Flip Your Reacting!
reacting is re-acting OUT some part of your past
How people treat you is their karma, how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer
Every day you get a chance to live your life, you are shaping your reality by how you react to people, events, and circumstances.
You are perpetually given the chance to either REACT or RESPOND. What’s the difference? I’m glad you asked! The difference is as vast as thin-crust to thick-crust pizza!
Your choice to react will bring you an entirely different experience than your choice to respond:Reacting separates while responding engages
Reacting judges while responding considers.
Reacting is emotional, responding is logical.
Reacting is instant, responding can be delayed.
Reacting closes doors, responding stays available.
Reacting makes a mess, responding makes amends.
Reacting resists, responding resolves.
Reacting kills relationships, responding heals them.
Reacting undermines, responding understands.
Reacting defends, responding defers.
Reacting brings regrets, responding invites healing and renewal.
See your reacting to your environment as your re-acting out a part of your past.
You and I both learned when we were rug rats how to react to our world, and we have largely carried the same behavior into our adulthood as we trigger-react like Pavlov’s dog.
When you were scolded, you may have learned to feel shame. Or you learned to fight back or defend yourself or dismiss the accusation. You may have adopted the skill of avoidance or the art of “altering the truth.”
As your adult-self, you play out life to a great extent by the rules you learned as a child. We all do. The Awakening is when you recognize this and make a conscious choice to change.
That’s when your awareness can shine light on how alienating and ineffective reacting can be. And that’s when you consider trading in your reacting card for one of RESPONDING.
See your ability to
respond as RESPONSIBLE.
Life is Growth. Growth comes from a new, FLIPPED perspective that allows you to see how you’re stopping yourself from having the abundance and success you want in life.
Practice, practice, practice! Be a student of yourself and observe when you fly off the handle or fling a few judgment arrows at a person or circumstance. Notice when you fall into the trap of re-acting out your old tapes. Then make a conscious effort to FLIP YOUR THINKING. Hold out for more information. Be curious. Wisdom refrains from reacting and makes way for responding.
My Mission
To stir, incite, and inspire, inviting you to live with the vitality and full-color gusto our Maker has uniquely designed for each of us.
My Vision
I see marriages healed, dreams realized, and families restored. I see an awakening as folks begin to remember who they are and WHOSE they are. Yes! I claim that vision.
My Core Values
- AUTHENTICITY
- GRATITUDE
- PLAY
- STAY IN FASCINATION
- LOVE OF ADVENTURE
- SERVING OTHERS
- FAITH IN ACTION
- EXCELLENCE IN ALL
- INTEGRITY
- LOYALTY
- HUNGER TO EXPAND
My Prayer
Lord open the ears, eyes, and hearts of each visitor here, to catch a glimpse of You and the bodaciously abundant life you have in store for them. Help us to hear your whispers, see your miracles, and feel your nudges. Amen.