Can you believe we are already at the end of another whole year? As I look back on my own Journey, 2008 flew by in a whirlwind of unprecedented change in just about every single area of my life, both personal and business, as well as to most every single person I know.
As you look back over this year, take a few moments to think about the topic of your most prevalent conversations---the major themes running behind most of your thoughts. What have they been about?
Foreclosures?
The Economy?
Government Bailout Programs?
The Election?
Speculation on Your Future?
Or maybe it was something else, such as paying bills, finding a job, wondering how your business (as you knew it) can survive in the economic wind of change we all just experienced and are currently experiencing.
As you think back to your conversations and thoughts over the past year, do any similar patterns come to mind? Does any ONE way of feeling stand out? i.e. were you mostly scared, worried, hopeful, angry, insightful, frustrated---or maybe even depressed?
In the world of normal things, most people (if the news is anything to go by) are feeling very negative--some would say with very good reason---and many are experiencing many other emotions that fall into the ‘negative’ category!
If you’ve been thinking and feeling that way, I have a question…
“So, How’s That Been Working For You?”
I ask with the most sincere, heartfelt intentions (as I also ask myself anytime I allow myself to wander off track from a positive mindset). Understand, I get the circumstances are all true---I know none of us are making this up---the economy that currently is… IS what is!
And here’s my point, ask yourself honestly…
Has talking about it, being worried about it, or losing sleep over it ever changed ANYTHING?
Probably not…at least not toward the good anyway! In fact, it is far more likely that the more you focused on it (what you don’t love about what happened this year economically) the more stuff happened, the more you saw it on the news, the more you read about it—some of you may have even found yourself popping up with various ailments and illnesses ‘totally out of the blue’. Consider this: “Will continuing to think and speak those same things in the same way will change anything as 2009 rolls around?”
Here’s the thing… all we have is this NOW moment! That’s really all we ever have---the past can’t be changed, the future is our hope, but definitely not our certainty as no one has the promise of the next breath, let alone tomorrow.
In reading and following my articles or blogs, you are already aware you aren’t your stuff, you aren’t what you have or lost, you aren’t what people say or think… none of that is WHO YOU TRULY ARE (imagine a 3-month terminal illness diagnosis and this will be abundantly clear in seconds)… so if all those things are true and NOW is all You’ve Got---wouldn’t it be just as easy to hope, believe, think and speak that things will somehow be okay, and that you will find a way regardless of the outer circumstances of the economy—no matter what actually happens?
Whether you believe in the Law of Attraction or not (“that which is like unto itself is drawn”), most everyone agrees with the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy---
“Think you can, think you can’t, either way you’re right”!
Are you beginning to see the intrinsic value for you and everyone around you that even while acknowledging in the briefest terms possible what is (the current economy), that a positive mindset, conversation, hope and belief can only bring good to you? Mentally, physically, relationally---everything works out better FOR YOU when you find ways to focus your intentions positively for today and tomorrow.
Does this mean you have THE answer to everything upfront, right this minute? Does this mean you KNOW what tomorrow will bring? “Do we ever?” is probably a much better question!
From my own extensive life experience, here’s what I know for sure!
Ø When faced with a 6-month life expectancy terminal illness diagnosis (within our family), a positive outlook, mindset and faith saved a life! (Yes, I plunked down $35k on a credit card IN ADVANCE of knowing the outcome or that a remission or cure was even possible!)
Ø When there was no money to cover a $14k per month medical treatment---focusing on what I wanted with a firm belief I would be taken care of no matter what---more than sufficient money arrived—and quite honestly there was, in the end, quite an abundance.
Ø When I was down to less than $6 thousand dollars at one point---with no job, no money and no prospects… an out-of-the blue miracle occurred and I was subsequently funded for almost 2 years.
Ø My parents house and every bill they had were paid off completely with money left over (along with cancer bills, surgery and treatment that had not yet occurred) when by miracle of miracles just a month prior to illness diagnosis, my Dad was put into a national restaurant chain commercial on television. No, he was not an actor of any kind before or since. Health Insurance was also provided- absolutely FREE!
I share these few instances (and there are so many more I could share), for no reason other than to inspire you. To give you a renewed confidence, that with faith, hope, a positive mindset and focused intentions on a positive outcome that you cannot yet see, let alone imagine, miracles do happen---and they can happen for YOU!
An idea that never before occurred to you will cross your mind, an opportunity from the craziest unknown place will surface suddenly or someone will introduce you to someone else who will forever change the course of your life. You know from your own past experience, this is exactly how it happens, right? Our current economy is not bigger than our world history, which tells us “things always get better”!
Does this mean that life is then forevermore perfect? No, my life is not yet perfect, but your NOW moments will FEEL better and better all the time (because you will be choosing your thoughts everyday). You will begin to have a strong inner confidence that ‘what is, is meant to be’ (i.e. you no longer fight reality), but you DO consciously focus on what you WANT in the midst of reality anyway!
As 2009 is right around the corner, Now Is All You’ve Got! Maybe NOW is the time to notice your patterns of thought and speech… your inner beliefs. Maybe NOW is the time to purposefully begin focusing your thoughts, speech and intentions on exactly What You Want! When would be a better time than NOW?
