It’s so hard to
write my first post.
I think my brain
is just making up a story that my first real post has to be something special,
or nobody is going to want to read my blog.
Silly brain. The truth is that is
meaningful because it is shared, and I hope you enjoy it. Writing a blog is more a forum for me to
share the ideas I really value, and by sharing, I enhance the experience.
What I've been thinking about
today is the importance of being deliberate.
I’m talking about doing something, in the here and now, on purpose. I’m also talking about doing it with a
compassionate and non-judgmental attitude.
I find it so hard, with certain aspects of life, to be deliberate.
To really pay attention to
what I’m doing and to achieve meaningful goals.
To be really aware of what is
going on in my life today.
To see what I’m doing and why
I’m doing it.
To know what I’m not doing
and why I’m not doing it.
To place priority on what
really matters and brings happiness, instead of distractions.
To be present with those I
love and to value their presence.
To challenge old beliefs and
ask the right questions.
I think as we become more
aware, it cannot help but make us more loving.
As our eyes open to God in our life, to the beauty around us, we cannot
help but be filled with gratitude. We
become free to act, rather than be acted upon.
Perhaps this is why I place such high importance on becoming more aware
and deliberate- because it is a truly God-like attribute.
Here is to a 2013 that
involves a little more awareness, a little more gratitude, and a little more
love.
3 comments:
Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed reading this. You wrote: 'To know what I'm not doing and why I'm not doing it.' There are so many things I should be doing, and things I want to do. Often I don't have a very good excuse for why I am not doing them.
I agree this is extremely challenging. Not to mention that most of us also value the opposite (spontaneity, creativity without intent, etc). I suppose it is a matter of identifying the parts of our lives where we want to be deliberate and the parts where we are OK free-flowing to a greater degree.
I would say my life right now is about 5% deliberate and the rest just happens by default. Always room for improvement!!!
Maybe it seems kind of strange to put it this way, but I think there is something deliberate about being spontaneous (at least as I've defined it). It takes a certain kind of awareness to see and do something new; a certain amount of interest in what is going on around us. I guess I'm questioning whether being deliberate and being spontaneous have to be mutually exclusive.
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