Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
July 4th is the day Americans celebrate Independence Day! Here’s to everyone’s freedom! Are you freer today than you were a year ago, 10 years ago? Are you happier today than you were last year this time?
If not, what’s holding you back?
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM free.
Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. – Maya Angelou
That’s a scheme of the Universe. Create imperfect creatures with a boatload of potential! That potential is largely sitting untapped inside us. We’ve dug some and and unearthed a bit, but there’s a lot more. It’s an ongoing quest!
We may decide to be true for example but without courage we could falter in the first tough situation that we face. Constant vigilance with a solid foundation of courage is what’s needed in our attempts to be virtuous. What’s your challenge?
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM courage itself. I pursue Truth, Beauty and Goodness.
Recommendation: Release Your Brilliance by Simon T. Bailey
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare
I was reading (actually listening) to Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen this morning and one of the key principles she espoused was around ‘being yourself’. She mentions this concept of the ‘double ouch’ as it relates to public speaking. It essentially means that most of us have the potential to fail twice, once as we try to be someone else and a 2nd time when we fail as our own selves!
Instead try the single ouch where you allow only your own self to fail or prosper! Give you to yourself completely, that would be a lifetime’s journey all by itself!
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM me. I succeed as myself.
Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen
The greatest accomplishment began as a decision once made. – Michael Rawls
But don’t be overwhelmed by it. Know that you’ve accomplished an assortment of goals in the past; you’ll do better this time!
So go ahead and make that decision. The one to start towards your goal, today! Notify the Universe that you intend to carry through, that you mean it, that nothing will hold you back and that you expect things to work out. The Universe listens kindly and smiles…
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the decision engine! What I decide, happens!
Recommendation: Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself. – Lao-tsu
The mind, when allowed to run amuck, can play quite a number on us. Controlling it is not super easy. Stillness helps, especially over time. During the day, even during your meditation, the technique that works best is: Just let it be. If some idea comes knocking at your order, refuse entry. If the idea forces itself in, let it do what it wants but don’t engage. Just let it be. Eventually it’ll get the message and let you be. Peace results.
Once you have peace and can perceive reality, everything else is positively affected. You can see things and face reality squarely. If you erred in your interaction with another person, you’ll know it. You can make better decisions, better relationships and maintain the joy which results from the peace.
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM letting go. I flow with life.
Recommendation: The Secret of Letting Go by Guy Finley
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks. – Phillips Brooks
We are hard pressed to ever understand the big picture, the larger goal, the eternal purpose, so let’s pray for the ability to understand what’s going on. Pray to understand our role in how life unfolds for everyone we interact with.
As we gain understanding, we ought to pray for the strength and resolve to continue. We should proceed with the intention and expectation that all will be well. Under the direction of such an intention, we must keep moving towards the North.
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM resolute, I know I must plow on!
Recommendation: Meditations for Manifesting by Wayne W. Dyer
And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. – Erica Jong
Not talking about commercial or business risk here. I’m thinking about taking a chance when:
Getting out of our comfort zone is taking a risk. There’s not much growth staying inside this warm and routine place. How can we motivate ourselves to venture out more often? How can we be less afraid? Journal that.
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM bold, I step out, into Life!
Recommendation: The Shift By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
