Be the Source of Your Own Life: Question the Assumption of Immutable Circumstances
Some circumstances feel like concrete.
Unchangeable.
Permanent.
Beyond your influence.
But here’s the truth:
Most of what feels fixed is actually flexible.
Most of what feels final is still unfolding.
Most of what feels immovable is waiting for you to move.
1. Circumstances are not destiny—they’re context
Your job, your health, your relationships, your finances—these are not verdicts. They are environments.
And environments can be changed, adapted, navigated, or transcended.
You are not defined by your context.
You are the one who chooses how to respond to it.
2. “This is just how it is” is a story
When you hear yourself say:
- “That’s just how things are.”
- “Nothing ever changes.”
- “I guess this is my life now.”
Pause.
Ask: Who told me that?
And what if they were wrong?
Every story can be rewritten.
Even the ones etched in habit.
3. Fixedness is often fear in disguise
We call things “unchangeable” when we’re afraid to try.
Afraid to fail.
Afraid to lose what little stability we have.
But fear is not a reliable narrator.
It’s a signal—not a sentence.
When you name the fear, you loosen the grip of the circumstance.
4. Change begins with questioning
You don’t have to bulldoze your life.
You just have to ask better questions.
- What if this isn’t the only way?
- What if I’m allowed to want more?
- What if I’m stronger than I thought?
- What if this is the beginning, not the end?
Questions open doors.
Answers build paths.
5. You are not powerless—you are powerful
Even in constraint, you have choices:
- What you believe
- What you focus on
- What you say yes to
- What you walk away from
- What you build next
Your circumstances may be real.
But they are not the author.
You are.
To be the source of your own life is to stop treating your reality as a prison.
It is to recognize that even the hardest truths contain possibility.
It is to question what you’ve accepted—and choose what you’ll create.
Your life is not a sentence.
It’s a canvas.
And you are still painting.
post inspired by Typhoon Honey by Kris Girrell and Candace Sjogren
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Starting with a foundation of understanding how we, as physical and psychological beings actually function, Typhoon Honey lays out a path toward becoming the sole and undisputed author of one's life - called "being the source." The authors explain, with ample case examples and exercises, how to
- release limiting self-concepts;
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- become totally and powerfully accountable in determining your future.
A tour de force in transformational technologies, pulling back the curtain on how those techniques actually work, Typhoon Honey is a must read for anyone who desires to step up to a new level of life and living.
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