April 3rd, 2017
Affirmation: I have courage to move forward: to meet the new day, to handle whatever confronts me.
Word of the Day: aginner (n):
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Regrets You Don't Want To Have
What matters the most to you in life? In your last days of life, what memories do you want to be able to reflect upon? What are the things you do not want to regret? Today, are you are living your life in a way that is consistent with your responses to these 3 questions?
You might be thinking:
a) Not quite. But here's the thing: I've got a pile of overdue projects I need to finish to even begin to get a little breathing room.
b) I need to make a greater effort and take consistent action in doing those things that really matter to me. I will make a plan and start doing a better job of that right now.
c) I'm not exactly sure what my responses to the first two questions are. I feel like I've always taken life as it comes. I deal only with whatever the next circumstance is. I used to, but no longer, reflect upon what matters most to me in life.
d) I thought I knew what matters most to me and I thought that I was doing a decent job living congruently with those things. But now that I stop to consider it, I haven't really thought about it in quite some time.
What matters most to you? What memories do you want to have as you look back on your life? What regrets do you definitely not want to have? It is crucial that we ask ourselves these questions (and answer them!) on a regular basis, much like taking a shower.
Each person's values are unique, so it is important that you define and are clear about what your personal values are so that you can act in line with them on a daily basis. This idea of congruency has three parts:
1. Becoming aware of your personal value system
2. Knowing that once you cultivate this awareness, value systems are built, revised, and maintained according to your choices
3. To the very best of your (human, and therefore imperfect) ability, acting in line with your expressed value system
At the risk of sounding morbid, I find it helpful to remind myself that I am working with a limited time frame. Looking at it this way is often the catalyst to taking a look at how I am living my life and then taking action in response to what I find.
Far too many people - myself included - live by default rather than by decision. We passively fall into the next circumstance, relationship, or job simply because that is where the path leads. We forget to remind ourselves of a key truth: "Hold on a minute. I can choose which path to take (or create my own) according to where I want it to lead me."
--> Where will the current path you are walking take you? Is it where you want to go? What "forks in the road" are you currently facing and how will your decisions at this forks impact your life?
Affirmation: I have courage to move forward: to meet the new day, to handle whatever confronts me.
Word of the Day: aginner (n):
1. Informal. A person who opposes a plan,
proposed legislation, or any drastic change: He won the election by appealing to the aginners.
On Resurrection Day
On Resurrection Day your
body testifies against you.
Your hand says, I stole money.
Your lips, I said meanness.
Your feet, I went where I shouldn't.
Your genitals, me too.
They will make your praying sound hypocrtical.
Let the body's doings speak openly now,
without your saying a word,
as a student's walking behind a teacher
says, This one knows more clearly
than I the way.
Your hand says, I stole money.
Your lips, I said meanness.
Your feet, I went where I shouldn't.
Your genitals, me too.
They will make your praying sound hypocrtical.
Let the body's doings speak openly now,
without your saying a word,
as a student's walking behind a teacher
says, This one knows more clearly
than I the way.
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Regrets You Don't Want To Have
What matters the most to you in life? In your last days of life, what memories do you want to be able to reflect upon? What are the things you do not want to regret? Today, are you are living your life in a way that is consistent with your responses to these 3 questions?
You might be thinking:
a) Not quite. But here's the thing: I've got a pile of overdue projects I need to finish to even begin to get a little breathing room.
b) I need to make a greater effort and take consistent action in doing those things that really matter to me. I will make a plan and start doing a better job of that right now.
c) I'm not exactly sure what my responses to the first two questions are. I feel like I've always taken life as it comes. I deal only with whatever the next circumstance is. I used to, but no longer, reflect upon what matters most to me in life.
d) I thought I knew what matters most to me and I thought that I was doing a decent job living congruently with those things. But now that I stop to consider it, I haven't really thought about it in quite some time.
What matters most to you? What memories do you want to have as you look back on your life? What regrets do you definitely not want to have? It is crucial that we ask ourselves these questions (and answer them!) on a regular basis, much like taking a shower.
Each person's values are unique, so it is important that you define and are clear about what your personal values are so that you can act in line with them on a daily basis. This idea of congruency has three parts:
1. Becoming aware of your personal value system
2. Knowing that once you cultivate this awareness, value systems are built, revised, and maintained according to your choices
3. To the very best of your (human, and therefore imperfect) ability, acting in line with your expressed value system
At the risk of sounding morbid, I find it helpful to remind myself that I am working with a limited time frame. Looking at it this way is often the catalyst to taking a look at how I am living my life and then taking action in response to what I find.
Far too many people - myself included - live by default rather than by decision. We passively fall into the next circumstance, relationship, or job simply because that is where the path leads. We forget to remind ourselves of a key truth: "Hold on a minute. I can choose which path to take (or create my own) according to where I want it to lead me."
--> Where will the current path you are walking take you? Is it where you want to go? What "forks in the road" are you currently facing and how will your decisions at this forks impact your life?
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