The Roller Coaster of Life!

Today I was reading a post by Kate over at http://fiercecharlotte.blogspot.com and it really got me thinking. She wrote about how life had handed her some curve balls over the last 18 months and with her birthday coming up in a month she'd made a decision that she was:

... tired of the inertia that I’ve accumulated of hopelessness, apathy and resignation. I’m ready to look up and move away from the negative. But I don’t think it’s enough to move away from something – that just implies escapism and denial; I want to move toward something or somewhere. I want to know my destination and that what I do every day gets me a little bit closer. The real questions, though, behind moving along my journey is “Who am I?” and “Who am I meant to be?”

So ... Enough's enough and she's drawn her proverbial line in the sand! Well done Kate!

The fact is, I could so relate to where she was at that I was motivated to write a comment and as is often the way, in making the comment to Kate, I held the mirror up to myself ... it really got me thinking about my own life.

Over the last 18 months or so i too have been seriously pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone and the results are always startling.

There are times when I set an intention and everything that's so unlike the intention I've set seems to happen, it's mind blowing! It's so easy to end up in bed with the quilt over your head! ;)

And then there are other times when the opportunities just seem to drop out of the sky in apparent randomness ... and that's also mindblowing in a totaly exhilarating, let's throw a party type of way.

It was on this roller coaster of everything unlike what I wanted and everything so like what I wanted in such rapid succession that I finally got to feel what I'd heard so many people talk about in the past ... how it's possible to get excited about the things that go ... well I was about to say wrong ... but ... not to plan is probably more like the true term.

I realized last year that in the past I'd really paid lip service to that point of view. I heard it, I'd read it and a I even agreed with it ... but I hadn't personally experienced it and taken it onboard as my own way of BE-ing. Does that make sense?

I still have moments when I go into blame and abdicate my accountability however it doesn't last as long.

I still have moments when I'd like to curl up under my quilt ... however I've now realized time out is a good restorative.

And then there are those moments when life just hands out one blessing of an opportunity after another ... and more and more times I'm able to find these moments in the things and the situations and circumstances that would once upon a time have seemed like the worst thing in the world.

So the next time something goes awry ... take a few moments and see if you can turn that untoward situation into a gift, the opportunity to shed some old belief or decision that no longer serves you in the direction your now going ... I dare you!

Love life and live it creatively


Leanne
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Become the Director of Your Life

With each new sunrise we're given the opportunity to start fresh and direct a brand new movie that is our life. That is, providing we're willing to acknowledge that we can.

That’s right, no matter how many things may've gone wrong for you up to this point in your life, if you’re willing to do so you can start over and put any things that haven't quite gone to plan behind you.

The sooner you get to a place inside yourself where you can move past life’s shortcomings the sooner you'll be able to start taking more advantage of the vast opportunities that life affords those who don’t allow themselves to perceive life's little hiccups as an opportunity rather than staying stuck in the past.

As the saying so eloquently goes …

The past is in the past, the future we don't know yet, and the present is a gift we can give ourselves. Perhaps that’s not exactly how you heard it said, but I think you probably get the point!

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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The Law of Attraction in Action

What is it you most need to understand about yourself in order to allow yourself to .... and you can fill in the gap! 

It doesn't matter how many goals or intentions you set, if you don't really believe you can then your body mind connection creates that. In truth however you don't have to have those feeling of belief right now. 

What you might well ask? 

It's true though. Your mind can't tell the difference between what you imagine is real and what is real and that works with beliefs as well. 

In order to believe that your intention is real all you need to do is go back to a time when there was something you wanted and it came unexpectedly. Take the time to imagine if you will: 

      ~ How did that feel? 

      ~ What did you see? 

      ~ What did you hear? 

      ~ What were you saying to yourself?

In your mind, take those feelings, sights, sounds and self-talk and attach them to the intention/goal your setting.

Focus your whole being on how that is for you and then let it go.

