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Healthy Living: Simple steps to a better life
When you watch TV or read magazines you get the impression that most people spend their days as lean, mean exercise fanatics who compete in triathlons, eat tofu, and drink a gallon of rain water a day. If you don’t fit this profile, you are not...
Its Ok to Be Happy Again
Do you fear life's long cloudy days? Do you fear judgment of others? Do you fear that you may have to feel this way forever? Well, if you do you may be one of the 16% of Americans suffering from depression today. Fear no longer, you can get control...
reflections - sending out loving kindness to the world
It's been an emotional week this week, in a lot of ways. I don't think that there are any of us, reading this, who have failed to be touched by the events that happened in London on Thursday, in some way. I was actually in London on Thursday, on an...
The Universal Connection
Do you believe in random coincidence? Or, do you think that there is some destiny involved when things magically 'come together'?
I believe in a phenomenon I have been known to call a 'Universal connection'. Yesterday one of these destined...
Waking Up
Picture this. You're sitting in the audience at a hypnosis show. A hypnotized subject on stage has been told by the hypnotist that he hates the show, that he's not hypnotized, and that there's an invisible wall in front of him, preventing him from...
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Intentions, Hard Work, and Luck
My son often says, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." Since that phrase popped into my head early this morning, I took it as my inspiration for the week and got to thinking about luck.
What is luck? Is it good fortune that comes out of the blue, totally unexpected? Or is it the Universe sending what we’ve signaled we desire? I think the latter. My son’s phrase doesn’t mean that just working intensely brings good fortune. It means that working intently, with passion, toward desired end results will bring those results to us.
The key word is passion. It is the depth of our emotion about our desires, and our ability to visualize the result, that sends the strongest signal to the Universe--the signal most likely to trigger the events some would call luck. But how do you create the passion? Passion comes naturally and effortlessly when your intentions align with and complement who you really are.
For example, if you are a creative, imaginative, and spontaneous person, it is not likely that you will generate passion around a job which is detail oriented and routine. If you happen to be in this job, and hold a goal of excelling at that job, you will likely find that luck avoids you no matter how hard you work. Oh, you may do OK at this work, but it is unlikely that you will see what some would call good luck in the job. In fact, bad luck may seem to follow you, sabotaging your career at every turn. You see, the Universe knows who you are at your core, and sends
you what is right for you, even if it seems to oppose what you think you desire.
So it is extremely important that you understand yourself-- the real you. Not the you constructed by others based on their views of success, but the you at your core—the you that calls in your dreams. You know who that is, even while you try to hide from it. You have glimpses of who you really are--and these glimpses thrill you. Perhaps your mind is used to taking over at this point, frightening you with all the reasons you can’t be that person your soul is calling for. If that’s where your thoughts take you--to a paralyzing fear--think again. Think another thought!
If your favorite saying is, "If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all," spend some time in quiet meditation reflecting on who you really are. Consider where your passions lie. Recall your periods of great excitement, energy, and joy. During those times you are being who you really are. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live every day that way? And wouldn’t it be great to have luck on your side? It can be.
About the Author
Copywrite 2003, all rights reserved. Jerry Lopper is an author, personal coach, and consultant. His workshops, ebooks, articles, and coaching are available through http://www.yourcoachtosuccess.com where you can sign up for complimentary articles and coaching. Get to know yourself, your real self through the Purpose in Life Workshop. For more information go to http://www.yourcoachtosuccess.com/PIL.htm.
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