Love knows no bounds, because God has no limits. Love knows no threat, because perfect love casts out every fear. In every circumstance in which we perceive a boundary or threat, ask God, 'How can I see this differently?' And Love will open itself to you.
Mary Manin Morrissey
What would your life be like if you had no fear? What would you do if you had no fear? For most of us, fear is so omnipresent in our lives that we would have no idea how to answer this question. It is very difficult to imagine a life without fear. But we all know that it would be heaven on earth. There is really nothing that anyone wants more than to live free of fear.
We usually think that the opposite of love is hate, but it is really fear. In the absence of love everything is scary, and in the presence of love nothing is scary. We are afraid of that which we hate. But there is no real reason to be afraid of anything. All we have to do is welcome real "perfect" unconditional love into our life. Yet we are even afraid of love because we only know conditional love and we know that it inevitably brings pain eventually. But real unconditional love never brings anything but joy.
So how can we rid ourselves of fear. Whenever we perceive a boundary or threat, we need to understand that there is always more than one way of seeing things. Fear is just a "Fantasized Experience Appearing Real". So we must ask God "How can I see this differently? How can I see this through the eyes of Love?". And the answer will come to you as Love will reveal itself to you. Your fear will dissolve.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Price
"The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself"
Sonje Henie
How much do you value yourself? You've probably never asked yourself that question. Perhaps you assume the answer is obvious. Of course you value yourself. The big question here is compared to what. Are you as valuable as Joe down the street who has a very prestigous job? Are you more valuable than Wanda next door who can't get a job because she is disabled? Are you as valuable to your boss as your co-workers are?
Most of us, if our truth be known, greatly under-value ourselves. We are apt to assume that whatever we can do, someone else can do better. Why would somebody want what I have to offer, when they can probably get it better or cheaper somewhere else? The whole idea of us selling anything, especially ourselves, strikes fear into our hearts. We are convinced that other people will reject us in favor of someone, or something, better, and we are terrified of their rejection.
But it doesn't have to be that way. We can sell ourselves to other people without being an egotistical bore. We can persuade people to buy what we have to sell (or take what we have to give). There are established methods of selling that have been shown to work, if we will but study them. It will be well worth it. Selling is the single most important skill you can learn on your way to acheiving success. But in order to sell, you have to value yourself and what you are offering. The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself. If you are going to convince anyone you are valuable, you must beleive that yourself.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Sonje Henie
How much do you value yourself? You've probably never asked yourself that question. Perhaps you assume the answer is obvious. Of course you value yourself. The big question here is compared to what. Are you as valuable as Joe down the street who has a very prestigous job? Are you more valuable than Wanda next door who can't get a job because she is disabled? Are you as valuable to your boss as your co-workers are?
Most of us, if our truth be known, greatly under-value ourselves. We are apt to assume that whatever we can do, someone else can do better. Why would somebody want what I have to offer, when they can probably get it better or cheaper somewhere else? The whole idea of us selling anything, especially ourselves, strikes fear into our hearts. We are convinced that other people will reject us in favor of someone, or something, better, and we are terrified of their rejection.
But it doesn't have to be that way. We can sell ourselves to other people without being an egotistical bore. We can persuade people to buy what we have to sell (or take what we have to give). There are established methods of selling that have been shown to work, if we will but study them. It will be well worth it. Selling is the single most important skill you can learn on your way to acheiving success. But in order to sell, you have to value yourself and what you are offering. The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself. If you are going to convince anyone you are valuable, you must beleive that yourself.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Appreciation
"The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship
Amelia Earhart
Imagine what it would be like if you spent all your time at home doing chores and trying to keep everyone happy. Some of us actually spend our time like this, especially if we have a really demanding (or needy) family. We are not doing anything new so we are not seeing anything different. Every day is pretty much the same. Life is dull, repetitive and boring. And we don't appreciate anything or anyone.
Now imagine if you were given a respite of a month to do whatever you wanted (assuming you had the money). You would probably travel far and wide and experience things you had never seen before. You would do things you never thought you could do. Your level of ambition would skyrocket. You'd get excited and want to try out more and more things. You'd get a taste of what life was meant to be like, and you'd want more of it. You'd feel wonderful.
The interesting thing that happens in a scenario such as this one is that we learn to appreciate more the home and family we just left. When we come back home refreshed, it is much easier to do the chores etc that we need to do. We do develop a greater appreciation of home and love and understanding companionship. But it is crucial for all of us to allow ourselves periods of time to do and see and feel as much as possible. When we do that, then we can appreciate life itself, and the things that make life worth living. And we will be much happier.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Amelia Earhart
Imagine what it would be like if you spent all your time at home doing chores and trying to keep everyone happy. Some of us actually spend our time like this, especially if we have a really demanding (or needy) family. We are not doing anything new so we are not seeing anything different. Every day is pretty much the same. Life is dull, repetitive and boring. And we don't appreciate anything or anyone.
