For years I sat in limbo believing that the past had power and that the way things were would be the way they will always be.
I had tried to change things unsuccessfully for many years and had given up hope for a brighter future.
But you know I was trying to change others and that is an almost impossible task for they are what they are and we have no way of shaping the destiny of others.
This leads me to know that the ONLY person I can change is me. That is a great true result but change for change’s sake is a waste of time. So change what? There lay the great puzzle and it is so obvious if you think about it.
We are who we are because of our past. We cannot change the past as it is what it is. BUT we can study the events that happened and see if different outcomes were possible. Now I told myself initially “If a better way forward was possible then you would have taken it, after all, you are far from stupid.
Then I doubted even that. Was I as clever as I thought I was or did I fall into a trap? The trap is that we all think we are great soothsayers and can predict what will happen if we do X or Y. What a crock of *&^% that is. If it were true no one would ever, ever, ever, ever, make a mistake. You never made one?
Look at your past and see what you could have done differently. Not what other people could have done differently. What you could have done differently.
Intellectual exercises are a complete waste of time without taking some action. So if all you do is think then nothing will ever change BUT if you do differently. Wow, your life Now will be changed and your future shaped into something so much better.
Do not wait for OUTSIDEin to change things, it comes from people trying to change you who cannot. ONLY YOU CAN CHANGE YOU. Look to INSIDEout and let it take you on a journey. You will know the way. It is inscribed on your heart. Be the best version of yourself that you can be.
