You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually whatever you do you do it by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
-V. Clement Stone
Essential Ingredient #2
Life Lesson # 4 You Are Always at Choice
I don’t know about you but for me the last ten days have been like a ride on a rollercoaster. My journey has been an interesting one to say the least. I have experienced ups and downs highs and lows. My life seems to be following this blog and making sure that I experience all that I can so that my journey becomes a value to you as well as myself. At first I didn’t think it was so funny and I certainly wasn’t enjoying the ride, but then I stepped back and started following my own advice as well as the advice of the authors. However now I know, it was meant to be. I’m learning a lot that I will be able to use to help others and for that I am truly grateful.
Yesterday’s lesson really helped me release the “now what” and simply allow myself to live the present moment, to stay true to who I am and the values I hold. As I reread a couple of the lessons I realized that I did not have to work through them alone and I picked up the phone and called on my support team (my coach, my attitude shifter). Do you have a support team? People who truly hear what you have to say and help you stay centered and on track? Positive influences, not negative energy hogs? I cannot stress enough how important it is to have some type of positive support in your life, negativity is a very slippery slope.
Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire and self-esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our lives.
-SRI Madhava Ashish
One of the things I have noticed over the years is that some people get very upset (even though it is said in a non-judgmental way)when you mention that they do what they do because they have made a choice to do so, or they are where they are in life because of the choices they have made. Although I have my theories I am not 100% sure why people react this way. Choices are good; it’s great to have them. When you get to the stage where you are aware that you always have a choice you deflate many of your fears.
The authors of Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction: 7 Essential Ingredients for Living a Prosperous Life
say that knowing you have a choice and consciously choosing your outcome or claiming your dream is very different from being in a situation and simply wanting, wishing it to be different. If there is a situation in your life that is frustrating for you, you are the only person who can choose to change it. You need to put yourself behind the wheel; you need to take charge of your options.
If you think you can or you think you can’t you’re probably right.
-Henry Ford
So what do you do? In the book they suggest stepping back. Stop exhausting yourself take some deep breaths over and over again, allow yourself to relax and let in thoughts not bound by the issue. When you settle down enough to focus on you, your body & how you are feeling, you can begin to accept what is going on and accept responsibility for your situation. By accepting responsibility you are taking control , giving yourself back the power to change it and best of all you can turn any situation around no matter how dark or deep.
Exercise 1
What are you choosing to claim for yourself today?
What do you want to feel?
Take five minutes to see this choice as a movie on the screen of your mind.
Close your eyes and take some deliberate breaths in and out to relax, allowing yourself to tap into your heart.
Imagine there is a twenty foot wide screen in front of you. See the scene of your choice playing out in front of you. Listen to the sounds. Is there a conversation happening? With whom? What is the scene? Where is it taking place? Do you look happy and peaceful or are you experiencing another emotion?
Step into the scene. Place yourself in the movie. Notice how you feel. Once you feel the scene becoming real, enjoy it. Take a few minutes to be there. Then close the scene.
Doing this type of visualization generates a lot of movement toward your desires. Even though you may not see it you are amping up the vibration. This may be the most important action to take today toward fulfillment and joy.
I truly hope that you will follow the suggestions of the authors so that you can experience this journey and its joy as I am…it’s your choice, choose.
Tomorrow:
Life Lesson #5 Call In Your Team
Until tomorrow, Smile Often
Barbara
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