? Look the other way? Take a stand. Act.

Run towards the fire. Tackle what is put in front of you. Eat what is on

your plate. Big or small. One step at a time. It is your responsibility.

Whatever happens, happens, you must deal with it. How you deal with

it is your responsibility and your choice. How you “feel” about it will

be guided by how you choose to act, not to act or how you dealt with

it. It is always your responsibility. It is always your individual choice.

Each time life gives you an individual question directed at you, how

will you choose to answer?

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WHO ARE YOU?

“Don’t let the expectations and opinions of other people

affect your decisions. It’s your life, not theirs. Do what

matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and

happy. Don’t let the expectations and ideas of others limit

who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are

living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than

pleasing people. There is much more to life than following

others’ prescribed path. There is so much more to life than

what you experience right now. You need to decide who

you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.”

                                        Roy T. Bennett

It is an innocent, throwaway question, or is it? It is much deeper than

that and really goes to the core of our being. Our soul. Why we are

here? What we are going to do with our lives? Are we merely uniform

parts or cogs to fit in a predetermined system? Parts. Throw away parts

that are easily replaceable? That would seem what society trains us

for. Are we machines who are programmed to go to work, earn money,

pay taxes, then punch out and “die”? I think not. We are divine spirits

placed in our roles and placed through some higher power, in this

space, in this time, in this set of circumstances. What are we going

to choose to do with all we have been gifted? Be uniform parts in a

predetermined uniform system? No, not I! I choose to accept what I

cannot control but know what I can control and steer my own divine

ship. Take care of my mind. Take care of my body. Take care of my

spirit. Take care of other people whose lives cross paths with my own.

Whatever I am called on to do I will do it and do my best. Accept it.

Act in accordance with my own virtues and values. My own sense of

right and wrong. Always doing my best. Always being the best version

of myself in the moment.

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