Decisions, Decisions.....

"Make a decision and then make it right. There just are no wrong decisions. You could go this way, or that way, and either way will eventually get you to where you want to be. But in the moment you start complimenting yourself on the decision you've made, in that moment, you come back into vibrational alignment with who-you-really-are." -- Abraham

Such a bold statement. Such a bold way to live. Yet, if you could allow yourself to live this way what would it mean? I recently decided to check it out for myself.

Recently I left a job I'd been at for over 4 years. I was clearly stagnant there; not moving professionally, financially or personally. So I jumped on the first job that would hire me and left. (Kinda like the guy who really wants to leave his wife but doesn't have the courage to do it so he ends up with his co-worker and they are living together within weeks of dating.) And like that guy I was a couple of weeks in and wondering what the hell I had done. It took over 5 of my closest friends being brutally honest with me to get me to look at my creation.

After realizing that I wasn't a match to this position I made a decision. I quit. No job lined up, no plan. Just walked away because it wasn't a match to my highest and best. I made a decision and then I made it right. Over the past 3 weeks I have been practicing yoga, running, meditating and writing. I have been investing major sums of time transforming my relationship with money and playing around with the concepts of who I am. I have developed a unique brilliance statement and remembered all I bring to the table regardless of what I am doing.

It has been a joyous 3 weeks. As I have become more and more clear about who I am I have noticed my interviews being more clear and fun. Last week I was offered a job with a high quality company that is focused on developing their people for 25% more than I was earning before.

I tell you this because I want you to remember your value. I want you to remember that there are other ways to change. If I had bought into the concept that the economy and job market are awful and that there aren't enough jobs 'out there' I would never have had the courage to do this. But I didn't plug in to that. I plugged into my value. I plugged into my strengths and who I really am.

You can too! More on this to come......

Much Love

The Man In the Mirror

I was listening to Michael Jacksons' Man in the Mirror this morning when I was struck by the genius of the lines.

"Going make a change for once in my life, gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference....I am starting with the man in the mirror, I am asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer, if you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make the change..."

So I looked in the mirror and asked myself some questions.....

~What would you do today if you weren't afraid?
~If today was my last, did I dream dream richly?
~did I live fully?
~did I learn to let go?
~did I love well?
~did I leave this planet any better?
~Have I started anything that wont end with me?
~How would I show up today if it were my last?

Big questions lead to a big life. How did you feel about your answers? I didn't like mine so I am going to start with me and make some changes, today!

Much Love,

J

Letting it in.....

Everything is vibrational. "I'm letting it in or I'm not. And I'm using lots of things as my excuse to let it in, or as my excuse not to let it in." But it's all vibrational. Otherwise, we should be able to take 100 people, give them all identical exposure to experience, and get identical results. And you can't do that. You'd get 100 different results, and you'd get several big differences in results.

--- Abraham

This is an interesting quote. Think about this a bit. This is Matrix stuff.

I was a fitness trainer for years and I watched as two people would put forth the same effort, taking the same action, and get completely different results. It was staggering....until you spoke with them. Inevitably one believed in the actions they were taking and one didn't.

We all have what I call governor on our beliefs around money, family, our partners, health, ect. T Harv Ecker calls it a set point; a place where our beliefs will not allow us to go. We can all take the same actions but it is our beliefs, our concepts that keep us in a heaven or a hell.

I am personally noticing this play out in my life. I am watching my job cycle through and the same patterns re-surfacing again. I am attempting to raise my set point, to "let it in", so to speak. I am looking for reasons to feel good. I am making lists of positive aspects of all the amazing people in my life. I am making gratitude lists daily. I want to feel good now and watch what happens....

I will keep you posted :)

Much Love,

J

Miracles.....

"There is no state of physical decline or damage that you could not recover from--none--not any, if you knew it... If you wanted it and knew that you could. And that's those miracles that they talk about every day. They're not miracles at all, they are the natural order of things. But because they are rare, people think they are miraculous. They're not. That's the way it is supposed to be. You're supposed to thrive."

-- Abraham

I was chatting with an aquaintance yesterday when I heard a 'concept' pop up. A concept is an idea, true or not, that we believe whole-heartedly. Meaning we would go to war for this idea.

We all have them. If you listen closely enough you will hear them everywhere. The friend of a friend was telling me about how she needs 8 hours of sleep or more to feel good. I love hearing concpets and questioning them....I usually don't question other peoples but she seemed like fun so I went for it.

I simply asked, "How do you know it's true that you need at least 8 hours of sleep"? What followed was 10 mins of her convincing me in a very defensive, determined way. It was interesting to listen to her, she couldn't even fathom the idea of another possibility.

And I ask you....what are you believing so strongly you wont even play with the idea of another possibility? Start to pay attention. It's those concrete concepts that hold you back from the miracles spoke about above.

Give it some thought. We can talk more on this later.

Much Love,

J