This Blog Can’t Help You
March 25, 2008 | In Mindset |
If your thought is what? that’s good. After all, this blog is about my experiences in self improvement. But, that’s the thing, it’s about me. Comments left are my way to interact with you, but for the most part, this blog only covers my journey. In that respect, this blog can’t reach out and take your hand. It can’t change your life without input from you. That’s what I mean by: This Blog Can’t Help You. So, what can this blog do?
1. It can tell you my story, but it’s just an example. I strive for honesty and good explanations on this blog. I want everyone who reads my words to be able to picture things as I do. It makes me happy to think that I’m giving someone an “ah ha!” moment with something I say.
I believe that by hearing other’s stories, we feel a lot less alone and are able to face our challenges easier. I don’t pretend to know everything, but I have experienced a lot of challenges, and I hope that my story inspires someone else.
However, my story is just a story. You can read it and then hit the “Stumble!” button, or go to another blog. Simply telling my story isn’t enough to make things change in this world. It’s a good first step, but the next step lies with you.
Now that you’ve seen what I went through, how will you apply that knowledge to your life?
2. It can give you ideas, but they are just my opinion. One of the skills I pride myself on is the ability to look at a lot of information and boil it down to the most important points. I can tie together different systems into a new, personalized way of looking at things. I love to express my ideas and my realizations. I enjoy sharing my “ah ha!” moments with you and explaining how I arrived at a decision.
However, all of my ideas are filtered through my experience. I know that a lot of other people out there have had similar experiences and that my ideas are shared. But, they are still my ideas. I write because I love to write and love to share with others, but you have to filter what I share through your own way of looking at the world. Do you agree with what I say, or do you think I’m full of it? Only you can decide, my opinions can only be a spark to your thinking.
Do you allow your thinking to be sparked? Or, do you just think, “Good point” and move on?
3. It can tell you how, but it might not make sense. All of the techniques I’ve used to heal past hurts or to deal with other people I learned through experience. Some of those experiences were in the school of life. Others of those experiences were through professional psychological training, like Solution Training. Therefore, I strive to do my best to explain how you can repeat my techniques, but my words may not be enough to allow you to do so.
You may have had totally different experiences with the same topic, and so what I describe doesn’t fit at all with your experience. You may do your best to follow my directions and end up confused and maybe even angry at me because I didn’t explain things clearly enough. All of this is normal, and I don’t expect to resonate with everyone. I hope that if one technique doesn’t make sense to you, another will. I also hope I’ve describe every technique well enough to be repeated. However, my descriptions are all meaningless without practice on your part.
So, will you read and move on, or will you give it a go yourself?
4. It can explain explain that every person has a “switch,” but it can’t flip yours for you. Every change that you undertake will either stick or it won’t. Everyone who has had a change stick, no matter what the change, has had a feeling that could be described as “like flipping a switch.” This feeling is a sudden realization, an “ah ha!” moment, or a moment of profound clarity. Cartoons show this as a light bulb over someone’s head. We all understand it, at least in theory.
I’ve had many of these moments myself. After I’ve had them, I do my best to write about them clearly. I’ve looked at my moments over the past few weeks and written posts. I’ve looked back for these moments in years past. I draw upon these as well to write posts. All of these realizations I do my best to put into clear, easy to understand words.
However, even though these moments “flipped the switch” for me, I have no way of making sure they do the same for you. I sincerely hope that something I say on this blog will be a realization for you, or that it will percolate in your brain and lead to a realization later. But, that may not happen. All I can do is share with you all that I know and that I’m learning, explaining as I go along how I’m improving myself.
Will you let the thoughts through to your consciousness to flip the switch?
This Blog Can Be A Start
As you can see, the title This Blog Can’t Help You is tongue in cheek. However, it’s true to a certain extent. This blog can’t do things for you. It may provide a great learning resource, or a place of laughter. It may be inspirational and motivating. I hope it is all these things at one point or another. Even though it may be one of these things to you, it’s only the first step. It starts the self improvement process, or helps push it along, but it is only words on the internet. It isn’t taking action for you.
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What’s next for you? Did this blog post help you in any way? I would love to hear how your thinking has been changed or challenged, and what your next steps are. Please leave me your comments below.
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