The Strength of Persistence

Persistence plays a critical role in the quest for wisdom, achievement, success, fulfillment and self-confidence. Most of the eventualities we long for require our focused, vigilant attention, not to mention ingenuity, patience, flexibility and be able to stick-to-it.

Persistence involves setting a goal, committing to a course of action, making the necessary sacrifices, overcoming obstacles, setbacks and criticism – all the while maintaining your motivation, energy and faith in yourself.

It requires adaptability in a variety of situations as well as reviewing and altering expectations. Persistence keeps you on a trail of possibilities that sustains you when you hit a wall with one course of action. It enables you to re-energize yourself so that you can continue to explore creative options.

The words of President Calvin Coolidge tell us of the unique importance of this strength: "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

What is so elusive about persistence? What makes it so difficult to learn and convert into habit? This is a haunting question for anyone who, in good faith, made a New Year’s resolution and blew past it by January 3rd. How does procrastination become a way of life, often resulting in self-loathing?

If persistence eludes you and you have labeled yourself lazy, a procrastinator, one of life losers, you may want to rethink your conclusions so you can effectively develop the goals and habits that bring them to fruition. You can resign from the “I could not change a habit if my life depended on it” club. Since this club has many, many members, you certainly won’t be missed if you choose another path!

If persistence eludes you and you have labeled yourself lazy, a procrastinator, one of life losers, you may want to rethink your conclusions so you can effectively develop the goals and habits that bring them to fruition. You can resign from the “I could not change a habit if my life depended on it” club. Since this club has many, many members, you certainly won’t be missed if you choose another path!

Procrastination is the enemy of persistence and the thief of your precious time. Too many people spend too much time trying to understand why they’re in this trap when it would be so much more productive to determine what needs to be modified and what factors play a continuing role in supporting this ineffectual pattern of thinking and behavior.

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Thoughts are Things

Thoughts become things.  This simple statement is a powerful concept.  It's based on the idea that anything that exists was first a thought in someone's mind.  The chair you sit in, the meal you have for dinner, the clothing you're wearing, all was first a thought.  But there may a scientific explanation for this concept.  Physicists like Einstein and Bohr and other very bright quantum mechanics scholars tell us that all matter exists as both a wave and a particle.  Think about that for a second; all matter is both a wave and a particle.  Sounds very much like our thoughts (the waves) really can become things (formed by particles). 

I know many people who act on this principle, that what they think and say will come into being.  And so they do affirmations and positive thoughts to bring about a positive reality.  And I think that's great.  However I had seen these same people afraid of any negative idea, almost like one negative thought will poison all the positive.  I saw a woman express a worry (and a worry, of course, is a prediction of a negative outcome) and she brought her hand to her mouth in fear and then quickly said "erase, erase, erase!".  We shouldn't be afraid of our thoughts.  Byron Katie points out that we don't really have any control about what we think. The thought appears faster than we can command ourselves not to think it. 

If we go back to science we would say that if something is pushing in one direction and it meets a force pushing from the opposite direction with the same mass and energy then nothing will move. The two cancel each other out.  But if one side pushes harder or has greater mass then it will win. That means if you stated something positive more often than you stated something negative then the positive would win. If I make the statement "everything will work out" more times then I say "this is not going to work out" then the thoughts, and eventually things, are starting to move in the right direction.  On the other hand, if I believe the negative thought to be true and I feel the positive affirmation is a lie then the negative thought has much more weight and it will win. 

The woman was trying to push back harder against the negative thought with her "erase, erase, erase" statement.  The problem lies in that it's not just how many times you think a negative thought, it is how much "mass" and "energy" those thoughts have.  And belief in a thought gives it lots of mass and energy.  If you really firmly believe the negative thought then saying "erase" a hundred times won't have much weight. 

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Manifesting Abundance and Prosperity

Abundance and prosperity is something you are born with, and yet as we grow we forgot that. Fortunately you have the power to create it in your life.

You were born abundant. The universe is abundant. This is truth but you may have forgotten it.

As we navigate life we become programmed to see the lack in everything, rather than the abundance that is right in front of us.

It is up to you to create abundance and prosperity in your life. No one can do it for you. Fortunately is it something we all can do and achieve.

The Law of Attraction states that, what you focus your attention on you attract. If you are focused on lack, then lack you will receive. To manifest abundance and prosperity in your life, crowd out the “lack” thinking and replace it with thoughts of abundance and prosperity.

Your thoughts influence your feelings. From those feelings you take actions that produce results. You are the source of those results. Focusing on your inner world (thoughts) brings you faster results in your outer world.

In order to manifest abundance and prosperity, you need to magnetize it to you.

