Ctrl-Alt-Delete

Help! My “computer” has too much stuff on it!

Does yours?

And, yes, I am talking about my mind and my life!
My life and my mind operate like a computer but are so much more, that it’s a shame I’ve let them get so cluttered.

It’s time to exercise my “God-given” right and ability to use that wonderful option of “Ctrl-Alt-Delete.”

We all come into this world with no personal beliefs. And we didn’t have much choice as our environment programmed us. We act out of our pre-programming until we are willing to consciously take charge, examine, and choose!
And whether those beliefs that we absorbed were about

• the universe being friendly or unfriendly,
• which football team was the absolute best,
• which political belief was the only correct one,
• and which people were okay and which were not depending on their color/race/gender,

we have (mostly unconsciously) adopted and/or rejected and created our personal world view.
We have video tapes in our minds about ourselves and our world and they continue to shape our destinies. We have allowed ourselves to be brainwashed.
           

                        We need to…

• become aware,
• to short circuit the systems that no longer work for us,
• write our story anew, and
• reboot our system.

It feels right (and scary too!) to re-evaluate what I’m thinking, feeling, and doing.

I have some old beliefs that I’m not even sure where they came from. But I know I no longer need them. (Some of them are decades old!)

And I’ve now chosen to replace them with thoughts, feelings and actions that represent my values of

• resilience,
• allowing,
• accepting,
• caring.

It just takes repetition to change my thoughts. And that will change my feelings. Changing my actions takes me more time, but is well worth it.

What would be worth it to you to change?

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