off the beaten path.

Creativity can be such a blessing.  I’ve always prided myself on being creative and thrifty, a think outside the box kind of gal.  I’ve noticed more and more of a need for this the older I get and the more opportunities for needs of all sorts arise.  I’m convinced that manipulation isn’t always a bad thing.  Of course there is the wrong and deceitful kinds of manipulation where the intentions within are the only in mind.

But manipulation can also be for the greater good if you will.  I choose to call it creative bursts of outward, forward thinking.  What can I do to make sure the best outcome is achieved, profiting not only myself but everyone affected?  Not how can I make things go my way, but how can I make things go all the way for everyone?

I’ve used this my whole life I’m sure, and lately I’ve been more apt to using it towards my 100 day challenge (that has seemingly transitioned into a 100 day challenge to becoming a better person.)  How can I get this task finished with help and by helping others?  How can these projects get done and done right?  Decide to be kind to someone if they have something you need.  The manipulation is transformed when you decide to CONTINUE to be kind to them even when they have nothing else to offer you.  Go the extra minute because you know it will benefit you and your situation, but make a moral agreement with yourself to ALWAYS go that extra minute, and go it with strength and understanding.  Go it for others even when it won’t benefit you. 

So many challenges giving you opportunities to unzip the shroud over our abilities.  It’s up to us to decide how and when to do it, and take on the responsibility it brings.  Because although it’s hard work to harness that feel good mentality and use it to get what you want, it’s work that is well worth the reward in the end.  For everyone.