It always amazes me when I hear people say, “Why did I do that? Why did I say that? If I would have done such and such?” Listen to this. You are only as good as your past or current experience and the way you relate to those experiences. You’re only as good as the knowledge you possess at this very moment. Think about this very seriously. You are your brain, no more and no less. At this very moment you are the sum total of your thoughts. Everything you do, say, feel, or think is a product of the way you have learned to interpret your world. It may be right, it may be wrong. The outcome depends on the input.
Have you ever stopped to think that those of us who are mostly happy, healthy, somewhat safe and secure are that way because we choose to be; and those that are sad, frustrated, angry, depressed, and of ill health might be that way because they choose to be. Choice is a very powerful thing. The will to go on living, loving, forgiving, and taking care of our physical, mental, and spiritual well being is something to contemplate.
The choices we make everyday determine our destiny, and our future. The people we associate with determine the quality of our relationships. Our skill and ability to communicate is dependent on how we think and process information in our brains. Our choices are based on our interpretation of our environment.
You think so you are, you are so you think you are. The reason you are where you are at this very minute is because you choose to be there based on available and sometimes erroneous information. Most of who you are comes from distorted thinking; kind of like a computer with a bad virus. Most of you needs reprogrammed. You know the part of you that says, “Why did I do that? Why did I let that happen? What a stupid thing to say. How could I even let myself get into that situation?” and so on. It’s really hard to change, to reprogram so to speak. It takes a lot of work. It doesn’t happen overnight. You need some help. You have to work at it constantly. Some of you won’t ever change, because you are lazy, comfortable, complacent, or just plain ignorant.
You just keep on keeping on with the temper, the drinking problems, drugs, stress, overeating, and whatever else you do. Then sooner or later you will end up either divorced, out of a job, evicted from your house or apt., totally depressed or dead. Do you want to change? Can you change? Do you blame other people for your lot in life? Are you ready to put your foot down and say enough is enough? Don’t wait until it is too late. Let this be the day you say I will change my mind and change my life.
