When going outside the known and our comfort zone, when choosing to take ourselves to another level, it’s likely new tools and skills will be needed. This has nothing to do with not being good enough or a reason to be afraid of rejection!
Once we get over our stories – “yes, buts,” “you don’t understand,” “I was told this is the way it is (or I am),” “there’s nothing that can be done” and countless other reasons we try to legitimize why we do things the way we’ve always done – new solutions can appear.
The answers to get you through any challenge live within you. You’ll either get pointed in a direction, a direct insight will come, you’ll overhear something helpful by chance… somehow your personal GPS will show you the way.
Pay attention to your inner nudges. They provide clues.
Be open to step back and see things in a new perspective. The seemingly impossible may actually be possible with a different approach.
Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1922, wrote this:
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”
Bohr, who contributed to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, tapped into his creativity to use outside the box thinking, which allowed him to be part of breakthrough discoveries.
Expand your territory. Change your perspective. Open to breakthroughs.
Ever start your day with dread? You don’t know how you’re going to get things done. Worried about what your spouse, boss or kids are going to say or do. Wondering how you’re going to get more money.
You may not mean it, but haphazard musings create intentions that cascade throughout your day. If you begin your morning with fear, anxiety or lack of direction, life will present you with a smorgasbord of experiences to match.
December was super busy for me. I launched my days thinking about my To Do list, random thoughts, what happened yesterday… just anything. The results were a crisis a week that miraculously got solved – but what a roller coaster ride.
I had taken a break from what I know works – a moment of quiet time to go within and consciously set intentions. As the year rolled in, I realizedit made sense to take three seconds to say:
I CHOOSE TO BE IN DIVINE FLOW.
I often add a few extra game changers such as I choose divine ______, such as order, timing, communication, financial abundance, grace and ease or whatever could help me with current circumstances.
A couple of weeks later, I noticed how everyday had been astounding. I was still busy and productive yet not overwhelmed – as long as I remembered to choose to be in divine flow.
I also noticed that if I didn’t react, but instead let certain situations play out,even things that appeared to be two sandwiches short of a lunch, were fulfilling.
It’s mind boggling that saying these words, that only takes about three seconds, can manifest such profound results.
Imagine going to a ticket counter at a train station. If you reserve a seat on any train, you could land in an urban jungle. But divine flow is different. You’re allowing the life force to guide you, surrendering control to a Master Planner who has your best interest at heart.
If you question that life is supportive, consider these words:
“I think the most important question facing humanity is,’Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for themselves.”
“If we decide that the universe is neither friendly nor unfriendly and that God is essentially ‘playing dice with the universe,’ then we are simply victims to the random toss of the dice and our lives have no real purpose or meaning.”
“God does not play dice with the universe.”
Albert Einstein
Your life isn’t random. You’re not a victim. You have the ability to consciously design your life with the divine.
Don’t believe it? Discover this co-creation by running an experiment. Choose to be in divine flow daily for two weeks. Not just any flow – not your neighbor’s or that of people at work. Divine Flow. Affirm with an attitude of faith not desperation. If you forget in the morning, do it later. I’ve now included it as a non-negotiable way to start my day, right up there with going to the bathroom.
Now it’s your turn to “row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.” It’s a dream you’re creating.
Don’t dedicate only one day of the year to be grateful.
Here are quotes Wallace D. Wattles, 1860 – 1911, wrote in his classic book The Science of Getting Rich.
Wattles was the inspiration for the book and movie The Secret.
It’s a key to manifest whatever you choose in your life, too!
There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.
A thought, in this substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.
A person can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon Formless Substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created…
Our gratitude liberates an energy within us that immediately expands into the Formless Substance, where it is instantly returned to us in kind…
And if your gratitude is strong and constant, the reaction in Formless Substance will be strong and continuous; the movement of the things you want will be always toward you…
It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you; and to give thanks continuously.
Wallace D. Wattles,The Science of Getting Rich
What’s the life-changing way to have gratitude?
During a group discussion of the above-mentioned book by Wattles, I suddenly heard this quote in a new way. It’s not just occasional gratitude, it’s living in a state of gratitude – continuous gratitude.
Gratitude, continuous gratitude, will change your life!
