If everything begins and ends with the mind and its health, here is a brief text to help you obtain or improve something fundamental in your life: self-control. I've seen brilliant and promising people who make little or no progress due to a lack of this skill, and it's important to remember that we all have something to improve in this respect. Happy reading!
“TIPS FOR GAINING SELF-CONTROL
I've seen many acquaintances and even friends lose patience because they've been through unfair and prejudiced situations, most of which are committed by spiritually poor people.
As well as making us sad, we often lose our self-control, allowing the situation to discourage us and take away the peace and balance we so desperately seek.
STOP EVERYTHING!
Today, I try to look at it in a positive light, because that's the only way we can learn to deal with this kind of situation, which is unfortunately so common. It's like training, a test, a trial.
The point is that we don't know as go through it. We don't know how to act; we just react to the attacks loaded with negative energy. When we react without transforming the bad energy into good energy, we join the wave that has been spreading around the world: that of evil, tragedy and discouragement, as well as multiplying it for those close to us. We don't want this, but we end up doing it without realizing it, because we've been contaminated.
I confess that I've failed this test countless times, contaminating myself and others. Even without meaning to. That's why we need to pay close attention to the facts and take a deep breath before reacting.
Although I'm still an apprentice, I'd like to share with you some tips for developing self-control:
1 - DON'T CONTAMINATE YOURSELF.
2 - What defines your actions are YOUR VALUES, REGARDLESS of what other people say or do to you.
3 - DON'T react with the same energy, ACT with your VALUES.
Have you been judged and will you judge? Have you been cursed, will you curse? You've been humiliated, don't humiliate! Do you understand?
4 - TRANSFORM this negative energy into positive energy.
Pray, dance, run, do anything that brings out your good energy and balance.
5 - Train yourself to occupy your mind with your main project, whether professional or personal.
According to the law of substitution, our mind can only hold one thought at a time, be it negative or positive; so the mind works for what you put into it or it works for what others put into it.
6 - Define what YOU spread in other people's lives. And do it!
Otherwise, you'll be spreading what other people want. And they often succeed.
7 - You are responsible for the words that come out of your mouth and for your attitudes, not those who offend you.
Don't let other people change who you are.
Then start to feel the effects of having control of the YOUR SITUATION, because that of others is practically impossible. And be grateful to these poor people, because they are the ones who help us grow, making us different - neither better nor worse, just different.
That's what I call self-control.
Interpret as you wish, but please don't be offended or judge me.
Think about it.”
The text was taken from the website www.palestrantemarciopadilha.com.br.
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