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Put an End to Negativityby Jane

“Awareness is the power you need to take control.â€

Throughout each day you’re constantly talking to yourself. It’s completely normal. We all do it. In fact we do it so much that our subconscious mind accepts what we say as truth. This acceptance forms the beliefs that we have of ourselves, and how we perceive that others see us.

If your self-talk is negative, your beliefs about yourself will be also. On the flip side, if your self-talk is positive and self-empowering, so is the image and the beliefs you have of yourself.

Take time today and tune in to how you’re speaking to yourself. Identify precisely what beliefs you’re forming based on your self-talk and bring them to your conscious mind. Question them, scrutinize them, and become familiar with what are they telling you.

The awareness gained by doing this is the first major step toward an empowerment that will affect everything in your life!

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE?

Comedian Woody says, "My one regret in life is that I am notsomeone else."

I heard of one man who took trying to be someone else too seriously.Newspapers reported that Dutch police arrested a man in the town ofRosendaal. They found him in possession of 186 false papers,including 29 Nigerian passports, 30 British passports, 74 Dutch workpermits, 12 British driving licenses, 18 birth or deathcertificates, 2 British student cards, an international drivinglicense and 20 forged checks. Once he was in custody, they still hada problem. They weren't sure who he was.

I have no regrets that I'm not someone else. But that doesn't meanI've always been clear about just who I am. I like the way A. A.Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" (THE WORLD OF POOH) puts it:

"How can you get very far, If you don't know who you are? How can you do what you ought, If you don't know what you've got?"

One man said, "I go to a doctor and pay him 75 dollars an hour, andall he does is ask me the same question my father used to ask me allthe time: 'Who do you think you are, anyway?'" But that's not a badquestion, really. How can you get very far, if you don't know whoyou are?

I think I spent the first 20 or 30 years of my life trying to definewho I really was. I thought I'd never know what to study in schooland I was sure I'd never figure out what kind of person I might behappy spending my life with. I managed to get through that phase oflife and then, just when I thought I knew myself fairly well, Idiscovered I'd changed. And through the years I keep changing. Itseems like I've always been up against the question, "Who am I --really?"

I appreciate Kubelski's story. In 1902, his father gave hima violin for his eighth birthday. It cost $50, a small fortune inthose days, and especially for a recently immigrated Russian family. did well and was playing concerts as a teenager. At age 18he teamed up with a woman pianist as a musical team in Vaudeville.

But he suspected the violin did not satisfy his heart's desire. Thenone night, impulsively decided to tell the audience about afunny incident that had happened during the day. He later said, "Theaudience laughed and the sound intoxicated me. That laughter endedmy days as a musician." And it began his life career as entertainerJack Benny.

He found who he was and everything fit into place. How can you getvery far, if you don't know who you are?

But how do you figure out who you are? Short of taking a battery ofaptitude and personality tests (which, by the way, do have theirplace), there are two simple and accurate ways of knowing yourselfbetter.

First, ask someone who loves you. Ask her to describe you in as muchdetail as she can. Her opinion may not be conclusive, but others seeus differently than we see ourselves.

And second, pay attention to what stirs your emotions. I sometimesask people, "What do you like to do so much that you would do it forfree if you could?" What makes your heart sing?

How can you get very far, if you don't know who you are? Answerthese simple questions and I think you'll know.

Steve Goodier

The most important timeThe wait is over. This moment is here and it is time to live.

Whatever could have been or should have been, doesn’t matter. This moment is here and now for you to live.

Live it fully and richly, as if this is the only time there has ever been and the only time that will ever be. This is not a time for regret or blame or putting off until later.

This is your time to live. Feel how exquisitely amazing it is to be, and give the best of yourself to right now.

This moment you can stop giving energy to your limitations. Give your energy to joy and creation and authentic expression.

The most important time in your life is here right now. Live it like it really matters, because it absolutely does.

Ralph Marston

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