New post November 14th
November 14, 2009
Objective Commentary Legend: Green=good performance. Yellow=cautionary, more effort required. Red=poor performance.
Respect life and appreciate everything in it.
"Doing something nice for others each day without thought of what is in it for you". It is kind of funny. This is now my job, although I can not say there isn't something in it for me. My job is to help people, understand their needs and match them with the best products and services to meet their needs. Obviously I receive financial compensation for doing so but the better a job I do helping people the better I feel and the better the customer feels so it is win win. I still need to increase doing nice things for others without regard for what is in it for me. We get a lot of little opportunities to do this but I am thinking not a lot of big opportunities. So, its the little things that matter.
Adopt an internal pursuit of happiness.
Metrics to start are addiction control: abstinence from alcohol consumption and the cessation of smoking cigarettes. Down to still the two a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. I am a little disappointed in this one. I allowed a video game to creep up on me and take a lot of time, to the extent I wasn't thinking about others first I think. I was thinking about beating a high score so much that I allowed it to overtake my responsibilities. It also has robbed me of time to write and read. So, I am putting the game aside. I probably deserve a red on this but it is not all bad so I want to look at the positive and acknowledge that more effort is required.
Enable personal growth and healing.
Metrics to start will be daily reading and reflection time which could be meditation, quiet contemplation, writing letters, or writing on my blog. That damn game I was talking about was robbing me, well I was robing myself, of my free time between work and life of reading and writing. So, I am glad I am putting it aside and getting back to who i want to be, my true self. I learned a valuable lesson without too much collateral damage. Intersting collateral damage, hmmm, damage caused to innocent bystanders, reminds me of someone's name that is close to me. Coincidence? The lesson was that we need to be vigilant and on guard that new issues do not creep in the void of our old addictions.
Love unconditionally.
Clearly thinking about putting others feelings first before your own is becoming a way of life. I am really practicing this naturally each day and it feels good. Really good. I want it to be a natural stream of thought that just occurs. It is who I truly am and I got away from myself. I have to make sure I do not allow myself to get sidetracked by things like video games. While fun and healthy, if you let it overtake you, it can be as detrimental as vices. I neglected following through on my word yesterday because I forgot to do something because I was obsessed with playing a game. I am putting the game aside but it was a valuable lesson to have now and not with a more serious issue. I am also glad and happy that I was able to talk about it and share how it happened and made me feel and how it affected others and made them feel.
Improve physical health.
Metric will be assuring some form of daily exercise. Man, I did flyers yesterday and got some exercise during that as well as the amount of walking I do for 8 hours at work. However, I would like to do a more concentrated short burst once in a while. I might try bundling up and going outside before winter sets in and then thinking about utilizing a treadmill to run indoors.
Be an energy master.
Turn each negative reaction to a positive. Of all the new things I practice and feel that make me "Me", I am indeed proud about dropping the negative and truly being able to turn things to positive. It is infectious once you start. Sure, bad things happen to people and good people alike but it is how we deal with it that sets us apart. The more I learn about other traditions and read I learn that lessons like this are valuable and important to many famous people and authors. They may word it slightly different or call it something else, but in the end it is the same basic message of positive energy versus negative energy.
Make good decisions based on focus.
Helping others make good decisions is also part of making your own good decisions. I mentioned above that this was my job. I like my job, no, strike that, love my job. Making my own decisions on focus includes talking to others now to include their feelings and thoughts in my decisions. Got to run. Got work. I would have liked to expand on this one but I will next time.
Posted by Bluedove.