Now imagine if you were given a respite of a month to do whatever you wanted (assuming you had the money). You would probably travel far and wide and experience things you had never seen before. You would do things you never thought you could do. Your level of ambition would skyrocket. You'd get excited and want to try out more and more things. You'd get a taste of what life was meant to be like, and you'd want more of it. You'd feel wonderful.
The interesting thing that happens in a scenario such as this one is that we learn to appreciate more the home and family we just left. When we come back home refreshed, it is much easier to do the chores etc that we need to do. We do develop a greater appreciation of home and love and understanding companionship. But it is crucial for all of us to allow ourselves periods of time to do and see and feel as much as possible. When we do that, then we can appreciate life itself, and the things that make life worth living. And we will be much happier.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Friday, August 7, 2009
Do Something Else
"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is to do something else."
Leonardo da Vinci
This is an interesting idea. He is saying that most of what you do will fail. Often people will think that they are a failure just because some of what they do doesn't work out; but that is doing themselves an enormous disservice. We are supposed to make mistakes and have failures; that helps us to learn and improve. It doesn't mean there is something wrong with us, even if most of what we do doesn't have the results we want to get from it.
But not everything you do will fail. Eventually something will work. What is supposed to happen is that when you finally find something that works you forget about all the failures and only do that successful thing. What works for you may or may not be super successful. But even if it is only a little successful, you can build upon those successes by doing it better. If it is very successful, others will inevitably copy you. They want to see that level of success for themselves. That's flattering, it means you've "arrived".
But it is important to then find something else to do. You want to stay ahead of the curve. You want to be doing something your competitors are not doing. When everyone else starts copying one thing you did, it isn't going to be as successful for you because now you're fighting for a small peice of the pie. The trick is to do something else. It is worth the time and effort to go and find something new to be successful at because then you have the whole pie to yourself again. For a little while. And then the whole process repeats itself.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is to do something else."
Leonardo da Vinci
This is an interesting idea. He is saying that most of what you do will fail. Often people will think that they are a failure just because some of what they do doesn't work out; but that is doing themselves an enormous disservice. We are supposed to make mistakes and have failures; that helps us to learn and improve. It doesn't mean there is something wrong with us, even if most of what we do doesn't have the results we want to get from it.
But not everything you do will fail. Eventually something will work. What is supposed to happen is that when you finally find something that works you forget about all the failures and only do that successful thing. What works for you may or may not be super successful. But even if it is only a little successful, you can build upon those successes by doing it better. If it is very successful, others will inevitably copy you. They want to see that level of success for themselves. That's flattering, it means you've "arrived".
But it is important to then find something else to do. You want to stay ahead of the curve. You want to be doing something your competitors are not doing. When everyone else starts copying one thing you did, it isn't going to be as successful for you because now you're fighting for a small peice of the pie. The trick is to do something else. It is worth the time and effort to go and find something new to be successful at because then you have the whole pie to yourself again. For a little while. And then the whole process repeats itself.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thankful
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
Buddha
It is so important to be grateful for all your blessings. Everyone likes it when you tell them what you appreciate about them, and the Universe is no exception. When you are grateful, you are focused on what you love about your surroundings too, which attracts more of what you love to you.
We all know, deep down, that there is always someone worse off than we are. There is always a way that we could be worse off than we are. We tend to forget that in many parts of the world, a quarter cup of rice is a full day's food. We tend to forget that in many parts of the world it is not safe to attend the church of your choice, or to say what you want to say, or to wear "indecent" dress (which can include wearing trousers if you are female). We tend to forget that even in America, many people are homeless.
But we all tend to compare ourselves with those who have more than we do, and complain that it's not fair that they have so much that we don't have. We see someone who has what we want, and feel bad because they have it but we don't. But this, of course, just pushes away the thing that we want because deep inside we feel that there is some reason why we can't have it (because we aren't as good as they are).
Always be thankful for where you are. Think of all the things that you have that you would miss if they disappeared tomorrow. Think about the people who have even less than you do, instead of the ones who have more. At the very worst, you should be thankful that another day has been given to you; many people will not live through the day. And be thankful for the success you will have in the future.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Buddha
It is so important to be grateful for all your blessings. Everyone likes it when you tell them what you appreciate about them, and the Universe is no exception. When you are grateful, you are focused on what you love about your surroundings too, which attracts more of what you love to you.
We all know, deep down, that there is always someone worse off than we are. There is always a way that we could be worse off than we are. We tend to forget that in many parts of the world, a quarter cup of rice is a full day's food. We tend to forget that in many parts of the world it is not safe to attend the church of your choice, or to say what you want to say, or to wear "indecent" dress (which can include wearing trousers if you are female). We tend to forget that even in America, many people are homeless.
