Today the voice I want to talk about is the voice of reason.
Who is the voice of reason in your life? I mean that both literally and figuratively. I found out that there are certain voices in my mind that are my voice of reason, and this sometimes may be a result of what I have always known, and sometimes it is a result of the person who told me the thing that keeps echoing in my head.
Here is what I mean. At different points in my journey through life, there are times when I have had to hold myself back from one thing or stay true to my values, and at that point what helps me do those things is the voices I heard.
Don’t worry, I’m not crazy and this is all going to make sense, I promise.
So what I’m trying to say is this, and to paint a better picture, I’ll use this thing that I’m pretty sure has happened to us all as an example. For me, growing up, if someone ever asked me to do something that didn’t align with what I believed in, say my friend from school or something, I said no.
But I like to think that for most of us, it’s not just saying no. There’s always something that you remember. Maybe you remember your mom telling you something or your dad or a loved one. I tend to remember that person’s exact voice a whole lot. Off the top of my head right now, I can think of a lot of things that my mom has told me to caution me. If I’m ever in that situation where need to stand my ground.
I remember my mom’s voice. It makes my mom one of my voice of reason for me. Apart from myself and the way I caution myself through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, there are just some things from people in my life that I can’t get out of. I worked on a project recently, and it was a pretty tough project that I had to give myself a whole lot. And for every time that I wanted to give up, I would remember what my mom said to me before I started in the first place.
How she said that I should stick it through no matter what. Another example for me was when I hopped on a phone call with my brother recently, and we were talking about spirituality. And he just mentioned some practices. It wasn’t like I didn’t know them, but just hearing them again refreshed my mind, because give or take, we forget these things sometimes. And when he said it, it became alive in my mind again. And I am trying to walk on that path right now.
And every time I try to make that conscious decision, I hear his voice, I hear the things that he said. Although, as the days go by, it is less of his actual words and more of paraphrasing the thought behind what he said. But regardless, I hear his voice. And it just made me feel lucky because the voice of reason in my life is good people.
They are people who lead me right. And it made me wonder about a lot of people who make the wrong moves or miss their steps just because they got the wrong advice from someone, or their, in this case, voice of reason was a little crooked. It put me in a place of gratitude.
The voice of reason goes both ways. It goes both ways in the sense that these people can caution you and bring you back on track. But then there is also a lot of positivity that comes from it. I am the kind of person that I don’t do things haphazardly.
Usually, before I decide that I want to do something, I’ve given it a lot of thought. But sometimes, I get a little anxious and nervous, or I feel like what I’ve done isn’t good enough. And having any one of these people that I prioritize in my life take a look at what I’ve done and be like, this is good. It puts me on high all day long.
Anytime I start feeling that way again, and I remember the words from those people, it keeps me going. I’m not here to just write today about, knowing our voice of reason and vetting it, if it’s good or bad, if they are people that we can rely on or not.
It’s more than just that. I want to also come from a standpoint of gratitude to those people.
So, one way or the other, this article may end as an appreciation post, which wasn’t my full intention, but I’m gonna do this. I just want to spend these last paragraphs to say thank you to all those people.
To all those people who led me right, who saw something in me, when I didn’t see it in myself. All those people who helped me believe in myself because heaven knows that I am my own biggest critic. All those people who helped me see the joy in life, who helped me laugh and make better decisions.
My heart truly is thankful. And I’m pretty sure I’m gonna pay it forward.
With that being said, and for the rest of you, walk in that consciousness and remember to spread nothing but love this week and keep reaching for the stars
