The Box

How often I have considered myself to be in a place of security when in fact there was none. I seem to be in a box and keep myself there to shield myself from the outside world. At times it is more difficult in the inside of the box then I could imagine it would be if I just opened it up and stepped out. But, to step out would mean I would be going into the unknown where to stay in the dark, even though it is dismal it is what I know. How often do we stay in a place that is harmful to ourselves because to move on to us would be too scary? Maybe it’s time to open the flaps and take one step at a time out of that box. It might be the best move of our life.

A Quote From Marianne Williamson

I want to share with you one of my favorite quotes from Marianne Williamson:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually who are you not to be?.... We were born to be manifest in the glory of God that is within us!"
We are in his likeness and therefore we are love.....

Changing The Would If's

Let’s talk a little about that self we call the Inner Child. This is the truest part of us the genuine item. When we feel any emotion, fear, sadness, love, happiness you name it, we are feeling them from different places within us. The times that we are scared or upset are times that we are coming from that child within, where we do not feel safe and secure. At times when we feel happy and joyous we can also be coming from that child like place. As you start to get in touch with your emotions you can check on were you are feeling that emotion. Is it coming from a rational place or an irrational place? Most of the time when we are in a state of fear, we are coming from an irrational place. When I talk about fear I’m not talking about due to a threat of bodily harm, I’m talking about our own unique fears of life, the would ifs. Would if the house burns down, would if I lose my job, would if my husband has an affair. Most of the time, these fears are untrue and are created out of our own insecurities about life. When we tap into where this thought is coming from we can see that it is normally related to an old belief. As we work on changing those beliefs we can stop the would ifs in our lives.

Who Is Your Inner Child

Who is your inner child? Do you know that child well? Has that part of you been tucked away so long that you don’t know if he/she is there? We all have an inner child, that part of us that is perfect in every way. From the time we were born on this earth we have had to recreate who we are do to others. Over time because of the beliefs about our family, society, religion we lost parts of ourselves in order to fit in. You can reconnect with this part of you.

The Stories We Tell

As children we think about stories as wonderful ways to see the world, or an escape from a reality that we did not want to face. As we grow up stories take on a new meaning. A story is as it always has been a tale, or an exaggeration of the truth. We tell stories all the time, these stories are all about what has happen to us over the course of our lives. We get sucked into believing that these stories are our truth and at times we tell these stories over and over again, to ourselves and others. A story can be as simple as the loss of a first love that crushed any hopes of finding true love again or failing a class that prevents you from moving forward in your education because of the feeling of being a failure. Whatever the story is, it is not real and this is what we all need to understand. We can change our lives by seeing the false beliefs that we carry around with us and change our perceptions about them. By acknowledging that something has happened and developing a way of making it into a statement of fact instead of a story we tell. We can stop buying into the false beliefs and create a healther life.

There Is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

One of the biggest obstacles in my life is fear , I seem to be afraid of the unknown a lot more than the known. Sometimes just a thought of what could happen can send me into a tail spin. Does this sound familiar? There are a lot of us who chose not to try something new because of the what if outcome. We stay in our comfort zone, even if the zone is uncomfortable it’s less scary than the unfamiliar. I have had so many times in my life that I have said "I will never know unless I try, what is the worst that can happen?" Most of the time the worst never happens and the outcome is so much better than I expected. My fear was holding me back.

Growing From The Inside Out

James Ray writes about how we grow from the inside out. If we want more for ourselves we have to start with ourselves. We have to examine who and what we are and what is holding us in resistance against achieving what we want. We determine the quality of our lives, not anyone else. http://harmonicwealth.com/index.php/forum/post/183 It starts with intention, if your intention is to be wealthy you have to go inside first and work on the part of you that is preventing you from that wealth. As James says go in - involution, and grow, your results on the outside - evolution - must happen. Anytime we have a goal or desire we have to grow inside in order to meet it, this is involution. You envision your goal and then go inside to create the growth that is necessary to achieve that goal. Of course there are action steps one has to make to create the goal. But first start with you!