Consciousness without action is worthless

This is probably the most insightful quote I’ve read from Dr. Phil McGraw’s MySpace blog. The first time I read it I knew it was me!

Ask me if I feel guilty about this quote and I’ll tell you YES. There are many situations in my life where I feel like I was a complete loser. Things like I’m aware of something but I don’t do anything about it. For example, I am an ectomorph. That’s my problem. I am aware that I am skinny but until now I do not establish a balanced diet to gain weight. As an ectomorph, I need to eat high protein foods.

Another thing is sleep. Back in college, I always burn my midnight candle just to get straight A’s in class. Studies, theories, quizzes, and homework were on my mind, but I didn’t take a moment and pat my back, “Hey, Dean, you need to get some sleep.”

The results: I’m still surviving but I live with a weak immune system 🙁

Doing something is one of my weaknesses probably because I wasn’t born to be choleric by nature. Let me explain the definition of choleric. The choleric is one of those four fluids of our personality and the main description of him is “The doer”. But I don’t blame myself for not being a doer. The secret to a happy life is to love yourself no matter how screwed up you are. The truth is that in every mistake you voluntarily create, an insightful understanding is made.

I have my reasons why I don’t do what I want to do. Doing something creates expectations, and when my expectation level seems high, I get frustrated.

This is why I always remind myself to enjoy the spontaneity of everything. Failure or success, I am still the engineer of my destiny. If something is not achieved, I learn to wait for the right moment before doing something. Sometimes having a type A personality gets me down. Realizing that not everything I want is always what I get seems like a good thing, right?

And yes, awareness without action is worth nothing, but to me—

Awareness without understanding what, why, when and how to do something correctly seems useless.