I made a decision for this moment, and then extending it to this minute (more moments), this hour, today, this week, lifetime and beyond, to give thanks continuously.
Will you join me?
Inevitably, I will get distracted from my choice to live in continuous gratitude. I do know that the more I practice it, my life continues to improve.
However, when I catch myself straying into the hinterlands, I’m not going to get upset with myself. I can shift my focus away from lack, worries, any kind of pain, my pity pot, complaining or what’s not working to being grateful for what’s working and what I have, instead.
It won’t matter how many times I fall off my wagon of continuous gratitude; I can always get back on.
So can you.
Sometimes all you need is to look at life from a different perspective.
Happy Days of Continuous Gratitude and Giving Thanks!
Edited excerpt from Soulgoals’ Blog posted on November 20, 2017
In gratitude for yourself, is it time to change your life, business or work so it’s even better?
Life presents both challenges and blessings. Your perspective determines how they affect you and your ability to make your dreams come true.
Once upon a time there was a farmer named Sei Weng who had one horse and one son. One day the horse wandered away, and the neighbors commented that this was unfortunate. The farmer replied, “How do you know it’s bad luck?”
Soon after the horse returned bringing several wild mares with him. The neighbors congratulated him on his good luck. Ah, what lovely, strong horses! However, the farmer responded by saying, “How do you know it’s good luck?”
The son was thrown while riding one of the wild horses and broke his leg. His neighbors once again commented on how sorry they were for his bad luck, at which the farmer said, “Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?”
A war came, and every able-bodied man was conscripted into the military and sent into battle. Because he had a broken leg, the old man’s son didn’t have to go to war. The neighbors were excited about his good fortune, but the farmer remarked, “Is it good or is it bad?”
Another version of this Chinese folktale concludes with, “That’s the way it is.”
Another says that fortune turns to misfortune, and misfortune to fortune. There is no end to changes, and the mystery can’t be known.
Because the farmer was emotionally detached and didn’t go along with everyone’s thinking, he was able to see a bigger picture.
According to the Chaos Theory, our lives are always in chaos, and this is what opens us to fresh forms and possibilities.
When we reach what is called a “bi-furcation point,” a “point of departure” takes place, and a “self-organization out of chaos” occurs. In other words, events that serve as turning points create a new order and structure.
Instead of adversely reacting to circumstances that seem bad, consider they may be a portal to something greater than you currently can imagine.
A messy divorce may be a ticket to personal empowerment and overcoming fear.
The loss or lack of worldly goods may be what cracks the shell to allow humility and what’s truly important to be seen… and the impetus to pursue one’s dreams.
You can choose your perspective. Look deeper. No matter how it appears, things change. The highs become lows or ordinary. Regardless of how frustrated or hopeless aspects of your life may seem, this too shall pass.
Your highs and lows come from judging how you think your life should’ve been in the past or should be in the future. Your now, this moment of time, is perfect just the way it is.
Embrace what is without a drama-filled story attached to it, and all your struggles are over.
Your dreams can come true.
How? The way reveals itself in divine right timing.
Listen to the inner whispers guiding you. Be open to receive. Consider a new point of view because nothing is what it seems, and the best is yet to come. All is in divine order and surpasses your wildest imagination.
Nothing would be what it is.
Because everything would be what it isn’t.
And contrary-wise – what it is, it wouldn’t be.
And what it wouldn’t be, it would.
You see?
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Reprinted from Soulgoals’ Post, March 8, 2013
Challenged? If you’d like help to find clarity, direction or peace of mind, contact me for a complimentary Soulgoals’ Break-Free Session by phone. Email me at: virginia@soulgoals.com
I work with people who choose to enhance their lives or share their gifts in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or could use new tools or support.
I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by connecting with their Soul’s goals.
Flying in the face of his defeats and fears, at 41 years of age and desperate, having sold only one copy of his book in its first year, Brazilian Paulo Coelho went from one publisher to the next until his book was picked up by U.S. publisher HarperCollins.
After a time, President Bill Clinton was photographed with a copy. Julia Roberts commented about The Alchemist during an interview for Vanity Fair magazine. With acclaims from Rush Limbaugh to Will Smith, The Alchemist became a phenomenon. The book hit a milestone by being on The New York Times bestseller list for over 300 weeks and is now an international bestseller translated into more than 80 languages.
