In America you have the opportunity through the choices you make to determine the course of your life. But if you lack sufficient control over yourself or can’t get over your timidity to be the artist of your life, you’re choosing to relinquish the full potential of the opportunity. That is, you’ll just be going through the motions of life as a copy of something.
You will never know just how spontaneous and free you’re capable of being if you don’t take up the discipline to be the artist of your life. Fortunately, if you’re not too timid to depend on yourself and stand up to your own ego, you can do this. Your life can be an art form. You can rely on your own creative talents. You can live an experimental life guided by your interests and investigations. In other words, you can live a life of your own design.
For those of us who take up the original discipline of Autonomy and Life there is a link between this groundbreaking art form and practical living. It’s not the entrepreneurship of your business or your executive actions or the management of your marriage or children, though the demand for thoughtful and responsible attention is always there. The link is your dependence on yourself, on knowing who you are, on living a life of your own design even as you look to resolve the practical problems you present to your mind.
Are you interested in having more autonomy in your life? Here's a plan of action! Examine our website. If you find it interesting, do the Retreat Workshop. Thank you for your interest. I appreciate it.
Arnold Siegel is the founder of Autonomy and Life and leader of its Retreat Workshops and Advanced Classes.