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So you’re going about your usual business, trying to get things done but finding that as the day wears on, your spirit seems to be flagging, your focus is perhaps not as sharp as you need it to be and, all in all, you’re not feeling satisfied with your lot.  Come to think of it, this is not an unfamiliar feeling.

You begin to wonder, and not for the first time, if this is really what you want to be doing.  You feel resentment rising to the surface.  Your life is precious, so why are you spending so much of it feeling resentful, unfulfilled and afraid to make a change?

If you were to die tonight, your mind would spend your last few breaths playing a time-lapse movie of scores of missed opportunities, regrets and failures.  You don’t want to go feeling this way, feeling as if you had wasted your life.  You don’t want to carry this anxiety and failure into your next rebirth.  You don’t want to…

STOP!

You’re spinning in a loop that could easily lead to depression.  You don’t need to stay in it.  You can get out of it instantly and here is a simple 3-step technique you can use:

1. Interrupt your cycle of thoughts by focusing on something in your immediate space.  It could be your breath, the back of your hand, a flower in a vase or the view through a window.  It could be the sound of traffic, the purring of your cat or the movement of your chest as you breath deeply and softly.  It doesn’t really matter what it is as long as you direct your soft focus on just that one thing.

Do not try to think good thoughts or fight the bad ones.  Simply focus on your object of choice and each time you notice your attention has strayed, simply bring it back, gently with a smile.

2. Redirect your attention by thinking of 10 things that you can be grateful for.  I recommend that at least 5 of these are really basic things like your ability to breathe easily, the complete set of fingers and toes that you have, the ability to hear, the ability to see, the ability to walk.  Really fundamental stuff.

3. Reconnect with your natural state of happiness by asking yourself this question:  What is the least effortful thing I can think, say or do right now that will instantly help me feel peaceful and happy?

Really keep your mind open, fresh as a daisy in full bloom and allow the answer to land on you just as sunlight lands on the flower – effortless and complete.  Whatever you choose, do it now.

It may be something as simple as thinking of something or someone, or smiling to yourself or someone else, or bringing your hands together and really tuning into how they feel against each other…beautiful, simple, raw stuff like that…which is so grounding!  So helpful in re-centering you!

That’s all!  Try this any time you feel overwhelmed, underwhelmed or simply wanting to sharpen your focus and regain your concentration.

Let me know how you go, won’t you? :-)

Blessings Lucy

Awakening to Happiness!

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“She lived her life with passion, using every waking moment to experience joy and peace and oneness with all of life. That she did her best is indisputable. Everyone does their best even if judged otherwise whether by themselves or others. But she, she poured passion into her life, she allowed it to flow freely and fully for she knew without a trace of doubt that that was what enabled her to reach beyond the security of her habits, outside the confines of her beliefs and across the enchanting landscape of her imagination. Yes, she lived a life she was happy to die for!”

Can you hear that being said when they celebrate your passing? Would you like it to?

“Take your passion and make it happen”

Flashdance

Life, as we know it, has patterns, patterns that appear in every facet of life so that if you change the pattern in one area of your life, it is likely to emerge in other areas of your life. It’s a bit like the ‘ripple effect‘ except that its effects are most noticeable, initially at least, within your life only.

So, for instance, if you found something, anything, that you felt really passionate about or could get passionate about and fed it uncompromisingly with that energy of passion, not only would that part of your life experience wonderful changes, you’ll experience changes in other areas of your life.

Why? Because the energy of passion brings out the best in you. It draws on your natural goodness, greatness, magnificence, beauty, wholeness and creativity.

And what is passion? It is the natural, spontaneous response to truth which itself is the vessel of all that is good and great!  Passion. therefore,  is not an addiction nor an enslavement.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under any other circumstances.

The like force has the passion over all his nature. It expands the sentiment; it makes the clown gentle, and gives the coward heart. Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world, so only it have the countenance of the beloved object. In giving him to another, it still more gives him to himself. He is a new man, with new perceptions, new and keener purposes, and a religious solemnity of character and aims. He does not longer appertain to his family and society; he is somewhat; he is a person; he is a soul.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lucy Lopez – Hire Me!

Awakening to our Greatness!

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Here is a hypothetical scenario to ponder:

You have been living a somewhat modest life.  You have an adequate income, nothing extraordinary but certainly sufficient for all your basic needs.  Every now and again, however, you may have to scrimp and save especially if you want something ‘exceptional‘ like a six-week holiday in eastern Europe or an energy-efficient hybrid Honda or a …you fill the blanks.

Your relationships are also going reasonably well.  Like all relationships they experience fluctuations in the degree of satisfaction, interest and meaning or purposefulness they offer but by and large you feel no great need for change.  When there are difficulties or strains, you somehow get through them eventually without too much personal damage.

Even your career or work life is kicking along just fine.  You do what needs to be done, you get paid for it, you generally get on well with your colleagues and your boss.  Perhaps you are the boss and feel that things are mostly working well for you and your staff.

When it comes to weekends and time off, you are resigned to fulfilling your domestic obligations, performing them as a matter of routine.  It’s what you do to keep things in order so that they don’t get out of control.  Occasionally, you are inspired to do something a little ‘different’ as well – take a drive down an unexplored part of your suburb, get together with friends for a barbecue or go with your partner to a concert.

All in all, life is pretty alright.  Nothing flash but neither does it cry out in desperation, certainly not enough to force change, well, at least  not until a  suggestion pops up, either spontaneously in your mind or as a result of something you’ve read or been asked.  Here is the suggestion:

If you were guaranteed that your life could change dramatically, no less than 100% for the better such that the life you are currently living would seem like a very poor imitation of what life for you is truly meant to be, would you accept the offer?  Yes or No?

And if you were to say, ‘Yes, but what is the catch?’ you would be told:

There is no ‘catch’, at least none insofar as any devious plan to trick you.  However, there is a condition and here it is:  You will have to go through a period of change where things might feel uncomfortable, painful even.  But once you accept that period of change, you will have the life you are truly capable of having – abundance in every form you desire, inspiring work and relationships, an invigorating sense of purpose and a true and lasting sense of freedom, peace and joy that no one and no thing can ever take away from you.

What would your answer be?  Would you say Yes or No?


Lucy Lopez – Hire Me!

Awakening to our Greatness!

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