Changing and Sustaining Direction

Changing and sustaining direction

What does it take to change the world? Is it easier to change
yourself? Many people get frustrated with their surroundings, their
ambitions having fallen by the wayside and their spirits somehow
constrained.

When we are young we dream and our dreams give us the visions to make
things happen. Somehow life takes us through challenges and we “learn”
how to be more sustainable in our thinking, but we constrain our
vision.

Rediscovering yourself and building an ability to both change and
sustain direction is a critical competency that everyone must master. We
get lost in our surroundings. When you are lost you need to know how to
read the signs, change direction and sustain a course to get to the
other side.

Another place we get lost in – is the past. The past has happened and
will never change. We can get over it and move on. We can also change
how we feel about what happened in the past.

Yet – do we invest in building a changeability skill? Do we invest in
keeping an open mind, seeing the world in a new way and marvelling at
all that is around us.

Do we remember to look at trees, leaves, drops of water and the
people around us. Or does the world become an anonymous place where we
only see ugly things – so we stop looking. There is so much beauty,
love, power and happiness in the world – but we must open our eyes to
see it.

Only in doing so – do we open up the window to change. The window to
change does not mean that we have to abandon everything – but the most
powerful change is the change in spirit. With a spirit that is light,
open and happy, you can move mountains, without effort. For a spirit
that is dark, constrained and afraid – even the notion that things can
be different is scary.

By opening your eyes, unlearning what you have learnt and by just
observing the world for what it is – it removes the clutter that is
everyday life. You become attuned to the world around you and the world
gives you what you want from everyday life.

To change – you need to change your heart, change your mind and
change your outlook. To learn this, you need to be able to laugh when
you used to cry, forgive when you used to condemn and to be humble when
you use to revel in victory. To be a lesser person is not a prerequisite
– because we can all be more; we can all wake up and take on a day in a
new way and while it may seem that courageously we try to change and our
efforts gets thwarted – by keeping at it changes the self. And the world
starts changing. So both the ability to change and the ability to
sustain are necessary to keep going.

It is also important to live your dreams. Many times in life we get
waylaid by chasing the dreams of others. It is important to answer to
what you really want. If you are clear on what you want, the dreams of
others start working with yours and not against it. If you are less
clear, you may find yourself having lost your dreams. If you can find
people that can share your dream or vision – then you are on a good road
and will fulfil your destiny. It may not always be easy – but the best
way is to communicate your dreams and visions often. That way you start
linking to others that have the same.

To learn how to change is simple – but it could be hard work. The
work is hard because you may have to go through many aspects before your
get to the end picture. It is however fun. Choose one thing that you
want to change about yourself or your life. Start thinking positively
about it and visualise what it will look like if it is changed. See
every detail, every aspect of it in your minds eye. Once you can see it,
as it should be – then you have built an ideal. Ideals are what make us
powerful as young people and this idealism starts permeating through
everything. You will subconsciously start working towards ideals, but
also take some conscious actions. You will be surprised how quickly
things change. Once they do – don’t be surprised – but remind yourself
of the ideal that you built and keep moving towards it. As other things
change – stay the course and get to where you want to be.