"The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible. Knowing that you are the kind of person with that kind of self-control brings all the satisfaction and confidence you will ever need. Even on days when the satisfaction and confidence just aren't there, you can get the job done anyway." ~ David K. Reynolds from Constructive Living
Amen. It's amazing to me to look back at my own life and see the swings of productivity --up and down... up and down--dependent on what was going on outside of me. To watch my own maturity into the kind of human being who can more and more consistently show up in spite of what's going on has, as Reynolds so powerful articulates, given me an incredible amount of satisfaction and confidence.
How about you? My hunch is that you've experienced the same thing.
So, how can we celebrate the victories in our own self-mastery while looking deeper within to see the (pesky little!) habits we still have that don't serve us--the times when we're still too buffeted by our circumstances or mood?
What's one thing you know you need to be doing in your life that you're not currently doing?
(Mine: quit checking my email and/or ESPN when I get stuck in a project! :)
You?
"That's the ultimate goal of Constructive Living--to help you do everything well, with full attention." ~ David K. Reynolds from Constructive Living
"One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself." ~ Leonardo da Vinci
"He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city." ~ Jesus
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." ~ Lao-tzu
"Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness." ~ Lao-tzu
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