Month: November 2021 (Page 2 of 4)

I’m always amazed when something manifests itself in my life. Whether it be an artistic endeavor, an idea to be implemented for work or making a commitment to a goal that takes repeated time and effort as one of my hobbies.

The fact that it comes from an idea out of nothing. The firing of neurons and synapses in the brain that culminate into a coherent clustering of information that one can then act on boggles my mind.

I heard it once said that everything that materializes in your life always has two appearances: once as an idea and then as a manifestation. I would concur. We must see it in the ether before we can attract it into our physical lives.

The word I like to use when such things arrive in my world is: bewildered. I’m always bewildered every single time it happens.

After all, it all manifests right out of thin air.

So much of our daily lives is about patterns. Good and bad. We form habits and we tend to repeat them day in and day out. Why? Because it’s comfortable. Certainly, we can accomplish goals we have set forth by forming and executing healthy habits. But, humans like the “known.” We like to know what is in front of us. If we could, we would want to know the results of something in the future before even trying if we could. We want guarantees and we like taking the path of least resistance.

Unfortunately, there are no guarantees. First and foremost, let’s embrace that. Secondly, that path of least resistance you don’t want to get off may be keeping you from trying a new avenue that just might get you the results you’re looking for.

Sometimes the best way to find your way around a new town is by driving until you get lost. Try that new avenue. You’ll find your way home. We always do eventually.

There are a few different types of focus that continue to resurface on a daily basis for me.

Long-term Focus and Short-term Focus. Either one can become a challenge as life happens throughout the day and fires break out in one area or another. We can too often find ourselves dealing with these issues one after the other and before we know it, we have run out of time and unable to put an effort towards what we set out to do at the beginning of the day.

Other times, we can get caught up in accomplishing a project and wonder how this fits into the big picture of where we’re going. I am guilty of this quite often.

What I have found helps me stay on track is writing down on a weekly basis, what is important to me at the time. Not often enough, do I sit down and write out long-term objectives, goals and accomplishments I intend to attract into my life through a concerted effort.

This is where I tend to lose my focus the most; in the long-term.

I never regret the times I do sit down and go through my goals – whether that be 3-6 months, 1-3 years or 5+ years out. And more times than not, I attract what I put my focus on without having a concrete plan at the time of how to accomplish it.

This is what inevitably always brings me back to do it again. It is always worth my time in the end. And I can use it as a map for myself to make sure I stay on the trail of focus and not stray off into the forest.

No doubt, this is a challenge for me, but it is something I face on a regular basis.

We can find ourselves denying the mess exists. That’s procrastination and will not resolve any issues. Ignoring it may even exacerbate the problem.

It may be difficult to embrace the current situation – as bad as it may be – but there is no way to move beyond it without acceptance. We must acknowledge there is something that needs to change.

Once we admit there must be change, we can transcend the unwanted result and move into a suitable solution. This may sound simplistic, however many of us can go for long periods of time in denial about the results we have been receiving unaware of how to change them.

As the season of Thanksgiving rolls around once again, I feel urged to ask the question, “Can we ever have enough gratitude?”

I’m betting on no. When we enter a state of gratitude our focus changes from the self to more of an objective point of view. You have a sense of pulling back the zoom on your life and considering the big picture. We are often way too caught up in our own stories to consider anyone else’s.

Feeling a sense of gratitude gives you a perspective you wouldn’t otherwise have. For me, it also simplifies my life. It distills it down to what’s really important to me. Being on death’s doorstep will do that to you, but why wait for that to happen when you can manufacturer those feelings and gain that perspective just by being grateful.

Gratitude is an attitude and attitudes become a way you live your life. You might want to pick a good one.