Rise Above Your Circumstances

                                                       "To hell with circumstances,
                                                              I create opportunities"
                                                                         - Bruce Lee

Have you found yourself getting discouraged and down about your circumstances?

I know I have.

Today I want to share a couple of great tips and hopefully they will help you, when you feel like nothing is working and you feel like you are the victim of your circumstances.

"I am not a product of my circumstances.
I am a product of my decisions"

 - Stephen Covey


If things are not working out right now, always remember "This too shall pass."
Write it down on a little piece of paper and put it somewhere, so you can see it often.
Say it out loud several times per day. Just remember... nothing lasts forever. It won't stay this way forever.

Focus on what is working in your life right now and what you are grateful for. Write it down. Start a gratitude journal if you don't already have one. When you start writing down all the things that you are grateful for it will give you energy to start creating some more things that you are grateful for. It will shift your focus. 

"A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances 

instead of your circumstances having power over you." 

- Joyce Meyer

Stop talking about your problems. The more energy you give your problems, the bigger they usually become.
Everywhere we go, people are constantly talking about their problems. If it isn't problems at work it is problems at home or with their health or money.
If you do have a problem, try to focus on a couple of solutions to your problem. Write then down. Talk to some of your friends and get some feedback. Maybe they have a solution that you haven't even thought about. 

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, 

and remove yourself from the unacceptable." 

- Dennis Waitley

If you don't have any goals, I suggest that you start thinking about creating some.
Goals are great because they make us focus on the future... on what is possible for us.
Remember..."without a vision people will perish"
We should be focusing on our goals and we should be moving forward. 

"Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success 

if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do." 

- Nelson Mandela

Read inspiring books, listen to webinars and podcasts. Attend seminars. Attend a workshop. Hire a mentor or a lifecoach. Get around positive like-minded people.

Stop focusing on your problems and start focusing on taking action towards your ideal future. Always remember that you present situation is not you final destination. The best is yet to come.

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Lessons Learned

                              "The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught, 

                                                      they most be experienced."

                                                                    - Liam Payne

We are all enrolled in... Life or... Earth School.

Each and every day you will all be faced with the opportunity to learn new lessons.
Some lessons may be more enjoyable than others and some of the lessons you might even hate and wish you would never had to deal with. But they are all part of what you must learn in Earth School. 

Every experience in life serves a purpose.

Each and every person has their own unique purpose in life and they will have their unique life path, totally designed for them and very different from the life path of anyone else.

As you are enrolled in Earth School you will be presented with numerous lessons that you must learn in order to fulfill your purpose. The lessons are being designed especially for you, and only you.

Life is a journey with problems to solve and lessons to learn. But most of all, experiences to enjoy.

Learning these lessons is going to be key to discover the meaning of your own life.

Once you have learned the basic lessons you will move on to the next, more advanced lesson by your teacher... The Universe.

In every circumstance that surfaces in your life there will be a new lesson presented to you.

When you experience betrayal... there is a lesson.
When you experience loss... there is a lesson
When your experience happiness... yet a new lesson by... The Universe.

Sometimes painful things can teach lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

For every event in your life, there is always a lesson that must be learned.

If you fail a lesson, it will be presented to you once again and again and again. The lesson will be presented to you until you understand and learn it.  Of course it is completely up to you if you want to learn from each and every lesson presented to you. 

The greatest lessons I have learned is life is that I still have a lot to learn.

As you travel through life on your path you will encounter lessons that others don't have to face and of course others will face their own sets of lessons, uniquely designed for them to deal with by... The Universe.

You must always stay on your own path and always learn the lessons specifically designed for you. Don't compare your path to other people's paths. Their lessons will be different than yours.

Remember you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and that are designed  to make you stronger and make you grow. 

Pain has taught me a lot more than what pleasure can ever teach me.

The process and lessons may not be easy, but the reward of learning these specific lessons will be well worth it.

As you are working on your "Life Lessons" and fulfilling your own true purpose you will discover amazing gifts within yourself that you never knew you had. 

In my life, I've lived, I've loved, I've lost, I've missed, I've hurt, I've trusted, I've made mistakes, but most of all I've learned.

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It's Time To Level Up!

