Be the change you want to see

I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think of all the things that are not working in your life. That job you don’t like, that relationship that’s not working, those friends that annoy you. Now turn them all on you. Imagine that everything that’s not working in your life, is your fault. How would you approach it? What would you work on to change your life to the state that you want it to be?

Today's writing challenge hits pretty close to home.

We all project so much onto others.  We make others responsible for our happiness.  We say we are trapped by circumstances.  But here is the truth as I see it.  Life is a series of choices, and each choice we make takes us closer to our true self, our highest self, or away from who we really are, who we can be.

If I don't like my job, I can change it.  Sure, it will bring consequences that affect not only me, but my family, but those are just challenges to overcome and adaptations to make.  If I am not happy in my relationships, rather than bemoan my loneliness and rejection I can be the partner, friend, child, parent, employee, leader, (fill in the blank...these are examples here folks) that I need, and that almost always results in improved relationship with those around me.

And, in the end, I am responsible to myself and to God.  That's it.  But those are some very high standards, and I'm grateful for that.

How much energy, how much life, do we waste complaining that things and people are not as we want them to be?  What if we directed that energy, spent that life, making sure we rise to our own highest expectations of other?  What would our lives look like?  Who would we be?

Life is a series of choices.  Today, I plan to make choices that reflect my truest nature, that reflect the divine, or at least make the best choices I can.  Because I will project onto others my own nature.