Identify and feel the abundance and prosperity already present in your life. A good way to bring those feelings in is to journal all things you have in your life already (people, things, money, career, etc.), all the opportunities you’ve had, all you’ve achieved. Feeling grateful for the abundance and prosperity already in your life. Feeling abundant and prosperous rather than lack.

Next design your vision of abundance and prosperity, get really specific. Describe it in terms of what you will experience when you have it. Use all your five senses: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, and olfactory. Ask yourself questions like, “What will your abundant and prosperous life be like? What activities will you be doing? What will you feel like when you have it? What changes are in your life? Who is around you?”

Set your intention that your vision of abundance and prosperity will manifest.

Another aspect to manifestation is the Law of Allowing. Knowing that what you are 

magnetizing will manifest in your life. You must trust that you will create it and allow it to happen when it’s appropriate for you. Some find this challenging. Stay focused on the abundance and prosperity already in your life. Regular meditations and reflection on your vision keeps you focused on what you want.

Here’s the recap on the steps to magnetize and manifest abundance and prosperity in your life:

1. Feel the feelings of abundance and prosperity already in your life
2. Design your vision of abundance and prosperity
3. Set the intention that you will manifest your vision
4. Trust that it will happen

Pay attention to changes in your life. Maybe things won’t manifest exactly as you expect, but the essence of what you are magnetizing does manifest.

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A special Time for Special Relationships

Christmas is for many overwhelming and stressful, presents and food to be bought, family gatherings to be arranged. It is therefore a time when relationships are foremost on their minds. But for some, it is a time of deception, when the printed words of peace and love are in direct opposition to what they really feel inside.

A this time of year, any relationships that are under strain may totally split asunder.  As families gather together old animosities and rivalries can bubble to the surface. The mature approach is to just let them go but it is not easy. It takes two people to have a disagreement. If one of them (you) decides that life is too short and makes a personal commitment to let the real happiness and peace that is Christmas become a reality, then there is no argument. There is no point in winning a series of battles if you can simply end the war.

If you use your energy to perpetuate a feeling of grudge, envy or hurt, then you are using energy that could, and should be directed to more positive things – like building yourself the life that you truly desire.

If you can learn the actions that create harmony and peace, then the joy of Christmas really will, as the cards say, stay with you throughout the rest of the year. If you want to change somebody else the only place you can begin is with changing yourself. And, the only time you can start is right now.

   

The Law of Abundance

The law of abundance is not included as one of the 7 laws of the universe; however, the law of abundance is considered a principle to attract success in your life. Abundance means a great plenty and an overflowing quantity of everything in this universe!

Everything you need, want, and desire is already created for you. From the health and fitness you desire, to all the money you want, to having the perfect life long mate, is already here waiting for your attention. All you have to do is access and choose abundance.

Read the law of gender article to understand why and how everything is already created for you in this universe. This article is focusing on how to access abundance and live in abundance. I'm going to share with you two key success habits that access and put to use the law of abundance. They are: The vacuum law of prosperity and appreciation.

Living in abundance is directly integrated with both of those success habits. Since everything you want and need is already created, living in abundance boils down to a choice. Do you choose abundance or do you not? On a conscious level, of course everyone would choose abundance and prosperity. However, on an unconscious level you may be repelling abundance and you're totally unaware of it.

Since our unconscious mind runs our behavior, it makes sense to use the vacuum law of prosperity and appreciation to change that unconscious programming.

The Vacuum Law of Prosperity

The law of prosperity is a fun law to practice. It really opens up a positive channel for giving and receiving. It's called the vacuum law of prosperity because nature abhors a vacuum. Meaning, that if there is an empty space nature will fill it in.

Go outside and dig a hole in your back yard. Once that hole is dug, what will happen over the next couple of days? Nature will begin to fill it in. Grass, weeds, and flowers may grow in and the rain will push more dirt into the hole. Eventually, the hole will be completely filled over time.

The vacuum law of prosperity also applies to your personal life. The only way anything new will ever come into your life is by creating a space for it. Think about all the times throughout your life when something new came---A new relationship, more money, furniture, or a new house. Now, think of the space available that attracted those new things. It's there! Really think about this.

You attracted a new romantic mate because you were single, you moved to a different state because your old house was for sale, and you provided more value to others to attract more money in your life.

Whatever you desire, what can you give to create an empty space so it comes into your life? Let's say you want a healthier body. What can you give your body to create that better state of health and fitness? Giving always creates a space for goodness to come into your life. The more you give the more you shall receive.

The law of prosperity attracts the means for living in abundance. Create a space by giving more and you'll be amazed at the infinite abundance you will receive.

Do you want to accelerate the speed of abundance and prosperity even more? Use the vacuum law of prosperity, coupled with appreciation, to access the law of abundance easily.

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