What does it mean when you don’t show up?
Getting upset over something is not something we can completely remove from our lives. But what we can do is to improve our response. Our mood can change easily by the small or bigger events during the day or night. Although we don’t have any control over the external events and other people’s behavior and although those events or people might ruin our moments and change our moods, since we are human, we always have the choice whether to keep that bad mood and listen to it or get over with it and move on. Showing up for what matters such as going to work with a smile, attending that important meeting with full heart, celebrating your child’s birthday, etc. is a habit. Not showing up is also a matter of habit. If you get into the habit of listening to your bad mood and start not showing up in these more or less important matters of your life, in the long run, you will realize that they have transformed your life significantly.
The power of our thoughts
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”― Stephen Covey, What you think, defines how you live. So if you want to change your life, start with changing your thoughts.
Why build a character?
You take your time and build your character and then your character serves you for the rest of your life. It will serve you as a power behind all your successes, it will be most needed when you fail and you need to get back on your feet, it will be there for you when you are faced with the most difficult questions in your life and it will support you when no one is around you to provide you support. Character is the central part of any human being. If you fail to build your own character yourself, it will be shaped on its own. A character built on its own is not your character but a character shaped up of a thousand un-integrated pieces.