Yesterday was POWERFUL... It was over a 12 hour day; there was so much content that Tony packed in that it would be impossible to distill it all down here. But there is one thing that Tony said yesterday that hit me like a ton of bricks. It wasn't the idea of what he said, but it was how he said it and how clear it was to me.

Here at TDL one of our core philosophies is that we can CHOOSE to either be a victim or a co-creator with The Uni-verse. I've written about this and many of you have chosen to step out of victimhood and into being a co-creator.

But what Tony said yesterday was a shot to the system. He said in reality, there are no victims - there are only volunteers. He also said that this doesn't mean than someone can't hurt you, but the choice is yours if you want to assume the victim identity. Take Nelson Mandela - he was in prison for over two decades. He had every right to come out of prison and hate those that put him there and play the victim. But he didn't - he rose above, chose Love and chose to be a co-creator of Love, instead of a victim. And in choosing to do so, he changed the world.

Crazy things will happen to us. Abuse, death, setbacks and all kinds of things we didn't see coming.

I've had PLENTY of these in my life. I've had partners leave me who said they would never do that. I've had people make me promises that they didn't keep. I've had girls tell me that they Love me, only to break up with me a week later. I've had all financial certainty gone from my life as I couch surfed for almost two years as The Daily Love was being born. I've had addictions and hit rock bottom.

And I'm sure some of these things pale in comparison to what you may have been through. This isn't a wound competition. But it is just me trying to say, I've had all kinds of things go wrong and I know you have, too. But - we get to choose how we respond to events.

This gets back to our primary choice in life - are we going to give the events of our life an empowering meaning or not? That choice is, was and always will be ours. That choice is something that NO ONE can take from us. We were given FREE WILL by our Creator to choose if we want to give an empowering meaning to the events of our lives or not.

For a long time I gave the events of my life a disempowering meaning.  I thought I was worthless, not love-able and that good things weren't supposed to happen to me. Where was this actually taking place? Was there some Congressional committee that declared these things? Was there a trial and I was found guilty of being not love-able? No... Well, not at least in the real world.

The real trial was in my head. The real declaration was within me. I was finding myself guilty and acting accordingly. That was my choice. And it was also my choice to no longer entertain those thoughts - and slowly, day by day, month by month and year by year, my life has changed. And now life is about just more than me; it's about serving you - serving a cause greater than myself! :o)

We get to choose to be a victim. We place that identity on ourselves and before we know it, we are volunteers to our own victimhood. It's so easy to feel victimized by the world - and some people will even justify your choice to feel like a victim. But ask yourself, does choosing to be a victim EMPOWER you? Does it bring more kinds of healthy and awesome Love into your life? Does it move your life forward? Does it serve your highest potential or does it keep you stuck in the emotions or guilt, anger, shame and the like?

It's possible for us to be hurt - and no matter how deep that pain, it is possible for us to learn from it and give it an empowering meaning - and when we do that every day, we turn shit into fertilizer. And then we can really begin planting the seeds of our dreams.

So - what'll it be today my friend? Victim or co-creator? It's up to you!

Let me know: WhatImGoingThru@TheDailyLove.com

I am in the seminar 12 hours a day til Weds, so it will take me a minute to get back to you, but I will get back to you!

Lots of love,

Mastin

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