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The Secret
I have a confession to make…"I Love Teenagers”. There…I’ve said it! I LOVE THE POSSIBILITIES IN THEM. I love knowing that they are just beginning to figure out life, and everything seems possible. They are about to leave mom and dad’s nest, spread their wings and fly. I love that they are CREATING their life, and it's filled with hopes and dreams of what may come. I love this stage of life more than anything and it's unlimited possibilities.
I remember so clearly what it felt like to be 17 years old, shaking with excitement about all that was yet to come. On one hand, I felt lost and scared about what might happen in my life, and on the other hand, I couldn't wait to get started. My wings were just starting to spread wide open and my heart fluttered with the person I already had begun to be.
IF I had known at 17 years old what I know now, I could have flown a lot higher and faster, with many less side trips. Having said this, I wouldn’t be who I am today, with my exact wisdom and experiences, if I had done anything different. I have few regrets in my life, because my exact path brought me here.p>
Our outcomes begin with our perceptions, our subconscious beliefs, our self-talk, and our focus in life. Each person is created equally, but the beginning stages of our lives don't teach us this. I have found that even when life handed me lemons, I still got to choose whether or not I would make lemonade. The first part of my life was spent with a sour look on my face., and I found that I was my own worst enemy. My ego had a strong practice of negative self-talk and a hidden belief system that had me trapped in a prison of my own making. My script for beginning my life included a lot of challenges, and I had a stubborn streak a mile long. If you could join me in seeing our life scripts as the opportunity that sets the stage for doing our life's work, perhaps you will not judge your beginnings as harshly as I did. Our scripts set the stage for our life's work, yet the truth is we each develop perceptions from our interactions, and they probably aren't based in the truth. Have you ever discussed a particular event with your brother or sister or parents, and discovered that they had a completely different recollection of events? Life's events pass through our particular filters, and we make up stories that we call truths, and we end up living our lives from these perceptions. However, at some point, I believe we each begin to question ourselves about what we are experiencing, and that is when we uncover the hidden beliefs that are running our lives.
My life script set the stage for what would turn out to be many challenges in my life, while I filtered my childhood events through my perceptions and came up with my "story". It was based strictly on my own interpretations, not the facts. I eventually became aware of my victimhood story, after experiencing years of challenging outcomes, and I now choose to see things differently and have a very different experience.
Whatever your beginning experiences were, I’m here to give you a very important message. YOU GET TO WRITE THE REST OF THE STORY NOW, DESPITE HOW LIFE STARTED OUT. YOU ARE THE NEW AUTHOR, AND YOU CAN BEGIN CONSCIOUSLY CREATING YOUR LIFE TODAY!
Most people offer the majority of their thoughts to compelling situations in front of them. It's sometimes difficult to ignore the obvious. Today, you can choose between the screaming headlines about the recession, the war in the Mideast, the state of the world today, violence across the planet, or even your own personal challenges. The TV channels give hours of bad news everyday, if that is your desire. Perhaps you'd rather hear it on the internet or in conversations everywhere. How can we not be tempted to think “wow, things are really, really bad". I am quite clear about what happens when the majority of this world chooses to focus every single day on these negative things. The force of creation complies with handing out more of the same. I am truly hoping we will wake up, as a planet of creative beings, and create happiness instead. We are powerful enough to create what we are dealing with right now, so I know we can create different outcomes, also.
Science has proven that thoughts are things! The energy and focus lends power to the very war or situation we are hoping will change, because of the concentration on these very things. Whatever you focus on, you get MORE of. We are just beginning to wake up and realize our creative power within.
I do my best to never be against anything, like the war, but instead to be FOR PEACE. Mother Theresa taught us this when she declined to participate in a protest against war. She replied that she would participate in a rally for Peace.
CREATE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW! You have been actively creating your life every single day anyway, but you may have been unaware that you were doing so? Most people LOVE independence in their lives and prefer not to be told what to do, so here is your chance to take the reins! Jesus said "You are all Gods". We each have FREE WILL to decide exactly what our unique expression of life will be. We create every single moment of every single day, by the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the emotions we feel. Our greatest responsibility is to be happy. This is why we are here! To be Happy!!!
Thoughts Become Things! What are you thinking right now? Ask yourself if you want MORE of what you were just thinking about today. If not, change your thoughts. When you do, your life will change.
Science tells us that we create our realities by daydreaming about them or by experiencing something first-hand. The subconscious mind interprets it as actually happening in reality. So by minding our thoughts, feelings, and actions carefully, we are creating the future we will be part of! You can't get to a happy ending unless you are creating that pathway right now, today.
