Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. -- Dr Seuss
Utilizing and managing your power requires awareness of self and the world around you, as well as a laser like focus on your intent. If you are to use your power for your own good and the good of others, you will want to be aware of self while paying attention to the affects of your choices on the world around you and then evaluating the outcomes of your behavior by the standard of your intentions.
Why did I make that choice?
Why did I think that?
Why did I think that?
Why did I say that?
Why did I behave in that fashion?
What exactly was my intent and is it being realized?
Did my choice move me in the direction I intended?
Are my thoughts (inner dialogue) aligned with my intention?
Are my words moving the conversation toward my intended outcome?
Are my thoughts (inner dialogue) aligned with my intention?
Are my words moving the conversation toward my intended outcome?
Does my behavior demonstrate my intention?
People who deny their power rarely (if ever) ask themselves such questions. On a subconscious level, they know that to do so would reveal that they are living out of fear rather than faith, hope and love. To examine their inner and outer worlds would gradually force them into a corner where they would have to ask themselves, “What is the purpose of my existence and am I fulfilling it?” Once answered they would have to face the Big Question:
Today is set before you Life and Death: which do you choose?
Are you going to live your life On Purpose or will you choose the death of mindless existence? Are you going to love God, self and others to the extent that fear is being banished from your life so as to truly live as God intended, or are you going to allow fear to extinguish love?
Those who own their power have chosen to live and to love On Purpose and By Intent. Those who yield to fear are choosing death —at least for the time being— and are robbing God, self and others of their full presence, which includes the power of their love, talents, and wisdom.
Choosing Life we choose to own our power.
Choosing Life we choose to pay attention to where we are generating life and where we are generating death and then begin doing away with those beliefs, actions and attitudes that are generating death.
Choosing Life we are choosing to be the person we were created to become.
Choosing Life we begin making choices regarding our words, behaviors and attitudes based on what we intend to accomplish and create in our worlds, by the power of our Life and Love.
Copyright, Monte E Wilson, 2011
1 comment:
Seeing things from this perspective and with this kind of clarity is very helpful, Monte. I appreciate your powerful mind and your ability to set forth ideas in such a way that even I can grasp them and work them over and over in my mind. You are a true wise man.
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