There are spiritual, religious and esoteric definitions and uses of the word rebirth. Easter for Christians is a time of rebirth acknowledging the sacrifice the bible teaches Jesus Christ made for the sins of those who believe in God.
Rebirth does not only refer to sins and those things spiritual. How about a rebirth of belief in ones abilities, life path and indeed in oneself? How about the rejuvenation or rebirth of a dream for your life? I read a horoscope the other day that said you can start over at anytime in your life. You can begin again, anew at any point in your day, your week, year or life. I wrote earlier in the year about the significance of New Year’s Eve because my son inquired. It occurred to me through subsequent conversations that the reason he didn’t see the point was because I have always taught him that every minute of every day is a new opportunity to change that which you do not want, like or need in your life. He could start in that moment regardless of the moment. Rebirth is that. We decide daily, minute by minute what we do and do not want in our lives by our action and our inaction. You may think and even SAY you have decided to make a change, but until you ACT on that change, in fact you have decided to do exactly what you are doing. Action is the deciding factor and it speaks volumes.
I frequently use New Year’s and the 12 days until my birthday as my measuring time to see how I have done in the last 12 – 24 months. If the desired goals have been not met, not seen or even forgotten, I try to remind myself of them through reviewing journals, reasons for the goals and evaluate were they real then, are they applicable now, and are they still relevant? Adjustments need to be made, goals adjusted, steps lined up and then every day after, I need to be reborn into the new mindset of achieving those goals through the steps. Therein lies the challenge. Action, follow through and consistency need to follow the rebirth.
You can go to your place of worship, meditate and engage in whatever form of support and lessons you have, but if you do not follow through on the decisions with actions, your rebirth stagnates.
Not just because it is Easter for Christians but because it is time, a rebirth in me is coming. I hope you join me.
WCD
Showing posts with label Self Confidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self Confidence. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Self-Confidence
Confidence in one's self is learned. As we grow, we expand our skills through crawling, walking, falling, jumping, riding, falling, scraped knees, black & blue legs from learning to play on the monkey bars. We find our comfort zone, our place in the world every step of the way. Sometimes we find that we feel we don't belong, but even that is a place in the world.
Some of us find that we naturally excel at many things we try, and even those that do not come naturally we work hard at to excel. It becomes our identification, "we excel at all costs". I find the higher you climb at a young age, the further you have to fall when life takes a swing and connects. Life is always taking swings, but if you're lucky it does not connect very often, however when it does, the affects can be devastating. As adults, we believe we can handle either everything that comes our way, or at the very least most things. We have learned to cope with many things throughout our lives, switching from bottles to sippy cups, the loss of a favorite blanket or toy, stopping sucking our thumb or pacifier, maybe even the loss of a beloved pet or other family member. But those things happen outside of us. What happens when it is our own skill that betrays us? What happens when a typicall excellent student fails a test? What happens when an over-achiever stops achieving? That pedastal you are standing on is high and the fall a harsh one. It can be devastating.
I pose these questions to start a dialogue. I also posit them to suggest that those over-achievers prepare themselves for the fall before it happens. As an extension to that, realize that the things that happen outside of you are just that and out of your control. I heard once you can only control yourself and your reaction to people and events, not the people and events themselves. But what happens when it is you that you are unable to control? What happens when you betray you?
Suggestions? Advice? Input? Of course I have some of my own, you evaluate what happened, you decide how to get better and then you do better. Right?
I look forward to the comments.
Windy City Diva
Some of us find that we naturally excel at many things we try, and even those that do not come naturally we work hard at to excel. It becomes our identification, "we excel at all costs". I find the higher you climb at a young age, the further you have to fall when life takes a swing and connects. Life is always taking swings, but if you're lucky it does not connect very often, however when it does, the affects can be devastating. As adults, we believe we can handle either everything that comes our way, or at the very least most things. We have learned to cope with many things throughout our lives, switching from bottles to sippy cups, the loss of a favorite blanket or toy, stopping sucking our thumb or pacifier, maybe even the loss of a beloved pet or other family member. But those things happen outside of us. What happens when it is our own skill that betrays us? What happens when a typicall excellent student fails a test? What happens when an over-achiever stops achieving? That pedastal you are standing on is high and the fall a harsh one. It can be devastating.
I pose these questions to start a dialogue. I also posit them to suggest that those over-achievers prepare themselves for the fall before it happens. As an extension to that, realize that the things that happen outside of you are just that and out of your control. I heard once you can only control yourself and your reaction to people and events, not the people and events themselves. But what happens when it is you that you are unable to control? What happens when you betray you?
Suggestions? Advice? Input? Of course I have some of my own, you evaluate what happened, you decide how to get better and then you do better. Right?
I look forward to the comments.
Windy City Diva
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