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The Crystal Clarity of Our Desires

2010-03-02T23:50:00Z

Our thoughts create our reality. This is the major tenet of The Law of Attraction. What we think and believe we attract and create in our lives. The first step in creating and manifesting what we desire is to become clear in our desires. This aligns our energy with the Universe so It can bring what we desire to us. But there’s another reason for gaining crystal clarity in our desires – our own internal focus and alignment.

This came into sharp focus for me this past month. I have spent the past year gaining greater and greater clarity of what was my life path and right livelihood. I thought it consisted only of teaching and sharing the principles and concepts of Living In Thrival I developed. I was clear that this was my path. But I was still being assailed by doubt and fear storms, questioning its validity and my worthiness and abilities. I struggled and fought on trying to figure out how to get my message out into the world. I couldn’t think of anyway to market myself or my ideas. And everything I tried seemed doomed to failure. I felt like a failure. But even though I felt like quitting and giving up, I didn’t. I kept asking myself, “what do I want to do”, “who do I want to work with”, and “who are my ideal clients”, each time receiving more pieces to the puzzle. But the picture of my full desire – my lifepath – wasn’t complete. I was still lacking that “Ah-ha! Yes!” feeling which generates excitement and joy.

My last job in the business world left me haggard and wounded. I didn’t want anything to do with business. I only wanted to work with individuals. I refused to entertain any thoughts or discussions on how I could weave the principles of Thrival with business. I kept running away from it even though I knew they applied just as much to businesses as to our personal lives. Despite knowing one of my great loves is business, especially entrepreneurialism, I shied away from it. I ignored it.

It kept knocking on my door.

Friends would ask me business questions. Then one day a friend asked me to do some business consulting with her for her business. As I talked with her, I found myself naturally weaving the concepts of Thrival into our conversation. And I loved it.

I added this piece to the rest of the puzzle of my life path and right livelihood. It was almost complete, but not quite. Then I remembered another of my passions – the empowerment of women. The “Ah-ha” moment happened then. My path and passion is the empowerment of women, using the principles of Thrival and in business. I believe one of the paths to women’s empowerment is through owning and running our own businesses. I was not only clear – I was crystal clear.

And with that clarity, all my doubts and fears dissipated. They are gone. No where to be seen or felt. I have complete confidence in what I’m doing. Ideas pop into my head about ways I can market myself and how to offer my services to women. In my clarity, I feel excitement and joy. I can serenely wait for all to unfold inbeauty and ease, for I know it will.

This is the benefit of our being crystal clear with our desires. The desire itself is our joy.

Another benefit is we know the direction weneed to be taking and can discern what is right for us to be doing. We can instantly see when we’re headed the wrong direction or going on a tangent. In writing the copy for my new Guidance Programs, I started writing them with the audience of “everyone” in mind. I was having trouble, nothing was flowing well. Then I remembered my clarity of life purpose and passion. The programs became Women In Thrival programs and the words just flew from my heart and onto the page.

In summary, we need to find the crystal clarity of our desires, not only to deliberately create our reality but for these added benefits:

* Doubt and fear can’t abide in the strong light of our clear purpose and desire

* We can find joy and excitement in our desire

* It provides us focus in our choices as we move through life

* It lights our path showing us which way we need to go

When you are in the process of gaining your crystal clarity, don’t give up. Each moment or incident of doubt or contrast is another piece of the puzzle of your clear, precise desire. The completed picture brings with it the full light of your consciousness and it becomes a beacon that magnetizes and attracts the manifestation of your desire. This is how you create your reality.

To learn more on how to create the crystal clarity of your life and to empower yourself, enroll in the Women In Thrival Business or Personal Thrival Guidance Programs.

Your Ideal Life and Lifestyle

2010-01-19T19:40:00Z

Before you can deliberately, consciously create the life you desire, you must know what it is you desire. This includes your ideal lifestyle. Your ideal lifestyle is what your life would look like if you were “Living In Thrival.” Our ideal is to be thriving in every area and aspect of our life. When we know what our ideal is, we can then work for that ideal. We can make decisions and choices based on whether the result will bring us closer to our ideal, or further away.

True freedom and empowerment is being able to choose what brings us happiness and to a place of Thrival and thriving. As women, we especially need to do things that bring us to a place of self-empowerment. Too many of us have been taught to subjugate our desires, our ideals, in favor of someone else, whether that is our children, our mates, our parents, even our bosses. Our ideal life and our desires doesn’t necessarily have to conflict or be opposed to the desires of others. They can be in alignment. But to have self-empowerment and personal power, we have to know what our desires are first. Then if they are in conflict we can make the decision of how to act.

How many of us have stopped our doing, our living our daily lives, to consider what is our ideal life and lifestyle? In moving from day-to-day, we have a tendency to just accept what comes to us or what we’ve been taught to expect from life. One of the principles of Living In Thrival is that we have the right and ability to choose what we desire and how we desire to live our life. Through the Law of Attraction, once we are clear and aligned with our desired lifestyle we will then see it manifesting in our lives.

I invite you to take a few minutes, even a few hours or days, to contemplate and daydream about what is your ideal life and lifestyle. Consider all the areas of your life and what they would look like and feel like if you were thriving and had all you desired in them. Consider these areas: your work/career, your finances, your family, your relationships with friends and co-workers, your physical activity and health, your creativity, your community, and your spirituality. How do they all fit together in the grand mosaic that is your life?

Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you in discovering what is your ideal life and lifestyle. There is no wrong answer, just YOUR answer. Just because you discover you’re ideal is living in a small cottage and a modest income, doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It’s your life. It’s your decisions. Remember, this is your ideal, not mine, not your lover’s or mate’s, and not your parents. What is it that makes you feel happy and alive?

* What does my ideal life look and feel like? What would an average day look like in my ideal life?

* How do I desire to spend my time?

* What is important to me? What is necessary for me to be happy and to feel like I’m in Thrival? What would be nice, but not necessary?

* What lifestyle fits me? Is it quiet and with my family? Is it as a celebrity where everyone sees me and knows what I’m doing?

* What kind of work brings me happiness and fulfillment? Do I need this to be thriving?

* Do I like being an employee or do I want to be an entrepreneur with all the responsibility and worries that go with it?

* What kind of house do I like and want to live in? An apartment or condo? A small cottage or a large house?

* What kind of friends do I want to spend my time? What type of community do I want to belong in?

* What do I like doing for fun? What do I like doing to express my creativity?

Write down your answers in as much detail as possible, in the present tense. You can even turn this into a script to read to yourself. Add to it as more clarity through contrast comes to you. As you look around you and begin to consider what is your ideal, you may find you think of many things you don’t want. This contrast is giving you clues to what you do want. For example, if you find yourself thinking or saying, “I don’t want to live in an apartment” that’s good. Now you know not to look for an apartment, this isn’t your ideal place to live.

Share your experiences on how this exercise has helped you (or not). Did you discover something new about yourself?

Welcome

2010-01-11T20:08:58Z

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