Success!
James Scott is living proof of this. In case you don't know, he is an Australian snowboarder who has qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. That is a big deal for anyone who does sports seriously. Imagine if you are a 15-year old person. And keep imagining that you only get the chance to compete because someone else had the misfortune to pull out through injury... if you surpass your best ever performance in official competition... thousands of miles from where you currently are and... in less than 48 hours to do it!
Young James was ready and he grabbed his chance with both hands.
If opportunity knocked on your door, would you:
1- Tell it to come back later?
2- Open the door and go for it?
Friday, February 12, 2010
If you don't know where you are going...
...how are you going to ensure that you arrive somewhere you like?
I have just completed a training course on energy healing. Intention Focused Therapy (IFT). I have been reminded about a number of things that I knew I knew. One of them is that we are all co-creators of our life. If we look around ourselves, we can see all the people and things that we have helped bring into our living sphere. The thing is: how did we create that? Did we notice what we were doing? What other life do we really want to create?
Just by asking the questions we can get the sense of empowerment because, all of a sudden it stops being a question of helplessly witnessing events taking place and it becomes a matter of taking deliberate action to awaken our resources and putting them to work to their full potential. Simple, huh?
I have allowed things to happen, there is no question about that. I have permitted into my life, things that I would have rejected if I had been aware.
This is my commitment to myself: From now on, I am an active agent in the co-creation of my best life. With intention and focus. I am connecting to the Universal Source and asking for what I want in my life. I am practicing Intention Focused Therapy for my benefit and that of others.
With intention and focus from heart centered consciousness.
I have just completed a training course on energy healing. Intention Focused Therapy (IFT). I have been reminded about a number of things that I knew I knew. One of them is that we are all co-creators of our life. If we look around ourselves, we can see all the people and things that we have helped bring into our living sphere. The thing is: how did we create that? Did we notice what we were doing? What other life do we really want to create?
Just by asking the questions we can get the sense of empowerment because, all of a sudden it stops being a question of helplessly witnessing events taking place and it becomes a matter of taking deliberate action to awaken our resources and putting them to work to their full potential. Simple, huh?
I have allowed things to happen, there is no question about that. I have permitted into my life, things that I would have rejected if I had been aware.
This is my commitment to myself: From now on, I am an active agent in the co-creation of my best life. With intention and focus. I am connecting to the Universal Source and asking for what I want in my life. I am practicing Intention Focused Therapy for my benefit and that of others.
With intention and focus from heart centered consciousness.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Three keys to happiness
My son has taught me many lessons, so many that sometimes I wonder if he came to this world to help me get things sorted out. The truth is that I am a better person since he arrived. In March 2009, when he was 5 years old we were driving to meet some family members and I commented that I had been grumpy lately. He immediately said that the reason for this was my forgetting how to be a kid.
Intrigued by his words, I asked what it was that I had forgotten: he said that all kids know how to be happy.
Okay, and how can you be happy? His reply was quick and without hesitation; there are three things that you need to be happy:
1- Believe what is true
2- Relax (big time, I thought)
3- Help yourself and help others
I stopped the car and started taking notes. I am getting good at recognizing learning opportunities, you see? I am applying the three keys to happiness in my life and I have to admit that I feel happier. The hardest one to do seems to be number 1. Relaxing and helping are things that I am able to manage a little better.
I am also working on separating what is real from what is made up and I have come to accept that there are many times when I insist on believing unbelievable stuff, just because I am very good at convincing myself of practically anything. The problem is that once you have made a decision on the reality of something, you are committed and this makes you do things that take you away from happiness. I know I'm not the only one. This is why I decided to follow my mission to help people be the best they can be; I realize that when I do that and choose to believe what helps me along my mission path, I am happier, I have a clear direction and I am able to say yes to what is real.
Now I am starting to accept that we are all meant to be happy and that we can if we follow our feelings; simply put, what makes you unhappy is likely to be a limiting program that takes you away from your true essence.
I choose to believe that my son is right and i am happier for that. So are my clients and the people around me. What do you believe? How relaxed are you? How much attention are you paying to your needs and those of others?
Intrigued by his words, I asked what it was that I had forgotten: he said that all kids know how to be happy.
Okay, and how can you be happy? His reply was quick and without hesitation; there are three things that you need to be happy:
1- Believe what is true
2- Relax (big time, I thought)
3- Help yourself and help others
I stopped the car and started taking notes. I am getting good at recognizing learning opportunities, you see? I am applying the three keys to happiness in my life and I have to admit that I feel happier. The hardest one to do seems to be number 1. Relaxing and helping are things that I am able to manage a little better.
I am also working on separating what is real from what is made up and I have come to accept that there are many times when I insist on believing unbelievable stuff, just because I am very good at convincing myself of practically anything. The problem is that once you have made a decision on the reality of something, you are committed and this makes you do things that take you away from happiness. I know I'm not the only one. This is why I decided to follow my mission to help people be the best they can be; I realize that when I do that and choose to believe what helps me along my mission path, I am happier, I have a clear direction and I am able to say yes to what is real.
Now I am starting to accept that we are all meant to be happy and that we can if we follow our feelings; simply put, what makes you unhappy is likely to be a limiting program that takes you away from your true essence.
I choose to believe that my son is right and i am happier for that. So are my clients and the people around me. What do you believe? How relaxed are you? How much attention are you paying to your needs and those of others?
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