BE THE BOARD: This is such a profound thought for me: that I create the board on which my life is played out. My husband and I talk all the time about those things that happen in life, where we know the risks and we go ahead with our plans anyway. Then, when something goes wrong with our plans, we want to be the victim instead of remembering that these were the risks to begin with. If we choose in our lives to 'be the board', what a different framework is created for all those victim situations in our lives. We can truly forgive and forget. We can demonstrate understanding in the face of true tragedy. We can gracefully face adversity. I want that outlook of being the board. Now is the time to make that change in my life and start living the art of possibility.
It’s kind of amazing to me that so many of us are taking so much from this book. Though the expressions “being the board”, “the downward spiral” and “the revenge monster” seem like catchphrases at first, there is a great deal of meaning that comes from understanding what they mean. The idea that accepting that there are risks in anything we do and that we will be, perhaps not happier, but more serene by realizing this is such a powerful change of pace. How much progress could be made if everyone stopped trying to blame others for problems and instead accepted the problems and looked for solutions?
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