Change your direction

Many people have heard of the common quote " If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten".  I have seen it many ways.. such as " the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result"  These quotes are variant.   Yet, as often as we hear this message, many people keep doing the same thing. The message is basically telling you to, " Change your direction".

If I were driving in my car going south, but I want to go west,  I would have to change my direction.  In the past, many people used compasses or road maps.  Today many  people utilize the GPS.   The GPS is a navigating system that guides you to a specific location.  However the location has to be entered in, or a command given to the GPS in order to start the navigation.  Likewise, if a person needs to change direction, be it a goal, a behavior, the command must be given to the  mind.

I am not proposing a magical positive thinking type of mentality, but good ole common sense approach.  If you have a destination in mind, then you will naturally start to research resources , opportunities, or anything else that you may need to get you there.   Just as a person does when they are going to take a road trip or book a ticket on a commercial jet, you will look into hotels or places along the way such a gas stations, food places etc.

If you do not like what is going on in your life, find out what it is you want, and change your direction.


B.L. Aki

Change your direction

Many people have heard of the common quote " If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten".  I have seen it many ways.. such as " the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result"  These quotes are variant.   Yet, as often as we hear this message, many people keep doing the same thing. The message is basically telling you to, " Change your direction".

If I were driving in my car going south, but I want to go west,  I would have to change my direction.  In the past, many people used compasses or road maps.  Today many  people utilize the GPS.   The GPS is a navigating system that guides you to a specific location.  However the location has to be entered in, or a command given to the GPS in order to start the navigation.  Likewise, if a person needs to change direction, be it a goal, a behavior, the command must be given to the  mind.

I am not proposing a magical positive thinking type of mentality, but good ole common sense approach.  If you have a destination in mind, then you will naturally start to research resources , opportunities, or anything else that you may need to get you there.   Just as a person does when they are going to take a road trip or book a ticket on a commercial jet, you will look into hotels or places along the way such a gas stations, food places etc.

If you do not like what is going on in your life, find out what it is you want, and change your direction.


B.L. Aki

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Free yourself from your personal prison

In life there are times when it appears that life circumstances seem to have us locked away in our personal prison. These circumstances are sometimes real, such as being born into poverty or stricken by a genetic disorder that can not be altered.  Sometimes these life circumstances are an illusion, such as believing that others thoughts of judgments of who you are keeping you in a place where you can not move.  Another illusion is to have those same thoughts about yourself.

Life has shown that if your personal prison is real or if it is illusion, you still have the key to set yourself free.  We no longer have to be bound, and usually the first step is truly wanting to be  free and the second step is realizing that you have the key to release yourself.

I am a lover of literature, and a huge movie buff.  Actually it is my personal opinion, that theater is literature.  Movies like stories usually have a message.  In this attached movie clip one of the actors state " They have kept us in a cage for 200 years"  Realization and passion set them free.

B.L. Aki

Free yourself from your personal prison

In life there are times when when it appears that life circumstances seem to have us locked away in our personal prisons. These circumstances are sometimes real, such as being born into poverty or stricken by a genetic disorder that can not be altered.  Sometimes these life circumstances are an illusion, such as believing that others thoughts of judgments of who you are keeping you in a place where you can not move.  Another illusion is to have those same thoughts about yourself.

Life has shown that if your personal prison is real or if it is illusion, you still have the key to set yourself free.  We no longer have to be bound, and usually the first step is truly wanting to free and the second step is realizing that you have the key to release yourself.

Im a lover of literature, and huge movie buff.  Actually it is my personal opinion that theater is literature.  Movies like stories usually have a message.  In this attached movie clip one of the actors state " They have kept us in a cage for 200 years"  Realization and passion set them free.

Life: Our Gift

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Did you wake up this morning with the realization that January had passed and you had entered a new month?  Were those thoughts accompanied by a feeling of relief or anxiousness?   If so, These thoughts put life in a category of a race that must be won, rather than a life that must be lived. 

In this life we have seasons that prepare us  for what lies ahead.  For example winter prepares us for the cold, i.e., take out your winter coat.  In spring we all heard of the infamous phrase, “ spring cleaning”.   In this life we also have clocks.  Clocks help us measure time so that we can have balance in our activities. Yet because of the many activities we humans have acquired we often abuse this invention.

Giving perspective to this gift we have called life is often a challenge.  If we could grasp that this is a gift,  than possibly we can could  gain more meaning and purpose in our everyday life.

B.L. Aki

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Did you wake up this morning with the realization that January had passed and you had entered a new month?  Were those thoughts accompanied by a feeling of relief or anxiousness?   If so, These thoughts put life in a category of a race that must be won, rather than a life that must be lived. 

In this life we have seasons that prepare us  for what lies ahead.  For example winter prepares us for the cold, i.e., take out your winter coat.  In spring we all heard of the infamous phrase, “ spring cleaning”.   In this life we also have clocks.  Clocks help us measure time so that we can have balance in our activities. Yet because of the many activities we humans have acquired we often abuse this invention.

Giving perspective to this gift we have called life is often a challenge.  If we could grasp that this is a gift than this could help us gain more meaning and purpose in our everyday life.

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Life: Our Gift