Monday, November 9, 2009

The Limitations of Self Will

I can't do my life like my therapist suggests.  I have to put God in the front of everything I do.  My will is gone. Without my Higher Power, I am totally lost. My will used to serve me well.  I thought.  It was like the Blob, gobbling everything in it's path. A hunger that never seemed to be satiated. But everything tangible and human has it's limitations.  I've come to terms with the limitations of my own carnal abilities. And I hit a brick wall when I try to live life on my own terms.

It just doesn't work. God,  has to be in the mix of everything I do. 

I was written up the other day at work.  It felt really bad, I was really pissed. I've often been written up at work, on many jobs. Some of the write ups justified, some not. But,  I was relieved after this reprimand.  I'm not sure why.  I think that I just expected it.  If I'm honest with myself, I wasn't doing what I was supposed to do, anyway.  But, I noticed that in many cases, neither do my co-workers. 

My trouble often shows up when I abandon my own standards for everybody elses.  I don't know how that sounds.  But I'm pretty certain that that's what it is. So, I need to continue to hold myself to a higher standard.  I used to operate on a higher standard.  But, I've become complacent.

I"ve been complacent for sometime now. Society is complacent. But that really doesn't mean that I have to be.

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