A Human Being

[Sunlight81]

A Human Being



Do I have to stay busy?



Do I have trouble relaxing?



Do I judge myself for being human?



Do I tell myself, constantly, that I should do or be or have more?



Do I get my value as a person from my job?

Or what I do for other people?
Or how I look?
Or what I have?



Over-identification with my activities, appearance and possessions makes me a human doing or
a human looking or
a human having

Rather than a human being.




I can not change what I am, only how I behave.



I can improve my behavior but I cannot improve on myself.



What am I?



This is an important question.



Why am I here?



What put me here?



The answers are, of course, very personal.



And answering the questions is not why we are here.



When we answer the questions, life is not over.



Actually, it has just begun.



Until we answer the questions, we are just fumbling in the dark.



Living some one else’s life.



I only have my truth, not yours and it changes.



I am light and love. (bichin' and brilliant)



I may not always act like it.



The highest motivation I can have is to have my behavior, more accurately,

Reflect my true nature.



Doing bad things, does not make me bad.



Having bad things happen to me, does not make me bad.



Feeling bad, does not make me bad.



Let thoughts and feelings pass over us like clouds in the sky.



No judgment, no attachment. This is heaven. Now.



And if we miss the mark, how about some gentleness and compassion.



I didn’t have to change to be loved by God.



I only had to be willing to love myself and to share it with you.



Just the way I am…

[Sunlight81]

Quit taking it personally. I stole this from someone on the Innerbonding website.
St. Francis put it like this, Wear the world like a loose garment.
Byron Katie asks, And this says what about me?

I don't have to get upset about what happens to me or how other people treat me when I remember, It's not personal.

What happens to me is what happens to me.
There is no judgment required.
It's not what happens to me but what I take away from it that troubles me.
False conclusions of unworthiness or unlovability need to be resolved.
Some kind of emotional release is usually required.
When sad, feel sad.
When angry, feel angry.
When afraid, feel afraid.
Find a safe place.

How other people treat me says nothing about me and everything about them. Everybody is doing the best they can: Hitler, child molesters and the person bugging you. The only control we have over other people is our proximity to them. This doesn't mean we don't call the police.

The answer to What if? Is We'll handle it. Even if we don't.

The difference between being a victim and being a survivor is acceptance.
We are not responsible for what happens to us.
We are responsible for our reaction.
This is freedom.