Thought For Today - 10/15/09

I am coming into contact with many individuals who have come to the realization that they have spent most of their lives letting the actions or words of people set the tone of their behavior, their feelings, their attitudes, their self-assessment, and lastly their dreams. Sad to admit, they had never realized it. They simply felt they could not be the one who could or should decide who they could be in life.

After much time spent with these individuals I was able to get them to see that the actions of others does not need to affect how they think or act. I shared with them people have no control over them!

There is a difference between allowing the actions of others influence our life and respecting their opinions while maintaining our own perspective and integrity. They had to come to the realization that they were allowing others to keeps them stuck in old, unproductive behavior and filled with uncertainty and anxiety.

If we let others decide who we will be, how we will act, and what we will feel is really saying we have given up our own life in exchange for whatever the other person wants us to be. When we accept words, actions, and reactions that are not consistent with our personal values, we are not living our own lives. We are not free.

God send His Son Jesus to make us free from the above. All you have to do is to accept Him, find out His Master Plan For Your Life and the rest will be history. I did!

Much love,
Joseph