Life Success Strategies for Soulpreneurs®

The Choice is Yours

I am responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I experience,
and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
And everything that seems to happen to me
I ask for and receive as I have asked.

- A Course in Miracles

For several months I had a "story" that I stuck to.  That story was, "I have acid reflux.  I need to take Pepcid every day".  This story began when I was taken to the emergency room because I didn't feel "right".  I had no idea what was wrong, I just knew it wasn't right.

After the normal check for heart problems, which I didn't have, the doctor gave me a milky substance to drink and had me rest for a while.  It worked like a charm, and so I became a person with acid reflux.  It didn't occur to me at the time that I had a choice in the matter.  I thought it was just something I had to learn to live with.  And so I did...

Eventually I learned to watch what I ate, took digestive enzymes, did internal cleanses occasionally, and went on with life -  Pepcid in tow wherever I went.

I can't say exactly when the change happened, but one day it occurred to me that I had a choice.  I could choose to be a person with acid reflux, or I could give up that image of myself and build a new one.  I chose the later.

Today I take digestive enzymes only, and I rarely have any problems with acid.  If I do, I know what I've done to cause it.

We all have choices about how we want to live our lives, how we want to see ourselves and our world.  You can see success or you can see a hard road before you.  The choice is yours.

What do you choose?

 

Making room for an inspired life - your real life

"You can't plan an inspired life. You will never know the way, but the way knows the way. Thankfully, an infinite loving intelligence is not confined to the cramped realities of our logic. Love has a way of blowing your mind. Your heart knows a small step to take in this very moment. That's all you need." - Tama Keives


You may be at a crossroads in your business right now, as I am. It's time to step back and see what unfolds naturally. I have felt business and life has become too structured, too contrived towards the pursuit of making a buck. The above quote reminds me that what's really important is being happy, making room for what I care most about in my life. It's nice to know that I don't have to know exactly what that looks like. All I have to do is have a "little willingness" to give up my preconceived notions of what that is and make room in my mind and life for it to appear.


Many years ago when I worked for AT&T, I took a leap of faith and gave up the corporate rat race after a 24 year run. I didn't know how we were going to pay the bills or where life would take me next. All I knew was it was time to move on. I followed my gut, which assured me all was well. After 15 years of freedom, I can tell you that all has not always been as well as I would have liked it to be, but it has worked out better than I could ever have imagined in my limited view of life. I'm so glad I didn't limit myself to the "good opinion of others", who told me I was crazy to leave a secure job after all that time with no plans for the future. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do...