                                                           "To change bad habits,

                               we must study the habits of successful role models."

                                                                  - Jack Canfield

The level up is about improving not impressing. Show yourself that you can get better. It's You vs You at the end of the day.

It's a known fact that by the second week of February the majority of people have already given up on the goals they set for themselves at the beginning of the new year. But instead of giving up on the goals we want to accomplish for ourselves in 2024, it's now time to level up instead of giving up.

Surround yourself with people who force you to level up.

If you want to create a higher level of success, you are going to need to drop some of your bad habits. Not exercising, eating unhealthy food, watching too much TV, constantly surfing the internet, smoking or drinking too much, just to name a few and replace them with more productive and empowering habits. Whatever habits you currently have established are producing your current level of results. If you want to get to the next level you have to develop and stick with some higher level habits.

Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you.

Your habits determine your outcomes. Getting to the top requires focused action, personal discipline, and lots of energy every day to make things happen.

The habits you develop from this day forward will ultimately determine how your future unfolds.

So what habits do you need to drop right now?

And what habits do you need to start developing so that you can have a better future and life? 

You can't step up to the next level as long as keep your foot on the lower level.

Also remember that a lot of times the results of our poor habits usually don't show up until much later in life.

The person you will be in 5 years depends largely on the books you read, the people you spend time with, the food you eat, the habits you adapt and the conversations you engage in.

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Take Back Your Power By Reframing Your Thoughts

                                                     "I am not what happened to me, 

                                                      I am what I choose to become." 

                                                                         - Carl Jung

A lot of times we are focusing on what is "wrong" with us. Unfortunately  we get plenty of help from people around us and also from TV, the internet, magazines and society constantly pointing out what is "wrong" with us.

There are plenty of ads everywhere telling us what we need to look like... what we should do to change... how we need to dress.. what to do to be more successful... what we need to do to fit in... what we need to do to find the "perfect love" in our lives... and what we must start doing, versus stop doing. 

Of course if we buy a certain product this will easily be fixed from the outside. We all know that this is not true. No new product will ever make us feel better about ourselves. It might for the moment but after a day or two the same old feeling comes back until we chase down the next shiny object to try to fix our life with. This will become a never ending cycle. 

"You don't have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. 

It's your life. Live it without apologies." 

- Many Hale 

I believe a lot of us  have now come to realize is that the world is filled with messages telling us that we are not good enough or worthy of living an wonderful life. We should play small and don't stand out. Stick with the crowd, it's safer to belong to the group because then you won't get hurt. Conform to what society and others think you should do, have and become. Don't decide for yourself what you want and what you would like to do with your life.

Can we be truly happy and content with our life if we allow other people to decide what is best for us? 

I don't believe we can. We must all decide for ourselves and design the life that we truly desire and dream of. 

"The major key to your better future is you." 

- Jim Rohn

Seldom are we actually celebrating what is "right" with us.  A lot of us are feeling powerless and insignificant.

It is time to change this.
Today... it is time to start focusing on and celebrating  what is "right" with you.

We also allow old memories from the past defining who we are today.
Because this happened to me in the past... I can never be happy. 

Because  I was born into a dysfunctional family... I will never be able to find true love and a great career. 

Reframing empowers you to take a negative thoughts related to a problem and convert them into positive solutions.

Don't allow the past to define who you are today.
Focus on what you have learned from the past. Rather than focusing on the pain of your past. Quickly reframe hurtful and bitter memories into reminders how much you have grown. You are not the same person as you were 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 years ago. You are not the same persona as you were a year ago. 

We are constantly growing and learning new things. What happened many years ago it's not who you are. It's something that you went trough. It was an experience you had to go through to become the person you are today. 

Imagine an amazing future and a more empowered life and start living it with every step you take and every decision you make.
Remember... this too shall pass!
But not necessarily by itself. It might need a little help from you, and why wait. Start now, create memories now that will fill your mind with your own power to choose. 

"Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it." 

- Marianne Williamson

And don't forget to always focus on... what is right with you!
You are a strong, empowered human being and you are capable of creating anything you desire and dream of in your own life. 

So, take your power back by reframing your thoughts and become the STAR in your own movie. 

"I am in charge. I take my own power back." 

- Louise Hay

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