No. 5
Sonny Osborne, you spoke a deep disappointment into cyberspace.
Often parents, unable to give birth to Life, to who they are, pass that
inability to their children; not out of spite, but out of disappointment in
themselves; their own lot in life. Somehow over time many of the touchstones in
Life are not there to teach us but to stump us. Over time, and your words said
it, we forget why we are born, or we remember and have no way to escape from
the grind, the Rat Race to achieve those goals, those dreams of our lives. It
feels and looks like a deep chasm exists between who we are and what we have to
do for a living.
I've described it well, but it is nothing you don't know
about. There are two approaches. One comes from the language of acquisition,
the other from the language of attraction, of spiritual practice.
Robert Valett (I don’t remember who he is, but I’ve kept
notes from him over the years) left practical steps, or stones to follow.
- Identify the major problem
- Obtain important information
- Determine your goals & objectives
- Ask key questions
- Search for possible answers
- Study model solutions
- Consider possible consequences
- Organize the best plan of action
- Rehearse your actions & practice hard
- Rehearse your actions & practice hard
- Evaluate the results
- Correct your mistakes
- Record your progress
- Recognize your achievements
And I submit a reading and application of Steven Covey’s
book, 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PEOPLE.
The other side of the “coin” starts with the words of Alan
Ashley-Pitt. Now, I can’t remember who is either, but I embedded this quote
deep within me.
“The man who
follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks
alone is likely to find himself in places no one has been before. Creativity in
living is not without its attendant difficulties, for peculiarity breeds
contempt. And the unfortunate thing about being ahead of your time is that when
people finally realize you were right, they’ll say it was obvious all along.
You have two
choices in life: you can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can be distinct.
To be distinct, you must be different. To be different, you must strive to be
what no one else but you can be.”
That changed my thinking. From the esoteric to the practical
applications of acquisition is a challenge a successful Black sales pro told
me. George Wheeler said, “Greg, take a millionaire to dinner. It doesn’t matter
if it’s lunch, breakfast, or dinner take him, at your expense, to dinner, and
ask him questions.”
I looked at him incredulously. He continued not batting an
eye.
“Einstein said, ‘When a Man of Knowledge and a Man of
Substance come together it is an equal exchange.’
That blew my mind. I did it, and both of our lives were
never the same.
Now there are fasts, spiritual baths, digestive cleanings,
the development of Shields (as a Warrior-Priest), breathing techniques and such
that will develop a person in the skill set applicable to the Laws of
Attraction, which on the surface appear to be no more than wishing, but in
actual fact and practice, are a spiritual discipline. The emphasis is on the
discipline.
This is my gift to you. AHO!
© Gregory E. Woods,
Keeper of Stories
11.18.12
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