You Are Them

We are getting closer to defining the NEW YOU.

However, you need to keep an eye on those "BAD" qualities you learned from your parents.

Recognizing them is the first step. But with a dozen years of daily programming, it will take a while to shed those old mannerisms and behaviors.

WARNING: The above sentence is usually abused. DO NOT BE PATIENT FOR CHANGE.

REAL CHANGE requires ONE SECOND.

As I encourage you to be patient with yourself I also ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IMPATIENT FOR CHANGE.

Think of you as an oil painting of your face, hung on the wall. Now take a bucket of paint and splash it on your painting. Your painting has changed -- instantly.

So is changing your life. As soon as you forgive your parents and identify what you don't want to do -- just decide what you want to do and do it.

Buddha Zhen
Patriarch, shaolinZEN.org