What are You Writing on Your Slate?
In the not so distant past, teachers used
chalkboards as a primary means of conveying academic information to
students. The chalkboard was originally
constructed from slate stone; hence the term slate. Students would gather
information written by the teacher on the chalkboard, commit it
to memory, and begin the learning process.
This foundational means of delivery provided the impetus of what we now
term as original programming or
primary education.
Each of us has a perspective of life that
we have formed over time using experiences as our primary source of education. Much like foundational academia, life’s experiences
are written on our internal slates and form the basis of our opinions,
attitudes, biases, and the overall perspective we carry that governs the way
our lives are principally shaped. The
real secret to this analogy is that our slate can be updated, changed or
re-programmed. This is to say, that
we’re very much in control of what we decide to write on our slate. After all, a chalkboard was designed to be written
upon, erased, and re-written upon.
All too often, we allow the currents of
life to take us places we’d rather not be.
We get caught up in circumstances and complain about not having enough
time or energy to accomplish the things we’d rather be doing in life. The most common cause can often be attributed
to how we’ve programmed our minds with what we’ve written on our “slates.”
What have you written on your slate? Does it accurately project the elements or
principles you embrace? And do those
elements support the desired direction of your life?
The cliché “clean slate” is typically
used to infer an erasure of the old, outdated manner of thinking that tends to
erode and stifle personal growth and obscure opportunity. A clean slate makes room for new terms or
elements that can be written to increase perspective, abundance, opportunity,
and personal growth. Don’t be afraid to
erase your slate and update it with new elements that speak to the goals and
aspirations you truly desire.
So pull out your slate, dust it off,
erase the routine, negative, ineffective
elements, and start today with new
elements that speak to the core of who you want
to become…who you choose to be…and
how you want to start living your life today!
Check your slate often. Commit
the elements to memory. Allow them to
become a part of you. Live by them. Defend them.
And watch your life transform as the new things you have written on your
slate become reality.
Until next time!
- G -
"I think, therfore I am.” - Rene Descartes
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