Would you like to let life be easier? Here’s my invitation for you: Close your eyes and see your story as just what it is. A story. Everybody’s got one. Picture holding it out in front of you, like a book, and let it be just your story – not you. It’s not you, of course. It’s just a story that at this moment you are calling your story. How lightly can you hold it? How easy can you let it be to put it down, and choose a story that works better?
I do not see the opposite of hopelessness as hope. I experience it as a deep, profound sense of knowing, in the company of which, hopelessness can not exist.
There are a lot of people out there who are sitting up, saying – life IS short!
These are the kinds of things I am hearing – do any of them sound familiar?
I’ve just had a major wake-up call, my best friend is loosing her battle with cancer…
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I’ve just woken up to the fact that after 35 years I cannot blame the fact that my relationships are not working, on the other person…
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I am so tired of settling for less than the exciting, engaged life that I have always pictured!
Here’s the chorus: Done! We’re done with it!
How many times do we have to say that before we actually do something else?
What if there’s something inside of you, causing the results you are getting in life? And what if there’s something you can do about it? What would be thee best time to dig in, figure that out, and change it?
Only by truly let yourself WANT what you want, will you begin to call it in, and create it.
“Sustained enthusiasm brings into existence a wave of creative energy, and all you have to do then is ‘ride the wave.’ “
What are you tolerating in the area you want to change, and what is it costing you? Once you truly expose that cost to yourself, without any sugar coating, you get serious traction on the road to making the change. When you can get yourself to the point of zero tolerance, through really understanding the cost, you’ve opened the door wide open to making lasting change.
Drumming together is a powerful metaphor for life. In relationship, when your partner is sad, don’t go down with them, in a misguided effort to support them. Is it truly supportive to be sad along with them? Consider instead offer compassion and caring – while staying strong and happy yourself. Hold the beat. Give them a rhythm to reach for when they are ready to come back in.
About six months ago, I chose the new habit of holding my first hour of the day absolutely sacred – it’s my download-from-the-universe time, when I sit and let the ideas flow…my one personal rule is NO TECHNOLOGY. No phone, e-mail, etc. It’s amazing, the ideas and information that flow to me during this time …
This morning I’m thinking a lot about the young people I have met in my travels over the past few years. I’ve lived in some shared housing situations, worked side by side, met them at gatherings and coffee shops and on the street – and I have to say, getting out into the world and …