Acceptance is Easier Than Change–Until It’s Not…
Have you ever wondered where “that voice” in your head comes from? What about that “gut feeling”? The one that can guide you when you are struggling with a decision. Helps you figure out what’s good & what’s bad. Is it your conscience? Your inner thoughts? Could it be God or the Devil? Are you talking to yourself, or going crazy?
No need to have your sanity evaluated. A professional will tell you its “self-talk”. I think we all can agree that everybody has an inner dialogue with themselves. You can call it an idea, intuition, angel or demon on your shoulder. It can be any of that type of sh*t. It’s a spiritual or universal sense if you will. It connects us to all things we cannot access with our 5 physical senses (touch, taste, smell, sight, sound).
Think back to all the times your conscious was speaking to you, or the gut feelings you had. Were they wrong? Did you twist your interpretation, or make excuses for your perception of them? Did you second guess yourself because they were not in line with your wants and needs in that single moment of your life?
When I think back, the only wrong I find is when I didn’t trust in them. They guide us. They are our key to our own survival. They help us discern fight or flight, risk and reward. They can defend us from ourselves in those internal battles we engage in. Like the ones we have when deciding to act on “that voice”, or ignore that “gut feeling”.
Just like God versus the devil (good vs. evil), these battles will play out during our entire existence in this universe. You are telling yourself right now–God v. Devil–Good v. Evil, yeah right! You can’t believe in God or good, without believing in the devil or evil. Simply not possible, period!
When these battles play out in our head, they make us question ourselves, our faith, and our purpose in this life. Our actions bring the war inside of us into reality. Consequences determine who’s prevailing. Good or Bad? Whether it’s a battle for our soul, control over our mind, influence over our beliefs, or whatever, ultimately the outcome will fall under those 2 categories.
I know we all struggle with choice & action at some point. I know we all process our challenges in different ways. Some people are religious and others spiritual. You may believe in fate, karma, everything happens for a reason, or universal laws of attraction. That spiritual or universal sense is what connects us to our beliefs. Being in tune with it can bring opportunity, success, and happiness.
If you have achieved that in your life, pass it on to others. Be grateful for the blessings you have, because you never know when they will be taken from you. So, however you choose to reboot, meditate or pray always take advantage of the peace those practices bring. Remember this, “in times of peace, prepare for war”.
If you have not achieved those benefits in your life then you better tune in. You are most likely losing the war. How many times have you had a good idea pop up inside your head only to ignore it? Did it come into reality through another person willing to Do The Work or take the risk? You missed out, right? I can’t help but wonder at how many life-changing opportunities I wasted. Gone because I was scared to trust my instincts and act on what was inside of me.
Greatness is achieved by doing the things no one else will do. You do it because you know in your bones of bones that it’s the right thing to do! Fear is paralysis. You might as well be a skeleton if you allow yourself to fall victim to it. We fear the judgement from those around us. What they think or say… we fear disrupting our comfort. We stay closed minded to protect what we have. All along that line we lose the opportunities to gain what really could be waiting for us.
We just accept our lives the way it is. Acceptance is easier than change—until it’s not. We write off those inner thoughts or feelings as being abnormal or weird. Flat out, we are scared to do things that make us uncomfortable.
I keep skirting the main issue I’m writing about because I don’t know how to do it. I guess it plays right into everything I’ve written.
God uses that sense to guide us. When we listen, we are rewarded for our faith. When we don’t, God continues to test us. I’m tired of taking tests. Whether we believe or not is irrelevant. The game goes on with or without our help or participation. I’m getting too old for games.
Trust this, I’m no longer willing to set aside my inner dialogue. I won’t write it off as abnormal or weird. It’s saved my ass more times than I can count. If God is everything the scholars say, I would much rather have him on my side than against me. With all the disadvantages and obstacles I’ve created for myself, I need all the help I can get.
I’m certainly not a preacher. I will never be the person that tries to rally others to a certain or narrow set of beliefs. Actually, I’ve been struggling with the decision to post this for an entire month now. This was never my plan. God is a topic I try to veer away from discussing with other people. Speaking about God makes me uncomfortable.
I’m about to share something I’m a little uncomfortable with. I fear for what may happen if I don’t–more than my comfort. The week before Easter (exactly a month ago) I had this gut feeling to write something about God and post it. I don’t consider myself a religious person anymore. I don’t pay attention to Easter. It was an out of place feeling.
I was working on other writings and didn’t appreciate the mental or thought interruptions. The more I ignored the feeling, the more I was having a mental block. I felt like something bad would happen if I didn’t do it. I was actually getting nervous and feeling anxious because I was ignoring my gut feeling. Anyway, I decided to roll with it. I ended up writing an entire 5-page dissertation about God and Jesus.
Thanks for reading,
Mike
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5/5/2022
