Our Actions determine our Results!
I think most of us can agree with the above statement. When faced with a decision, choice or circumstance, the action we choose determines our future outcome. It determines whether or not we live a life of happiness or one of struggle and sorrow.
Life is about choosing actions. It's about making decisions and experiencing the outcomes for ourselves. It's about exploring ourselves and what we're capable of doing. Without actions there would be no life. Even choosing not to do anything at all is an Action by itself!
Now, our society, religion, friends and family have taught us what actions to choose to ensure we end up happy. They have generously offered their advice after learning from their personal experiences and from the experiences of generations before us. Study hard, get a good job, start a family, work hard, be loyal, be careful and pray.Those are just some of the actions we've been taught to adopt.
Study this, pursue that, do this, think like that.
In many cases the actions we've been taught to choose do serve us well. As promised, they make us happier and bring us joy. However, my question is this.
If we adopt the actions that were adopted by our elders and the generations before us, is that not simply a RE-ACTION? It's not really your original action is it?
Is it your action when you allow yourself to be forced to do something you personally don't want to do? Is it your action when you're doing it for the sake of your parents? Is it truly your own action if you just follow what others tell you to do blindly?
If you're simply acting the way you've been taught by the loving people around you, is that really your action or are you just RE-DOING what millions of other people have been acting?
If you do not question or critically think about what your action is and simply do as others are doing - that's RE-ACTING!
If life really is about you choosing your actions and experiencing its results and if it really is about exploring yourself, then RE-Acting would be you giving up your power to choose your own ACTION. RE-Acting would be you giving the power to choose and decide to the people around you.
Don't be quick to blame because the blame lies in us. Parents, society and religion have always been there to guide us and the truth is we need guidance. We have somehow mistaken their guidance for strict orders. Our parents and society never stole the power to ACT from us. We gave it to them when we stopped making an effort to fight for what we believed in. We gave it to them when we stopped bothering about what actions we chose. We gave it to them when we stepped back when instead we should have stepped forward to be bold and different.
The question remains, are you RE-Acting or are your Actions really YOUR ACTIONS?
Are you simply doing as others have done or are you doing as you want?
One thing is for sure. If you RE-ACT you will most probably achieve the results that the average have been achieving. And what's worst you will forever feel disempowered and victimized by your circumstances.
On the other hand, if you choose to ACT and be the person behind the wheel then there's really no guarantee that you will be better off than the others. But you will definitely feel more powerful and in control than you have ever felt before.
Personally - POWER sounds more fun :)
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