Coelho writes: “A man sets out on a journey, dreaming of a beautiful or magical place, in pursuit of an unknown treasure. At the end of his journey, he realizes the treasure was within him the entire time.”
Each year, hundreds of thousands walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain, France and Portugal. I became enchanted with this quest in another of his international bestsellers The Pilgrimage, a novel that blends adventure with self-mastery.
Regardless if you choose to fulfill your heart’s desire to enjoy a better body or health, a loving relationship, a more harmonious family life, financial prosperity, spiritual fulfillment, peace or happiness, may you be inspired to live your dreams!
Enjoy these quotes by Paulo Coelho. Oooo, they are really good! Some ideas have taken me decades to assimilate (so don’t give up), but how my life is enriched because of aspiring to their wisdom!
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” (Dear Reader, you do have dreams. Don’t abandon them!)
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” (Stick with a heartfelt idea long enough, and magic happens. Help comes from unimagined places.)
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” (“Impossible” is an old program of limitation that lies to you. Don’t believe it.)
“Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.” (Your choice – converse with fears or your heart. Yes, it is a choice.)
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” (Indeed, your treasure is within you right now!)
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” (What most people share and want to hear is their opinion, not necessarily the truth.)
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” (Stick with a heartfelt idea long enough, and magic happens. Help comes from unimagined places.)
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” (“Impossible” is an old program of limitation that lies to you. Don’t believe it.)
“Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.” (Your choice – converse with fears or your heart. Yes, it is a choice.)
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” (Indeed, your treasure is within you right now!)
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” (What most people share and want to hear is their opinion, not necessarily the truth.)
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” (You’re reading this, so you’re alive. It’s not too late. Your idea… or something better.)
Don’t give up on yourself and your dreams, whatever they are! I can help. Contact me at: virginia@soulgoals.com
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This has been re-edited from my Soulgoals’ Blog posted on August 20, 2018.
In 1988, when my mother went into a coma, I knew the end was near.
It was also a time when my health and energy were as poor as my pocketbook. I knew she wanted to be buried in New York next to my father, but I had no idea where the money would come from for the funeral and to move her body from Texas.
As I ruminated aloud about my dilemma with her near-lifeless body next to me, she came out of her coma and said, “You’ll find a way,” and immediately slipped away again.
These were the last words I ever heard from my mother. “You’ll find a way.”
Interestingly, a phrase she repeatedly voiced throughout her life was “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
I got creative and found a way. It was surprisingly easy to arrange for several thousands of dollars of expenses and transportation costs although I barely had money for food at the time.
Reportedly, a mother found strength to lift a car to save her child who was underneath. If asked earlier, she probably would’ve scoffed at the possibility of doing such a thing.
In real emergencies, the mind and its limitations step aside, and the brilliance of our true spirit shines its light to guide us.
We don’t have to have an emergency to access this.
The light is always here to show the way if we turn it on.
Whatever you’re going through now, you’ll find a way through!
“Lie to no one. If there’s somebody close to you, you’re gonna’ ruin it with a lie. If they’re a stranger, who the f— are they you gotta’ lie to?”
Willie Nelson in Thief
It’s easier to speak our truth simply, although people who don’t want to do something or feel the need to hide often go into avoidance or denial, tell lies, get angry, complain, project blame on others, or make up stories – variations on defensiveness.
A man I knew was “speaking-his-truth challenged.” He made excuses when he didn’t return calls, didn’t keep his word, and disappeared for months when he said he’d call in a couple of days. He left several relationships without a word of goodbye.
Once he phoned to say he was house hunting and asked if I knew any homes for sale in my part of town. I suggested he contact a realtor. I made a three-way call with him, and we left a message for a client of mine who’s in the business.
She told me she returned his call two times but never heard back. A month later, I saw him at the post office, inquired about his search, and commented how he never returned my client’s call. He said he thought he called her back two or three times.
“No. You didn’t.”
This college instructor then claimed forgetfulness expecting me to believe he was the absent-minded professor.
