Make Someone Happy
October 27, 2009
Here is today's daily email from Yehuda Berg.
Tuesday, October 27
It's time to stop making everything about you. Look for opportunities to give to others.
Today, seek out opportunities to give your energy, your kindness, your patience. Maybe you'll let someone talk to you a little longer than usual about their problems, if that's something that makes you uncomfortable.
Take actions that you know will make other people feel good, with no attachment to the results, no expectations. You're not doing it because you need to look good or be validated. You're not going to change someone's life with these actions. Forget about all that. That's ego. Do it because you need to step out of your world of comfort.
My God, he is so right on. I don't know how many of us amongst the 6 or 7 billion on this planet need to heed these words. I wonder, is it half? More? Less? I don't know. I wonder. But these words ring so loud in my heart and soul right now. "Its time to stop making everything about you. Do it because you need to step out of your world of comfort". I've known this message was important for some time now. It is front and center on my Personal Path. I measure where I am at with it everyday because I too, know that I need to stretch my comfort zone. The comfort zone of a world that revolves around you. It doesn't. You can think it can and you can live a life that will eventually be sad and lonely probably if you attempt to keep doing it. The world does not revolve around me. I revolve around the world. It is the exact opposite. So, we know these things to be true. We hold them up as guiding principles. But we must do. We must not just think of them and believe them to be good and righteous. And we must be consistent, not perfect. But consistent. We can't be all over the map one day and then completely off the freaking map all together the next day. I think a lot of it comes from not thinking about yourself all the time and taking the time to think about what you are doing and not just doing because all you think about doing is something for yourself or what is in it for me. Its like, taking 30 seconds to put your actions and choices through a personal philosophy net or filter. Don't put yourself first, put others thoughts and feelings first and you'll have a more consistent model of sustainability for that which we hold as true. You want to know why I think this will work and does work? Because the other model sure works well. Putting yourself first produces pretty consistent ego driven material. So if this negative model can produce pretty consistent results and we've seen glimmers and some occurrences (however infrequent) from the positive model that it can work; Well, then, do the math! Its something I have been struggling with, how do we sustain change and positive behavior and choices? I think today, with a little help from Yehuda, I may have an answer. Its funny how one good thought can lead to another, or put the groundwork in place for larger thoughts and streams of thinking. If you are consistently revolving around yourself, there is no room for those thoughts to take hold, there is no room to listen to them, you just hear them. Its because the "You" takes up all the room. This could be fun. I might never write a "Self-help" book or be a wellness guru but if I can save my life, by helping and thinking of how my actions will affect others first before assuming what is in it for me. Well then that is pretty darn good. Bluedove
Tuesday, October 27
It's time to stop making everything about you. Look for opportunities to give to others.
Today, seek out opportunities to give your energy, your kindness, your patience. Maybe you'll let someone talk to you a little longer than usual about their problems, if that's something that makes you uncomfortable.
Take actions that you know will make other people feel good, with no attachment to the results, no expectations. You're not doing it because you need to look good or be validated. You're not going to change someone's life with these actions. Forget about all that. That's ego. Do it because you need to step out of your world of comfort.
My God, he is so right on. I don't know how many of us amongst the 6 or 7 billion on this planet need to heed these words. I wonder, is it half? More? Less? I don't know. I wonder. But these words ring so loud in my heart and soul right now. "Its time to stop making everything about you. Do it because you need to step out of your world of comfort". I've known this message was important for some time now. It is front and center on my Personal Path. I measure where I am at with it everyday because I too, know that I need to stretch my comfort zone. The comfort zone of a world that revolves around you. It doesn't. You can think it can and you can live a life that will eventually be sad and lonely probably if you attempt to keep doing it. The world does not revolve around me. I revolve around the world. It is the exact opposite. So, we know these things to be true. We hold them up as guiding principles. But we must do. We must not just think of them and believe them to be good and righteous. And we must be consistent, not perfect. But consistent. We can't be all over the map one day and then completely off the freaking map all together the next day. I think a lot of it comes from not thinking about yourself all the time and taking the time to think about what you are doing and not just doing because all you think about doing is something for yourself or what is in it for me. Its like, taking 30 seconds to put your actions and choices through a personal philosophy net or filter. Don't put yourself first, put others thoughts and feelings first and you'll have a more consistent model of sustainability for that which we hold as true. You want to know why I think this will work and does work? Because the other model sure works well. Putting yourself first produces pretty consistent ego driven material. So if this negative model can produce pretty consistent results and we've seen glimmers and some occurrences (however infrequent) from the positive model that it can work; Well, then, do the math! Its something I have been struggling with, how do we sustain change and positive behavior and choices? I think today, with a little help from Yehuda, I may have an answer. Its funny how one good thought can lead to another, or put the groundwork in place for larger thoughts and streams of thinking. If you are consistently revolving around yourself, there is no room for those thoughts to take hold, there is no room to listen to them, you just hear them. Its because the "You" takes up all the room. This could be fun. I might never write a "Self-help" book or be a wellness guru but if I can save my life, by helping and thinking of how my actions will affect others first before assuming what is in it for me. Well then that is pretty darn good. Bluedove
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