Today's meditation was all about taking ownership and responsibility for our personal stories:
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Meditation: Day 15 - Transformation Is About Your Personal Story
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Meditation: Day 15 - Transformation Is About Your Personal Story
(Chopra Center 21-Day Meditation Challenge: Shedding the Weight
Centering Thought: My story is about nurturing my life in every way.
Mantra: Om Durgayay Namah (I revere the nurturing energy of life.)
Quote: "You write your life story by the choices you make." - Helen Mirren
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In a culture of rampant victimhood and blame, it can feel frightening to take accountability and responsibility for the present condition of our lives and the direction in which our lives are heading. This is especially difficult when we feel that life has dealt us a difficult hand or when circumstances feel unjust and insurmountable. Yet, without acknowledging that ways in which we have contributed to our present situation, we are forever prisoners to the competing forces of the universe and those around us. By assuming a passive role in our lives, we give up our opportunities to steer our lives in the direction of our dreams and instead fall prey to the universal and other-directed winds of change.
Before we can be empowered to change course, it is imperative that we honestly own our stories first. Without taking stock of what was and what is, we may forever fall prey to mirages or, like an ostrich, have our head in the sand when attempting to make a change. Without accepting our past and our present, we may miss the guiding North stars in our lives or fail to see lighthouses and crash into rocky shores.
Owning and accepting our lives does not mean that we agree or like what has been and what is. It simply is a grounded acknowledgment of what has made us who we are today.
Refuse to be a minor player in your life. All heroes face struggle before triumph, and we - like them - can be the heroes of our own life stories.
QUOTES
PS Article Roundup
Federal judge voids Mississippi ban on same-sex couple adoptions
More of World's People Are Now Obese Than Underweight
Tesla Says Model 3 Orders Top $10 Billion in First 36 Hours
Is There Wood Pulp In That Parmesan? How Scientists Sniff Out Food Fraud
New York Just Created a Revolutionary New Family-Leave Policy
Eatery Puts Fridge On Street, So Patrons Can Leave Leftovers For Those In Need
Mindfulness Training May Ease PTSD
PPS
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In a culture of rampant victimhood and blame, it can feel frightening to take accountability and responsibility for the present condition of our lives and the direction in which our lives are heading. This is especially difficult when we feel that life has dealt us a difficult hand or when circumstances feel unjust and insurmountable. Yet, without acknowledging that ways in which we have contributed to our present situation, we are forever prisoners to the competing forces of the universe and those around us. By assuming a passive role in our lives, we give up our opportunities to steer our lives in the direction of our dreams and instead fall prey to the universal and other-directed winds of change.
Before we can be empowered to change course, it is imperative that we honestly own our stories first. Without taking stock of what was and what is, we may forever fall prey to mirages or, like an ostrich, have our head in the sand when attempting to make a change. Without accepting our past and our present, we may miss the guiding North stars in our lives or fail to see lighthouses and crash into rocky shores.
Owning and accepting our lives does not mean that we agree or like what has been and what is. It simply is a grounded acknowledgment of what has made us who we are today.
Refuse to be a minor player in your life. All heroes face struggle before triumph, and we - like them - can be the heroes of our own life stories.
QUOTES
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise,
so I am changing myself.”
- Rumi
You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your
purpose, and to do it courageously.”
- Steve Maraboli
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
- Plutarch
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and
willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that
nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will
not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to
decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
- Paulo Coelho
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
- Leo Tolstoy
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which
are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
PS Article Roundup
Federal judge voids Mississippi ban on same-sex couple adoptions
More of World's People Are Now Obese Than Underweight
Tesla Says Model 3 Orders Top $10 Billion in First 36 Hours
Is There Wood Pulp In That Parmesan? How Scientists Sniff Out Food Fraud
New York Just Created a Revolutionary New Family-Leave Policy
Eatery Puts Fridge On Street, So Patrons Can Leave Leftovers For Those In Need
Mindfulness Training May Ease PTSD
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