#1: GRATITUDE. Begin to write down all the things you are grateful for, or to note them in your mind or out loud. Even if you just have the eyes to read these words, write down “I am thankful for my eyes to see”. Each day, write down five things that you are deeply grateful for and keep them in your Gratitude Journal, or at least say them aloud to yourself, and feel the sense of true gratitude for these things that you are listing. I hope you can come up with MORE than 5 things each day, because whatever you are grateful for, you will get more of. Even if you aren't currently experiencing enough of the thing you are grateful for, I believe in "faking it until you make it". Your attention toward your gratitude will definitely create more of what you would really love to have in your life! Keep a “reminder” item in your pocket or purse or on your mirror at home to remind you to BE GRATEFUL and to make entries in your gratitude journal daily. Just a simple little “gratitude rock" or small reminder object in your pocket will jog your mind to use this daily practice. As you empty your pockets at the end of the day, you will be reminded to end your day in gratitude. Whatever you are grateful for, and acknowledge openly in your life, you will get MORE of. If you say, "I am grateful every single day for money flowing easily into my bank account", then the Universe corresponds with more prosperity and abundance for you as a matching energy vibration. Ask yourself what you'd like more of! #2: POSITIVE SELF-TALK. Begin to meditate or practice a daily walking meditation, thinking positive thoughts along the way, or the absence of negative thoughts. Silence is golden. You will see just how powerful the fear-based ego is when you try to still your mind. Think in terms of the good things in your life, acknowledging all the positive things, because you will be attracting more of those very things. Practice quieting your mind and allowing the "gap" where your inner wisdom can speak to you. I choose my daily affirmations carefully, such as: “I am living the life of my dreams. I travel the world with ease, and everywhere I go, I meet wonderful new friends. I am living a life of great abundance and prosperity, and all of my dreams come true with ease. I am filled with health, wealth, happines and love, and I love my life." As I focus on these wonderful things, I notice they flow with greater and greater abundance into my life, and I am more thankful each day. It's a sacred practice, one that has changed my life completely. #3: VISUALIZE! This is your MOST powerful tool. Vizualization and placing yourself IN the vision, is the most important tool you will ever learn. When you can FEEL yourself experiencing your happiest dreams, the Universe begins to respond to your energy and begins to create the exact thing you are visualizing, by matching it exactly. The Law of the Universe always responds! It responds for everyone, no matter what your current circumstances may look like. #4: AFFIRMATIVE PRAYER: What a powerful tool, when you align yourself with the Universal Mind of God, the One Presence of this Universe, or whatever name you decide on. As you stay in alignment, declaring the truth, everything that is not the truth moves out of your life.
#5: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Practice makes perfect, and a daily spiritual practice brings you results. Let’s practice right now with a favorite visualization/daydream of mine. Later, practice with one of your own special daydreams. As I fully and completely picture myself IN this daydream, it becomes real for me, for my subconscious and for the Universe, and I begin to attract this very scenario into my world of reality.
I'm going to take you for a ride on my Harley Davidson Trike, so sit back and ride with me. I’m wearing a black leather fringed jacket and chaps over my blue jeans. I have some NICE black boots, and my favorite bandana. My Trike is RED, my favorite color. Can you SEE it in your mind? Can you clearly picture it? I can SEE myself in the picture in my mind, and for mem it's so real. I can smell the air, feel the sunshine on my skin, and a great sense of anticipation for the adventure that lies ahead. I start the trike and it roars to life. Today, I feel like exploring. Join me, and let’s take this baby for a ride! The wind whips against my face, and my hair dances around me as I speed down the curvy road, roaring along, smiling with joy and mischief. The wind is warm on my skin, the lush green fields fly, and I love my life so much! What a great day this is! I can't resist letting it rip full throttle around the upcoming curve! For a second I wonder if I should slow down, but I don't...the bike and I are flying around the curves, and I know I'm always divinely protected and safe! It's my vision, and I'm in control. I don't even know where I'm going today, but I know that it will be one of the best days of my life. I see the signs up ahead, directing me to the beach, and I know I'm in for a lot of fun! Every time I go for a ride, even in my imagination, I catch myself grinning from ear to ear, imagining what it feels like. I am really and truly ON the ride, and I love it so much. Ride with me, baby! Use YOUR imagination. Use it for YOUR daydreams, and see what happens in your life. When we focus and concentrate and see ourselves in our daydreams, feel ourselves IN the dream, we cause the Universe to create these innermost desires for us. In this case, I just sent a strong message of “what my form of happiness looks like”, and I couldn't help feeling the emotion and expression of joy while I daydreamed. As I daydreamed, I attracted a matching vibration. I have just engaged the “POWER OF THE UNIVERSE TO CREATE ON MY BEHALF!” Keep in mind, this also works negatively, if you are choosing to spend your time thinking about what you don't want. Your personal responsibility is to monitor your thoughts carefully, and to spend the bulk of them creating positively in your life. We are living in a magical universe, and I prove it to myself daily as I notice the miraculous happenings around me. I carry a little notebook, and