When we have free will. 

Lis­te­ned while wri­ting this post, try while rea­ding it :o)

This post is the twen­tieth in a series reflec­ting on the mea­ning of life and the impor­tance of this ques­tion. These posts should be read in the order they are publi­shed as, star­ting at the 6th for example, dear rea­der, will mean the whole thing makes no sense. Hap­py reading! 

I began the last post by asking if you belie­ved you were the author of your own life. Since birth very few of us have lived proac­ti­ve­ly. Most of us have sim­ply been reac­ting to the events which have occu­red around us. These reac­tions are, howe­ver, some­thing I believe we have control over. Try to remem­ber an intense situa­tion you expe­rien­ced as a child. Your reac­tion then was pure, unplan­ned, and pro­ba­bly gene­ra­ted such a strong emo­tion that you can no doubt recall it just as clear­ly at this very moment as you expe­rien­ced it at the time. Later on in life the memo­ry, whe­ther bit­ter or sweet, of these pure­ly emo­tio­nal reac­tions begins to influence your reac­tions to suc­ces­sive simi­lar situa­tions you come across. And so we begin to think conscious­ly about these reac­tions- they become less and less natural.

This skill for recrea­ting our reac­tions, whe­ther conscious­ly or sub­cons­cious­ly has, for cer­tain people, actual­ly given way to an oppor­tu­ni­ty to control the sub­cons­cious. Howe­ver, this remains a mat­ter of debate for, even though science shows us stur­dy proof, very few are rea­dy to accept the rea­li­ty of mani­pu­la­tion. ‘Free­dom!’ They cry.

Until next time…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Hei­di Dew­hirst: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-virginia-dewhirst-142983a4/

Last Upda­ted on Janua­ry 8, 2022 by Coach Dan­ny