Those that support you, take them on board. Make them partners in your vision, let them choose their level of participation, and let them do it their way. All you have to do is keeping their eyes on purpose and direction and from time to time whisper softly in their ears: "you can, you can, you can."

Those that object to your movements, can be handled in two ways:

You can either let them be, and go your way. Create as large a distance as possible from them as you can, otherwise they will drain your energy with their constant criticism, complaining, inactivity...

Or you can try and move them. Confront them with their resistance, prices they pay for choices in their life, possibilities they miss. It is hard work usually - ensure that it's not taking you away from your task at hand.

For now, let's focus on those who do come aboard. So you're captain now. Here are basics of leadership from heart:

* You can only take people as far as you are. If you wish people to go further, you have to go further.

* As a leader, people look up to you - you become a role model. All you need is to be authentic. Nothing else.

* Develop patience, compassion and sense of humor for others, as you've been there before.

* Your highest goal should be continuous growth - yours as well as others.

* Dealing with challenges is your bottom line. Perceive each difficulty as a new challenge and express your creativity and wisdom in handling it.

* Get in contact with bigger picture. Meditate, contemplate, and create your own life vision.

* Leadership from heart is about doing it together. Everyone should be partner to vision.

* Take responsibility for your situation. Stop futile practices of hoping, excusing, blaming and shaming.

* Empower people for a better world. Ask more questions; give fewer answers.

* Operate from personal power, cooperation and friendship. Drop use of force, authority and status.

To make this world a better place you can start with simply taking care of one thing and nurturing it. Let it grow. Let others see you care.

And ultimately, if it is not enough or if it is too late, then we go down - but at least we go down trying. We go down knowing we did not waste our love and our life.

If you don't want to waste your life and your love - what are you going to do?

Why do we wait to change little things until they become BIG THINGS? It's really a personal question perhaps related to self-image, deserving-ness, responsibility, victim behaviors, any number of complexes. But I know in my case it really was a matter responsibility. My rationalization was that so much more would be expected of me if I healed my lower back condition, and those expectations would be overwhelming. The idiocy in this computation is that increased expectations ARE overwhelming when you're in constant pain, but with cause of pain removed, expectations are joyfully fulfilled, with added confidence and morale increasing further my quality of life.

After 10 months of daily Bikram yoga, my back "problems" are no longer, and I have a new-found belief in myself and my ability to make a heart-and-soul decision, stick with repercussions and bask in light at end of tunnel. The ridiculous thing about it is, that I always KNEW yoga would cure me, but I was just waiting for "right time" to do it. Finally, after months of unending pain following a slipped disc, miraculously time became "right." The point being, of course, that NOW is only "right time."

Physicist have pretty much agreed on theory that Universe is expanding. To me, this is self-evident, because creation is constantly occurring. Everything increases one way or another--where one thing ceases, two things begin. I could be accused of being an optimist, and I proudly tout that moniker, but I see it as simply being practical. The more you strive to achieve, more opportunities present themselves. The more you refuse to achieve, more reasons appear to motivate you. See? Increasing universe.

The point is, that attaining wellness, well-being, physical health and happiness is a matter of striving heart-and-soul toward an increase in quality of life. Today, increase one good thing in your life. The universe agrees with this! You can't lose.

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