Am I living passively or actively?
Am I allowing my Life to continue to be governed by what I’ve absorbed?
Or am I taking my Life in the direction I want by using what I know to be true?
where most stress really comes from
It is commonly believed that most of our Life Stress comes from “not having all the right bits & pieces”. This is untrue.
The reality is that most of our stress comes from a lack of self-confidence in knowing where to put all the pieces we have at hand.
choose to reject rather than regret
See to it that you treat repeating your own mistakes as unacceptable, rather than simply “regrettable”.
wanna be a better person?
Try being quicker to evaluate, but slower to judge.
Why?
Evaluation is simply your personal responsibility to ascertain to what degree each stimulus you come across is consonant with your own unique value system. So naturally the faster you can evaluate the faster you can deliver the most appropriate response.
So far so good.
Judgment, on the other hand, is the privilege of attributing some measure of “rightness” or “wrongness”, “goodness” or “badness” to a thing, and as such should not be exercised hastily.
Give it a try. You’ll be pleased with the results.
if you got it, use it!
What would you think if you met someone who had a billion dollars but was afraid to spend a penny of it?
“That makes no sense.”
Exactly. But how often do you come across someone – perhaps ever yourself at times – who has the capacity for sound judgment, yet lacks the confidence to exercise it.
Remember: There is no significant difference between a man who cannot read a good book and a man who will not.
define your own life
It is the wise man who sees to it that his definition of “experience” encompasses a great deal more than simply a record of his mistakes.
looking ahead with courage not fear
As time is ticking along relentlessly, you are taking stock of what you’ve done right, what you’ve done wrong, and what your choices have both delivered and cost you thus far.
Here is a handy tip for figuring out the possibilities of where you want to go next:
Be very careful not to confuse REGRET over having made a Big Mistake (or two…or three….) with the FEAR of no longer having the freedom to make a Big Mistake.
Consider this deeply, and then forge ahead with confidence!