Can Changing Your Mind Change Your Life?

I think of freedom as the ability to choose one's own direction, then moving toward the goals in that direction - not necessarily the ones that other people think are okay. This idea is what brought me to the question - "Can changing your mind change your life?"

My answer - you bet!

I see many people that move along in life sort of "floating" in the direction that they believe will receive approval and because of this fail to look toward what they believe is truly right for them.

Here's a sort of fun example that comes to mind of how someone can change their mind and experience the freedom that goes along with it: If you've ever seen the movie "Singles" - there is a scene in the movie where Bridget Fonda is in an elevator with her rocker boyfriend that she adores, but he could really care less whether she was around or not. She looks at him and realizes that she doesn't have to dote on him, and in fact doesn't want to anymore. She says to herself, "Hey, I could just break up with him!" Next thing you see her dancing around her house happy as a clam and free as a bird.

Ha! I love that.

A couple of years ago I made a major change in life, it was risky. I quit my job and started my own business doing something I have always wanted to do - on my own. Even though financially it didn't look like it made sense, I just knew it would work, and that it was right. I kept my end-goal in mind at all times, and kept moving toward it. You know what? It worked - and I'm much happier than I would have been if I had been worried about what other people thought.

But the reason I wrote this post is not to talk about what I've done - it's to bring up this idea of people doing what they want in life, and being who they want to be. It sometimes takes some guts, but it can be done.

Is there something that you've always wanted to do but never did? Perhaps play a guitar or sing in front of an audience? Do you have ideas that you believe could help other people but they've never been expressed? Have you always wanted to be a writer? An artist? An athlete?

Don't get me wrong - other people's ideas are fine. It's just that those ideas are theirs, and are fitting for them, but don't necessarily apply to everyone. Maybe they fit me, maybe they don't - but that's up to me.

What does changing ones mind have to do with all of this? OK - if someone is set on the fact that others' ideas are more important than their own, then that person changes their mind and starts to believe in themselves and their own ideas... Well - isn't that freedom?

Can changing your mind change your life? Think about it. :D

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Introduction: My Hope For The World

Soundly sleeping he stirs then slowly opens his eyes.

His head turns toward the window which is closed to all but a small stream of daylight's first glimmer. As he begins to return to the oblivion and safety of sleep he wonders if there is beauty in this day and grows curious. He turns aside his blanket, shifts his feet to the floor and bravely stands.

He moves to the window, turns a shutter slightly aside and allows a tiny bit of the light that lies beyond the comfortable darkness of his room.

Bracing himself he closes his eyes and throws both shutters wide. His eyes open to the brilliance of the light and of all in the world. Joy and understanding overwhelm him - the magnificence of who he truly is, who he is able to be and the beauty of all life is now apparent.

Moving out into the world he encounters the elation of love, the sweetness and innocence of a child, his fellow man, the delight in all that lies before him and what future may lie ahead.

This is what I hope for the world - an awakening for every being.

Is happiness and peace possible for the people of this world? Can it really be had? Yes. But each one of us must first open both eyes, stand bravely and look.