Design Your Own Life

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much” by Jim Rohn. 

If you have no plans for your life, do not wander that you are flowing with the crowd or following somebody else’s plan for you. I think we go nowhere, because we do not know who we are and what we want. You need to find out who you are before you can develop some strategy for your life. Ask this question and find an honest answer. Then, you can move where you want, not where others direct you. You will also find out that this kind of lifestyle satisfies you more than being manipulated by somebody else.

Thought for the day 16th of May 2011

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us” by Joseph Campbell.  

I could not fully agree with Campbell on this. If you are ready to embrace the life that is waiting for you, it may mean that you will be carried away by any force that is there, somewhere you would never be willing to be or somewhere where your life could even be destroyed. Not everything that comes to our lives should be accepted. Life is full of challenges and trials that you have to fight with and not accept them. 

You have to make your own plans and adjust them as you are on your way to fulfill them. You might have to get rid of some at some point for at the time of planning they may seem something that you really want, but turn out to be something that your personality does not need and are not part of your true identity. You should not forget that there are forces of good and evil in this life. Therefore, not everything that comes to you is good and maybe not every plan of yours maybe inspired by good forces. 

I know that some would not agree with me on the lines. But I have no intentions to argue. There is good and there is bad. You have all the necessary powers to choose the good. Faith, positive attitude, will power and many more things are at your disposal to be a winner in any battle against the evil. The good is stronger. But you have to allow it to be stronger in your life. Spend time alone meditating about your life, thinking about possible plans you might undertake and choose only those that you start feeling peace about. They will be inspired by good forces. 

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