Today's Affirmation

 

"Today, I will turn my vision inward and work on changing myself."

 

 

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,  the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

 

 

The most difficult part of the serenity prayer is acquiring the wisdom to know the difference between what we can change and what we cannot.

 

We would like to think that there is nothing that we cannot do, nothing that we cannot overcome, and although that may be true is some instances, it is not true when it comes to people.

 

We cannot change who people are or what people do.  We cannot change our loved one, our friends, our colleagues.  We just can't.  It is truly not in our power  to do so.  It is not our responsibility to try to change them.

 

They must be willing to change themselves, and we...we must work on ourselves.  We are the only ones whom we can change.

 

A close friend of mine used to say, and it is absolutely true without a doubt, "If nothing changes, then nothing changes."

 

We are constantly looking outward at others and not looking at ourselves, then what can possibly change?  Nothing.

 

But when we look inward, look at ourselves, examine who we are, why we do things, how we react, then we begin to see that there is plenty about ourselves that we can work on.  This is where our focus should be.  not on the external where we may or may not be able to impact what is happening, but internally where we can be sure that if we put the work into ourselves, we surely can change something.

 

For, today, turn our outward vision inward.  Seek within yourself what you can change.  Begin working on yourself and your personal issues.  Stop making an excuse for why you cannot, and begin making a promise that you will.  In this way, you improve the most precious gift you have--yourself.

 

In Love and Light-Always,

Robin