THE POWER OF CHOICE

Excerpts from a TED talk titled “Choices That Can Change your Life”  by Caroline Myss ( DOB 2 December 1952 )
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Caroline Myss (pronounced mace; born 1952) is an American author of numerous books and audio tapes, including five New York Times Best Sellers: Anatomy of the Spirit (1996), Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998), Sacred Contracts (2002), Invisible Acts of Power (2004), Entering The Castle (2007), and Defy Gravity (2009). Her most recent book, Archetypes: Who Are You? was published in 2013. She describes herself as a medical intuitive and a mystic. -  Wikipedia

“Every single choice we make is either going to enhance the spirit or drain it. Every day, we’re either giving ourselves power or taking it away.” ~ Caroline Myss

The TED talk is 25 minutes long , and the crux of the (05) salient choices begin at around 9 minutes .   I enjoy her plain-speaking no-nonsense drawl , her quiet humour.  Her sentences are laced with depth , rich in meaning , thought-provoking .  Caroline encourages us to develop a strong “soul with stamina” and steer clear from “chronic chronic-ness” – an ailment fraught with negativity and complaints.   Her perception of God is “law” .

What we consider “big” choices are actually little ones, what we consider little choices – those made within and to ourselves – are the big ones.  Caroline says if she could introduce a subject in schools it would be a syllabus on “making healthy choices” 

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Here are her (05) non-negotiable choices  :

1. Choose to live an integrous life.  Don’t just speak your truth. Live it.  Walk your talk .  Don’t lie. Liars don’t heal. 
2. Choose to pass on your wisdom and not your suffering.   Some people suffer from “chronic chronic-ness” which is both contagious and detrimental to community health. 
3. Choose to take risks.  Do not overthink or assume you are in control. The best events in your life happened by chance .  Believe !  Adapt and accommodate as life evolves. 
4. Choose your words wisely.  As a wordsmith , Caroline urges us to ponder and remove harmful words from our vocabulary in their entirety. She feels that some words such as Blame , Deserve and Entitled are lethal.
5. Choose to bless each day .  Not for what we have or have done , not based on how we feel ,  but simply because we are.  Cherish every moment which is truly unique in itself. 

Choose to live totally in the present ,  silently and humbly.   Observe. Learn.   

“ No judgement. No expectation.  Give up the need to know what happens tomorrow"

“My prayer today is to become more mindful of my personal actions. What motivates me to do what I do and to say the things I do to others? I often dismiss my actions because of stress or anger but the people I hurt along the way do not dismiss what I’ve said or done. Every action and every word carries a consequence. Every person has stress and every person has anger. I would not like to be someone’s target and I ask for the grace to become more mindful not to harm others just because I am having a bad day.” ~ Caroline Myss

I close with an assortment of quotes by Caroline Myss  . 
Each one is worth a morning meditation and soul-search.  ​

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