Daily Awareness

Are you living in the problem or the solution?

Every day we have the opportunity to make decisions to honor who we are. I would hope that because you are reading this you are someone who believes you have a very important path to travel.

Your life can be more than simply living from day to day. Yet, many people are living from day to day. Rather existing from day to day.

Life is more than an existence if you choose it to be. It’s a journey that you have so much choice in. The two questions to ask are, “What are the choices you are making? Are they serving you and others?”

If you are someone who feels life is empty, lonely, boring and non-eventful there is only one person to blame for this. You!

I’m not going to beat around the bush on this. It doesn't matter what the outward circumstances of your life. What matters is what your attitude around the circumstances are.

How do I know? My life is my evidence.

From Lack to Abundance - Pain is inevitable...misery is optional

In the thirty plus years I have been immersed in my studies, search, discovery and revelations on abundance and living a joy-filled life one thing that consistently emerges is the power of gratitude.

As simple as this is (and it is very, very simple) it is an incredibly overlooked strategy for success. When I mention success I am not referring to my definition of success but rather a universal definition. One that would include a life where we look forward to the road we will continue to travel until our time on earth is done.

During the troubled days in my younger years I knew far too well there was one thing that evaded me for quite some time. It was the simplicity and power of a grateful heart. I had heard many times that a grateful heart can't be a hateful heart yet, for years this would escape me.

From lack to abundance... the boomerang theory

As I write the next installment of From Lack to Abundance I am in awe of how much my life has changed over the years. The changes didn’t occur in one fell swoop. It was a process that took practice, willingness and diligence.

There were many times I didn’t feel as if much of anything was changing for me, but upon close examination it was very evident change was underway.

There was a time where every two steps forward would be followed by one step back. Yet, add this up over a few decades and life today doesn’t resemble the past.

Each of us has the ability to make changes if we are willing to do the footwork. There may be times it is more tempting to stay in the role of victim than make the necessary changes.  

One way to induce change is to focus on what is good in your life rather than what is bad. It’s about expressing gratitude.

Early on this was not easy for me to do. Not that I didn’t have anything to be grateful for but rather I was so focused on what was wrong that I had to go through a major shift in my perception in order to notice the simple things that were blessings.

Once I became aware of my thoughts I was in a better position to change my focus and my words. One of the practices my mentor had me implement was a daily gratitude list.

I remember telling her I didn’t have anything to be grateful for to which she replied, “Have you always been this selfish?”

From lack to abundance ... Stop the insanity!

It's likely you have heard the expression, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

The first time I heard this was well over 25 years ago. I've heard it often since then. No matter how often I hear it's a great reminder of the fact that in order for things to change I am the one who must change. It could be the change of habits, people I hang out with, thoughts I have, behaviors that get me a result I claim I don't want.

One of the most important lessons I learned about abundance is this; what is noticeable on the outside is a reflection of what is  going on inside.