Ever watch a television program or movie and wonder how the actors memorize all the lines? It’s amazing when you think about all the work it takes to put together a script that is well-written and cohesive. It takes a team of people to write a screenplay that eventually gets produced into the final product you see on the screen. So what about your life? Who writes the script of your life?
If you take a step back you’ll see that life is a script and you’re the writer of the script. The daily events of your life are the factors that influence the script, they are not the script. It doesn’t matter what happens to you because the events are raw material for the script you’re about to write. I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently after returning from a four-month work assignment away from home. I’ve been wondering about my identity and how the events and people I encountered shaped the script I write on a daily basis. After my doctor appointment last week I, once again, had to think about how this event would be accounted for in my daily script.
It would be easy to abdicate responsibility for our lives, but the only place that leaves us is as a victim. I’ve played that role as I know many of you have since your diagnosis of a chronic or life-threatening illness, but at some point I made shift because empowerment was part of my treatment plan. Trust me, I need reminders along the way because it’s truly a slippery slope, so anything that reinforced the fact that I have control in my life and to some extent my body, that’s crucial to living my best life.
What type of script will you be writing today? How will the events and people you meet today show up in your life script? I’d love to know how your script is developed, send me an email at greg@survivingstrong.com
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