R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Without any effort or even realizing that it's happening, we can turn our lives into mindless conformity: go with the flow; be in; be cool. In other words, let others do our thinking for us."
Hal Urban in Life's Greatest Lessons

In a section of his book called "Think for Yourself," Hal Urban stresses that letting others do our thinking for us is one of the most direct routes to mediocre living. During my divorce recovery journey, I read all kinds of books. I read voraciously every book I thought would be helpful in recovering from my divorce. And many of them were very helpful. I used the lessons of others to help myself get better. In fact, I wrote a book of my own to add to the list of resources. (AND IT'S A BOOK YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD READ!:))) But once you have gathered and made use of helpful resources, at some point you have to start formulating in your head your OWN approach to life. Keep gathering good information wherever you can, but start putting together, and more importantly, LIVING the things you learn. Like it says in the Bible (the greatest resource of all), it doesn't do any good just to know the Word of God, the important thing is DOING the word of God ... putting the lessons into practice day in and day out. You can read all the books you want, but if you never get to the point of using what you learn to live YOUR life in a better way, they aren't much good. But don't just try to be what someone else tells you to be. Don't try to conform yourself to what your ex-husband said he wanted you to be. Use the resources to discover who YOU want to be. Then, be that person! Think for yourself. Claim the lessons you learn for yourself. Design the life YOU want. Start today. Renew your own beautiful mind; discover your own new strengths and find the most perfect path of all ... YOUR OWN!

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans 12:2