Dear Humanity,
What do you want to be?
Do you want to be peaceful?
Or, do you want to be angry and violent, negative and destructive?
Do you want to be Calm?
Or, do you want to be anxious, worried, agitative and fearful?
Do you want to be Loving?
Or, do you desire to be spiteful, dismissive, damaging and resentful?
You must define to yourself what you want to be while you have your wits about you. Then, you must remember these things as often as possible to ingrain them in your pattern of thought. So that when you are being attacked, threatened, slandered, or trodden upon, you may remember what you want to be, remind yourself of your desired qualities, and maintain them throughout your stressful moments. Say to yourself slowly, as slowly as you can, so as to let them sink in and allow your mind a moment to recognize each characteristic:
I am Peace. …. …. I am Calm. ….. …. I am Love. ….. ….. I am Gentle. ….. …..
I am slow to anger. ….. ….. I am quick to forgive. ….. ….. I am seeker of truth. ….. …..
These are the things that I want to be. What do you want to be? Have you defined them? Write them down so you can come back and be sure or edit them if necessary. Why aren’t you working to become these things?
Be what you want to be! Remind yourself constantly. Don’t worry so much about what you do in life, focus instead on developing your Character.
Even if you can only remember the first few when it matters. Or in the heat of battle perhaps you only remember the one you hold above the rest:
I am Peace. …
Then you will start to overcome. And begin to transcend your current state of not always being what you want to be. Imagine if you could behave exactly how you desire in all circumstances. It can be, it will be! Take the reins and become the master of your character.
This is a case of Cause and Effect. Being and Doing. We tend to focus our efforts on what we are doing. What do you want to DO today? What do you want to DO with your life. We even morph ‘being’ into ‘doing’ when we ask our children, “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” What we are really asking them is, “What do you want to DO for a job?” When we should be asking them, HOW do you want to BE when you grow up. Being is the cause, doing is the effect. We ought to be focusing on the cause. Think of the word ‘Being’, and what does it have? What does your being-have? Be-have. Behave. Behavior. This is the cause of all your effects. All your doing will be corrected when you focus on its cause.
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