'finding good in everyday life'
That’s what I said! Mind your own business!
You are in charge of your doings, your shop, your creative ideas, your decisions – what you think will work best and sell for you! Yes, we need to ask others in the business world and talk ‘shop’, but bottom line is…you must mind your own business. No one knows better than you what you need to do to make a go of it.
Now go. Mind your own business!
So often we are told what to think instead of being encouraged to think!
You have been given a good sound mind. You have many, many good ideas and plans inside of you waiting to be thought about and brought to pass.
Are we afraid of ourselves? Afraid to let our mind wander into new dimensions different than what we’re accustomed to?
I’m not talking about freaky-stuff thinking, but sometime just turn off the TV, the uTube, and let your own mind think something good, something you would like to think about but were maybe afraid to think into…
Sometimes, I fall for the trap where I get so involved in what other people are saying about a particular area of interest, that I stop thinking for myself… how to solve it, how to make it better… and instead listen to everyone else’s thoughts. Then my mind gets all frazzled what to do. I have to stop, and come out of that cloud into the clearing of my own thoughts.
We let ourselves develop patterns of behavior by allowing other sources to tell us what we should be thinking, what we should be doing, how to spend our time…what if we want to think and do something differently?
It is not wrong to think differently, to have a new idea, to want something apart from the status quo, to question what you’re doing or being told to do. That is part of our individual God-given autonomy.
Many great thinkers have turned into great doers.
The other side of the ‘thinking coin’ is some/too many are afraid of letting others think or voice their opinions/ideas. They fear change, loss of control, power, prestige. Their own insecurities try to quell the impact of another. Don’t give them that right over you.
What have I wanted to think about, but didn’t because I was afraid, or didn’t think I could, or should, or somebody might not approve?
Chart your course, begin to think for yourself again!
I realize this title ain’t proper grammar, but it’s time to give ourselves permission to get good at what we’re good at!
Why do we choose to punish ourselves trying so hard to be good at what we’re not?
…try to knit when we’d rather sew
…take up jogging when we’d rather bike
…build furniture when we’d rather refinish it
…study math when we’d rather read and write
…attempt customer service when we’d rather be back stage
…etc, etc, etc…
There’s a time and place for everything, but why waste our time and energy pursuing what we’re not interested in anyway, because we feel obligated, or mom or dad wanted us to do that, or that’s all we learned how to do.
This can apply in all areas of our life, from hobbies, chores, vocation and vacation!
We need to switch gears in our thinking, get over the guilt of what we can’t or don’t like to do, and be a peace with and do what we really like to do and are good at.
Find and discover YOU. It may take some time, reflection, trying different things, and asking others what they see in you, but it’s never too late to start on a new journey. You will know you when you find you. You will be happier. You will feel satisfied with your work even though it will be challenging. You will do a better job. You will think of ways to improve your skills because you want to. Your work will matter to you, and it will benefit and help others in some capacity. It will be your work and you will be proud of it.
Mrs. Goodfinder 