Teachers and Active Choices

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Throughout my life, I have experienced many twists and turns. Many times, these twists and turns made little sense to me. Metaphorically speaking, I felt like a pinball ricocheting off a series of disappointments and resentments. This way of relating and reacting to my environment frequently left me feeling helpless. Although I spent much of my time and energy seeking to endure and survive my circumstances, I never felt secure.

Consequently, I felt like I needed to either defend, answer, or explain my existence.

When I got sick and tired of being sick and tired, I made some practical decisions. I decided that I no longer wanted to merely be a survivor, tossed about by my circumstances. I decided to embark in a new way of living. I began investing my time and energy into determining why I reacted to various people, places and things. I discovered that I was the common denominator in all these encounters.

Through my process, I came to accept my powerless over people, places, and things. Reality made something clear to me. Although I am powerless over people, places, and things I am not powerless over how I react to them. I came to realize that my reactions to people, places and things were active choices. These active choices remained embedded in my unconscious, until I decided to stop blaming anyone or anything for my choices.

When I chose to learn from my teachers, I no longer need to minimize anyone, including myself. I no longer need to remain in denial.

Although I may not like the people, places or things that I encounter — as I live my life — I need to remember that I have choices. I get to choose whether or not I learn from my reactions. If I choose to blame or shame someone for how I am reacting, I consciously choose to remain in denial. Blaming people or situations for how I choose to react to them does no one any good. Consequently, as I remain committed and open to learn from my reactions they become the teachers that empower my process.

In the process of being accountable to and for my reactions, I find a new freedom and vitality for living. The energy that I once used to survive my reactions is released to enhance my process — which empowers my ability to trust the process, a loving God and myself.

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