We've all heard the saying "If you want to be successful, surround yourself with successful people". So true. Determining what you really want is step one...and it sounds so easy, doesnt it? But why do we have such a difficult time making these decisions? I mean, make a list of what you want, and there you have it! Right? Go ahead! Take 15 minutes and just brainstorm in writing the things you want. A home on the french riviera? A new wardrobe? A car that starts with every turn of the ignition? No need for descriptions, not necessary to figure out the 'how". Just list 'em. Come on back when you finish.
Finished? Good!
Now, time for list number 2. This list's title is "What I want to DO". Would you like to switch careers? Do you wish to be a teacher? A doctor? A laywer? An entertainer? A parent? Put the pen to the paper now.
Awesome.
Okay. Her'es the fun part. Actually this part wasn't my idea at all, but a great tip from Martha Bleck in the article entitles "Words to The Wise" in January 2011's edition of "O", the Oprah Magazine. How about we try to approach this from a less-physical angle? Just for fun, make a list of what we want to BE. No; a wife, father, doctor, athlete, entertainer, teacher cannot don this list...I'm talking about attributes. How do you want to FEEL? "Adjectives"....what are the feelings, or adjectives you hope to accocmplish? Secure? Content? Peaceful? High, full of life force energy? Adventurous? Make a list of 3 attributes.
_____________________, __________________________, _________________________.
Take list #2. Imagine what a day and a week looks like "doing" this. If you can, interview a couple of people from the same sex that are doing that. Find out what a day and a week is really like! Now, back to list 3. Will "doing" #2 bring you #3? Important questions when your planning your life, dontcha think?
Now, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and suggest that list #1 is a far cry from list #3 in terms of what we truly desire. And let's just take the idea of money out of the picture for a moment-and let me tell you why: Money=More. Period. So whatcha got in your life? Do you have a happy family? Are YOU happy? Do you have peace? A calm sense of purpose and faith? Stress? Health issues that have been caused by that stress? Relationship issues that seem to plague your daily life? Want MORE of what you already have? Or is it CHANGE your looking for? Money wont bring change. Money doesn't equal change. Money=More. Period. So if you arent filled with the attributes on list #3, and your life is not filled with the attributes that you truly desire today, let's not wish for more of the same. Let's change our reality. Then we can work on the money. :)
Its' very common to "not know" if we actually possess the attributes we've listed in #3. We feel like sometimes we do, but other times we are very far away from them. We can even experience both of these contrasts more than once in a 24 hour period! A really easy and fail-proff trick that you can utilise any moment of any day that will tell you exactly how you are doing: who is in your space right now, and what are their attributes? ;) My Mom told me that she knew what I was up to by knowing who my friends were. It's true. You really can gauge where you are in contrast to where you want to BE (list 3) by examining the people you surround yourself with.
Yes it's true: if you want to be successful, surround yourself with successful people. And if you want to be peaceful, surround yourself with peaceful people. If you want to live a life full of adventure, surround yourself with adventurous people. But, what if, when you look around your life, the people who you're looking at dont embody that which you desire? How do you find the right people?
Books. Websites. Blogs. Magazines. It's a GREAT beginning. Find inspiration daily from sources of that which you desire. Sign up for daily emails from someone who has what you want. Begin today. That's step one!
Seek and you shall find. As you become inspired by what you find, your energy will begin to shift. When your energy shifts you begin to attract people and situations with your new energy. As you change, so does your outer life.
Here's knowing that one small, easy step will begin your journey to what you truly want to BE.
Love and Light,
Elle
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