Changing Your Focus - The First Requirements to Living the Life You Were Created to Live

Lately, television and newspapers have been saturated with so much sadness. Stories of people making their transition before they have had a chance to live; tales of wonderful people bought to their knees by illness; recent events involving hard-working couples' falling prey to mortgage foreclosures are running rampant throughout our society. These are the events that have hypnotized us into believing that we are victims, unwilling partners in a game headed for destruction. Feeling powerless, we keep telling "stories" of lack, impending doom, and financial destruction and if we are not the ones telling the stories, we certainly are intently listening to them and willingly passing them on.

We unknowingly weaken our beliefs, our consciousness every time we participate, actively or passively, in these kinds of conversations. Beliefs are just a set of opinions that we regard as factual. Our "facts" or beliefs about escalating prices, economic disasters and impending illness are the key that activates the various laws of cause and effect. We must learn to change our focus and tell different stories. I often say our conversations, our thoughts must mostly consist of what is right with our lives and less of what is wrong. If you are finding this difficult to achieve, then you must look at what you believe. If you are always sick, every supervisor you have had treats you unfairly and you are constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul, then your life is speaking volumes about what you believe.

It is time for you to focus your attention on your negative parent thoughts and eliminate them; not gradually, but with deliberate and purposeful intention.

In order to live the life we were created to live, we must start to tell different stories, have different conversations. We all have the same amount of time, how we utilize our time determines our success. The difference between people living their best lives now and people, who are not, is consciousness. Because we do not have any time to squander, start right not to think about something that made you feel good. When you awaken every morning, think of something that happened the day before that made you feel good. Before you fall asleep at night, always think of something that happened during the day that made you feel good. As you begin to focus on good things, you will attract more good things, thereby, giving you material for telling better stories.

Remember, life is too short to drink cheap champagne. Dream Big! Live the life you have imagined

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Toward A Complaint-Free Life

                   

"When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness." - Eckhart Tolle

Complaining, griping, kvetching - we all do it, right? Complaining can be a habit and, for most of us, it's pretty easy to get others to commiserate with us. It can even feel anti-social not to join in someone else's bitch session. But is complaining really a habit worth continuing?

Facebook Memories reminded me I had engaged in a complaint-free week in 2011. It was an interesting and revealing week. Here's a recap:

Day #1. For the next seven days, I'm committed to living a Complaint-Free life. Zero tolerance for complaining or blaming.

[I got the idea from Will Bowen, the founder of an organization called A Complaint Free World. I posted my commitment and invited Facebook friends to join in.]

Day #2. It's natural to notice things we don't like. That's the contrast that inspires desire. The contrast also sets up a crossroads. We can complain and attract more of what we don't like OR we can make peace with what-is, focus on what we prefer and attract more of the good stuff.

[I get to choose how I respond and it matters very much what I choose. As A Course in Miracles proclaims, "I could choose love instead!" Or fun... or joy... or... ]

Day #3. I notice my tendency to complain when I have to wait - at the chiropractor's office, checking out at the grocery store, etc. I'm wondering - Is complaining a response to feeling powerless?

[It may feel like I'm taking my power back when I complain, but complaining actually lowers my vibration and exacerbates my feeling of powerlessness.]

Day #4. The weather forecast calls for a high of 108 here in Austin. Rather than complaining about the heat, I intend to appreciate the air conditioning and imagine cool crisp fall weather coming.

[Myneighbor was bemoaning the heat wave that day and I responded that I'd love to join in but I had committed to a complaint-free week. We both laughed.]

Day #5. I bet if we REALLY got it that we create our own reality, instead of complaining about a reality we don't like, we'd get busy creating a reality we prefer.

[Complaining only brings us more to complain about.]

"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle." - Benjamin Franklin

Day #6. If I say it's too damn hot or this traffic sucks or why did she cut my hair so short, I'm complaining. If I say it's really hot, there's a lot of traffic today, she sure cut my hair short this time, I'm noticing. One is a complaint and one is an observation. And the vibrational difference is huge.

[This was a fun realization. I can notice what-is without complaining about it.]

Day #7. Calls to customer service departments have often been less than a cakewalk for me so I set a strong intention before calling AT&T today. It worked! I sailed through the entire call without complaint and proved that - with the right attitude - I can enjoy every moment of this physical life experience.

[How empowering to know that it's possible to enjoy any situation. Well, if not enjoy, at least accept.]

Revisiting my Complaint-Free Week reminded me:

*how much easier it is to maintain a high vibration when I refuse to give in to blaming and complaining.

*I can always choose a better feeling response.

*instead of complaining about a reality I don't like, I can focus on the reality I prefer and, thus, create a better feeling experience.

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