as I notice the special things that happen for me, I write notes about them to remind me that I live in Heaven on Earth. If I don’t like what I am seeing in front of me, I CHANGE MY THOUGHTS, and I watch my reality and my outcome change. There are no lucky people in the world. There are those who use their power wisely. Creation is part of every single person's reality. You just may not have been consciously using your power yet! Make visualization a daily habit in your life. Don’t stop with your dream car, (or motorcycle) daydream about meeting your perfect mate (also known as your "divine compliment") and picture the house you’ll be living in. Or picture the college experience you will have and the education you are receiving. Picture yourself as the one the world has been waiting for. My best advice to you today is: DREAM BIG! As Oprah Winfrey says, and create what seems like the impossible! Don’t let anything stand in the way of your dreams. Dream big, baby! Then dream BIGGER still! And never, ever, ever give up on your dreams, even if life is presenting you with the illusion of lack. Focus on your dreams and concentrate fully on the positive things you wish to experience. Even if those around you try to inflict their personal perception of this world and their own negativity, remember that their opinions aren't facts, they are merely personal interpretations. YOUR personal responsibility is to focus on your own dreams, and let everything that isn’t part of your dreams simply slip around and away from you. Let all things, people and events move out of your life if they do not nurture your vision of yourself. Each person gets to experience their own personal version of life, so stay focused on your own happiness and on the things that are part of this happiness. Stick to your own plans for your life, without getting accidentally sidetracked into someone else’ ideas and dreams. You’ll waste a lot of your life, your energy, and your time and the outcome won’t be anything close to what you had in mind! Homework: Create a “Vision Board so that you will have pictures of everything you wish to have in your life right in front of you. What have you always dreamed of doing, or being or having? Put pictures of it on your personal vision board, and words that inspire you like FREEDOM, WEALTH, CHOICES, MONEY, TRAVEL, or you may have jewelry, or feelings or pictures of sunsets, or your ideal body image. You may have pictures of you surfing in CA, or pictures of you climbing Mt. Everest or starring on Broadway or on the Hollywood Big Screen. It’s YOUR Vision Board, and you get to create anything you want, so DREAM BIG! Your Vision Board will serve as a daily reminder of your dreams, and it will remind you to keep your focus on the positive things you wish to attract into your life. As you create your vision board, share it with people who are supportive of you. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are dreaming of impossible things that you’ll never have. They would only be expressing their own limitations. I believe that anything and everything is possible! Your job is to remember this no matter what illusion presents itself. Your job is to do your part and to let the Universe’ supply you with the perfect outcome. Try not to say HOW something needs to happen, because the Universe deals in superior ways we can't begin to imagine. Always say "this, or something better", allowing the flow of good to come to you in even greater expression. Emerson says, “Insist on YOURSELF”. When you focus on your good, you open yourself up to all of the possibilities of the Universe, and be ready for a spectacular outcome when you do your part. The greatest success stories in this world aren’t from people who played small, gave up on their dreams, or settled for less than they wanted. The only people who don't succeed are those who quit. The greatest success stories are about people who NEVER GAVE UP, no matter how steep the odds were or how compelling the facts were in their current situation. While you look at your Vision Board, picture all of your dreams as having already happened, and give thanks for their completion in your life NOW! For instance, you could say “thank you for this perfect car, coming to me at the perfect time in my life". Never tie God's hands by saying how and when something should happen. That’s not your job. Your job is to believe with gratitude that it is already done!
When you do your part, all your dearest dreams and manifestations are already on their way to you. Stay steady with your practice, and develop into your own strongest influence. Let everything that isn't right for you simply pass around you. If you think of everything as already done and give thanks now, you will be in alignment with it's matching energy, and ready to receive your Good. As you keep your focus steady and strong and stick with your dreams and visions, then the corresponding energy has to respond to your thoughts with a matching outcome. FEELING and having the INNER VISION attracts the very thing you desire straight to you. Your daily practice creates your reality. Picture all that you love and desire, and stay with these thoughts only. Don’t let your life end up in a pile of excuses, shoulds, have-to’s and lost dreams. Take responsibility for your life. YOU get to create whatever you desire. How powerful is that? You are the creator of your life, so make it GREAT! Never look outside yourself for someone else to fulfill your dreams and your life. In a snap of their fingers, they can take it all away from you, as some of you have already witnessed in your lives. You are the Source. When you depend on yourself, and your own creative capabilities within yourself, you can only be let down and disappointed by your own self and your own actions. You cannot fail. If you temporarily get off track, you can just as easily get right back on track by focusing on what you wish to have if you catch yourself thinking about its opposites. You are “the one” you’ve been waiting for, and you are whatever you say you are! Dream Big, and stick with your dreams. Make them your reality now!