Busted, and he still couldn’t come clean.
To his credit, three months later he left a message on my voicemail to apologize for “some behaviors he acted out with me, the last one being about the realtor, realized after doing some soul searching.”
Tell the truth. Keep it simple. When we do we keep our self-respect, our personal power, and integrity.
Sometimes blatant truth telling is unwise. Telling your boss he’s an idiot may not be the best choice unless you’re ready to walk out the door for good.
Silence or responding with kindness may be the more gracious approach… instead of trying to shove truth down someone’s throat who you perceive isn’t capable of digesting it at that moment. (Another lesson I’ve learned after realizing some people are quite oblivious, and I end up looking like a fool in their eyes if I try to press the point.) Diplomacy and kindness go a long way to effective communication. Well, at least the best you can in the moment. Sometimes journaling or talking to someone else about it first can take off the emotional edge.
The egoic mind feels that it needs to defend itself and wear a mask it wants the world to see; the real you doesn’t.
Your challenge, if you choose to accept, is to speak your truth without defensiveness.
Identify a situation where you’ve been holding back on expressing yourself because of fear of what someone might say, think, or do.
Decide if telling the whole truth is the wisest course of action.
Invoke your Soul energy for courage, wisdom, divine right timing, and effective communication skills. How? Just ask within for help.
Speak your truth diplomatically but straight from your heart, with as much grace as you can muster. Your truth is good enough, with or without explanation.
Be prepared to accept the consequences, knowing that the way out of a situation is often to go through it rather than avoiding it or being defensive.
With a zest for Life,
Virginia
Struggling to tell the truth… even to yourself? Contact me at: virginia@soulgoals.comI work with people who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or could use new tools or support.I help them ignite their Soul’s goals and be richly compensated doing what they love.
Originally posted as an excerpt from my Soulgoal Missive a long time ago.
Originally published in 2001, Soulgoal Missive, Year 1, No. 16
And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain
William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) The Excursion, Book IV
Five minutes ago, after years of searching, I rediscovered this quote that has captured my imagination for decades.
The most challenging of all tasks before us, a predestined appointment to keep, is to ascend to the heights we are fully capable of attaining.
One part of us knows what we can achieve. We feel it in our bones. If we allow ourselves to turn our attention to our magnificent potential and act on its magnitude, we can accomplish what our hearts prompt us to do.
Another aspect of us – the part that’s been beaten up over the years and loses vision and hope – questions, downplays, and ridicules what we really want. In fact, we often can’t admit how much we want it. This is a safety net we created to protect ourselves from failure.
The thinking goes, if I keep my precious dream tucked away at least I know where it is, and it’s safe. I can cherish it as my image of the Holy Grail, hidden from harm’s way.
If I actually look for it and fail, I’ll be crushed. If my most sacred dream is ruined, what’s the use of doing anything? No, better play it safe and avoid the possibility of pain. Besides, who do you think you’re kidding even to try to go after what you want?
However, that first part knows better and feels cheated from the fullness of life.
Paul J. Meyer told this story several years ago. Can you imagine offering an ice cream cone to a small child, and just as that child reaches for it you smash it to the ground? Of course not.
Neither would your Creator present you with an idea unless you have the ability to do something about it.
If an idea came to you, and keeps coming and coming and coming, you have the ability to ascend to the heights of your vision, or the idea would be gone already.
Even if others are doing something similar, nobody can fulfill your vision like you. No two people are alike.
“A climber’s day always starts at the crux: getting out of bed.”
Guillaume Dargaud
An episode of Xena, Warrior Princess, showed an image of her in a future life as a great Peacemaker and Negotiator – a task Xena wanted. However, she wouldn’t be able to have that life unless she fully lived this one as a warrior. The concept is to fully live the life in front of us, learn the lessons, and take action however we can. Then we move forward to something that may interest us even more.
Where do you start to accomplish your most magnificent task? Exactly where you are.
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to take steps to ascend to your heights.
Have a vision of what you choose. If you haven’t allowed your nearest and dearest one to surface, choose something that’s right in front of you. Your next step is ALWAYS around you. Bigger next steps come after you take your immediate ones.
Pick something to do, even if it’s one small action within your vision or goal.
