Continued...
Actions have reactions, and choices have
results. If we are unsatisfied with the results and are unwilling to
accept the consequences, we can backtrack to the choices which gave
the result and decide what to
choose instead. Playing the lottery may result in losing money. If we
are unwilling to accept the possible consequences of losing, then the
choice to play or not to play the lottery is not to play. Eating
excessive amounts of sugar and fat may result in health issues. If we
are unwilling to accept the possibility of health issues, we should
not choose to eat excessive amounts of sugar and fat. If the result
is being overweight, then we need to backtrack to the choices we make
when we decide to eat and to exercise. If we are unwilling to accept
the consequence of eating an entire pizza pie on our own, then we
need to change the choice that leads to the consequence. If we are
unwilling to accept the consequence that we are watching what we're
eating, then we need to revisit the choice of to exercise or not.
Avoiding work may result in termination. Making
a high-risk investment may result in high losses. Being nasty to the
staff at a restaurant may result in poor service. Being an unpleasant
person may result in involuntary solitude. If we are unwilling to
accept the results in our lives, we need to look at and change the
choices we make. Perhaps if everyone acts in a way towards us we are
unwilling to accept, it is an indication that we need to look at the
choices we are making.
Every
action has a reaction, it's not necessarily equal or opposite. Action
causes reaction, and reaction has action that caused it. We choose
which action to take, or which result to accept. We choose how to
act, or how to react. The following questions and statements are
caused by our not seeing the connection between our actions and the
results we are seeing. “Why is this happening to me? What did I
do to cause this? What can I do to change this? I don't like my
manager. This is unfair to me. I do not want this. I don't like my
house. I do not accept this. I don't have money. I don't like this.
Someone is doing this to me. I don't like my life.” Choose to
accept, or at least to notice, that the “I” is in every
one of those sentences, even in the guise of me. Choose to accept, or
at least notice, that there is an action or reaction that the “I”
is choosing. Something that the “I” does, good or bad,
and a reaction that the “I” has, be it like or dislike,
of the result. Choose to accept, or at least notice, that the action
the “I” is taking may possibly have a reaction that the
“I” does not like. Choose to accept, or at least notice,
that the reaction the “I” has of not liking something may
be caused by an action the “I” takes. If the “I”
does not like the result, then the “I” needs to change
what it's doing, or start liking the result.
Choose to accept, or at least notice, that whatever it is, may be
caused by something the “I” did. What may the “I”
have done, to cause whatever reaction the “I” is
experiencing?
If
we choose to continue living in an expensive city instead of moving
somewhere cheaper, we need to choose to accept the income that
remains. If we choose to keep the job we have instead of looking for
something different, we need to choose to accept the conditions we
receive. If we choose to keep silent when we witness injustice
instead of doing what we think is right, we need to choose to accept
the feelings we may feel. If we choose to be bold and brave, then we
need to choose to accept the excitement and the uncertainty. If we
choose to experience love, then we need to choose to accept that we
are love able, or consider the word, lovable. If we choose to
experience fear, then we need to choose to accept the limitations it
brings. If we choose to be lazy, then we need to choose to accept
that life pretty much stays the same. If we choose to be in control
of our life, then we need to accept that we are responsible for our
life.
To be continued...
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