Personal Narrative: The Four Agreements
If you knew me, then you would know how much I care for the simple philosophy of “The Four Agreements”. The book was pointed out to me a couple of years ago [Fall, 2003] by a good friend of mine while we were browsing a book store. It was the first *fun* book I’d read since beginning alcoholic recovery in January 2003 and it changed my life.
The Four Agreements started me on a spiritual journey that would lead me into today, renouncing openly, the world and its rules. The rules that kept me sick and suffering. The rules that kept just about everyone I know ping-ponging their anger and disdain for one another out in the open by means of sarcasm or spiteful speech. The rules that, quite frankly, enabled me to stay drunk without ever really thinking …show more content…
I took it personally that he is hyper. He is exactly opposite of me in demeanor, I was having a difficult day [I work at a software company where computers surround me and electricity is the God and no excuses for my day but damn!] So he came back and gave me an answer I disliked immensely. Couple that with the way he delivered the message…all hyperactive and spasmodic. I said: “Well that’s a nice thought but it’s NOT working is it?” He didn’t even notice according to his appearance but the next week I made amends to this person. My crime? Taking his hyperactivity and the answer I did not want to hear and blaming him for the bad feelings I was going to have in delivering to my client this crappy news. Spiritual Solution: Being okay with not always satisfying a client in 100% of the cases. Being okay with not being perfect and letting others do the …show more content…
Sometimes I “just didn’t feel like it” [probably in the back of my mind hoping I could keep running from it] and when the time came to do it or suffer immensely, I would do it and then kick myself for having suffered so long from avoiding doing it. Spiritual Solution: Procrastination is the sister of denial. If I can emotionally/physically handle doing something that would be for my good then I should opt to do it as soon as I can. If I lack the courage necessary then a spiritual contact may be necessary in that I gain the courage. Waiting begets
The Four Agreements started me on a spiritual journey that would lead me into today, renouncing openly, the world and its rules. The rules that kept me sick and suffering. The rules that kept just about everyone I know ping-ponging their anger and disdain for one another out in the open by means of sarcasm or spiteful speech. The rules that, quite frankly, enabled me to stay drunk without ever really thinking …show more content…
I took it personally that he is hyper. He is exactly opposite of me in demeanor, I was having a difficult day [I work at a software company where computers surround me and electricity is the God and no excuses for my day but damn!] So he came back and gave me an answer I disliked immensely. Couple that with the way he delivered the message…all hyperactive and spasmodic. I said: “Well that’s a nice thought but it’s NOT working is it?” He didn’t even notice according to his appearance but the next week I made amends to this person. My crime? Taking his hyperactivity and the answer I did not want to hear and blaming him for the bad feelings I was going to have in delivering to my client this crappy news. Spiritual Solution: Being okay with not always satisfying a client in 100% of the cases. Being okay with not being perfect and letting others do the …show more content…
Sometimes I “just didn’t feel like it” [probably in the back of my mind hoping I could keep running from it] and when the time came to do it or suffer immensely, I would do it and then kick myself for having suffered so long from avoiding doing it. Spiritual Solution: Procrastination is the sister of denial. If I can emotionally/physically handle doing something that would be for my good then I should opt to do it as soon as I can. If I lack the courage necessary then a spiritual contact may be necessary in that I gain the courage. Waiting begets