Desired Change Begins From Within Not Without
Outside influences can impact you, but only if you allow them to.
Nothing, and I mean nothing at all, has always been static and unchanged. Nothing. No person, place, or thing. Everything changes.
Sometimes change is so slow and subtle that it makes no noticeable impact for a while. Other times, change is instantaneous, good, bad, and everything in between.
As free-thinking human beings, you and I have the power to choose to change. This can be literal, figurative, metaphorical, or all of the above simultaneously. It can be as small as a different hairstyle, larger like a new job or relationship, or enormous like selling your worldly possessions and going backpacking on the other side of the world indefinitely.
Anytime you choose to change of your own accord, it begins within. However, it’s not just a matter of the idea, but far deeper.
Change begins from within
You are the only one in your head, heart, and soul. You, and only you, can think your thoughts, feel your feelings, intend your intentions, determine if your approach is positive or negative, and act to take any given action.
The idea of choosing to change always starts within. It always begins with the thought. Thought is how anything and everything created by the human race has come into being. From the clothes you wear to the device you are reading these words on, a thought, an idea, was its origin.
Thought alone has no power. Plain and simple. Thought is the starting point, but without feeling, intent, approach, and action, you’re turning a key or pulling a lever attached to nothing. It takes more to turn thought into anything.
The next element, thus, is feeling. You have the idea, think about it, then feel it out. What will it feel like to turn the thought into a reality? This is the equivalent of connecting power via battery to the mechanism.
Now comes intent. Why are you turning this idea from thought via feeling into change? That’s where intent comes in. This is the equivalent of making certain the positive and negative sides of the battery are correctly positioned.
Overarching all of this is approach. Did the idea come from a place of negativity or positivity? That’s the approach. Are you turning the idea into a reality (and making a change) to do something good or something bad?
After all these steps comes action. You’ve given the thought energy with feeling, considered the first step via intent, and determined the good or bad of it. Now you act on it and start the ball rolling.
Intentional change always begins thus, from within.
Change happens without
The world is always changing. People, places, and things change. There is no stopping this, denying this, or genuinely resisting this. Sadly, lots of people are so fearful of change that they will work against their own good and empowerment to keep things how they think they are (despite this often being distorted and in no way the truth).
The world is always changing. For example, the Sahara Desert was an ocean millions of years ago. People change. For example, you are not the same at age 25 as you were at age 5 physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually, Things change. For example, if you’re reading this on a smartphone or tablet, that’s only been an option for less than 20 years. Even the vehicle by which I share this is hardly a couple of decades old.
People, places, and things change. You have almost no control over this whatsoever. Elements of this will change you, but that’s not the same as desired change.
Desired change is change you want to make. It’s losing 20 pounds, changing your hair color, buying a new car, getting into or out of a relationship, and so on. You make choices and decisions that start within you to make change.
Though change can, will, and does happen from without, that is not the same as desired change. Given the little to no control you have over this, you are only as impacted by outside changes as you allow yourself to be.
Control
What do you control? Nothing outside of yourself, save your appearance. You have no control over how other people think of and feel about you, the weather, traffic, and on and on.
Within, you control your thoughts, feelings, actions, intentions, and approach. That might not seem like much but it’s quite a lot. Especially when you consider how many people don’t take that control for themselves.
You are empowered to choose what you think, what and how you feel, your intent, your approach, and your actions. All of these are within your control. But you choose and decide to take it or not.
The biggest problem many face is the lack of control. This is almost entirely external. Because you can’t control the world outside of your head, heart, and soul. All of your power is within. That’s why desired change begins from within not without.
Desired change is the will to assert control and actively change your life. It might be big, small, or anywhere in between. You have the power to do this.
Know that this is enormously positive. Why? Because that’s how you take what control you can of your life. Choosing and deciding are hugely powerful acts that can make your life quite the adventure. If the meaning of life is TO LIVE – and I am certain that it is – choosing desirable change is a key part of this.
Recognizing that desired change begins from within isn’t hard
It’s all about practicing mindfulness of your thoughts, feelings, intentions, and approach to direct your actions.
When you recognize and acknowledge that you are the only one in your head, heart, and soul, and you can control your thoughts, feelings, actions, approach, and intentions, you can choose to make desired change to better your life. Knowing that this control lies within you, and just awaits you exercising it, you can look to do new and amazing things with and for you and your life experience.
This empowers you, and your empowerment can empower others around you.
Consciously choosing your approach to life towards positivity or negativity – from the vast cylinder that exists between them – shifts life in a way that opens greater dialogue. With a broader dialogue, you can recognize, explore, and share where you are between the extremes and how that impacts you here and now.
Choosing thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions for yourself employs an approach and attitude of positivity for realizing amazing potential and possibilities for your life.
The better aware you are of yourself here and now, the better you can choose and decide what, how, and why your life experiences will be. When you empower yourself, it can spread to those around you for their empowerment.
Thank you for coming along on this journey.
This is the five-hundred-and-fifty-eighth (558) entry of my Positivity series. I hope that these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog, and spread the positivity.
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