Dreaming Only of The Journey I Want…
Kelly K. Brown
As you look back over this year, take a few moments to think about the topic of your most prevalent conversations---the major themes running behind most of your thoughts. What have they been about?
Foreclosures?
The Economy?
Government Bailout Programs?
The Election?
Speculation on Your Future?
Or maybe it was something else, such as paying bills, finding a job, wondering how your business (as you knew it) can survive in the economic wind of change we all just experienced and are currently experiencing.
As you think back to your conversations and thoughts over the past year, do any similar patterns come to mind? Does any ONE way of feeling stand out? i.e. were you mostly scared, worried, hopeful, angry, insightful, frustrated---or maybe even depressed?
In the world of normal things, most people (if the news is anything to go by) are feeling very negative--some would say with very good reason---and many are experiencing many other emotions that fall into the ‘negative’ category!
If you’ve been thinking and feeling that way, I have a question…
“So, How’s That Been Working For You?”
I ask with the most sincere, heartfelt intentions (as I also ask myself anytime I allow myself to wander off track from a positive mindset). Understand, I get the circumstances are all true---I know none of us are making this up---the economy that currently is… IS what is!
And here’s my point, ask yourself honestly…
Has talking about it, being worried about it, or losing sleep over it ever changed ANYTHING?
Probably not…at least not toward the good anyway! In fact, it is far more likely that the more you focused on it (what you don’t love about what happened this year economically) the more stuff happened, the more you saw it on the news, the more you read about it—some of you may have even found yourself popping up with various ailments and illnesses ‘totally out of the blue’. Consider this: “Will continuing to think and speak those same things in the same way will change anything as 2009 rolls around?”
Here’s the thing… all we have is this NOW moment! That’s really all we ever have---the past can’t be changed, the future is our hope, but definitely not our certainty as no one has the promise of the next breath, let alone tomorrow.
In reading and following my articles or blogs, you are already aware you aren’t your stuff, you aren’t what you have or lost, you aren’t what people say or think… none of that is WHO YOU TRULY ARE (imagine a 3-month terminal illness diagnosis and this will be abundantly clear in seconds)… so if all those things are true and NOW is all You’ve Got---wouldn’t it be just as easy to hope, believe, think and speak that things will somehow be okay, and that you will find a way regardless of the outer circumstances of the economy—no matter what actually happens?
Whether you believe in the Law of Attraction or not (“that which is like unto itself is drawn”), most everyone agrees with the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy---
“Think you can, think you can’t, either way you’re right”!
Are you beginning to see the intrinsic value for you and everyone around you that even while acknowledging in the briefest terms possible what is (the current economy), that a positive mindset, conversation, hope and belief can only bring good to you? Mentally, physically, relationally---everything works out better FOR YOU when you find ways to focus your intentions positively for today and tomorrow.
Does this mean you have THE answer to everything upfront, right this minute? Does this mean you KNOW what tomorrow will bring? “Do we ever?” is probably a much better question!
From my own extensive life experience, here’s what I know for sure!
Ø When faced with a 6-month life expectancy terminal illness diagnosis (within our family), a positive outlook, mindset and faith saved a life! (Yes, I plunked down $35k on a credit card IN ADVANCE of knowing the outcome or that a remission or cure was even possible!)
Ø When there was no money to cover a $14k per month medical treatment---focusing on what I wanted with a firm belief I would be taken care of no matter what---more than sufficient money arrived—and quite honestly there was, in the end, quite an abundance.
Ø When I was down to less than $6 thousand dollars at one point---with no job, no money and no prospects… an out-of-the blue miracle occurred and I was subsequently funded for almost 2 years.
Ø My parents house and every bill they had were paid off completely with money left over (along with cancer bills, surgery and treatment that had not yet occurred) when by miracle of miracles just a month prior to illness diagnosis, my Dad was put into a national restaurant chain commercial on television. No, he was not an actor of any kind before or since. Health Insurance was also provided- absolutely FREE!
I share these few instances (and there are so many more I could share), for no reason other than to inspire you. To give you a renewed confidence, that with faith, hope, a positive mindset and focused intentions on a positive outcome that you cannot yet see, let alone imagine, miracles do happen---and they can happen for YOU!
An idea that never before occurred to you will cross your mind, an opportunity from the craziest unknown place will surface suddenly or someone will introduce you to someone else who will forever change the course of your life. You know from your own past experience, this is exactly how it happens, right? Our current economy is not bigger than our world history, which tells us “things always get better”!
Does this mean that life is then forevermore perfect? No, my life is not yet perfect, but your NOW moments will FEEL better and better all the time (because you will be choosing your thoughts everyday). You will begin to have a strong inner confidence that ‘what is, is meant to be’ (i.e. you no longer fight reality), but you DO consciously focus on what you WANT in the midst of reality anyway!
As 2009 is right around the corner, Now Is All You’ve Got! Maybe NOW is the time to notice your patterns of thought and speech… your inner beliefs. Maybe NOW is the time to purposefully begin focusing your thoughts, speech and intentions on exactly What You Want! When would be a better time than NOW?
Dreaming Only of The Journey I Want…
Kelly K. Brown
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