Where's your head at?

They say the start of any journey begins with the first step……..I don’t agree.

The start of any Journey begins when you all of a sudden become conscious that you don’t know where you are and you decide to lift your head up above the crowd and have a good look around and find out where you are. If you don’t know where you are how can you get to where you want to be?

 

We need to stop and take some time out from our everyday lives. We all live on auto-pilot 90% of the time and this is a major stumbling block to living a life we can be proud of. We don’t think for ourselves. We don’t stop to smell the roses.

But I think for myself, I hear you say! I am my own person! Really….? Every day you do the same thing as you did yesterday because you accept that this is what you do and you can’t change the circumstances of your life. Everyday your thinking and attitudes are influenced by what you read in the newspapers and magazines, what you see on television, and what your friends and colleagues opinions are for that particular day. Even when you disagree with someone and have an opinion, are you really thinking for yourself, or are you justifying a stance that subconsciously makes you feel superior to that person?

Having an opinion is NOT thinking for yourself. The more you think for yourself, the more you realise the world is a complex and unpredictable environment, and that there is rarely any black and white, rather the world is shades of grey. This does not mean having an opinion is wrong, but the more you think for yourself and see people and circumstances from another’s perspective, the less vigorously you hold onto fixed opinions…..and when you are confident enough in yourself, to have less fear about being ‘right’, this is a truly enlightening moment.

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