We each make our own way in the world, and sometimes that means we go in the opposite direction of the crowd. But our eachness, doesn’t prevent any of us from enjoying our allness.
Even in a group, each of us is an individual aspect of the Divine. It is. And deny it, though we might try on occasion, investing our energy in trying to believe we are separate, does not make our pretension any more true.
When we arrive here in this lovely world, our hearts are open, we love easily and simply. Our minds are open, we see the truth in the words and the eyes of those around us. Our souls are open and readily bond with the love that others hold us in.
That is our perfect state; open. On occasion, if we by chance find ourselves closed up a little, it’s important to remember how we truly are. A reflection of the divine.
I Don't Feel Good
A lot of people don’t feel good. They don’t feel good about themselves or their lives or the economy or the election or the government or their relationships or all of the above or sometimes a bunch of those things in succession one right after the other.
But those are all things on the outside and even though we might think those things are bothering us, the truth is that most of our discontent comes from inside ourselves. Once we are secure in who we are and we actually like the person that we are, the things that are outside of us tend to lose their power over how we feel.
When we like who we are inside, our days become infinitely brighter, infinitely more enjoyable and we wind up liking the person we spend the most time with on a daily basis.
So here is a good way to start.
Just Make A List
You don’t need to wait until you get to the stationery store to buy that 25 dollar blank book that won’t lay open flat on the table anyway. You don’t need to hunt through 50 different websites to find the one that sends fancy blank book with free shipping. And you don’t need to put this on your Christmas or birthday list.
Just get a notebook and a pencil or a pen from Wal-Mart or Target or the department store where you live. Or if you’ve got one left over kicking around the house, grab that one.
Number the paper like it shows in this image and start writing. Don’t stop until you have at least 5 things written there. Yes. The list has 16 spaces, but you can come back to it later if you run out of ideas. But to start with, write down 5.
It doesn’t matter what those things are. Well, yes, true enough, don’t put down things like “I like myself because I am not quite as ugly as my sister”. Instead you would put down something like “I like how I look in jeans”
This is a simple system, it has worked for hundreds of people, and can work for you too.
Start right now, even if you don’t have a notebook, just get a piece of paper, you can transfer the list over to a notebook when you get one. But start right now.
The beliefs we have about who we are create our lives. Everything we have ever learned, every experience, every moment spent dreaming in the sun or lying awake in our beds filled with worry, we use to construct our world.
The idea is simple at its core. Our thoughts create our world. Consistent thoughts create worn grooves in our minds. Those patterns of thinking are our beliefs. Those habitual thoughts we use to measure new ideas against to see if they are true. And we imagined all of them to start with.
If you would like a different life, start with thinking different thoughts. Right this moment.
Success is available for everyone, in pretty much any amount they want. Most folks, either on their own, or with a bit of help from a loved one or a coach, can achieve the success they are dreaming of. We make such a big deal of success in our society, but we are rarely taught as youngsters how to achieve that success.
Some people do grow up with the expectation that they can succeed and they do. Many, however, grow up with the idea that if they succeed it is because of a lucky break or because they have connections or for some other reason than that they deserve to succeed.
Fortunately, though, thanks to the internet, there are people who can help us learn to succeed and guide us in the right direction. Sometimes all it takes is a session or two with a success coach ( a particular kind of personal or business coach) to help us realize the life of our dreams.
