The DAILY SPARK Blog

CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY

No one is born accountable, self-reliant, self-mastered and resilient, yet these are the qualities that count, the ones that will fill you with confidence and afford you the chance to choose your destiny, no matter what your field of endeavor.

From: THE REALITY-BASED RULES OF THE WORKPLACE by Cy Wakeman

REFLECTION: 

  • Do you hold yourself accountable for your destiny?
  • Rate how self-reliant, self-mastered and resilient you are.
  • Is there room for improvement?  What will you start doing?

BE BETTER

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.

From: THE ALCHEMIST by Paul Coelho

REFLECTION:

  • Are you striving to become better?  In what ways?
  • What does better look like for you?

ARE THOUGHTS TRUE?

As a rule, we are very attached to our thoughts and feelings, whatever they are, and simply relate to their content unquestioningly, as if it were the truth, hardly ever recognizing that thoughts and feeling are actually discrete events within the field of awareness, tiny and fleeting occurrences in the mind that are usually at least somewhat if not highly inaccurate and unreliable.

From: ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

REFLECTION:

  • Is there a thought or feeling that you believe is true without questioning it?
  • What is it?  Can you name it and then ask:  Is it true?  Is it REALLY true?