"Lend your voice only to the sounds freedom
No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from."
Another Jewel song that resonates with me. And it was the guiding force behind a dharma talk recently. What is it that you most want to change about your life, your self? Bad habits are just that - they are bad habits. We all have created them within self without even realizing they are present. But present they are. They drive, they control us, they shape us. But we have the ultimate control over those habits. We have the strength.
On the flip side - we can recreate good habits. I read somewhere once a habit is effectively developed after 21 consistent days of applying that habit. I'm not sure if I can really believe that but think about where you put your energy and 21 days. Less than a month. If we try to change something in ourselves for 21 back to back to back days, wouldn't that result in a change. Of some sort.
Why do we put off new goals for a new week/month/year? Why don't we start today? New Year's is just around the corner. Friends and family everywhere will be thinking about what they change about themselves in the coming year. But why wait? If it's a change that is really for the better (read: weight loss for health and not appearance), why not start here and now? It is within our power. It's within our energy.
Change that which you can change within yourself and see what the impact is to your world.
