Personal Meditation No. 49

"Folks will obsess over things they can't control and ignore the things they can control."

Embrace the Within.

You really can’t control a lot of things but that doesn’t mean you give up on change. Focusing on the things you can change is an important step in enacting change in your life and in others. People, even when they’re hating on you, can see that you have something they do not. You can inspire them by your change, you can motivate them with your change, you can change them with your change. And it doesn’t take you doing anything more than controlling your mind, your choices, your life.

Most people want to force their lifestyle, their opinions, their experience down the throat and into the brain of everyone they meet. We see those people constantly wanting to use force to get other people to comply with what they believe. We shouldn’t be using force to bring around change. Good ideas don’t require that people be forced to do something.

That doesn’t mean that everyone is also swayed by good ideas. But there is a lot of peer pressure in doing the right thing or the wrong thing. People are social creatures and don’t want to be pariahs despite how much your Libertarian friend thinks they can live without people. We need community as much as anything else to survive in the world.

I can’t do everything over here by myself. I can do a lot on my own but I still need other people to teach me and, at times, do it for me. I didn’t build this house on my own. I didn;t build this life on my own. I didn’t build this community on my own.

And I also never forced anyone to join. People have the choice to walk away from me but I do not have the authority to make them stay. Live your life like you want the people around you in it and they will be there . . . Live your life like you don’t want anyone around you and you will find the same happens.

It’s cliche but true to understand that what you put into the world comes back to you. It’s basic quantum physics. So, consider the choices you make today? You are the change your family, your friends, your neighbors, your community needs.

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

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