Did fate ever turn upon you so hard that you were unable to tackle it down? All you could do or all you did was move with the flow. And, that is when you faced consequences which led you to CHOSE the right path.
It is not always the case that we get to choose the right path right away. For some, this is a frequent event and for some, the opposite happens. For me, it was this that weighed most. Which also led me to the right path. What Actions have you taken in your life that led to positive changes?
Time-out
I always get emotionally driven away which led me to many troubles and I was named after Drama Queen. But, less did that stop me from being who I am. I kept on ignoring being called a Drama Queen and failed to notice that I was actually being very sensitive over simple issues. True, they weren't simple, that is what I have discovered after being continuously criticized for being so. There is this thin line between creating a mountain out of mole hile and vise versa. What happened in my scenario is that I was being tested and experimented with from time to time by people whom I trusted and believed to be my true friends.
Yeah, same old story. But, here is a little twist, I was continuously being questioned of my action with a comparative tone. It was that moment in my life when I wasn't being able to take in as to what was happening and had to give myself some time out. The CHOICE of taking a time out is what changed my life now.
During the time out, I could heal, revise the actions and victim-blaming strategies others have applied. So the action of GIVING MYSELF TIME, helped me heal and create a positive change in my life. The positive change that occurred, is the well-being of my mental health. I was so dried out that I continuously had a bad time both in my professional life and personal ones. Therefore, I DO consider "Time-out" as one of the best actions I have ever taken in my life.
Trash is thrown on a bin/dustbin
From where I belong, we had a culture of keeping the things around us clean and tidy. Our city was quite clean, with no dirt on street, fresh and uplifting weather. So, it was natural for me to have the norm of "throwing dirt only in bins or dustbins". With this psychology or mindset, it was quite hard to live where I shifted later and living now. In here, the street is the biggest bin of all.
It was very difficult for me to engage my friends into acting the way I did or adapt my behavior on this topic. After talking it out with them it felt more useless to explain to them as they wouldn't just listen nor take it to concern. Finally, I took an action! When I saw them throwing things on road, I would pick them up and keep them in my bag. There was this time I clearly remember, I kept polythene in my bag so that I can store dirt in it so that I can finally throw it in the bin when I return home.
The dirt I'm talking about is not spits or liquid items, but if I ever had to keep liquid items I do remember putting tissue on it, to soak the left-off liquid. After I continued this behavior, my friends started to adapt this behavior, if not all, little. Thus, I feel this action of mine had a positive change on my surrounding. Don't they say that first, you take a step, and then change occurs? I believe in it.
Gut-feeling
Has it ever happened to you that you listen to your inner voice? A voice that is louder inside and keeps talking to you from time to time. It's the gut feeling that I'm talking about. From childhood, I was told that I was liberal and caring. Don't know which of it was true as I did hurt people physically as a child as I barely understood a thing and my luck was quite bad. So, there was a time I considered myself ill-fated and cursed.
However, nothing did change after I accepted to be one but rather it didn't work. Things started to get even worse and worst. What changed it all, was when I decided to be myself through and through, without letting circumstances define me. Without letting any chances prevail over me. I choose to accept what is truly depending on my perspective of it than others' perspective on me. Hereby, life started to become quite different. True acceptance took its place and am content. Yes, life still has many hurdles but I have chosen my pace.
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This is my first entry for @qotw. I am very much excited and enthusiastic about it. Huge thanks to @ecotrain for continuing such an amazing project for 4 years straight and this is their 8th season! A special thanks to @charleywhittall. I am quite new to ecoTrain and I am still trying to adapt to the way this community works. I was heavily captured by the title and the extent to which users rationally post in this community. I am really looking forward to sticking with this community in the long run.
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