Self Reflection

Today's thought is about self reflection. (Its a long one, so get some tea) I am now going to give you an example of a situation of mine to make a contrasted outlook - You know, doing work like this can be challenging in dealing with different and demanding personalities. I have people that come to me soliciting their entitlements. Solicit me with their disrespect, inconsiderate stances, and negative behaviors. Yet, they need me to help them validate that everyone else and everything else around them is the problem. Not them. And when spirit shows me the truth, I am the one that is wrong because it is NOT what they wanted to hear. You know, I have been solicited by people that have "heard about me" and approach me with statements like: "I can't afford it," or "thats too much money," or " are you a scam?" That, for one, shows a detachment from reality. A lot of Mediums alone charge between $300 - $1000 for a session. I believe my rate of $100 for an hour is more then fair, for I am not a "dial a psychic" thats a "penny for my thoughts." Now, I use the word solicit because these people looked me up themselves and approached me. I dont solicit my service/gift, I share it on my own realms. So believe it or not, I have given and offered those individuals free readings. In my busy schedule, I added them to my schedule and gave them a free appointment. Complimentary to those that couldn't afford it, implied my services are unfairly priced, and to those that challenged me with the "scam" comment. Would you believe that every single one of those people have flaked on their appointment without a heads up or even an apology? I have even had one person expect me to call them for their FREE reading. lol.

Scott, whats the point of all this you ask? First, this isn't about how "giving" or "helpful" I can be or that my price is fair. I already know it is. My example is not the moral or lesson, it is just the example. It comes down to, self reflection and perception. Me, for instance, wanted to be nice to these people and help them, even though it was disrespectful towards what I do. That was my choice. I should have seen that these types of personalities are going to be problems regardless. That is not their problem, but mine. Because if my ego didn't feel guilty for their demands, I would have stood firm and held them responsible for their own feelings instead. But I decided to be responsible for them, thus it all backfiring on me causing me frustration. I hold myself responsible even in a situation where I could be interpreted "the victim." I just chose to go off my ego instead of being smart and realistic. Now, those personalities dont believe the following of what im going to say next: We are the cause of everything that happens around us. Not the person that does what they "do" to you. Not the events that happen in our lives.. WE are what causes and invites it all based on our SUBCONSCIOUS thoughts, beliefs, and our conscious actions. Usually people that always have "bad things happening" feel entitled to everything and try to pick at other people to support their thought process and self condemning environment. This is not a rant about those people, cause we all at times, can be these people. My point on making the examples before was, I have been treated with lack of consideration and respect by those that blame everything else around them for what happens in their life, and they fail to realize how poorly they treat others. We need to look in the mirror, self reflect, and start with ourselves before we can EVER expect things to go "our way." Some of us feel comfortable in the negative state, cause it's all we know. We continue the cycle of, something bad has happened so it always will. We think it's safe being negative because there's no risk of loosing anything positive. No failure.. So we stay stuck, but complain we need to get out of it, but we can't. Look in the mirror. Look are who and what you are. You need to "call yourself out" and put yourself in check. The only person that is responsible for our lives is us. What you take out of circumstances is your very own responsibly. No one else can save you from your own downward spiral, but you. -- Scott