Who Do I Want to Become?

Lots of talk – even in my talk. Who am I? Where am I going? What should I do?

I think our first question should be – who do I want to become? This will open the door to see where we are going, what direction to take.

Look at your present state as your starting place – not a permanent situation you are always trying to escape from. See it as the start. Like in a race, the gate is behind you. The whole lane, field, world is ahead of you waiting for you to run through it and to it.

The ‘being’ will lead to the ‘doing’.

Once we decide who we want to be, we can figure out the steps we need to take…the path to get on…the lane to drive in… what exits to get off or on.

Again, this takes self-introspection. You are unique. Each of us are. We have to assess our likes, dislikes, skills, talents, abilities. We have to take notice of ourselves. Not in a comparative way, but in a curious way. What do I have to bring value to this world? How am I crafted?

This is not being selfish. This is part of self-development and necessary for growth.

Right now I’m thinking of horse whisperers. The whisperer has to go quietly and slowly around the horse to understand it and for the horse to understand them.  There is a lot of listening involved. This is how they begin their communication. Time. Patience. Listening. Observing. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

We need to do this with ourselves. Tune out everybody, everything and learn how you’re crafted…not what someone else tries to tell us how you’re made. Too often others try to tell you how you should be when they themselves don’t know who they are or what they are doing. Don’t fall for letting another person manage your life!

What is one aspect I want more to become?

ACCELERATE YOURSELF!

Tonight during RPM bike class at the Y…all glistening in sweat climbing up and down mountains, Lisa, our instructor, said, “Accelerate yourself!”

Accelerate yourself. That stuck with me, (didn’t have my notepad handy, but I remembered it). I think she meant for us to speed it up….more like a command. But there was another hidden meaning just below the surface…waiting to be thought into existence…

To move forward, to accelerate in any area of our life…we have to do it. We have to make it happen. It is our (my) responsibility to get rolling.

I have to accelerate myself!

…accelerate myself out of bed in the morning, accelerate myself to the right frame of mind, accelerate myself to get to work on time, accelerate myself to go to the gym, accelerate myself to eat right, accelerate myself to get to bed on time, and the list goes on and on in every category of life!

Sometimes, we have to get behind ourselves and PUSH! to accelerate in the direction we really want to go.

Do you need to accelerate yourself in some areas too?

Let us push together!

Hearts

Evil is not a skin color.

Evil is not a race or ethnicity.

Evil is not a nationality or a nation.

It is the condition of the heart.

The good news is….the heart can be changed.