HLC Positive Affirmation Week: Tuesday

Tuesday Affirmation: I respond with love, patience and compassion.

Yesterday the affirmation was I am my own success. Today I am sharing with you an affirmation that helps me be my own success. 

We all have our own version of what success is and what this means to us. We also have many successes! This is a good reason why we shouldn't worry about putting ourselves down for 'failing', comparing ourselves to others, beat ourselves up about not doing this or that or get ahead of ourselves. Focus on what YOU want and achieve it by setting goals now. You are a success the moment you begin putting things in to action. 

A thought from me: I feel 'successful' when love, patience and compassion is part of my natural behaviour and when I respond this way in difficult circumstances.

Have a lovely day full of love, patience and compassion!

HLC Positive Affirmation Week

Monday Affirmation

I am my own success!

What does it mean to you, to be a success? 

What will you do to be that success? 

What does success look like to you? 

What will it feel like? 

Stop staring at the door! Open it!

Stop staring at the door! Open it!!!

Have you found yourself thinking, contemplating and dreaming about the same thing over and over again? Year after year?

Have you had the same goals hovering over your head and one day you find that life just took over and you didn't achieve them?

How long have you been doing this?

Although dreaming gets us inspired and helps us to think BIG. It can also limit us if we do not take action to achieve them. We will just dream, dream, dream and do more dreaming until it becomes a place of comfort. It will become a place we just get used to. We end up not taking action because 'it's only just a dream' or 'we just do not have time'.This then becomes our excuse, thinking that our dream is not something we can move towards and achieve.

There may be a door (a new possibility) in front of you that you have been staring at, curious about and sometimes desperate to open. You will not know what will be on the other side if you do not try and open it.

You may be pleasantly surprised by what you find!

Look in the mirror...What do you see?

Look in the mirror... 

What do you see? 

What else would you like to see? 

Now be it!

NOTE: This does not need to mean what you literally see (i.e your looks).

How you can make this work for you!

1. Look in the mirror (or just think about yourself whatever is more comfortable) and answer this question.
What do you see? 
Allow the thoughts and feelings to come with this exercise and acknowledge their existence. 

2. Think about your desires and needs and what else you want to see within yourself. What are they? Make a list. 

3. If we know what we see and we know what we would like to see then what could be the next step? 

We see it, we think it then why not just be it! What is the worse that could happen? 

Feel uncomfortable? 
Sometimes we may like to add something to our already lovely selves but it can feel unnatural and strange to follow through. It sounds great in our head but somehow in reality we do not see it as us. 

What you can do!
Determine whether this is actually what you want to be like and see within yourself or is it something you think is 'cool' and/or expected of you? 

Once you figure this out and you know what you want or need to do then the doing bit will probably be much easier to accomplish.

Go shine your light!

Do what is best for you!

'It's your journey so do what is best for you.'

Along our chosen adventures we will no doubt come across others who do not understand us. They will not 'get' what and why we do what we do. But before you nod in agreement haven't we all done this before? We sometimes do not 'get' a lot of people who are not thinking or doing what we are doing....right? 

The thing is we do have good intentions. We do want to 'get' each other, make connections and create some kind of united force. We all want to feel a sense of belonging which gives us strength to keep being who we are. Personally I like to think that we all do this because on some subconscious level we want to be better versions of who we were yesterday and try and find that inspiration in each other (that's me wanting you to belong in that world. ;)...). 

The point is, it is not our job to convince others of who we are and justify our actions. To do that would probably be a waste of time (you can explain something over and over and it still will not settle in the other persons mind the way you want it to). Secondly you will deplete your energy fast by worrying about it. As a consequence you would be of no use to yourself or others. 

So do what is best for you...

HLC questions: What does it mean to do what is best for you? What does this look like? How will you know you have done your best? 

Embrace your new beginning

'If you can see an opening to a new chapter in your life, don't be afraid to push the door wide open and embrace the start of your new journey.'

Although we generally crave for certainty and enjoy familiarity the thrill of seeking a new path and going down the more unfamiliar route can reignite the passion and love you have for life.

I love the message Dr. Wayne W. Dyer gives in his book: Inspiration Your Ultimate Calling. To summarise, inspiration tells us to proceed even when we are unsure of our goals or achievements. It encourages us to go in the direction of uncharted territory...and as a result leads us in the right direction.

If you are inspired in this new chapter, go for it! Have faith in your path. All you can do is give it your best shot! 

Give yourself a break from thinking...

It is such a lovely day in London so if you feel like your head is filling up with a lot of 'stuff' then take some time out for a little walk. 

Stop...

         look up, 

                   close your eyes, 

                                       take a breath, 

                                                         a very deep one...

As you do, have the intention of peace filling your mind, body and surroundings. As you breathe out imagine getting rid of all the 'stuff' that is in your way, releasing all that chatter from your mind. 

Find your peace...

Peace, lots of smiles, laughter and happy times! Life is good.