Who's Guiding Who?
What is that thing within us that lets us know when something is not right? Some might call it our intuition, while others may label it as their spiritual guide, their conscious, God, the Holy Spirit and so on. No matter what anyone calls it, I believe that we can all agree that this thing exists. It is that thing within all of us that indicates to us when something is wrong, out of sync or unbalanced. For the sake of this writing, I will refer to it as “It.”
So since I am assuming that all of us agree that this certain thing exists, I will pose a question: If this It is so strong that It happens continuously and it is so Universal that all of us experience It, Why do we ignore It?
I am reading a book for the second time, “Ask and It is Given, Learning to Manifest Your Desires” by Ester and Jerry Hicks. Although I have grown into an individual who has become accustomed to living within the contents of this book; I feel like I am reading it for the first time.
The passage I read today spoke of the notion that “we all create our own reality.” I am sure most of you have heard the statement before and you might or might not agree with it but that’s not the basis of this writing. The passage got me to thinking and the questions that came to me were, if we do not create our own reality:
• Why do we feel uneasy when someone other than ourselves tries to alter something in our reality?
• Why do we naturally resist when someone attempts to guide us in a direction that we don’t want to go?
• Why do we cringe when someone tells us what to do?
• Why do we oppose when someone changes or aims to change something that we chose for ourselves in regard to our lives?
I would like for you to ponder these questions for a moment and think back. Think of an experience when you made a decision for yourself and you felt good about the decision. Then you shared your decision with someone else and their opinion in regard to your decision was unwarranted or unfavorable. How about a time when you wanted to try something new in your life, maybe go back to school or purchase an item, you expressed this to another person and you allowed them to convince you not to go along with your decision. Later on you realized that you should have done what you desired to do and you were filled with regret. Connect with that feeling and acknowledge to yourself how that felt.
Now that I think you truly understand where I am coming from, I will make my point. I believe with all of my heart that we were placed on this earth for a purpose and we were blessed with the right to choose for ourselves. Somewhere along the way, I feel that we forgot. We forgot that this life was about what We wanted for ourselves and we instead convinced ourselves that it was about what our parents wanted, what society wanted, what our spouses wanted and so on. We became people pleasers and we placed our desires, hopes and dreams on the back burners of our minds and we began to exist in the desires of others.
If this were not true, why do we still feel It every time someone or some circumstance attempts to or succeeds in derailing us from what we really want?
At this time do yourself a favor and read the next sentence aloud: Do I create my own reality and if not, who does?
Until next time and with much L-♥-v-e,
Tiffany Michellé
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So since I am assuming that all of us agree that this certain thing exists, I will pose a question: If this It is so strong that It happens continuously and it is so Universal that all of us experience It, Why do we ignore It?
I am reading a book for the second time, “Ask and It is Given, Learning to Manifest Your Desires” by Ester and Jerry Hicks. Although I have grown into an individual who has become accustomed to living within the contents of this book; I feel like I am reading it for the first time.
The passage I read today spoke of the notion that “we all create our own reality.” I am sure most of you have heard the statement before and you might or might not agree with it but that’s not the basis of this writing. The passage got me to thinking and the questions that came to me were, if we do not create our own reality:
• Why do we feel uneasy when someone other than ourselves tries to alter something in our reality?
• Why do we naturally resist when someone attempts to guide us in a direction that we don’t want to go?
• Why do we cringe when someone tells us what to do?
• Why do we oppose when someone changes or aims to change something that we chose for ourselves in regard to our lives?
I would like for you to ponder these questions for a moment and think back. Think of an experience when you made a decision for yourself and you felt good about the decision. Then you shared your decision with someone else and their opinion in regard to your decision was unwarranted or unfavorable. How about a time when you wanted to try something new in your life, maybe go back to school or purchase an item, you expressed this to another person and you allowed them to convince you not to go along with your decision. Later on you realized that you should have done what you desired to do and you were filled with regret. Connect with that feeling and acknowledge to yourself how that felt.
Now that I think you truly understand where I am coming from, I will make my point. I believe with all of my heart that we were placed on this earth for a purpose and we were blessed with the right to choose for ourselves. Somewhere along the way, I feel that we forgot. We forgot that this life was about what We wanted for ourselves and we instead convinced ourselves that it was about what our parents wanted, what society wanted, what our spouses wanted and so on. We became people pleasers and we placed our desires, hopes and dreams on the back burners of our minds and we began to exist in the desires of others.
If this were not true, why do we still feel It every time someone or some circumstance attempts to or succeeds in derailing us from what we really want?
At this time do yourself a favor and read the next sentence aloud: Do I create my own reality and if not, who does?
Until next time and with much L-♥-v-e,
Tiffany Michellé
Desire to know more about Tiffany Michellé? Visit http://literarythought.com today!
Visit my Blog at http://myliterarythoughts.blogspot.com
