Never Give Up Your Pen
If you think of your own life as a play, movie, TV show or book, it makes you realize how in control you are. It puts the pen in your hand and, therefore, puts the power in your hand.
You are not only the author of your life, you are the protagonist of your own story. We all are the protagonists of our own stories…that it…assuming we are writing ourselves that way.
Every person in your life is another character. Some are co-stars, while others are extras; some are reoccurring characters, while others only make a single appearance and then move on to another show.
Many of these characters have lines, and although we can’t always write other characters’ lines in our show, we are completely in charge of writing our own.
Here is your challenge:
A challenge lies in the fact that, so often, we want to rewrite everyone else’s lines. We say things like, “Why did he say that to me?” or “Why did she do that?”
Here is your power:
The only lines in your life you are in charge of writing are your own. They are the ones you are responsible for. What you say and what you don’t say, whether you react to what other characters say or do, whether you choose to respond or ignore, all of that is in your control. Let the other characters ad lib…
