How to Get Anything You Want

Written by Sulana Stone


How can you create what you don't think you can have? How can you make your dreams come true?

Excited to experiment with my passion, animal communication, I'd found a job at a dog kennel, exchanging 25 hours a week of labor for an apartment. It was a good deal for me. But after two years of working with barking dogs, I longed for more peace, freedom and flexibility thanrepparttar kennel allowed.

"There's no way," my mind insisted, "you'll ever find a better situation than you already have." Multitudes of emotions were stirring inside me. Doubt. Sadness. Resignation. My ego personality was gaining momentum in its "logical and emotional sales pitch." My thoughts were trying to convince me to stay right where I was so I wouldn't be disappointed when I failed to get a better job and home. Thank God my spirit wasn't buyingrepparttar 130497 mental spiel!

CREATING MAGIC

In my life, I've learned that magic occurs when I choose to feel completely my emotions around an issue. New doors open. Situations improve. I've also noticed how life patterns repeat themselves—how I don't get what I really want, how I settle for less—when I don't feel totallyrepparttar 130498 emotions my mind concocts. The emotional feelings arerepparttar 130499 glue that holds old patterns in place. The emotional feelings are what discourage us from going after what we really want.

When my mind not so gently reminds me of my fears and failures, I've learned to embracerepparttar 130500 emotions that come up. Embracing emotions is just like embracing children who are scared, hurt, upset or angry. Once "the kids" feel totally acknowledged, appreciated, allowed (loved), they calm down and don't cause any more trouble. "The kids" get out ofrepparttar 130501 way. And we are free to pursue our joy. Emotions actrepparttar 130502 same way kids act. Emotions just want our attention—our loving attention.

GIVING "THE KIDS" ROOM TO MOVE

One way to give an emotion full recognition and expression (love) is to feelrepparttar 130503 emotion as energy, movement, sensation or vibration—instead of as a label of sadness, fear or anger. Rather than label an emotion with a name or category you don't enjoy feeling, you can choose to feel an e-motion (energy motion) as a more approachable state such as churning, stirring or heaviness. Feel an "energy motion" as aliveness, life force or power and it's even easier to choose to experience your feelings more fully.

Once an emotion—like a kid—is allowed to exist just as it is, it hasrepparttar 130504 space to be itself. It feels accepted and lightens up. Thenrepparttar 130505 "energy motion" naturally moves up and out of your body. You might experience this sensation of movement as waves of energy, pulsation, warmth or tingling in your spine, legs, arms or elsewhere in your body. Different people feel energy motions leaving or dissolving—integrating—in various ways.

When you give an energy motionrepparttar 130506 room to exist just as it is—without trying to change it—it hasrepparttar 130507 space to fully express itself. Then it's done and out of your way. It goes full cycle and completes itself. Once you free yourself fromrepparttar 130508 obstructing effect of unfelt emotions, you can move toward your intention. You can take action toward your dream. You'll feel more open, creative, courageous and inspired! In a twist onrepparttar 130509 old saying, "Whenrepparttar 130510 adult is away,repparttar 130511 kids can play!" you can now enjoy, "Whenrepparttar 130512 kids are away,repparttar 130513 adult can play!"

GETTING MY KIDS OUT OF THE WAY

After "feeling my emotions as energy" during my quest for a better job and home, my intuition suggested I run a want ad inrepparttar 130514 local newspaper. The first responses were disheartening—no sweeter deal than I had already. My gut knotted. "See," my mind implored, "there isn't anything better. Stop looking. You'll only feel worse!" More "energy motions" to accept and feel. Disappointment. Hopelessness. Frustration. Each "kid" wants attention. I stay withrepparttar 130515 energy motions until I feel genuine acceptance and appreciation for them. Then they move out of my way. I'm free of their power to stop me from moving inrepparttar 130516 direction of my dream.

Once my creative space is cleared of blocking emotions, my intuition whispers to runrepparttar 130517 ad again: "Professional woman wants private place to live in exchange for caretaking property, animals, plants." My mind perseveres in its outdated idea of how to keep me safe from failure and disappointment: "This ad will never work. What a waste of money!" But I don't listen—instead I keep on embracing and appreciating "the kids."

After several days of feelingrepparttar 130518 churning energy sensations in my body, a pleasant woman called looking for someone to care for her dog when she and her husband travel. "The only problem," she candidly revealed, "is thatrepparttar 130519 guesthouse is rather small, and we live a ways out of town." I liked her honesty immediately. Soon my truck and I were headin' out torepparttar 130520 country.

MY MIND WAS WRONG!

It was love at first sight. The rather small guesthouse is larger than my current apartment—and much more modern and luxurious. I'm offered a custom furnished guesthouse including utilities with free phone, Internet service and satellite TV in exchange for letting her sweet black Labrador retriever stay with me a few days every three months! Spectacular mountain ranges spanrepparttar 130521 horizon for several hundred miles. A sprawling county park bordersrepparttar 130522 property—thousands of acres of quiet, lush, pristine land. I findrepparttar 130523 peace I longed for, plus a gift of scenic beauty!

How to Reduce Your Stress this Christmas

Written by Kerry-Ann Cox


In theory Christmas is a time that is filled with joy and celebration. A joyous holiday when you get together with loved ones and catch up, exchange gifts and generally have a good time.

Unfortunately in practice it can be a time of great stress and unhappiness. There is so much to do and so much to organise. And sometimes getting together with your extended family can be uncomfortable and even painful.

So here is a plan that will help you to relax a little more this Christmas and hopefully a good time will be had by all.

Christmas Shopping

Don't leave everything untilrepparttar last moment. Rushing will just make you tired and more stressed. Get you Christmas shopping done early, so you don't have to spend hours fighting other shoppers forrepparttar 130495 last doll or Christmas turkey.

Don't over spend. It is very easy at Christmas time to spend too much and put yourself in a financial hole for a good part ofrepparttar 130496 new year. Decide before you go shopping how much you can afford to spend and stick to your budget. Shopping early will help you stick to a budget as you will not be in a last minute panic, picking up anything that may be suitable regardless ofrepparttar 130497 cost.

If money is a little tight for you or some of your family members there are a couple of ways you can reduce your spending costs. Together you could decide that all gifts should be handmade or second hand. Or you could all decide that each of you will only buy for one other person. This way instead of spending $5 on 10 people and getting them all little cute but junky things you spend $50 on one person and get them something that they will really appreciate. Decide betweenrepparttar 130498 family an amount that everyone is to spend and then draw names out of a hat to see who you will shop for.

Wraprepparttar 130499 presents as soon as you can after buying them - that will leave one less thing to do on Christmas eve.

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