Narrow your focus. Don’t scatter your energy by trying to do many things or too much of the big picture at one time.
Get busy; do something.
With a zest for Life, Virginia
Success Thought
“One cannot climb at all unless he has sufficient urge to do so. Danger must be met (indeed it must be used) to an extent beyond that incurred to normal life. That is one reason men climb; for only in response to challenge does one man become his best.”
Ax Nelson
If you’d like help to ascend to your heights, contact me for a free consultation at: virginia@soulgoals.com
I work with people who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or could use new tools or support.
I help them ignite their Soul’s goals and be richly compensated doing what they love.
I’m sharing gifts from one of the most challenging times I’ve ever had. Throughout my life, there were lessons that I stubbornly hadn’t learned, and my experience gave me an opportunity to learn them in a condensed amount of time… or potentially lose everything.
I later recognized that these lessons were a shortcut in preparation for me to do what I love in a bigger way. Without really getting their value, I would’ve stayed where I was and sabotaged my future success.
In 2015, many in my town were hit by a devastating flood that washed away both homes and people. The Blanco River in Texas rose from five feet to nearly 41 feet in just four hours.
I was fortunate not to be affected by this directly. However, the effects of a mold outbreak wreaked havoc with my home, walls, furniture, health and income.
Perhaps what I learned may help you, too.
A positive attitude with fear running underneath doesn’t cut it. I had to live focusing only on what’s working and feels good to me – with no luxury to slip into low energy emotions. Feeling good creates momentum for things to work out for the better. Otherwise, because for a while I could barely think straight or talk coherently (sometimes I could only smile, nod and not speak), I could’ve lost everything while immersed in the haze of mold.
One morning, panic completely enveloped me. Knowing that chewing on and regurgitating my problems was a dead end, I shifted to look for solutions and found them. I had to do this for months, often looking at only the next step at a time.
Through this I really learned how to dump fear, even that which runs in the background like a low-grade fever. That I did this still blows my mind… which is where fear lies. Fear isn’t real; it’s in your head.If there’s a situation to be addressed, fear and worry won’t bring you solutions. Plus, if you’re afraid, you open yourself up to others controlling you for their benefit.
I’d been service-minded, caring more about others and putting their needs before mine. To survive, I had to put me first. Only then could I be any help to others. This was a HUGE lesson that I was forced to get. By the way, if you’ve always put yourself first, your lessons may be the reverse – to see the value of giving. Ultimately, it’s about balance between giving and receiving.
I learned not to care about others’ opinions of me. What others think about me is their issue. I have to do what’s right for me. That released an emotional burden of guilt and second guessing myself. Johnny Depp said it well: “Just keep moving forward and don’t give a s— about what others think. Do what you have to do for you.” Sometimes people want to keep you at their level of mediocrity because they’re afraid you’re outpacing them and might kick them to the curb. Don’t buy into others’ fears.
As I was forced to funnel my energy toward taking care of me (if you’re drowning, you’re not in a position to swim over to help others), I became better at discriminating NOMB – None of My Business – and listened to people instead of coaching them to solve their problems. Not that they wouldn’t have wanted help. I didn’t have the energy to give myself away and not have enough left for myself.
I finally valued my feelings so much that I no longer allowed myself to be around negatively directed energy, mine or others, even when people didn’t realize what they were doing. This included trusted coaches who I later realized had drama-based opinions of me going through my challenges. If they didn’t shift, I didn’t judge them. I moved on.
To balance this, creating smooth experiences with others is way, way better. “Watch my manners and use my social skills,” even if I was exhausted, became a mantra.
I stopped trying to explain or defend myself so people would understand where I was coming from. Many were so locked into their viewpoint that they weren’t able to hear what I was saying anyway. I also learned (the hard way) not to listen to them once I realized they were rude or dumping their negative opinions on me. They were neither interested nor able to consider another perspective.
Believing things will work out is an essential foundation for them actually to work… then to shift into knowing everything always works out in my favor, regardless of how things appear.
Maintain my dignity even when I didn’t feel I had any because of my circumstances.
I realized that a reason for occasional light headedness and unexplainable fatigue I had for years was a residual of a severe mold experience from 17 years ago. It would sporadically (good word for mold spores) show up. I had prayed for an answer. I got it and got rid of it.