You'll be amazed at what happens.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne

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Perception is projection ... or is it?

Perception is projection ... basically this means you can't see anything outside of you that isn't you.

What you see and the interpretation you place on what's happening in the world around you are a direct reflection of your current circumstances. You can't see what's outside of your situation or circumstances.

Personally, this has caused me some angst as I've truly come to understand this concept. And I must admit there have been and are times when I would much rather this wasn't true, as I've had emotional charges on different things that have happened either to me or around me.

But as I've come to appreciate and understand this concept, I've grown to realize what a fabulous tool it is to move me forward in my life.

What you see, hear, feel and what you understand, believe, value, intend and so on, reflects your model of the world. You project your ideas, maps, understandings and mental movies onto the world of objects, people and experiences.

We all built our mental models from the events, experiences and interactions that we've come across in life. We build our ‘rule book’ if you will, from our interpretation of the things others say and do. The 'world' does get in, but not unfiltered. We filter it. In fact, we delete, distort and generalize it based on the ‘rules’ we’ve created as we’ve moved through life.

When I first began assimilating this into my life I found it quite challenging. However as I’ve moved from ‘wishing’ my life was a certain way, to actively finding my purpose and creating the life of my dreams, I’ve found this to be an extremely useful tool.

And one of the big things I’ve noticed is how my outlook has changed. Rather than noticing the things that aren’t going the way I want them to, I’m looking for the things that are going right, that are validating that I’m on the right path.

As my commitment to growing my self as a person has grown, so I’ve found that I’m also being presented with the people and circumstances that are confirming that growth.

So for me, I’m creating a self-fulfilling prophecy based on what’s going right for me, in me and in my world. The more things I notice that are going right, the more right things are going and the more I notice things are going right.

For me, my truth is that perception is projection and it’s all feedback. The more we’re able to stand outside ourselves and look at our lives, almost from the outside, the cleaner and clearer our perception and the more useful and valuable our feedback.

This means that we can actually alter our filters, look for the things that validate the good things in our lives and create more of them.

Is that possible? Who knows? All I can say is it works for me. How about you? What's your experience?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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From Ask and it is Given: Abraham and Esther Hicks

All-That-Is Is Benefiting from My Existence. No matter what has caused your unique point of view to come about - it has come about. YOU do exist; you are thinking; you are perceiving; you are asking - and you are being answered. And All-That-Is is benefiting from your existence and from your point of view.
~Abraham/Esther Hicks

I came across this awesome affirmation thropugh an internet friend, Linda Miller in Adland and it really captured my imagination. So much so, I thought I'd share it with you.

If I exist, if I am thinking, if I am perceiving, if am asking and I am being answered ... and I don't like what I'm getting then I really have to stop and think ... just what am I asking for?

And the next question would be ... So just what do I really want?

When I get stuck in my stuff, which most people do on occasions, because let's face it, it's not about having stuck our stuff come up that's the challenge, it's how long we allow ourselves to stay stuck in our stuff.

In actual fact having our stuff come up is a good thing and cause for celebration because it allows us to look at the beliefs underlying it, see if it still fits and release it if it's not.

And it's that simple, when we pause and recognize it for what it really is: the Universe allowing us the opportunity to revise our beliefs or our rule book. Simple but sometimes not all that easy: pause, check out the fit, keep or discard and move on.

In the realm of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) there is a process called 'Pattern Interupts' which are questions designed to 'interrupt' a behaviour or a pattern.

These questions can be used to focus your mind on what you really want. Question such as:

• So what do I really want?
• Yeah, but what if I could have it all?
• Yeah, but what if it did work?

The next time you find yourself in a position where you're presented with the idea that it's not possible to have something or you've 'received' something you would rather not have ... ask one of these questions and see how quickly you get your answer.

What I've found is ... the quicker and more often I ask myself the questions the quicker the answers come and the better the questions the better the answers.

Can think of any questions to add to the list?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne

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