Positive Thinking
Happy Thanksgiving!
Making a Leap of Faith
You can accomplish anything you set out to do with a leap of faith.
Do you feel that your goals are unattainable? Are you nine months into the year and still stuck and not achieving your goals? Are you standing on the precipice of your potential looking into an abyss of your ambition? Do you resist the urge to jump, paralyzed by the gap between where you are and the life of your dreams?
Taking a leap into the unknown, even if it will get you to where you want to go, can be difficult and can feel like you are losing control.
Embracing uncertainty requires you to trust that taking that leap into the unknown, will garner you the reward that you seek. Believing in your success and envisioning the result, can start you toward achieving your goals. Attitude is everything and stepping out of your comfort zone will jettison you into a new phase of your life. While you may fear what seems to be the inevitable failure, consider that you may find yourself flying. Yet a successful leap of faith requires your attention and focus on your ultimate destinations. Understand that the leap across the vacuum of uncertainty may challenge you in unexpected ways but you will make it across the chasm if you trust yourself.
Build a bridge of knowledge to dampen your resistance. The more you know about the leap you are about to take and the benefits that you will obtain, the smaller the gap between here and there will appear to be. Your courageous leap of faith can lead you into uncharted territory, enabling you to build a new more exciting life.
Experience the exhilaration of taking a leap into your future.
Gratitude -Thank you notes
Expressing gratitude is an effortless way to remind yourself of all you have to be grateful for. Set a goal to write one thank you note each week. It can be a traditional thank you card to say thanks for a gift or favor from someone or it can be heartfelt note that simply says thanks for being a part of my life.
I am sure if you thought about it, you could easily identify at least one person each day who did something that made you feel good or did something that helped you. Your note does not have to be a full letter or page, it can be a short, hand-written line or two giving sincere thanks. Sure, emails are nice, but they are different from a note.
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It is not always easy
Some of our goals and dreams are realized so easily that it is as if an unseen hand has done much of the work for us. When this happens, we say it must have been meant to be. On the other hand, when dreams and goals require a tremendous amount of effort, we may view this to mean that our dream is not meant to be. However, difficulty is not necessarily a sign that our hopes and plans are doomed. On the contrary, difficulties and challenges along the journey can be important parts of the overall result or meaning.
When things go smoothly, we feel blessed. When things are tough, we may feel discouraged and that we are doomed or accursed. We need to know that we are blessed in either circumstance. When things are difficult, we can learn lessons. Think of the satisfaction that comes with knowing you achieved something that was challenging. Self-reliance expands and our ability to endure and that our faith is stronger for it being tested. Overcoming obstacles empowers us to dream even bigger.
I encourage you to embrace all goals whether easy or difficult and learn throughout this journey.