Hi Good day people!
How was the one day holiday for Elections? Good, refreshing & productive? Yes for me, along with going for voting I could finish a lot of Diwali preparation tasks.
Today again using the content of the Simple Truths newsletter I get daily. In fact I was going to add another one received a few days ago about: Have you stopped Dreaming? But this one is related to the last post on the book: The Strangest Secret
This is about the book: Living a Five Star Life
Life coach, Betty Mahalik, tells you how in her beautiful book, Living a Five Star Life. She challenges all of us "to live a great life by discovering the life we have right now, instead of trying to invent a whole new life." This little book has more wisdom, common sense and inspiration than any I've read in a long time!
Today, I'd like to share her chapter titled: My Life Would be Perfect If..."
Enjoy!
Excerpt from:
In this day and age, we are surrounded by messages that virtually scream, "Your life would be perfect if..." My life would be perfect if I had a different job, a different house, car, nose, spouse, bank account (fill in the blank). Or my life would be perfect if I could be like some celebrity whose life appears so well-ordered and perfect-o. This week I encourage you to stop playing "my life would be perfect if," and start playing "my perfect life." What's the difference? Three things: being in the present, an attitude of gratitude, taking action with what's available now.
When we're caught up in the "my life would be perfect if" trap, we've lost touch with the present. And the moment we detach from the present, we can no longer practice gratitude. Think about it: it's difficult to be grateful for what you don't have...and what you don't have is always somewhere out in future-ville.
Look around you right now. Think of 10 things you're grateful for. Do you have a roof over your head and food to eat? I'm guessing the answer is yes. Do you have at least a few good friends or close relationships? Then appreciate them too, right now. Keep going, and practice being in the present and being grateful for what is here and now at least a couple times a day.
You're also probably sitting there thinking "yes but." Yes, but I want more money, a better relationship, more time to travel, to be thinner, happier or whatever. It's one of the great mysteries I'll never figure out. The minute you stop focusing on what you lack, start focusing on what you've already got, and add the "magic" ingredient of action, you actually begin to attract more of what you want. It's an amazing formula for really living your perfect life!
Let's say you want to lose weight or get in better shape, but you don't have an hour a day to spend exercising at the gym. Therefore, you've pretty well resigned yourself to not losing weight or getting in shape. What if you had five minutes though...just about everyone can find five minutes to exercise, stretch, walk around the block or walk the dog. Would you be willing to be grateful for five minutes and make the best possible use of it? Therein lies the beginning of your perfect life!
A simple formula may help you remember how to apply this principle:
* The present
* + an attitude of gratitude
* + positive action
* = my perfect life.
Try it for a day.
Each time you start dreaming about how perfect your life would be if...come back to this moment, give thanks for what is, and do one thing to perfect what you have and who you are right now. There's a saying that "when the student is ready, the teacher appears." If you're ready to start perfecting your life, your teachers are all around you.
What are you waiting for?
I would like to read the entire book. Hope to get my hands on it soon. Reminds of my favourite : The Present. Read the post on it: http://nav-justanyrandomtopic.blogspot.com/2008/06/gift-you-gift-yourself.html
Keep checking the blog for the next post about Dreams. One of the interesting things I am into doing these days.
Till then bye.tc. Have a gr8 week !
How was the one day holiday for Elections? Good, refreshing & productive? Yes for me, along with going for voting I could finish a lot of Diwali preparation tasks.
Today again using the content of the Simple Truths newsletter I get daily. In fact I was going to add another one received a few days ago about: Have you stopped Dreaming? But this one is related to the last post on the book: The Strangest Secret
This is about the book: Living a Five Star Life
Life coach, Betty Mahalik, tells you how in her beautiful book, Living a Five Star Life. She challenges all of us "to live a great life by discovering the life we have right now, instead of trying to invent a whole new life." This little book has more wisdom, common sense and inspiration than any I've read in a long time!
Today, I'd like to share her chapter titled: My Life Would be Perfect If..."
Enjoy!
Excerpt from:
Living a Five Star Life, by Betty Mahalik
In this day and age, we are surrounded by messages that virtually scream, "Your life would be perfect if..." My life would be perfect if I had a different job, a different house, car, nose, spouse, bank account (fill in the blank). Or my life would be perfect if I could be like some celebrity whose life appears so well-ordered and perfect-o. This week I encourage you to stop playing "my life would be perfect if," and start playing "my perfect life." What's the difference? Three things: being in the present, an attitude of gratitude, taking action with what's available now.
When we're caught up in the "my life would be perfect if" trap, we've lost touch with the present. And the moment we detach from the present, we can no longer practice gratitude. Think about it: it's difficult to be grateful for what you don't have...and what you don't have is always somewhere out in future-ville.
Look around you right now. Think of 10 things you're grateful for. Do you have a roof over your head and food to eat? I'm guessing the answer is yes. Do you have at least a few good friends or close relationships? Then appreciate them too, right now. Keep going, and practice being in the present and being grateful for what is here and now at least a couple times a day.
You're also probably sitting there thinking "yes but." Yes, but I want more money, a better relationship, more time to travel, to be thinner, happier or whatever. It's one of the great mysteries I'll never figure out. The minute you stop focusing on what you lack, start focusing on what you've already got, and add the "magic" ingredient of action, you actually begin to attract more of what you want. It's an amazing formula for really living your perfect life!
Let's say you want to lose weight or get in better shape, but you don't have an hour a day to spend exercising at the gym. Therefore, you've pretty well resigned yourself to not losing weight or getting in shape. What if you had five minutes though...just about everyone can find five minutes to exercise, stretch, walk around the block or walk the dog. Would you be willing to be grateful for five minutes and make the best possible use of it? Therein lies the beginning of your perfect life!
A simple formula may help you remember how to apply this principle:
* The present
* + an attitude of gratitude
* + positive action
* = my perfect life.
Try it for a day.
Each time you start dreaming about how perfect your life would be if...come back to this moment, give thanks for what is, and do one thing to perfect what you have and who you are right now. There's a saying that "when the student is ready, the teacher appears." If you're ready to start perfecting your life, your teachers are all around you.
What are you waiting for?
I would like to read the entire book. Hope to get my hands on it soon. Reminds of my favourite : The Present. Read the post on it: http://nav-justanyrandomtopic.blogspot.com/2008/06/gift-you-gift-yourself.html
Keep checking the blog for the next post about Dreams. One of the interesting things I am into doing these days.
Till then bye.tc. Have a gr8 week !
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