Wayne-isms Part SIX – Awareness Leads To Choice

Spiraling Towards Freedom is the name of the last chapter in my very first book, Choosing Your Power. In that chapter, I describe a process of circular philosophy. The short version is that you have to put yourself in a place of understanding so that you can know. And in that special chapter of Choosing Your Power, I introduce the concept that Awareness Leads To Choice. 

 

You have to understand so that you can know. You have to know so that you can understand.

 

And you the more aware you become, the more choices you have. The more choices you have, the more aware you become. 

 

Analogy: Let’s say you go to an Italian restaurant. You love lasagna and you’ve heard that it’s an Italian specialty. You could be given a menu and choose not to look at it, “Do you have lasagna? I’d like that, please” you order politely.  

 

Two things are at play here:

First, if that’s really, really what you want, then I’m all for being singularly focused and going after that. Most people don’t know what they want. (This is a blog post for another day, and it’s sadly all too true.)

 

Second, let’s say you decided to at least look at the menu. It folds open to some specials. And then, to your surprise, the menu opens up to three pages of amazing fare. Do you go running to the corner of the menu that has lasagna, or do you glance at the specials, house specialties, and other offerings? There’s an education to be had in simply looking at what is being offered. 

 

With greater awareness (there’s more than lasagna available) come greater choices. And with the choices, comes greater awareness. 

 

Your power of choice is amplified by being aware that you have that power!

 

Think about something you want for yourself. Really, it could be anything – a new computer, a pet rabbit, a home with a garden, travel to another continent, etc. Think about something you’d really like.

 

Now amplify that by three. What does that thing look like if it’s been enriched three times over? A longer vacation, a bigger home, more pets, a faster upgraded computer plus tablet, or . . . ?

 

If you don’t think about your life in greater terms, you’ll only have what you know. The key here is to stretch to the unknown. All you have to do is become aware that you have greater choices than you’re looking at. 

 

So now that you’re aware, what will you choose? 

 

Keep making your magic! 

 

= Wayne = 

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