Friday, March 4, 2011

Mission Statement, part 2

So what is my mission statement? What are the guidelines or rules that I want to govern my actions? What do I want to gain from this experience in Yogaland and life beyond it?
The Four Agreements have a good feel to them:
1) Be impeccable with your word
2) Don't take anything personsally
3) Don't make assumptions
4) Always do your best.

1 and 4 resonate with me. During renunciation March I am trying to stop cursing, both inwardly and outwardly. Ruiz (and it seems like everyone else) says that words have power, and to use them lightly, with anger or frustration, or unconsciously we can negatively effect our own world and the world around us. I want the light in my heart to be represented in the words I say and the things I do. Part of my mission statement is:
Be loving with my words and my actions.

Jealousy, anger, frustration, impatience, gossip. These are things that have always been in my life in one form or another. Sometimes they would be invisible to an outside perspective, but they were still there and they governed my actions. I want to be free of these things, and so I shall be. The work begins today, and if I'm not 100% on that path, tomorrow is a new day. There are no failures or set-backs as long as I keep my intention in my mind. There is not a single day wasted if I wake up and begin my day speaking and acting well. I may stumble, I may curse. I may act out of jealousy or anger. But I shall also be conscious, and when I deviate from this path, I will gently remind myself of what I want from this life and move back in that direction.

Part one of the mission statement is set :)

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