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On a daily basis, what are we telling ourselves about who we are? What are we telling others about ourselves? How does this reflect on our interactions with others? This is a great story and someone shared this with me a few years back. I wish I knew who the author is to give appropriate credit. Enjoy.
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams, "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells, "Who are you?"
He receives the answer, "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams, "Coward!"
He receives the answer, "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks, "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says, "My son, pay attention."
And then he screams to the mountain, "I admire you!"
The voice answers, "I admire you!"
Again the father screams, "You are a champion!"
The voice answers, "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains:
"People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it.Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!"
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Love the visual that story brings. In San Antonio we have a Christian counselor on the radio that often quotes "Quit Your Stinking Thinking". Stop thinking bad things about yourself and your life and refer back to what you know is true and right. In fact, one of my favorite "counselors" Paul, in the book of Philippians, says in Ch 4 verse 8 to think about things that are True, Noble, Right, Pure, Lovely, Admirable, Excellent and Praiseworthy. To do that consistently takes discipline and intentional habit change. We need to think about ourselves like God thinks about us: as a precious, worthy being that He created ON PURPOSE, for a purpose.
ReplyDelete(BTW - the direction on thinking comes right after the verses on not being anxious. Sure seems the authoer of this book knows the process that our mind follows: 1)bad thing happens 2)get anxious and worry 3)start thinking negative about ourselves, lives, etc.) The opt out of this destructive, repetative process is prayer.