I have long been enamored with a particular word -- becoming -- become.

We usually use it to describe how something is becoming of us, like we look good in some way or another. But think about the word for a moment. To become is to be a reflection of something. What might we be a reflection of?

It's easy to look outside ourselves and say, "Well, I'm a reflection of, you know, the world around me." But in truth, what drives what we become is what's inside us and the outside is only a reflection of the inside.

Imagine that you wanted to change your life, as is so often spoken of. Shouldn't we first be looking at what is driving us, what is becoming us, or what we are becoming? Maybe the outside is a reflection of the inside. Maybe we could use the outside as a diagnostic tool to look at what's inside us, to know what we are becoming, or what is driving us into that state of being.

That would mean if you want to change anything in your outside world, you should start within to see what within you is becoming you.

That might just change everything.