Live Life Your Own Way in 2009!
Too many of us today rely on other people or services to make our lives perceptibly better and not reaching into our inner self to reach our goals, be happy and enjoy life. Are you one of these people? If you don’t know, maybe asking and answering one question may help. Do you really know and understand what makes you happy and fulfilled? The question is derived from the following quote by Julie Cameron:
*We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think should. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail. We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart.*
If your answer was *yes I do*, then great you know yourself very well and probably have taken the following steps towards self enrichment and are happy. Please read on and you may glean another item you can use sometime.
Most of us at one point or another need to regroup and really try to and honestly answer the question about what it takes to make us happy and are we self fulfilling in doing so. Write this down, capturing on paper your thoughts is a great self improvement tool. I venture to guess many people are somewhere in the middle. There are many areas of our life that can make us happy; here are my most obvious ones for you to focus on.
Financial Stability. Most of us rely on a corporation or business run by someone else to provide our financial success. Sure we do our best to make the company better and thus reap the overall success a personal reward. If this makes you happy great, I think there is more of an entrepreneur in you than you might think if you just extend yourself. Be frugal with your income and try to develop a second or even third source if possible. You always want to have a second choice in case your current situation changes.
Family. As our society changes around us, we must all adapt in various ways to assure the basic roots of family are not severed, but continuously nurtured to assure growth. This is very challenging with all of life’s distractions and challenges each and every member faces. Keeping a family extended by geography or not together takes work and personal sacrifices. Even if you think all the giving is one sided, do it anyway. Time is your friend when it comes to family, because your actions today will reap rewards someday somehow. Think about the birthday cards you sent to a nephew or niece for years, that at some point in time your paths cross and the connection is grown on a different level because they are adults now, not children. Extend yourself in the family area if you have not already, when was the last time you spoke to your Grandfather or Grandmother, Sister or Brother, Uncle or Aunt, favorite cousin? Do it today.
Faith. Believe is a greater spiritual power of your choosing. Having the warm blanket of believing is a wonderful feeling to carry around with you everyday.
Remember don’t rely on someone else to achieve your happiness or success; they just might not be there when you need them most. Believe in yourself and your self reliance and determination to the person you truly are.
One web site I have found very helpful in discovering my own strengths and potential is just a click away, http://start.successuniversity.com/specialoffer.aspx.
Great information and training available if you know where to look.
*We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think should. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail. We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart.*
If your answer was *yes I do*, then great you know yourself very well and probably have taken the following steps towards self enrichment and are happy. Please read on and you may glean another item you can use sometime.
Most of us at one point or another need to regroup and really try to and honestly answer the question about what it takes to make us happy and are we self fulfilling in doing so. Write this down, capturing on paper your thoughts is a great self improvement tool. I venture to guess many people are somewhere in the middle. There are many areas of our life that can make us happy; here are my most obvious ones for you to focus on.
Financial Stability. Most of us rely on a corporation or business run by someone else to provide our financial success. Sure we do our best to make the company better and thus reap the overall success a personal reward. If this makes you happy great, I think there is more of an entrepreneur in you than you might think if you just extend yourself. Be frugal with your income and try to develop a second or even third source if possible. You always want to have a second choice in case your current situation changes.
Family. As our society changes around us, we must all adapt in various ways to assure the basic roots of family are not severed, but continuously nurtured to assure growth. This is very challenging with all of life’s distractions and challenges each and every member faces. Keeping a family extended by geography or not together takes work and personal sacrifices. Even if you think all the giving is one sided, do it anyway. Time is your friend when it comes to family, because your actions today will reap rewards someday somehow. Think about the birthday cards you sent to a nephew or niece for years, that at some point in time your paths cross and the connection is grown on a different level because they are adults now, not children. Extend yourself in the family area if you have not already, when was the last time you spoke to your Grandfather or Grandmother, Sister or Brother, Uncle or Aunt, favorite cousin? Do it today.
Faith. Believe is a greater spiritual power of your choosing. Having the warm blanket of believing is a wonderful feeling to carry around with you everyday.
Remember don’t rely on someone else to achieve your happiness or success; they just might not be there when you need them most. Believe in yourself and your self reliance and determination to the person you truly are.
One web site I have found very helpful in discovering my own strengths and potential is just a click away, http://start.successuniversity.com/specialoffer.aspx.
Great information and training available if you know where to look.
Labels: enrichment, faith, family, financial, gifts, happy, life, success
posted by Kent Jacobson, a.k.a. "Mr. Success" at 11:07 AM
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