AOC: Excuse of the Month
And the excuse of the week award goes to a Zambian tennis player quoted in a local paper following his defeat in a match: “Musumba Bwalaya is a stupid man and a hopeless player. He has a huge nose and is cross-eyed. He only beat me because my jockstrap was too tight and because when he serves he farts, and that made me lose my concentration, for which I am famous throughout Zambia.”
We always have choice about the stories we tell ourselves about the things that happen. The stories we tell have immense power over consciousness. Just as the stories the media tell have enormous impact on our society. We can tell ourselves stories about our opponents farting, of the power we don’t have, what we can’t do, about how circumstances are awful… Or we can tell ourselves stories of possibility, of hope, of what we can do…
You are the producer, the author and the narrator of your story-telling. What kinds of stories do you want to tell today? To yourself…. And to others…
Practice #4b – Step 1: Notice each and every time the thought/feeling arises in you that “I have to…”
Step 2: Now, ask your yourself: “Is it absolutely true that I can’t/have to do this?” What choices or options do I have?
Step 3: Keep examining until you experience a felt shift from victimhood to choice.
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