Open the Door to Receiving

This Thursday the USA will be celebrating Thanksgiving and many other countries will also enjoy some similar form of enjoying company and offering thanks for all we have.

Giving thanks is a very powerful element in the empowerment process. When you give thanks, you open the door to receiving the good that you are asking for. This includes past, present and future.

Offering thanks is always done in the present. When you give thanks for what you have received, it creates a feeling of well-being inside. It let’s our unconscious mind know that we want more of that and it sets out a chain of events to bring more and more of it into your life.

You may have been taught that you should give thanks for what you are receiving now or about to receive. Right! The premise is that if everything already exists in the now, and you are wanting to bring it into your now, then by offering gratitude for having it aligns you with your desire and you become a vibrational match. Very powerful!

Many people I have worked with have been BEing and DOing what it takes to achieve what they are asking for but that have not opened the door to receiving. Gratefulness and offering your thanks allows that door to open.

What do you want to experience?

Empowerment is taking responsibility for creating your life the way you want it. Books and movies like The Secret, What the Bleep, and even the classic Think and Grow Rich; teach the immutable Law of Attraction. They describe that in order for you to have something in your life you must become a vibrational match in order for it to be in your experience of life.

I'd like to offer you another way of thinking about how to make the Law of Attraction work for you.

Most of us attempt to attract things into our life. "I want a motorcycle", I might say, but I end up with an old convertible that needs a new top and body work. But I wanted a motorcycle. Why did I end up with something else?

There is no vibrational response to this thing called a motorcycle. It is an object, a thing. The vibration is not created from the thing, rather it is the experience you are seeking. The experience I am seeking might be to feel the wind in my hair as I drive back roads and just enjoying the outdoors with friends. Consciously, I think, "A motorcycle would be the best way to do that." Unconsciously however, the creation machine in my mind is busy working out how to give me the experience I desire and that may be by means of a convertible.

When writing your goals be sure to include specifics about what you want in the things you are asking for and, be certain that you are putting it in context of what you are asking to experience.

Pay Attention to Yourself

One of the key elements to empowerment is to realize that every contact you make, every conversation you have, there is a message for you. When you begin to take each encounter as a learning experience for yourself, even those that you would deem unpleasant, you can find the good through learning.

Sometimes I find that I meet people that just rub me the wrong way. If I get caught up in how irritated I am then I get more irritated. When I recognize this happening and I make a choice to focus on WHY I am irritated, the whole perspective of the event changes. I can take a self reflective approach to the encounter and learn from it. That will help me feel good very quickly.

It is easy to be around people who we like. If you encounter someone you don’t like, ask yourself “Why?” There is a message in there for you.

Remember that what you focus on you will create more of in your life so it makes sense to focus on what you want doesn’t it?

Nurture Your Dreams

A little over two years ago, my wife and I moved into our home. It was, at the time, two years old and had 4 trees. In the back was a Bradford Pear and two Silver Leaf Maple trees. In the front was another Bradford Pear.

Bradford Pears are beautiful however they tend to grow very quickly and thus are not strong in the long run. I have seen large trunks break off in moderate winds.

One of the Maple trees was planted too deep and just struggled to survive. It would be the last to get its few leaves and the first to drop them. Because I favored the Maple trees, I decided to dig up and give away the Bradford Pears and to relocate the ailing Maple to the front yard.

Over two years, I can look back at just how much those trees have grown and just how well they are doing now. Slow consistent progress and they are much healthier!

Even once established, they still need some care. It occurred to me that while I might not have seen the growth day to day, if I do not care for them, if I do not give some of my energy to creating prosperity, they will not grow. If I did not provide water it wouldn't take long to see a change.

Providing that environment for growth is much like setting your intentions for your goals. Just a little each day will keep them growing. Remember, "Set meaningful goals in all areas of your life and pursue them with consistent flexible action."

BE Amazing!
-Lane