Posts tagged Many Things
Thinking Like An Equal – Feeling As Big As We Are
Sep 29th
Whilst many things in life are not equal, the fact is – for us – life still generally is. We are more alike than we’re dissimilar.
One of our biggest thinking problems? – both consciously and subconsciously – is we often compare too much. We constantly rate where we’re at with the next person or situation; the ‘pecking order’ has too much implicit priority in most of our lives.
We are significantly and personally blessed to be freed of this thinking, even per the moment.
All Are Equal
There is more similarity in life than there is difference. Sure, we can find endless fragmented arguments to overthrow that statement but the truth is we’re more one than we are divided.
The way we think and act is characteristically human. The time we spend on the things we love… the things we avoid… the things that get us into trouble; these are all basically the same ‘wherever,’ or for whoever, we are in life.
Socioeconomic standing or fame or talent splits the field but the basic living of life is done in the very same world and none can be separated from its reality.
It is beneficial to us – in all ways – to discover how similar we really are to the next person.
An Equalising Reality
Imagine thinking of our bosses or our managers-once-removed, or our children for that matter, as equals – although this is not at all referring to our respective roles and responsibilities.
We have different duties but essentially we’re the same – we’re human; no more, no less.
So why do we rate others better or worse than us? Why do we compare? Why do we treat people differently in accord with their ‘place’ in life? Why are we psyched out by the high-flyer or the rich and famous, and why do we look down upon a beggar?
These are all good questions worthy of our daily reflection and attention.
? 2010 S. J. Wickham.
What Do Bad Choices Taste Like?
Sep 26th
Show of hands out there, how many coffee drinkers are reading this right now? If you are not a coffee drinker, hang on, don’t exit out, you will find out some things you didn’t know. OK, now of the coffee drinkers out there, how many of you have ever made a pot of really bad coffee, and drank it anyway!? OK, now we are getting somewhere. OK, of those, who has doctored their coffee to choke it down? And no matter what, we choke down that bad coffee. Sometimes it’s so bad, we let it sit, then it gets cold and then you are having a bad headache and you say, whatever and gulp down that horrible, cold bad coffee?! Those of you that have experienced this, then you know what bad choices taste like. Feel free to help those non-coffee drinkers try to understand… flat pop, every last can! And yet, in our daily lives we constantly drink bad coffee and we do it willingly.
How many of you have ever said, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing?” News flash – that’s bad coffee. Non fat creamer?does help. “I shouldn’t eat this, but…?” Bad coffee – fake sugar or real sugar doesn’t work. How many things do you add to bad coffee to make it taste better? Nothing matters because the base is bad-tasting coffee. Nothing you try to add will work. You have to throw it out and start again. So what do you do, just guess at the ratio again. I mean how was that last pot? But we do it. Finally we get smart and buy?a scoop. But what size do you get? You buy?every size and kind of coffee scoop there?is (analogy: personal trainers, gym memberships, videos) and begin experimenting on coffee to water ratio. Each time you make a change you become more determined and focused and finding that perfect ratio. You now have a purpose (remember this word, another article).
That is what life changing is like. You start experimenting on ways that will make you feel better. Good coffee equals good changes, bitter coffee equals bad choices. Example: you workout 3 times a week, you start feeling better and start making better choices in your nutrition. It’s cyclical, the closer you get to that perfect ratio, the more determined you are to find it. The better the ratio the more you exercise and eat right because you love how it makes you feel. The choice is yours, keep drinking horrible coffee or buck up and get some scoops and start drinking great coffee. What are your choices going to taste like?
