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Will Smith, the 4Billion Dollar Man
by Barbara Dixon, Staff Writer
means healthy, but deciding to be healthy is a life changing decision.
Contextual decisions elicit behavioral changes and require a lot less energy than will power. Will power is only needed to continue to remind yourself of how you choose to life your life. Contextual decisions evolve you naturally—they give you a larger perspective to hold the events of life in and show you whether, and how, those events pertain to you--or not.*
In these changing times, the people who will be ahead of the curve are those who come into alignment with the way the universe works. Our economy has been consumer based and not based on creating value. To consume means to burn-up or to waste—and now the economy is going up in flames. Everything in nature has a purpose and so do you. Every part serves the whole. Our economy has been based on making money not on serving others—hence we have global warming, predatory lenders, unprecedented job loss, millions of people without healthcare, and you can make you own list. Now, how does that affect you? What decision can you make that will align you with the power of the universe? And, what decision did Will Smith make that has catapulted his life into the stratosphere?
What makes the difference in the fruit of the decision is what is at the root of the decision—I like to call it the context out of which the decision is made—in fact you can make a contextual decision. Many decisions are goal oriented—about doing something. Profound decisions are about becoming or—the way in which you do it. An example would be the difference between deciding to lose 20 pounds or deciding to be healthy. There are many bazaar ways to lose 20 pounds, which are by no
We are always making decisions, even when we think we are not. Life is a series of decisions—all action is preceded by a decision. We have the ability to direct our lives by the decisions that we make. No one can make our decisions for us. Even when someone tells you what to do—you make the decision to do it or not. You are the authority over your life. Inside of you is the wellspring of all understanding, all wisdom, and all power. “Choose you this day who you will serve.” It’s your decision.*
Smith said, “I made a decision that nothing in my life will be without purpose. I’ve grown to a place where I realize that the only true happiness, the only way to be really happy, is to live in service to humanity.” He went on to say his relationship with his wife has purpose, of course they love each other, but the relationship is bigger two people serving each other’s needs. The idea is of not wasting time—not wasting this moment. He talked about Obama’s election being an evolutionary flashpoint. humanity has changed forever—and this moment cannot be squandered. Smith said, “I want my life, I want my work, I want my family to mean something. If you are not making someone else’s life better, you are wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better. ” This is a decision that anyone can make today, including you! This is what the Inspiration Age is and out of it a new economy will be born.
*Quotes from 7 Principles For Purposeful Living by Barbara Dixon
Barbara Dixon is an author, life coach, and spiritual enlightenment facilitator. For more information visit her web siteand follow her blog. Comment on this article and chat with Barbara Dixon at Meet our Writers.
From Nothing To ?...
by
Jessica Angelique, Staff Writer
IThe recent changes in the country’s economic portfolio are having a devastating effect on the personal portfolios of Americans all across the US. A great number of people here, and all across the nation, have lost all of their life savings, homes, jobs, and unfortunately, the will to do anything to change those facts. I am 36-years-old and my situation, like most, has caused me to sit down and rethink how I live, what I live on, and what matters most.
Our transition back to a somewhat stable economy will take, at some estimates, the better part of five years. What does that mean? It means that things will be very tough financially and economically for the foreseeable future. We can change that timeline, as consumers, by going out and spending money on goods and services. Money that goes back into the economy helps to jump-start the economy financially.
The problem is that we don’t have the money to spend to do that, and those of us who do have it, are not spending it. Instead, we are saving the dollars that we have until the economy begins to turn around. THE ECONOMY won’t turn around without consumer spending, so what do we do?
We go out and spend what we can afford to spend, on the goods and services that we need. If no one spends money on anything, the economy slowly stops. That means that businesses close, schools close, charities close, banks no longer exist, and the government begins to shrink. We, as a country, regress to the point where it would take the better part of thirty years, just to get us back to the point where we’re at RIGHT NOW.
Therefore, how do we go from nothing to ?... We take the time, as individuals, to sit down and assess our individual
