Living your Life, on Your Terms.
I once heard a guy say, that when greeting others in the morning he would say, how is your thinking today? Instead of a good morning. He went on to explain that when people are thinking well, they usually are doing well.
I thought about this as I recalled, some general conversations, I’ve previously had with certain people, along with my reading some messages I saw posted on Facebook, some more interesting than other.
It occurred to me that far too many people, are struggling to either maintain positive changes they have made in their lives, or making the transition to remove the negativisms, which are an impediment to their current quality of life.
I realized that some people need to take control over the influences, that effect their daily decision making. [Some of you at this point are asking, how?] Well, first if you are one of these people, you need to understand that you are not living your life, on a group plan. The choices and decisions you make are for you individually or your family. You along control your thoughts and feelings, no one can take this from you unless you give that control award
Accept the fact that in some of your Environments and the World in which we live are pretty chaotic places, both of which are beyond your control. Now, how do you escape?
Where can you go to get away from all the confusion and complexities of life, you go home.
Make your place of residence your personal safe haven. Your domain for maintaining peace and tranquility. You control what come in or out there you are the gatekeeper to your privacy. If you have children teach them discipline, and understanding so they will learn that your home is where you get away from all the outside madness.
On a more personal note, you need to stop being conflicted about your personal lifestyle choices. If you are confident about how you want to live your life focus your attention and energy to whatever, choices you make. No one can tell you who you are. The life you choose for yourself is based and deeply grounded through the Individual decisions you make for yourself.
Regardless of what someone may have done for you in the past, you owe no one control over how you choose to live. When your mind and ideas change you are a new person. Beware, that people will always see you, the way you were, and not the person you are becoming. Do not be affected by their attitudes because, they may never change the way they think. Normally it is a waste of time to get them to see things your way. The best thing to do is prove you are different through your actions.
This is not about isolating yourself, when you meet negative people, politely find a way to exclude yourself from that conversation. Remember you control your actions.
David Perry
New Knowledge 2015