SETTING GOALS

While goal setting can be a good thing, it can also be used as a tool for self-domestication.

For example, oftentimes we create goals to validate ourselves as acceptable or unacceptable. If we achieve the goal, we accept ourselves; if we do not, we judge ourselves as failures. In this way, we are misusing goals and creating unnecessary suffering for ourselves and those around us.

A goal is the focal point by which we set our intent towards manifesting the life we want to live, and life is the process of manifestation.

Practice

Next time you are setting a goal ask yourself:

• What is my motivation for doing this? Is it something I really want to do for me, or I am doing this to please someone else?

• Am I attached to a particular outcome, or am I open to all possibilities?

When you set goals for yourself and from the mindset of unconditional self-love, any outcome is a successful one.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.