Top Ten Fundamentals

Every day I am giving the opportunity:

• to be frustrated.  
• to be irritated with others.  
• to be stressed.  
• to be worried.  
• to be worried about what other people think.
• to question myself.
• to question others.
• to yell.
• to sigh.
• to roll my eyes.
• to grumble.
• to complain.
• to be a part of the problem.
• to add to the chaos.

And sometimes I take that opportunity and run with it.  But nothing good has ever come from any of those emotions or actions.  Nothing at all.  So I refuse to act that way anymore.  More is expected of me.

I love Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World (poster found here).  Words to live by.  Gandhi believed in living a life of simplicity, of faith, of truth, of non-violence, and of service.  He believed in something that he called, "reducing myself to zero"; reducing the clutter in your life in order to serve others better.  He even spent one day a week in total silence; saying that it brought him inner peace and made him a better listener.

I don't see the whole "total silence" thing ever happening in my life (I do live with children), but I certainly can take some time each day to remember some of his great wisdom.

There's only one phrase that I would edit--the one that says, "you are in control"--because that is not true.  God is in control.  And I am so glad that He is because I would never be able to "forgive and let go" without Him.

"So, whether I eat or drink, or whatever I do, do it all for the glory of God." ~1 Corinthians 10:31