Are You Rich?
...... could the two of us in as close to the same boat as two people can get respond so differently'
The more I reflected on that paradox, the more I learned about how and why I relate to my world the way I do. When I was younger, a friend told me, 'You know, you are so lucky. Everything always works out for you.' At the time I said, 'Yeah, and I work darn hard to make sure it does.'
In light of this new question, however, I can see why things work out for me'because I believe that they will and I focus all my energy toward that end. Then, even when they don't work out like I planned, I see that how they worked out was even better than what I had planned or at least exactly the way they were supposed to work out for my continued growth. A circumstance which causes me to feel even richer than before.
World-renown motivational speaker Anthony Robbins has an exercise where first you 'hope' something will work out. He says that when you hope, you see two possibilities: the thing working out, and the thing not working out. Then he invites you to 'expect' that something will work out. Expecting focuses all of your attention, all of your energy, on the goal being accomplished with no thought to it not working out. When you expect consistently, your goals, your dreams, and your plans have no choice but to come into being because your thoughts create your reality.
And so back to our original question. Are you rich'
When you look at your life do you expect things to work out' Do you focus all your energy on things working out' Or do you sit back and hope that somehow they will' If your answer to the last question is, 'Yes,' then I'd be willing to bet your answer to the first is, 'No.' It's simple'if all you focus on is how 'poor' you are, no matter how great things may be, you will find a way to feel 'poor.'
Sarah Ban Breathnach, best-selling author of Simple Abundance and Something More, suggests keeping a gratitude journal where every day you write down five things for which you are grateful. This is an excellent way to force your mind to focus on answering a resounding, 'Yes!' to 'Are you rich'' Take a moment, right now, and list ten things in your life for which you would not take a million dollars.
Having trouble thinking of something' Then start with your health'that's an asset most of us take for granted. 'But I have a bad back and migraine headaches and PMS,' you say. Maybe, but I have an uncle who is stricken with MS, and he literally cannot reliably move any muscle in his entire body. Not only is he in a wheelchair, he must be strapped to that wheelchair so he won't fall out. He cannot feed himself, dress himself, or go to the bathroom by himself. He cannot drive, hold a pencil, type, or even roll over in bed at night under his own power.
Now, how thankful are you for your health' More importantly, are you rich'
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In the book Princess, by Jean Sasson, a Saudi Arabian princess who on the outside lives a life of luxury and opulence that most of us could only dream about, describes life for women that closely resembles absolute hell. Women locked in lightless rooms for years on end because they brought 'dishonor' to the family. Women drowned by their fathers in their family's swimming pool while their mothers and sisters look on helplessly. Young girls sold by their parents, stripped naked, and then bought at auctions by men who want to increase their harems.
And we complain about a bad hair day.
Think about the opportunities and the options you have stretched before you. Yes, you may be in a dead end job or in a dead end relationship, but you don't have to stay there. You can get out. So ask yourself right now, what do you want to do with your life' What is your dream' If you could be anywhere in this life, where would you be' Picture that place in detail. What does it look like' Breathe. Close your eyes, and see it.
If you believe you are rich; if in your soul your answer is a solid, no-questions-asked, resounding 'Yes!', then you can achieve that dream and any other dream you focus on. Nothing can stop you.
Now, I can hear some of you saying, 'But I'm not rich. Look at all these bad things that have happened to me.' Then I say, start a grateful journal today'this very minute. You don't have a second to waste.
Motivational speaker, Marianne Williamson says, 'There is nothing holy about poverty.' God, the maker of all things, has given you the greatest gift of all'life, but what do most of us do' Sit around complaining about every little thing that has ever gone wrong and whining about how hard this life is.
Let this be your warning: Do not tell your brain you are poor, for when you do, no amount of riches'monetary or otherwise'will ever be enough to make you rich. Believe you are rich, feel you are rich, focus on how you are rich every single moment of every single day. For when you feel you are rich and believe you are rich, more riches will be granted to you.
So, now, let me ask you once more, are you rich' Be careful. The answer is shaping more than you think!
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