Evaluate Your Personal State and Resources
When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key. – Eckhart Tolle
Your basic personal state is where you are most comfortable with yourself. It encompasses body, mind, and soul. It may be positive or negative and it may have been established long ago. It may feel that your basic personal state is the only way you can be. It is a combination of your habits, patterns, thoughts, feelings, and physical and mental being.
What is your personal, most natural state, the you that is reflexive and the place you feel most comfortable? Is your basic personal state who you really are? Is it part of your identity, an integral part of how you see yourself and how you act? How long has this been your basic personal state? Has it changed over time or has it become fixed in you so you feel it is probably impossible to separate yourself from your basic personal state? Once you have seen your personal state clearly, you can understand more about who you are and why you are the way you are. You can work to enhance the positive and reduce the negative. Of course when we talk about “personal state”, emotions come into significant play. How do you keep your personal state a positive one?
STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSONAL STATE
- Shift your focus, instead of thinking about the negative aspects, think about the positive aspects of a situation.
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.”— Ralph Marston
- Watch for your physical state, what does it say about you? Sit up straight, stand tall, smile. A smile can reduce stress, elevate moods, make you more attractive, and make people like you better. A smile is universal and transcends language and social barriers. When you smile, it affects your whole body and your mind-set.
“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” — Mother Teresa
- Use positive language in your self—talk and your communication with others. Words are power. Words provide a mental image that can translate to reality. Use positive words to lift your spirit, improve your image, and lift the spirits of others.
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”― Rudyard Kipling
Your personal state is dramatically affected by your personal natural resources and knowing your personal resources is key to insuring that you be the best you can be and achieve the happiness and success you want to achieve. You have a wealth of natural resources, the most important is the very fact that you exist, that you have an ego, a brain, a heart, talents, skills, and abilities that make you unique in the world, that make you what you are. You know that your brain must act before any outward action occurs. See in yourself the wealth of all the natural resources that are yours.
In utilizing your natural resources, you need to be aware that your mind and your body are integrally connected, your body affects your thoughts and your thoughts affect your body. Change your mind, change your body. Change your body, change your mind. Your resources will help you move toward your goals.
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Your natural resources include your natural talents, experience, personality, appearance, knowledge, strengths, and all those things that combine to make you the individual you are. You also have external natural resources – your family and friends, your environment, role models, the world around you. By accessing both your internal, personal natural resources and your external resources you can create your personal sustainable life. Once you are aware what your natural resources are, you can make good decision from a place of strength.
Too often, we make decisions based on second hand information. We decide based on what other people say, what we read, what we see on television or in the movies instead of using our own resources to make wise decisions. Make a list of the things you do regularly that enhance your life or the lives of others. These can be large or small things. Start with simple things you have done the past month, and then write down more general things, the talents or skills that allow you to accomplish the small things you accomplish on a daily or weekly basis. Ask yourself:
- How comfortable am I in my body?
- How healthy am I?
- How energetic am I?
- What are my usual levels of attention and awareness?
- What is my predominant emotion?
- How is my spiritual state?
- How does my environment affect my state of being?
- What skills do I have that I rely on habitually?
- What are my core beliefs and values?
- What things are most important to me?
Combining your awareness of your personal state of being with emotional awareness and your natural resources with give you a good picture of where you are today as a person. Do not be afraid of emotions, if you are aware of them and what causes them you can control them. Be generous with yourself and learn to appreciate your strengths and weaknesses and all the little things you do each day that combine to make you who you are. As you become more aware of yourself and your feelings you will be able to grow exponentially. You will be able to reach a personal state that is satisfying and rewarding.
SEEBEDO Your Personal State and Resources
SEE your personal state for what it is and know what your natural resources are
BE aware of your personal state and how you can use your resources to improve your personal state and your levels of satisfaction and happiness
DO what you need to do to make your personal state positive and make the most of your natural resources in every aspect of your life