Friday, August 31, 2011
Today's Gift
Your life is the sum result of all the choices
you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of
choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the
freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. Robert F.
Bennett
We
grow in the direction of the choices we make. That growth depends as much on how
we make decisions as on which ones we make. Often in the past we tried to model
ourselves after someone we admired. Our self-confidence was poor, so we depended
on others to let us know if our decisions were correct, or we modeled our
decisions on how we thought others would decide. Now we see that we can never
become exactly like someone else and we need not try.
To each of us, the universe gives a creative task and a problem - to take our special abilities and limitations and become a whole person. We use standards for our choices based on our best ideas of right and wrong, of what fits with our inner feelings, and of what our Higher Power is guiding us toward. Unfinished and imperfect as we are, we become more peaceful as we become more fully ourselves.
May I be true to myself in the choices I make today? I am becoming the person that I admire.
To each of us, the universe gives a creative task and a problem - to take our special abilities and limitations and become a whole person. We use standards for our choices based on our best ideas of right and wrong, of what fits with our inner feelings, and of what our Higher Power is guiding us toward. Unfinished and imperfect as we are, we become more peaceful as we become more fully ourselves.
May I be true to myself in the choices I make today? I am becoming the person that I admire.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men©
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