Focus. Focus your Living. . .

I have found that it works well for me to think about who I am (not who I wish I was) and make choices that reinforce me rather than erode me.  Of course, I have some sense of who I want to become -- warmer, more loving, a better listener, and so on.  So I make choices that do not assume I have arrived in these dimensions, but that might move me an inch or so in their direction.

Then I read Jill Bolte Taylor, "My Stroke of Insight", p. 183,

"In an atempt to diminish the power of my fear/anger response, I intentionally choose not to watch scary movies or hang out with people whose anger circuitry is easily set off.  I consciously make choices that directly impact my circuitry.  Since I like being joyful, I hang out with people who value  my joy."

I think she gets it.  I try to put myself in situations where I practice careful listening.  I work at being warmer with people without becoming inappropriate or smarmy.  I don't watch much TV, and I choose not to watch much violence or horror.  

You probably make choices (consciously or unconsciously) as well.  I hope so.  Just letting life happen seems so un-thinking to me.

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