The foundational step in living a life of meaning, purpose and fulfilment, a life of value, substance and freedom, a life of inspiration, creation and connection is, to take full responsibility for it. This is the key to unlocking your incredible power. The cornerstone you will build an extraordinary experience of life from. Subordination leads to victimhood, responsibility leads to self-realisation.
When endeavouring to connect with and understand the power of any practice, building a neural association is paramount. In other words, a connection in the brain between the action and the rewards of that action. This is not straight forward and as with any learning experience it will entail frustration to one’s focus. 28 days is the optimal time frame to commence habit formation.
Therefore, let’s focus on one area of our life where we will choose to take full responsibility for, over the next 28 days, and see what that experience gives us.
Remember: Responsibility means ownership. Own something totally for 28 days and witness how that changes the way you think, act and are what that leads to internally.
We humans are innately lazy. Don’t take it personally, it’s an evolutionary safety mechanism that is coded within us all, however it is arguably inutile in our comfortable lives of modernity. For thousands of years the conservation of energy might well have been the difference between life and death; in 21st Century Western living where the parameters of existence are completely different, this deeply wired biological action would seem to me to mean we are becoming more and more disconnected from our incredible human faculties.
By default we will just do enough, unless we have reason to do more. Make a short list based on the question above and then decide to no longer accept that standard from yourself. This is an empowering process that could well lead to life changing results if you place enough emotional energy into it.
Recommended: Think about areas where you feel powerless in life, areas of chronic frustration and anger.
'As long as you live, keep learning how to live'
~ Seneca