But we all tend to compare ourselves with those who have more than we do, and complain that it's not fair that they have so much that we don't have. We see someone who has what we want, and feel bad because they have it but we don't. But this, of course, just pushes away the thing that we want because deep inside we feel that there is some reason why we can't have it (because we aren't as good as they are).
Always be thankful for where you are. Think of all the things that you have that you would miss if they disappeared tomorrow. Think about the people who have even less than you do, instead of the ones who have more. At the very worst, you should be thankful that another day has been given to you; many people will not live through the day. And be thankful for the success you will have in the future.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Monday, August 3, 2009
Inverse Paranoid
"I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being"
Stan Dale
We all know what being a paranoid is. That's when we are constantly afraid that someone is "out to get us", that they will hurt us in whatever way they can. I think all of us can identify with that at some level. We are mistrustful of the people around us. We don't think that they have our best interests at heart, even when they are supposed to love us.
What would it feel like to operate as if everyone in the world had your best interests at heart, as if everyone wanted to help you achieve whatever you wanted. Think about this situation. Suppose you get stuck late at night on a lonely stretch of road, with your car broken down. An inverse paranoid would be confident that the guy who pulls over will not be a serial rapist or murderer, but instead will be the man who will fix their car quickly and then she will fall in love with and marry him. An inverse paranoid would also see losing their job as a chance to get their dream job, and getting cancer as a chance to create a healthier balance in their life and discover what's most important to them.
If we think about it, we can probably find a time in our life when something terrible happened which later turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Remembering those times helps us understand that whatever we are going through now is going to turn out better in the future too.
The more you look for the good in life, and in whatever is happening to you right now, the more you will find the good. Even the worst of experiences have opportunities in them. You just need to look for it, to expect that it is there somewhere and that you will find it eventually.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Stan Dale
We all know what being a paranoid is. That's when we are constantly afraid that someone is "out to get us", that they will hurt us in whatever way they can. I think all of us can identify with that at some level. We are mistrustful of the people around us. We don't think that they have our best interests at heart, even when they are supposed to love us.
What would it feel like to operate as if everyone in the world had your best interests at heart, as if everyone wanted to help you achieve whatever you wanted. Think about this situation. Suppose you get stuck late at night on a lonely stretch of road, with your car broken down. An inverse paranoid would be confident that the guy who pulls over will not be a serial rapist or murderer, but instead will be the man who will fix their car quickly and then she will fall in love with and marry him. An inverse paranoid would also see losing their job as a chance to get their dream job, and getting cancer as a chance to create a healthier balance in their life and discover what's most important to them.
If we think about it, we can probably find a time in our life when something terrible happened which later turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Remembering those times helps us understand that whatever we are going through now is going to turn out better in the future too.
The more you look for the good in life, and in whatever is happening to you right now, the more you will find the good. Even the worst of experiences have opportunities in them. You just need to look for it, to expect that it is there somewhere and that you will find it eventually.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Boredom
"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."
Dale Carnegie
Many of us go through the same old routine every day. We wear the same clothes, eat the same foods, talk to the same people. We do the same work, not because we love it but because it pays the bills. Day in and day out, it's as though we are sleepwalking through life. We are on automatic pilot, not thinking about what we are doing and whether it is the best thing for us to be doing. And we find that nothing that we do satisfies the longing within us.
Many of us have not thought deeply about what it is that we value and how we can best support the things that we value. We deal with what seems urgent and very often the things we value get put off, until one day we find that we don't have them any more. Relationships are like a garden, if you don't continually tend them with loving care, then they will get choked by weeds and die.
If you are unhappy with your life, you need to look around you and decide whether you are doing the things that you really should be doing, the ones that support your values and the things you beleive deeply in. Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart. Dedicate your life to what you really love. Throw your heart and soul into it. Get passionately enthusiastic about it. That is the way to find true happiness in life.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Dale Carnegie
Many of us go through the same old routine every day. We wear the same clothes, eat the same foods, talk to the same people. We do the same work, not because we love it but because it pays the bills. Day in and day out, it's as though we are sleepwalking through life. We are on automatic pilot, not thinking about what we are doing and whether it is the best thing for us to be doing. And we find that nothing that we do satisfies the longing within us.
Many of us have not thought deeply about what it is that we value and how we can best support the things that we value. We deal with what seems urgent and very often the things we value get put off, until one day we find that we don't have them any more. Relationships are like a garden, if you don't continually tend them with loving care, then they will get choked by weeds and die.
If you are unhappy with your life, you need to look around you and decide whether you are doing the things that you really should be doing, the ones that support your values and the things you beleive deeply in. Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart. Dedicate your life to what you really love. Throw your heart and soul into it. Get passionately enthusiastic about it. That is the way to find true happiness in life.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
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