Turn Inward for the measure of you and your heart will guide your choices

Hello to all and welcome back to the ABTY Blog,

For today’s blog I thought I would share with you something I have been thinking about for a long time now –  and that is this:

Has the time arrived for us, as a collective, to stop, take stock of what we are doing, and take responsibility for what we bring to the Planet as individuals?

Have we reached a tipping point where we can no longer abdicate our responsibilities and decision making to outside forces and organisations?

Has leaving the parameters and barometers of what is acceptable behaviour to external bodies ultimately led us to our undoing as a society?

And just how can we get back to this place where we search within, rather than search for acceptance outside of ourselves to monitor how we think, speak, act and behave?

It is certainly food for thought – but what exactly do I mean by this?In recent times I have had many instances where I have seen the red tape of our current systems take over situations in ways that would be considered farcical if they were not so detrimental to some of the parties involved – and this has left me thinking?

When did we lose the ability to choose what is right for ourselves?

When did we lose the ability to think and act for ourselves?

And when was it that we crossed the line into a world where people excuse less then palatable behaviour in many ways, shapes and forms by saying: ” He, she, this or that says I can do it…..so I am”

Surely the time has come to take back our humanity?

Surely the time has now come for us all to take responsibility for what we bring to The Planet and those around us?

Surely abdicating responsibility to others, whether they be institutions or individuals needs to become a thing of the past?

Surely we have come to a place where we are better than persecuting another person in the name of some other person, thing or idea?

It seems that we have become the un-thinking generation. The generation that is all too quick to say:

The Law says I can do it!

………it may not be fair or just, but the law can be manipulated to make it OK – so let’s go.

My Religion says I can do it!

……….it may not be a nice thing to do and it causes pain and misery to others – but – my religion says it’s OK – so let’s do that.

My Culture says I can do it!

……….it may not be very practical in the year 2015 and it may not be fair, kind, safe or a nice thing to do – but heh – we have been doing it for thousands of years – so OK – let’s do that.

The Council says I can do it!

………..fantastic, it makes absolutely no sense and is not at all fair, just or equitable – but the council says I can – so – let’s go with that.

My family says I can do it!

…………it’s really not a nice way to treat someone – but heh – my family thinks it’s OK, so I am going to do it anyways.

Tradition says I can do it!

My friends say I can do it!

That’s how I was brought up!

The list goes on and on and on.

But the real question is:

What does your heart say you should do?

In any situation, surely you need to come back to your own heart, your own judgement and your own self assessment of any situation and simply be still and ask:

“What would my heart have me do?”

I truly believe at the core of each human being on the Planet is love.

I choose to believe in the beauty of the human spirit.

I love to think that perhaps if we could all look inward when making choices that effect ourselves and others, instead of looking outward to justify what could be a bad choice – we may find that heart space of love and make different choices.

What if every decision and action you took, you made 100% your responsibility?

What if you chose to be a true Captain of your own ship?

What if you no longer abdicated responsibility for your actions to any other group, person, organisation or preconditioning?

What if?

Perhaps you are already running your life in this manner? And if you are – then I salute you and wish you well on your self determined journey.

If you have read this and it has given you reason to stop and think….then I wish you well too, in turning inward to find who you are at the core of your being.

I am certainly not here to tell people how to act or what to think. And everyone has their own way of doing things which is what makes The Planet a beautiful place.

And I am certainly not advocating the “flouting of the law” as there are of course rules that need to be adhered to. But what I am saying is that excusing certain behaviour, by saying it has been condoned by a third party of some sort, may not be the best way to go.

But once again – this is simply food for thought!

I am just offering up a new paradigm, whereby we seek less to excuse our behaviours because the proverbial “they” said we could do it, and instead come to a full acceptance and responsibility for all actions we take.

And then I ask –  if we all did this – would it change the world?

Who knows?

Imagine.You did it because – you chose to do it. End of story.

They – may say it is OK.

But what do YOU say?

What does your heart say?

The choice is always yours.

At the heart of the matter is always You.

#DiscoverYou, #LoveYou, #BeYou

Christine