A new mantra arrives
I have finally set my heart and mind on a new mantra that is most applicable in my current state of mind.
As you will see it reads “Learn to know what to do, and then do what you know”.
Many times I catch myself thinking “I don’t know what to do!” “I don’t know what to do with my speech, I don’t know what to do with this word, I don’t know what to do with this situation, I don’t know what to do with my finances, I don’t know what to do with these two spare hours I have in front of me, I don’t know what to do with this relationship, I don’t know what to do on this trip, I don’t know what to do with this extra day I have free, I don’t know what to do with my life! Etc. etc.”
The trick that my mind is playing is that it creates the illusion that there is an absence of knowledge or positive experiences. This is of course false in most cases. My mind does this maybe out of lack of confidence, concentration and maybe because it is a habit?
I believe that by asking a different question I gain different results. I now ask “Am I doing what I know?” which indicates that I have in the past successfully handled a similar situation, and I need only to concentrate in taking the correct action.
Thus a new recipe:
- Find out what you need to know.
- Study it, learn it, practice it.
- Use it to gain a positive, successful outcome.
- Keep doing it to form a habit.
- If you find after some time you are slipping back into the old habits and thinking “I don’t know what to do ……boohoohoo” --> go back to step 1.
