What Now?

by with No Comment ACCOMPLISHMENTSCOMMITMENTON TRACKTAKE INVENTORYTRACKING

Are you on track with the promises you made to yourself?

Most people entering into a new calendar year make all kinds of promises to themselves.

What about you?  Did you make any promises to yourself that you planned to begin on January 1, 2022?  How is that going?

Did you take some time out to look back over your accomplishments last year from January 1, 2021 all the way through to December 31, 2021?  What things made you proud to be who you are?  What did you decide you need to change about yourself?  What no longer serves you?  How have you grown?  What were your challenges?  Who have you harmed in any type of way.  What has hurt you?  Have you been compassionate and caring?  Did you reach your goals, or resolutions, that you made on January 1, 2022?

If not, why not?

Did someone or something prevent you from doing the things you promised yourself you would do?  You do know that nothing, and no one can, prevent you from doing anything you choose.  Things and others can be handy excuses for why we don’t honor the commitments we make to ourselves.

Commitment.  Commitment is a very big word.  Not in terms of how many letters it contains or how many syllables it has.  A commitment is more than a promise we make to ourselves.  A commitment is like a contract.  A contract is legally binding.  An unfulfilled or broken contract usually comes at a hefty cost to us financially, mentally, socially and sometimes physically.  It is the same with an unfulfilled or broken commitment we make to ourselves.  We do not get to reap the rewards we envisioned having when we do not honor or keep our commitments.

Some time the reason we do not keep our promises to ourselves is because we do not feel we deserve anything better than what we have going on in our lives right now.  We are so used to things being exactly as they are that we just can’t figure out how to make the changes we say we want to make.  Change does not always come easily.  We often have to give up what is familiar to be able to step into the unknown.

Maybe we don’t how to reach our goal.  Maybe you shared your goal with a dream killer who said you can’t do that, or you don’t know what you are doing.  And you believed them.

You can reach your goal!

Here are six tips to help you.

First:

You have to know what you want.  Take some time to think about what is really important to you and why you want this.

Second:

Put it on paper.  Write down exactly what you want and why you want it.  Write down everything you can think of about what you want.  How will you feel when you have it?  What does it look like?  What will you do with it?  How will it help you?  Will it help others?  What color is it?  How big will it be?  See the big picture.  Set your intentions.

Third:

What action do you need to take?  Will you do what ever it takes for as long as it takes?  Break the big picture down into the steps you need to take.  Add your steps to what you have already written about what it is you want in the second step.

Fourth: 

Start now!  Take consistent action.  Dedicate five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, or an hour a day, or a week to work on making what you want a reality.  Taking action is where you commit to yourself.

Fifth: 

Find an accountability partner.  Share your dream with someone you trust who can help you stay on track when you need someone to talk to.  Just make sure you have not chosen a dream killer.

Sixth:

Have fun!  Really go for it and enjoy the process.

One more tip for good measure:

Don’t never stop!!!  Don’t give up.  If you can dream it, it you can achieve it.

Take these steps and turn your dream into your reality.

What Now?

Which of these steps speak loudest to you?  Tell me about it in the comments below and don’t forget to share.

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Validation Feels Good But Is Not Necessary

by with No Comment COMMITMENTCONFIRMATIONTURNING THOUGHTS INTO THINGS

Being recognized for doing good work of any type feels good.

It validates, or confirms, that what we do, and who we are being, has value.

It is like a pat on the back.

It is good, but it is not necessary.

What happens if there isn’t any validation?

Does that mean we are not doing good work?

Does it mean what we are doing, or who we are being, does not have any value?

Not at all!

Nothing can be further from the truth.

When we are doing what we are called to do, or even when we are doing that which we have chosen to do, no outside validation is required.

As Creators we do what we do because turning thoughts into things is all the validation we will ever need.

Turning thoughts into things is it’s own reward.

Oftentimes, no one even knows that we are doing any thing at all.

And it doesn’t matter.

Creation has nothing to do with any one else , or with any thing.

Of course, as a Creator, everything we do absolutely does add value to humanity and to everyone.

Just think about it.

Turning Thoughts Into Things

Edison toiled away, for years, playing with the thought that he could turn energy into the light that we all cannot live without today, which we mostly take for granted.

To those looking in from the outside, Edison’s labor of love looked like he was working hard, toiling away.

Wasting time.

If you had the opportunity to sit down with this man and talk to him, he would have told you he had a vision of what was possible for him.

It drove him to do the work he did every single day in the direction of that vision, and the many possibilities.

He was committed to the vision.

No validation required.

Often, when someone is committed to their vision, they are the only one with the vision.

Even when we share our vision with others, it cannot be easily understood by those with whom we are sharing.

Instead of receiving validation, what we often get is disbelief, doubt about our abilities, talents, gifts and skills.

People will flat out tell us what we cannot do.

They will tell us it, whatever it is, will not work.

They’ll say no body has ever done this before so you can’t either.

They will ask you what makes you think you can do that?

Just like their validation is not required, their opinions of what you can not accomplish are simply that.

Their opinion.

Not required.

Creation is an inside job.

Your thought.

Your vision.

It is yours, and yours alone.

There is nothing like bringing life to a thought.

And, no one can stop you, or keep you from doing that thing that is in your heart.

Everyone should have a vision, or a goal, or a dream, that fuels their days and their nights.

That fuels their life!

Everyone should have something they cannot wait to wake up to do.

Something to give their life meaning, that gives them joy, that has value not only themselves, but also for humanity.

Be confident in this universal truth that we can, and do, turn our thoughts into things.

We are all Creators.

We are all turning every thought into things, deliberately, consciously, or not.

Every thought.

Every time.

Pay attention to your thoughts, because first comes the thought, then comes the thing.

Let it be the thing you want to see in your life.

Turning thoughts into things is what we do!

No outside validation required.

Heart. Based. Sharing

Peace. Love. Blessings

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