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September 2011 ~ Seasons Shift
Life is what happens when you are making other plans. Sound familiar? John Lennon is attributed to that quote.
As the seasons shift, school starts, the weather turns a little cooler (in the US), life continues to go on.
The pace of life seems to be picking up as many have noticed. Our lives may not be what we expected them to be. We may be growing older and have not achieved all we set out to achieve.
We may be frustrated at how slow things seem to take to get done, or how slow other people are to do what we want them to do, at the same time that life is speeding up. What's up with that? How can that be?
"Life" is our journey, not our destination. Our life's destiny is not engraved in some big stone in the sky.
Think of our life as a stage set, where we were set down to play out a role. We lost our original script, so now we and the others in our life are having to improvise — to make it up as we go along.
Our life is unfolding every single day and with each new day, we have a new opportunity to make a decision about what course we want to take for this day.
Do we want to be happy? Then, we can start by FEELING happy! Right now, we can choose to FEEL happiness for what we already have this moment.
Do we want to be rich? Then, we can start by FEELING rich! Right now, we can choose to FEEL grateful for the riches we already have.
Do we want to be loved? Then, we start by FEELING love! Right now, we can choose to FEEL the love that is already in our life.
Whatever we want, the process is the same. Identify what we want, then start by FEELING <_________>! [fill in the blanks] Right now, we can choose to FEEL whatever it is we want.
To BE something different, we have to activate the FEELINGS that we want to feel. Our own emotions are the fuel that let our dreams become reality. The goals and plans are in our mind, in our thoughts. They are like our automobile — a structure that we create ourselves in our imagination — a vehicle that represents our goals
It is our FEELINGS that are the fuel that lets our vehicle move forward.
It is our ACTIONS that turn the ignition that allows the fuel (our feelings) to interact with the goals and plans (our vehicle or our thoughts). When all are working together — our intellect, our feelings and our actions — then, we are really moving forward.
Take some time this month to pay attention to how your thoughts are consistent with your feelings and with your actions. Are they all lined up in the same way or are you thinking you want one thing and then, feeling or acting in a way that is different from what you think you want?
In order for that vehicle of our life to get where we want it to go, all parts of us must be aligned in the same direction — our thoughts, our feelings and our actions. Otherwise, we spin around in the parking lot and don't ever get where we want to go.
An exercise to take advantage of the energy of changing seasons:
- Write down what you want - your goals, your desires. Where do you want to go? What do you want to be? How do you want your life to play out?
- Write down the thoughts that you think about each goal. Ask yourself: Are my thoughts consistent with what I want?
- Write down the emotions that you feel about each goal. Ask yourself: Are my feelings consistent with what I want?
- Write down the actions that you take about each goal. Ask yourself: Are my actions consistent with what I want?'
- If all are in alignment, you should be moving forward toward your goals.
- If any of them — thoughts, feelings or actions — are not consistent, then your vehicle is getting mixed signals and probably not going where you want it to go. It's sort of like saying you want to go to Paris, then setting your GPS for Rio de Janeiro. Or, you have one foot pushing on the gas while the other foot is pushing on the brake. Or, turning the wheel when you really want to go straight. The end result is confusion or not getting where you think you want to get.
- Take a good look at yourself this month and decide what needs to change, then change what ever needs to change. One day at a time, every day, make the adjustments you need to make to be consistent within yourself then watch what happens!
Where ever you are on your own adventure of life this month, we wish you prosperity, love, happiness and wonder at life's unfolding adventures. May all parts of you be in alignment with your heart and soul's true desires.
If you are thinking about creating sources of income, new business ideas or exploring expansion of a existing business, our book Income Without a Job has some great creative ideas and exercises to assist with that. The book is a great gift for friends who have been laid off or need extra support during these times.
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