The Fourth Agreement: Always Do Your Best
Under any circumstances, always do your best....
Just do your best ---in any circumstance in your life. It doesn't if you are sick or tired, if you always do your best there is no way you can judge yourself. And if you don't judge yourself there is no way you are going to suffer from guilt, blame and self-punishment. By always doing your best, you will break the spell that you have been under....
Doing your best, you are going to live your life intensely. You are going to be productive, you are going to be good to yourself, because you will be giving yourself to your family, to your community, to everything....
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you are expecting a reward...
When you do your best you learn to accept yourself...
God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now...
You were born with the right to be happy. You were born with the right to love, to enjoy and to share your love. You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. Don't resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God. Your existence proves the existence of life and energy.
We don't need to know or prove anything. Just to be, to take a risk and enjoy your life, is all that matters. Say no when you want to say no, say yes when you want to say yes. You have the right to be you. You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you...
Your own body is a manifestation of God, and if you honor your body everything will change for you. When you practice giving love to every part of your body, you plant seeds of love in your mind, and when they grow, you will love, honor, and respect your body immensely...
Every action then becomes a ritual which you are honoring God. After that, the next step is honoring God with every thoughts, every emotion, every belief, even what it is "right" or "wrong."....
Taken from The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, pp. 75-91
Under any circumstances, always do your best....
Just do your best ---in any circumstance in your life. It doesn't if you are sick or tired, if you always do your best there is no way you can judge yourself. And if you don't judge yourself there is no way you are going to suffer from guilt, blame and self-punishment. By always doing your best, you will break the spell that you have been under....
Doing your best, you are going to live your life intensely. You are going to be productive, you are going to be good to yourself, because you will be giving yourself to your family, to your community, to everything....
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you are expecting a reward...
When you do your best you learn to accept yourself...
God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now...
You were born with the right to be happy. You were born with the right to love, to enjoy and to share your love. You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. Don't resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God. Your existence proves the existence of life and energy.
We don't need to know or prove anything. Just to be, to take a risk and enjoy your life, is all that matters. Say no when you want to say no, say yes when you want to say yes. You have the right to be you. You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you...
Your own body is a manifestation of God, and if you honor your body everything will change for you. When you practice giving love to every part of your body, you plant seeds of love in your mind, and when they grow, you will love, honor, and respect your body immensely...
Every action then becomes a ritual which you are honoring God. After that, the next step is honoring God with every thoughts, every emotion, every belief, even what it is "right" or "wrong."....
Taken from The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, pp. 75-91
This agreement is going to be the hardest one I think, however it is so simple. That line....."Every action then becomes a ritual which you are honoring God," is really the key. If I think about each action I take throughout my day and ask myself.....How is this honoring God?, I would be living the perfect life. The problem is that I'm human and often let self will interfere with my best intentions. At least its an ideral I can strive towards.....so for today I will attempt to pause often and review my actions to see if they are honoring God.
9 comments:
wow, tuff one indeed :-) Thanks Rexie, you ALWAYs make mt think!
Happy Mother's Day!
I struggle with this at times.
so similar to our 10th step...thank you Rexie...these have all be very beautiful
I agree with what you said. It is the hardest even though it is simple. It is a challenge to give 100% all of the time.
Thought provoking as always. Your posts make me think and that is a good thing. Thanks.
Doing what is right everyday to the best of my ability insures my recovery ability.
Three years on and anything God-like is still a struggle for me. Not always, but sometimes I feel like I'm wrestling with I-don't-know-what.
Good post. Thanks.
The flesh is weak...the spirit is strong.
OMG..I was just given a CD on these agreements. I have been listening to it every night before bed....how cool is that. Love ya Rex.
oxoxox
JJ
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