TIP: 12 Survival Lessons from Challenging Times
You’re reading this, so I know you’re alive and therefore have been through challenging times. What did you learn? Maybe hard to see when you’re in the middle of it, but why is this a blessing in disguise?
There’s always a silver lining. You can see it if you look in the right direction.
When you redirect your focus to feeling good, you’ll create miracles and successes beyond your wildest expectations.
Step back and allow yourself to see how your business and life are actually falling into place better than ever.
By the way, if you’d like to have a better understanding of and solutions for your circumstances, contact me for a complimentary Do What You Love Break Free Session at virginia@soulgoals.com
I work with people who long to enjoy life and share their gifts in a bigger way but don’t know how or feel stuck. I help them ignite their passion and be richly compensated doing what they love.
Ever feel that you missed your boat or your ship has already sailed?
Aka, you missed your opportunity. You blew it. Circumstances are stacked against you, and now what? Humpty Dumpty can’t be put together again. Do not pass Go because your life is one big frustration that’s taking a nosedive from a high diving board into a shallow pool.
Forget this mental noise. Dump all these beliefs because they’re so not true.
You can bounce back from wherever you are, only not in theway you may have thought. (That’s a blessing although it may not seem it.) There are other financial opportunities. That wasn’t the only person or deal in the world. You’re not too old or too stupid. You can get out of a hole if you stop digging.
Despite appearances, there are more ships at YOUR port. You’ll see them if you stop looking at the ones that left.
The universe isn’t limited and neither are you! Life isn’t designed for you, your business, your choices, and the loonies to be perfect. Life is designed for you to grow and expand. This is how shiFt happens.
You have countless opportunities!
If your dream “ticket to paradise” was eaten by the dog or you screwed things up so badly that there’s no turning back, different but better opportunities are waiting for you. And you’re all the wiser because of it.
We learn; we move on. Exit stage left the drama king or queen in us who plays the victim as we beat ourselves up or feel sorry for ourselves. Our good takes its bow on center stage as we open and are willing to receive something better.
I’ve relaunched my life so much, often like a phoenix rising from the ashes, that I lost count of the times I rebooted emotionally, financially and physically. I’m sure you’ve had your share, too.
Lao Tzu said: “New Beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” Got it? They aren’t failures.
In the words of former Navy Seal Richard “Mack” Machowicz: “Not dead. Can’t quit.”
If not for one of the seemingly endless, excructiatingly painful times of my life, I would neither be coaching nor writing you now.
A significant crisis was my catalyst for a new direction. I was too beaten down to continue my old ways. During my healing, I discovered how my life experiences, including how to release the pain I was in, groomed me to do well what I do and draw on my history of accomplishments more meaningfully.
What gifts did your challenges bring you?
TIP: You didn’t miss the boat! It wasn’t your boat!
The stories you tell yourself about your business and life are what create your feelings of loss, failure, frustration, suffering… or success.
To see the bigger picture with a more positive viewpoint, look back to a time when things went to you-know-where in a handbasket. What good came from it?
No, don’t think about last week’s mishaps or unresolved issues you haven’t been able to wrap your brain (or heart) around.
Look back far enough so you have the benefit of hindsight without the emotional charge.
If you’re stuck, instead of tuning into your defiant side, ask the wise part of you for perspective.
Learn. Be confident knowing that life is on your side. Good comes out of seeming bad just as fire brings necessary ecological change.
Google “benefits of fire” if you doubt this.
How has your business or you emerged better for your challenges?
What boats did you board instead?
If you’d like to find YOUR boat, contact me for a a complimentary session: virginia@soulgoals.com
I work with people who choose to enjoy life more, share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or would benefit from new tools or support. I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals.
Virginia Goszewska (go-SHEF-ska) awakens people to be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals.
Based on decades of extensive research and personal discoveries, Virginia created the unique mastermind and success program Soulgoals: A Step-by-Step System to Do What You Love – even if you failed before, lost hope, are afraid, stuck, stressed or confused. The mastermind is an energy created when two or more gather in harmony for the attainment of a shared, definite objective.
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