THE NEXT STEP (PART 1 OF 3)
Every single day we are confronted with
making decisions about things like our health, finances, family, work,
relationships, etc. that might make small changes in our lives; but only a
handful of times in our lifetime, are we confronted with having to make big,
life changing decisions. If today were one of those days, if today you could
take a step forward to transform your life as a martial artist or just as a
human being (turn it around completely or as far as you want), what would that
next step be? This document will address this and many other questions that can
help you start the path to change or, even better, transform your life.
Wouldn’t you want that next step forward to be towards finding your full
potential?
Diving Deeper
Let’s start this discussion by diving
deeper into the introductory paragraph and by taking a look at our lives up to
this point, up to now, regardless of age. The introductory paragraph says: “Every
single day we are confronted with making decisions about things like our
health, finances, family, work, relationships, etc. that might make small
changes in our lives.” And, yes, you could say that each of these decisions is
a grain of sand in the mountain that you are experiencing called life; that
singularly, they usually are small and not life changing; but that
collectively, they can build you up or tear you down depending on your
decisions.
Let’s look at this concept with an analogy.
Think that every decision that you make is a dot in a picture. When you look at
a single dot, it does not mean much and does not make much sense either. However,
when you look at all the dots at the same time, you can see a picture. In your
case, it is a picture of yourself at that precise moment in time. So, basically,
the resulting picture at any time is the sum of the decisions up to that moment
in time. This is why the picture at 20, 30, 40, etc. of years old may be
completely different than the previous pictures.
You, your life, is just the result of all the
decisions you have made up until that moment like in the picture. For most people,
if they are doing well, it is because they have made certain types of
decisions; and if they are not doing well, it is because they have made some
other types of decisions. In other words, we are the product of all our
decisions and decisions are the product of perception! Therefore, we could
confidently say that each of us is the author of our own reality and is
painting our own picture every single second with every single thought, word,
action and emotion that we experience! So, life as we are experiencing it is
just a manifestation or a reflection of how we think and feel! Isn’t this
powerful? We are the authors of our own life every second depending on how we
perceive!
The Alarm
But the alarm usually goes off only a
handful of times in our lifetime when we are confronted with having to make
big, life changing decisions. I am not talking about having a surgery, buying a
house, getting married, having a child, or changing jobs. Although some of
these might be big decisions, I am not talking about these decisions but about
the ones that we might have to make when something catastrophic or, in some
cases, magnificent happens in our lives like a critical accident or illness, a
financial disaster, the birth of a child, the end of an important relationship,
a death, etc. Something that shakes us up and makes us reevaluate our
priorities and our lives; something that takes us out of our secure comfort
zone where we live and puts us in the center of our existence; and something
that pushes us out of the spinning wheel (like a little hamster on its wheel),
allows us to see and reevaluate whom we are and what we have been doing, and
makes us question absolutely everything.
So, let’s go back to the introductory
paragraph again, which says: “If today were one of those days, if today you
could take a step forward to transform your life as a martial artist or just as
a human being (turn it around completely or as far as you want), what would
that next step be?” The purpose of this document is exactly that: to point
you in the direction where your next step should be, to be an alarm, to shake
you up hard, and to send you a loud and clear message that you have “infinite
possibilities and potential,” but you must wake up and do something about it.
That’s what I mean with “the next step” and that’s the main argument in this
paper!
This means that you must reevaluate your
life and change it or transform it. What do I mean by changing or transforming
your life? Change means that you would just make some changes to your life. You
will continue being who you are but make some adjustments. Transform, on the
other hand, means that you will destroy who you think you are and will put
yourself back anew. You will die, will be reborn anew while you are alive, and will
not wait until death do that to you automatically.
This wakeup call is for you to question
what you have been doing, who you think you are, and what you think your
potential and possibilities are without the need of a special or traumatic
experience. In that way, you can make decisions today or any time you are ready
in the future, but at least now or then, you are, or will be, aware of the “CHANCE”
you have. Unfortunately, today after this chat and even after having one or
more of these traumatic experiences, most people just go back to what they
were, what is comfortable and safe for them, what they know. And that’s completely fine! No judgement here!
But for those that get the message, for
those that the light bulb lights up, taking this next step, awakening, can be
one of the most transformative moments in their lives. It can be the beginning
of a new life and a new paradigm where self-growth, love, gratitude,
forgiveness and happiness are at the foremost; where the path is not towards
the outside but the inside; where all limitations and boundaries are destroyed
and where new understandings, possibilities and your full potential are
possible. Only then, your life will have real meaning because it is at this
turning point where you are aligned for what you were really designed for, your
true nature.
Some of you might probably respond immediately by saying that you are fine and do not need to reevaluate and change or transform your lives if you are doing fine so far. For most people, doing well or fine is just an illusion. Why an illusion? Because it is just a temporary state, a ticking bomb waiting to explode. If you are healthy, your finances are fine, your family is well, you are successful, etc., you might think you are fine and happy. But none of these things are permanent. In fact, they are completely impermanent. They do not last long. And then, when one or more aspects of your life are not going the way you want, will you be fine at that moment? Even if you stay fine all your life, which is almost impossible, wouldn’t you want to get out of what you know and take a leap of faith into the unknown, into exploring your full potential and endless possibilities? Only then, you will have the possibility to experience something that is not possible any other way!
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Author: Maurice Correa
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