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
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Great Oak
Stand tall and strong for like the Great oak, your roots run lifetimes deep.
Love,
The Light
Love,
The Light
Heaven on Earth
Today, my love, you have been granted your wish. The accumulation of judgement, fear and pain that you had sentenced yourself with has been removed, lifted.
The space that was once filled with these is heerby replaced with a light so powerful-and you have earned it.
This Light is forgiveness for the past. This Light is acceptance-within and outisde of yourself. This Light is Love, pure and unconditional. Compassion so great-for yourself and for others.
Go on now, without limitation and enjoy the bliss that is now yours forever, my love.
The greatest gift has been bestowed to YOU: Heaven on Earth.
I'm here whenver you want me.
Love,
The Light
The space that was once filled with these is heerby replaced with a light so powerful-and you have earned it.
This Light is forgiveness for the past. This Light is acceptance-within and outisde of yourself. This Light is Love, pure and unconditional. Compassion so great-for yourself and for others.
Go on now, without limitation and enjoy the bliss that is now yours forever, my love.
The greatest gift has been bestowed to YOU: Heaven on Earth.
I'm here whenver you want me.
Love,
The Light
Step forward
Step forward boldly with complete certainty that NO limitations exist.
Like Moses, you will part your red sea when you move forth in this manner.
Love,
The Light
Like Moses, you will part your red sea when you move forth in this manner.
Love,
The Light
I Think
I THINK, THEREFORE I AM.
What you think you are is what you are. Think you're tired? Think you're poor? Think your depressed? Think your overweight? Guess what? You are tired, poor, depressed and overweight. Bummer, huh?
CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
1. Create a mantra. "I AM ____________".
Repeat it to yourself-often! It should be your waking thought and repeated all day
long.
2. Visualise that mantra. visualise yourself BEING what you ARE. Visualise it to the point
that you FEEL, that you EXPERIENCE the EMOTION you'll feel when it IS.
Don't worry about the how, dont make plans on how to get there, dont set goals. Just THINK an FEEL and ACT AS IF you are what you want to be. This is especially powerful if you remember to do this when you feel your energy is low(feeling sad, angry, tired, anxious).
No need to start with something small. Think BIG. But shoose just one thing. commit to making it your focus this week. If you'd like to share your committment and your amazing synchronistic experiences that begin to manifest in your life, I'd love to hear them.
I PROMISE you that if your mind is right(that you are focusing on HAVING/BEING and noe LACKING/WISHING FOR), it will BE! I've done it numerous times in my life, and changed a whole lot of things. My personal mantra this week is "I am rich". One of my visualizations is cash falling from the sky into my lap(as I am not trying to figure out how to get it, I'll leave that up to the Higher Power).
Love and Light,
Elle
What you think you are is what you are. Think you're tired? Think you're poor? Think your depressed? Think your overweight? Guess what? You are tired, poor, depressed and overweight. Bummer, huh?
CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
1. Create a mantra. "I AM ____________".
Repeat it to yourself-often! It should be your waking thought and repeated all day
long.
2. Visualise that mantra. visualise yourself BEING what you ARE. Visualise it to the point
that you FEEL, that you EXPERIENCE the EMOTION you'll feel when it IS.
Don't worry about the how, dont make plans on how to get there, dont set goals. Just THINK an FEEL and ACT AS IF you are what you want to be. This is especially powerful if you remember to do this when you feel your energy is low(feeling sad, angry, tired, anxious).
No need to start with something small. Think BIG. But shoose just one thing. commit to making it your focus this week. If you'd like to share your committment and your amazing synchronistic experiences that begin to manifest in your life, I'd love to hear them.
I PROMISE you that if your mind is right(that you are focusing on HAVING/BEING and noe LACKING/WISHING FOR), it will BE! I've done it numerous times in my life, and changed a whole lot of things. My personal mantra this week is "I am rich". One of my visualizations is cash falling from the sky into my lap(as I am not trying to figure out how to get it, I'll leave that up to the Higher Power).
Love and Light,
Elle
Plug In The Joy!
An East Indian proverb says "Imagining fears causes diseases."
Fear can immobilize you, stress your body and consequently make you ill.
Another proverb says "Courage is eternal it will not die, but the thrusting of fear is a terror in the soul and blocks out our Godliness".
Proactive formula: spend some time before falling asleep remembering a moment when you were filled with extreme joy. Be present in that moment of your mind for as long as you'd like. The next time you find yourself feeling worrisome,angry, nervous, sad(all fear-based emotions) "plug-in" your joy memory. You may have to turn back to the memory a few times, as our minds are accustomed to being distracted, and also used to producing feelings of a certain nature-therefore habitually moving toward the same reaction(worry, guilt, ect.); so retraining the mind to focus on happiness is a learned behavior.
hint: there are only two feelings. All of our emotions fall within these two categories: love or fear. Use those joy memories , and start moving into love.
Fear can immobilize you, stress your body and consequently make you ill.
Another proverb says "Courage is eternal it will not die, but the thrusting of fear is a terror in the soul and blocks out our Godliness".
Proactive formula: spend some time before falling asleep remembering a moment when you were filled with extreme joy. Be present in that moment of your mind for as long as you'd like. The next time you find yourself feeling worrisome,angry, nervous, sad(all fear-based emotions) "plug-in" your joy memory. You may have to turn back to the memory a few times, as our minds are accustomed to being distracted, and also used to producing feelings of a certain nature-therefore habitually moving toward the same reaction(worry, guilt, ect.); so retraining the mind to focus on happiness is a learned behavior.
hint: there are only two feelings. All of our emotions fall within these two categories: love or fear. Use those joy memories , and start moving into love.
Love and Light,
Elle
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