This Week's Newsletter...
Effects of Disengagement Part 4 -
Your Perspective on Life
We have been looking at the effect of disengagement and the drive to passivity that influences us in our daily life. Last week we noted the importance of disengagement upon our attitudes.
This week we touch on its impact upon our perspective of life. Your perspective on life is fundamentally linked to who you are! Who you are determines the lens or eyeglass through which you see life. John Maxwell, in Winning with People, notes that who you are determines:
- What you see
- How you see others
- How you view life
- What you do
Who you are does not remain static. You do not remain the same person year after year, decade after decade. Maxwell notes that who you are is determined by:
- Genetics - your family back ground
- Self-image
- Experiences of life
- Attitudes and choices about those experiences
- Friends
Jesus said to his disciples that in this world you will have trouble. Most people I now agree that Jesus was pretty right about that - in this world we have trouble .
Well how have you fared?
Have troubles depleted who you are or added to who you are? Have they been the springboard to a lesser you - are you more bitter, resentful, untrusting, insensitive, uncaring, inflexible or impatient? Have you given up on humanity because of past hurts and experiences? OR have they been the springboard to a greater you - are you more compassionate, loving, caring, kind, sensitive or patient? We need to understand that disengagement and the things that provoke disengagement deplete who we are, whereas, engagement, despite the things that provoke us, add to who we are and make us better people as a result.
The Basic Acceptance of Ourself:
Gaining Confidence and Security
"The basic acceptance of ourself, as the person God created us to be, builds within us a sense of security that enables us to withstand the impact of rejection and peer-pressure."
Ever wonder why we always compare ourselves to others? Why we care so much about others opinions? Why we find it hard to see the amazing person God has created us to be?
The two articles in Self Acceptance and Healing of Bitterness , work through the reasons why we find it hard to accept ourselves and shows us how to see ourselves the way God see us.
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