On: Just how powerful are you?
Just how powerful are you Dear one?
That is something that only you can decide.
On: Who you should please first
Regardless of who is on your list Dear One, and regardless of how long that list gets, know this: the name of the person that always need to remain on top, that you always need to please first, is yourself.
Make yourself happy and you will be doing more than you can possibly imagine towards making those around you happy too.
On: What forgiveness is and is not
Forgiveness isn’t about condoning, accepting, forgetting, or dismissing their poor behavior, hurtful words, or damaging actions Dear One.
It is about making a choice to prioritize yourself, your health, your happiness, and your well-being, over your pain.
On: Choosing your response
There are two ways that you can choose to respond to any situation Dear One:
- Like the victim of your circumstance
- Like the creator of your circumstance
One defines you as powerless and the other as powerful.
Which are you going to choose to be today?
On: The importance of practicing joy
Choose joy today Dear One, every chance that you get.
- Choose to think joyful thoughts
- Choose to speak joyful words
- Choose to want, do, and plan for things that will bring you joy
Be vigilant about it.
Practice it, a lot.
Practice it until you get really, really good at it.
Practice it as if your future happiness depended on it.
Because it does.
On: Being self-destructive
We are not going to try and stop you from making self-destructive choices Dear One, repeating self-destructive patterns, or engaging in self-destructive relationships.
This is your life and you are free to choose to live it any way that you please.
But what we are going to do is try and help you to become more aware of the fact that you are doing so.
We want you to think about and be conscious of every single choice that you make. We want you to choose purposefully, deliberately, and with intention.
If you are making choices that are harming you, we would like for you to be fully aware of the fact that you are doing so.
This is your life Dear One, and you are free to make any choice that pleases you.
If, however, the choices that you are making are not pleasing to you, then we are going to do all that we can to encourage you to start making different ones.
On: Throwing a pity party
You should know Dear One, that it is perfectly okay for you to choose to throw yourself a pity party, if that is what you genuinely feel like you need to do.
But just remember, that every minute that you are choosing to invest in feeling sorry yourself, is a minute that you are not investing in doing something more productive, positive, or pleasurable for yourself that just might help you to start turning things around.
Have your party if need to Dear One, if you think it will help, if you think it will make you feel better.
Just don’t let it go on too long, okay?
On: Not trying so hard
Don’t try so hard to do, be and have it all Dear One.
- Just keep choosing the things that you want over the things that you don’t want.
- Just keep choosing the things that you like over the things that you don’t like.
- Just keep choosing the things that make you smile over the things that don’t.
- Just keep choosing the things that make you feel good over the things that make you feel badly.
Just keep choosing the things that make you happy over the things that don’t, and you’ll soon come to find Dear One, that one decision at a time, you can do, be and have it all.
On: Making the right decision
Did you know that any decision that you make confidently, joyfully, with an open heart, from a good feeling place, regardless of how impetuous or how well thought out it may be, will always bring you closer to that which you are seeking than any made from a place of tension, stress, confusion, turmoil or emotional distress?
It’s true!
On: Why you can’t quit
You can’t quit Dear One.
- Not because you shouldn’t.
- Not because you couldn’t
- Not because it’s a sign of weakness, failure or an admittance of guilt or incompetence if you do
You can’t quit because whatever it is you are trying to get away from by quitting is not going to go away until you deal with it, confront it, face it, handle it, learn from it, address it head on. It will keep coming back, in one form or another, again and again and again, until you do.
When it comes down to it, quitting really is nothing more than a delay tactic.
It is a defeatist act rooted in frustration, desperation and a belief in powerlessness, and it resolves nothing
But making a conscious decision to walk away, choosing to make a different choice, an empowered choice, now that is an entirely different story altogether.