Personal Meditation No. 98

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

Rainy days don’t change a thing. I get less done outside but I am still outside putting in the work. The work needs to get done even when the skies are overcast and the rain is falling. The work needs to get done when the winds pick up and the thunder echoes around me. The work does not stop for the weather.

Sometimes we look for what’s going on around us to give an excuse for why we can’t put in the work. Situations arise that are difficult. Situations arise that make doing the work more uncomfortable than usual. And then a decision, a choice, is made about doing the work. Will I let it slide for a day? Will I wait for better situations, better weather, better circumstances?

The weather might influence how much and what I can accomplish but it will never stop me from working. I might not be able to run my fence today but I can still drive posts. Driving posts in the rain is a lot easier than driving posts on dry ground. So, I will use the weather to my advantage. I will do what I can and move forward in spite of and despite the weather.

We all have choices to make about what we let influence our day. We get to choose if we’re going to feel defeated by circumstance or if we’re going to win the day. No matter which we choose, we will have the day we wanted because we chose that day. We chose to think, to feel, to live the day that way. Our choices determine our reality. What reality are you choosing today?

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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Personal Meditation No. 96

“It’s not all in your mind but if you don’t control your mind, then the rest doesn’t matter.”

Embrace the Within

Fake it until you make it? Hearing that a lot and I’m done with hearing it. Faking it is not where you want to be. Own it and then you won’t be fake. You should never want to pretend that you’re something you are not. Your brain knows you’re lying to it.

A much better way of getting to become the person you want to become is just simply owning that life. Consider the person you want to be in five years and start doing the things that future you does. Adopt those characteristics, those mannerisms, those expectations and you will quickly find yourself on the road to becoming that person.

Folks will notice the change and reinforce your belief in who you are. They don’t know you’re adopting these new characteristics right now and don’t feel comfortable yet with the new you. Folks just see your external representation. And they will reinforce that representation.

We often get things the wrong way. We spend a lot of time preparing for change internally. We want to get ourselves in the right space before we make an external change. That is totally backwards. The internal change takes much longer than the external change. And while the external change has already happened, the internal change will continue and progress from the positive reinforcement we get from the external change.

No one knows what’s going on inside your head but you. And you can keep it that way or you can broadcast it all over the world. You get to choose the persona you adopt and share with the world. Maybe it’s not the you that you are internally just yet. But it can be the you you’re working towards in the future.

So, if you met your future you today. What would that you from the future be like? How would that future you act? Adopt those qualities today. You’ll be that much closer to being that future you.

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain