Doing Right Things vs. Doing Things Right

Many people have an internal struggle where they know they are doing  right things with their life. They eat nutritious, exercise, show up for work, accomplish their tasks of their job and spend available time with their families and in pursuit of their interests. And, from doing all this, they feel stuck, unhappy, unfulfilled or on a dead end path. Doing things right means changing the energy and attitude with which you do those actions and tasks. While you eat, enjoy the flavor of the foods. When you exercise, feel your body rejuvenate. At work, recapture the enthusiasm that you first had when you started the position. When you are on your time, enjoy the moments doing those things. Take the time to do all the things in your life right and be totally present in those moments.

Cleaning Up The Garbage In Our Minds

Emotions and clutter from the past holds us back from having the success which we also seek. Others hurt us and did us wrong. Our life would be superior if only something better had happened to us. A key to having the life we choose is to clean up our minds and hearts. Work to be present in the moment and to create our future. As we would walk bags of trash to the curb, collect up the past failings, resentments and disappointments and make a list so you can release them. How willing are you to do this? Watch your reactions and resistance. Dare to become free from the weight of all this garbage.

Don't talk yourself up in order to talk others down.

One aspect of social media is you get to sincerely get to see what people think about themselves when they post on their personal pages. One talented and complex woman I know has taken to try to build up her own self esteem by creating a competition against everyone with whom she's connected. She feels as if she's been put down and beat down by so many people around her. And, while she may need to work on her self esteem, this tactic is totally missing the point. No one needs to talk others down if they want feel good about themselves in the long term. And, when you truly feel good about yourself, others will respect you and won't talk you down.

The Magic of Anticipation

The magic of anticipation.  This mere idea of this speaks to our spirit. Having something to which we can look forward is such a powerful motivator. It is why children (as well as parents) have such anticipation about the holiday season. It can also be why others negatively self talk themselves out of their good - Negative anticipation. One aspect of a more fulfilled life is to have goals, events and outcomes which drive us to anticipate their outcome. Start anticipating more good in your life (even when it doesn't look like this will happen) and you'll see that more good occurrences will start to happen.