20 November 2008

Choose Your Paradigm

Lorna Patten is a personal developer consultant who helps people and businesses have open communication.

http://www.openup.com.au/

She have this to say:
"In the old paradigm we are convinced that the only way to BE really OK is to DO more than someone else, DO better than someone else, HAVE more than others and keep striving to DO and HAVE more. We think this will make us happy. It does not. In fact what it really serves to do is make us more fearful - afraid that one day we might lose it so we'd better hold on tight. This is not the way to inner peace and happiness. The new paradigm offers a path to inner peace and happiness that is yours for the choosing. And it is up to you to choose it."

Personal Paradigm

In the old paradigm, I thought I was not good enough, but now I know I am OK
In the old paradigm, I was grounded in FEAR, but now I am grounded in LOVE

When I forget who I really am, I am scattered,
and when I remember who I really am, I am centered

When I forget who I really am, I am aloof,
and when I remember who I really am, I am involved

When I forget who I really am, I worry,
and when I remember who I really am, I live in the now

When I forget who I really am, I don't matter
and when I remember who I really am, I make a difference

When I forget who I really am, I am trapped
and when I remember who I really am, I am free

It is not about doing good to get planet points, it's about being yourself and enjoying others, and get the planet points anyway...

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