“Begin each day with the blueprint of your deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.” – Steven Covey
In recent years, shocks have jolted me wide awake. In those unsettled moments, days, and weeks, a raw clarity permeated my being, exposing what really counts.
You too have probably been shaken by dramatic events: the death of a loved one, an unexpected separation from a spouse or close friend, a natural disaster, the termination of your work.
After lightning personally strikes us, we often promise to never forget, to never be the same or fall into our old ways.
But isn’t the dilemma staying awake?
As strongly as these events may have touched us, time seems to own the power to gradually wash their intense yet essential impressions away. Delusion – confusing our projections for reality – ambles along diluted by not entirely dissolved.
So how do we remember what really counts in this fast-paced world dominated by material distraction and the illusion of getting ahead? How do we resist the lure of our own tumble of habitual thoughts and emotions that brings us suffering again and again?
