Reply #24: I think differently than most people. [View All]

[Chemical Bill]

I think that I am responsible for everything that happens to me, and that it is all in my head, that is, it's all in my perception. I don't take this point of view in order to punish myself, I take this point of view in order to not consider myself a leaf in the wind. I take this point of view in order to empower myself.

For example, when I had my tires slashed at work, I assumed it was so I would look for another job. The fact that I was working with a sociopath was incidental. I found a much better job, that I would not have applied for had I not been desparate. I'm not saying you are wrong that these things happen to you in the fall. I am saying that your perception of them is keeping you in a rut. You are in charge, and only you can put your life together in a way that is ideal for you.

If you were in charge, why would you have your apartment broken into? I got mugged once, the day after I had my one and only intentional one night stand, where I knew I wasn't going to try and have a relationship with the woman. I remember them together now, and consider the mugging my way of telling myself to cut out the anonymous sex.

My ex-wife was in a car crash at age 18. She has been in constant pain since then, 30 something years. She took up yoga to ease the pain, and got to the point where she is a master, guiding literally hundreds of people to a way of thinking and living that is beneficial to both the people themselves, and the people around them. All this because she was in a car crash.

You don't have to be in a car crash, or be mugged, or have your apartment broken into, but if you trust in (yourself, God, the universe, insert your deity here) then you will get the message, and make the best of it.

Love,

Bill