WHAT TO DO WITH FREE WILL?

We have heard that we have free will and are responsible for our destiny, but are we really aware of it? Free will responds to the definition of the power to act by reflection and action, according to the Royal Spanish Academy. Every day since we wake up we use it. We are free to choose what we think, we are free to choose what we say, we are free to choose how we act. As we grow, we accept premises and concepts that society and our environment offer us. Some of them we will question and others we will accept as true. Once we establish what we consider to be true, we will automatically act from those believes as we consider them the truth. We indoctrinate ourselves so much that we can wake up one day thinking that for the rest of the day we will do “what we have to do” and forget that we have a choice about it. We forget it because one day we decided that the reality we believe in is "x" and we never questioned it again. To the point of acting automatically and thinking that we are simply doing certain things because we have to. Even when we are acting in autopilot or from subordination to believes imposed by society, we are still making use of our free will by choosing to submit to those imposed ideas and following what we accept as true.

That is why even if you use your free will every day, sometimes it does not take you to the places you would like, because you do not use it consciously.

Using your free will consciously means questioning what you really want and choosing it from your actions, decisions and words.

Remember that you have free will and that every day you are deciding and creating the reality you expereicne, even if you let others choose for you. Now that you are aware of the power you have from the choice, put your free will to good use.

Ask yourself:

• What do you really want for your life?

• What is really important to you?

• What things do you currently do in your life out of the desire to please others?

• Do you feel satisfied with the reality you currently live in?

• What things about your life do you not like and why you stopped questioning yourself?

• If you could change something in your life, what would it be?

If you want a different reality than the one you are living, use your free will to create it. If you don't know how, use your free will to search for information and educate yourself about it.

If you don't like something in your life, change it. Remember that you have the power to choose and accept what you settle for.

If you don't like the relationship you're in, get out of it. 

If a person doesn't trust you, stay away from them.

If you don't like your job, look for another job that excties you day you wake up.

What I want is to give you the message that even if there are external conditions that you dislike, you can always choose how to react to them.You can always transform your life and change course; but for that you must decide to do it and act in that direction. The first step to changing your life is choosing that you want to do so. If you don't choose for yourself, life will take you anywhere, even if it's not where you want.

Use your free will to your advantage, to really bring you closer to the life you want. Use it wisely. Choose to walk towards the life you choose for yourself.

If you don't choose, life will do it for you. 

Don't leave your life to chance. Use the power that is within you.

Love, Mel.

Free in the forest, @melsaveyoursoul