Is your PATTERN working?

One reason people lead plain, boring or unfulfilled lives and display the same in relationships is because they NEVER break out of an unproductive or non-working PATTERN.

By pattern, I mean an aspect of one's life that is clearly not functioning properly yet the same wasteful and often destructive things are done continuously:

-- Complaining.

-- Disregarding BENEFITS in Life.

-- Dreaming and Dreaming instead of Doing.

-- A Comfortable pattern: Many live life comfortably and have no real impact in the world.

-- Staying in relationships that will not work.

-- Suffering in a lifeless job.

--Living life through children or for others.

--Eating poorly and/or no regular exercise.

--Picking wrong for love over and over again.

--Never RECOGNIZING the VALUE of a quality love or sadly, being scared of a good thing!

--Addiction: One of the most destructive patterns in any form. Author Gary Zukav has a great chapter on Addiction (under the chapter responsibility) in his insightful book "The Seat of the Soul".

Breaking out of a bad pattern is very hard but possible.

One way is to observe and learn from people with winning patterns. Another is to work on evolving as a person and finding out why your pattern never bears the fruit you desire. In addition, I have learned immensely from reading about how to stay focused on achieving a productive life pattern.

If you care about YOU, you must work on making a better YOU!

The problem is that patterns are comfortable even when only negativity or bad results arise. Some embrace the minor or major irritant of a bad pattern rather than be brave and grab the slice of life that is fun, exhilarating and interesting!

I have seen only a handful of friends break out of bad patterns. Some are successful and happy in ways I could have never imagined! They took bold and life changing steps and it paid off handsomely. Unfortunately, many are still stuck on that merry go round of HO HUM life.

If your pattern is working, continue to evolve and enhance it.

If your pattern is not working, do something about it or success will continue to elude.

Happy Gswede Sunday!
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Stockholm, Sweden - For many..........a comfortable pattern