What is your destiny
A Self Directed Life
by Lee Miller
After talking with a friend this evening it got me to thinking. He told me that he had not thought about what he was born to do or be. He didn't know what his destiny could be.
I got to thinking about myself and how I came to know that I had a destiny to fulfill. How did I come to know this...
As a young man my life was not going well. In fact I was miserable.
An older friend in college give me a book called The Power of Positive Thinking. This was my first experience with what are called Self Development books or Motivational Books. I didn't even know something like this existed.
Although my life was a mess even after reading the book. I felt that I needed to know more on changing my life and creating a life like I wanted to live. I knew that books may hold an answer for me. At least now I had a direction for getting the information that I was seeking.
How to learn from a book or any other source
One thing that I have learned to do when reading a book that can change my life is to do the following - don't just read the book and expect things to happen. When learning a new path in life we have to learn to put the knowledge into our daily life and 'take action' on what I have learned.
Put the information you have gotten and put it into action in your life. Don't expect that by magic what you read will become a reality. You must start doing the actions required from what you learn.
Read, think, do...
I started reading other books of this type but I also started asking myself the same question many times each day, in fact I stated meditating on this question at least twice a day. It took me over a year to begin to find the personal direction that I was to take in my life.
What is most important about this is the question that I asked myself each day...
What should I be doing in my life?
I found that Meditation on this question was helpful, it only took a year and three months to find the answer. But, the answer that I received has proven itself over and over to be the true answer for me. Be Happy!
I actually heard these words spoken to me while I was alone in meditation.
You can think about this and ask yourself what question would be your question on the direction that your life should take. Make the question as simple as possible.
One thing that I can pass on to you is that a 'self directed' life is a much more pleasurable life than a life of just drifting. Drifting from job to job, place to place, and so on with no real direction in life. This is like going sailing on a sailboat without using the rudder or the sail. You never know where you will drift to.
In a 'self directed' life you have the pleasure and knowledge that the life that you are living was created by you. When you are living a life of bliss you will know that it was your decisions that took you to this life of bliss.
If you are living a life of disharmony then also realize that you have created this life as well. We do have to take responsibility for our life, don't we?
Who is creating the life we live? Many people blame others for the life that they are living. I have never found anyone else in my life making my moment by moment decisions, therefore it must be me who is creating my own life.
Just like it is you creating the life that you are living. This is called taking responsibility for what we are experiencing.
A self directed life has many more blessings and moments of happiness that was created by you. When life is going well it's great to know that is because you created this life. You can look back on your successes and know that you created them. You can look at the problems that you encountered and say to yourself the you solved the problems.
What ever life you choose for yourself I wish you much happiness and harmony. Choose well the life you want to live.
Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts on a life well lived with you.
Lee Miller
I hope that each person who has read this article and the others that I have written will give themselves the project of creating for themselves the best life that they can.
Let me suggest other articles on this subject that will compliment the information you have gained here, they are:
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Page Created: October 30, 2009
Page Updated: January 18, 2010
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