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WALKING THE LABYRINTH;
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  Mona : Muse

Committment; success or failure?

Mona said Jan 8, 10:28 AM:

 

Do I have issues with committment?  Well… when it comes to people I do… but that's another blog.  Do I have committment issues when it comes to reaching my goals?  No.  I have no problem going after whatever it is that I want.

I'm the kind of person that always wants more… I want it all!  I guess that's my problem.  It's not that I'm not committed, it's that I commit myself to too many things.  “I feel worn out… stretched thin, like butter scraped across too much bread.”

I tend to pack my schedule pretty tightly.  I have so many interests, and I'm good at so many things, I just don't know where to invest my time…. so I just do it all.  I have an insatiable thirst for knowledge.  I don't like when someone asks me a question and I don't know the answer… If I'm curious about something, I'll find the answer… which will lead to another question… and more digging for answers… it's a vicious cycle.  They say curiosity killed the cat… I hope that's not true.

I'm really competitive… I even compete with myself.  I'm my own worst critic and I sometimes push myself too hard.  I don't think anyone else demands as much from me as I do from myself.  Failure is not an option!

Just because I haven't been in school, doesn't mean that I'm not still learning.  I give myself projects…. well more like research assignments, to be completed with a full report.  When I read a book, I make myself write a report on it.  When i watch a movie, I'll make myself write a review.  I know it sounds like i'm a slavedriver… but I do allow myself time to relax.  I have one day off from work.  I'll watch movies and read…. but I'll make myself write about them the next day.

So, basically what all this rambling boils down to is this:  It's not a lack of committment that keeps me from achieving my goals… it's because I have too many.  Personally, I just think there aren't enough hours in the day.







 

Re: Committment; success or failure?

Andrew [no longer around] said Jan 8, 1:42 PM:

 

Hi Mona,

We haven't formally met but I've just read your contributions.

Forgive my bluntness but you seem to be frantically going nowhere.

Please STOP!!!

Breath……

'Feel' your hands at the end of your arms….

'Feel' your feet at the end of your legs…..

Mona what you are trying so desperately to please will never be satisfied… Never.

Realise you are perfectly who you are supposed to be right now.

You don't have to DO anything… you are where you are supposed to be.

Everything you have done up to this point is for right now.

This instant is the beginning of the rest of your life.

The Spirit, the Creator of all that is, is closer to you than breathing, nearer than hands and feet.

What you are looking for Mona you are looking with.

The past is always past and the future that you have been living never arrives.

It is always now.

Now you have control of your life.

Now you determine which course you wish to follow.

Now is infinite, you have all the time in the world because it can never be anything else, but now.

I hope this helps

In love and peace

Andrew

  HummingBird : Joy

Re: Committment; success or failure?

HummingBird said Jan 8, 2:07 PM:

 
So, basically what all this rambling boils down to is this:  It's not a lack
of committment that keeps me from achieving my goals… it's because
I have too many.  Personally, I just think there aren't enough hours
in the day.


Mona, on the one hand your post vibrates with enthusiasm and energy and on the other, I have to hear what you're saying - it does feel like you're tripping yourself up, even if it's unintentionally

love