I M Perfect lady

 " Most of us avoid confronting ourselves"  Deepak Chopra

What a profound statement.  Most of us live our whole lives confronting others and never turn our scrutiny on ourselves; to see how our actions are impacting the world. It is so much easier to criticize others and attack what they are doing wrong, compared to looking straight at your self.

I had lived 46 years without looking at myself.  Incredible as it may seem, I never, or at least seldom, considered changing myself, but I fully expected the world to change to suit me.  

In coming face to face with myself and all my actions, be them passively sitting in the midst of a dysfunctional family…or staunchly supporting a cult like religion, I never ever confronted me.

What does it mean to confront yourself?  And how would it be if the world stopped looking outward, but began looking inward?  

Imagine if in each situation, we all turned inward to see what we were up to…what is our intention, our fears, our concerns and expectations….and to challenge ourselves to deliver that to ourselves, releasing all others from serving you

I am very much intent on NoT avoiding me….but in confronting all of my actions, thoughts and beliefs…. 

Mark Nepo writes…

"Live in your hands and your mind will learn how to bow like a root."  

"Several years ago, while doing a poetry reading in New York City, I encountered an angry man who had just seen a woman get mugged.  He was so enraged he wrote a poem on the spot.  A pensive voice from across the room called out, "Yeah, it sure beats stopping the mugging."  I felt there was nothing left to say.  The story points up, painfully, how living in our thoughts removes us from the very real journey of being alive.  To always analyze and problem solve and observe and criticize what we encounter turns our brains into heavy calluses.  Rather than opening us deeper into the mystery of living, the over-trained intellect becomes a buffer from experience."  Mark Nepo

I loved reading both of this….confronting what your hands are doing is exactly the answer to all life's big questions and then working to find out why.  Confront yourself will bring in awareness.