Entry # 11 How I started over ....
“Accept–then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it… This will miraculously transform your whole life.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
The following months were some of the hardest of my life I was in a deep depression, suicidal and completely broken. Why was I being punished? Now I had two choices: I could choose to stay in my emotional turmoil and do nothing or I could face things head on and begin the healing process. Neither one of these sounded great but I knew at the end of the day I was a good person and I wasn't going to give up on myself.
So I decided to dive right in and own how this happened - how I failed. I allowed myself to feel every emotion and as uncomfortable as that was I realized I was still standing and I was not going to let fear to control me any longer.
This was my time to stand tall and create a life that would be better than the last one. Each day I start to see my failure as a valuable learning lesson. I was finally able to recognize where I had made mistakes in my business.
I am happy to say 8 months later I have accepted my circumstances and I believe everything happens for a reason, and have accepted this as a valuable learning lesson. Some lessons are harder than others but in the end, I will grow and become a stronger person because if it. This does not define me as a person, it's just a bump along the way. Today I choose to make the best of each day, today I choose to be happy!
The following passages were very instrumental in my healing, I read this each morning before I start my day!
Starting all over and rebuilding your life from scratch is not an easy thing to do. It requires a lot of inner strength, courage, self-love, resilience, faith, and confidence. And since most of these things take the time to be developed, you need to learn to be patient and gentle with yourself. And you need to treat yourself with love, compassion, and understanding. So make sure you do just that.
2. You are not a finished product.
Acknowledge the fact you are not a finished product and that life is a continuous process of becoming. You go through life to find yourself, to become yourself. Through every little thing you do, through every word you say and through every action you take, you are meant to discover more and more about yourself. About your inner journey, your life path and about the purpose and meaning of your own life.
3. Embrace change.
Life is constantly changing, constantly evolving and constantly renewing itself. And since life is what flows through all of us, we ourselves need to constantly embrace change, and we need to constantly renew ourselves in order for life to flow through us, and in order for us to feel fully alive once more.
4. Accept what is.
Surrender to what is. And no matter how hard and difficult it might be, accept the situation you are in as if you have chosen it. Embrace your current reality. Make peace with the present moment and you will be at peace all throughout your journey.
5. Immerse yourself deeply into the NOW.
Take deep cleansing breaths throughout the day. Pay close attention to your breathing and with each breath, you take, immerse yourself even more deeply into the present moment.
6. Engage in conversations with the Source of all things.
Engage invulnerable, humble, honest and meaningful conversations with the Source of all things. Ask God or your higher power to guide you, to help you and to assist you. And at the end of each conversation, make sure you say an honest “thank you” for all the wonderful and precious gifts life will continue to send your way.
7. Don’t worry about anything, instead, be grateful for everything.
Fill your heart with love, gratitude, and appreciation, and constantly express your honest gratitude and appreciation for all the things life gave to you so far, and for all the things it will continue to give you. Don’t worry about anything; instead, be grateful for everything.
8. Start at the end.
Ask yourself: “What kind of life do I want to create for myself?” And then, with the power of your imagination, travel in time and see in your mind’s eye how you would want the end result to look like, to feel like. Start at the end and build your life with that beautiful image in mind.
“If today were Wednesday and you decided that it would be quite possible for your desire to embody a new realization of yourself by Sunday, then Sunday becomes the point in time that you would visit. To make this visit you shut out Wednesday and let on Sunday. This is accomplished by simply feeling that it is Sunday, Begin to hear the church bells; begin to feel the quietness of the day and all that Sunday means to you; actually feel that it is Sunday.” ~ Neville Goddard, Your Faith is Your Fortune
9. Detach from the outcome.
Since life doesn’t seem to care about what we want and about what we expect to get from it, giving us, not what we want, but what we need, it is better to learn to detach from the outcome. Instead of desperately trying to cling onto the many mental images, ideas, beliefs, and expectations about how your whole journey should unfold, and instead of trying to control everything that happens along the way, learn to let go. Let go of this picture you have in your head of what it’s supposed to be and put your trust in life. Detach and let go.
10. Let go.
Let go of the many limiting beliefs, excuses, ideas and expectations about how your entire life should unfold and just relax into life. Learn to be soft and flexible. Go with the flow of life and not against it.
11. Put your trust in LIFE.
Put your doubts aside and trust in the wisdom of life. Put your destiny in life’s hands, and allow life to guide you. To take you, not where you think you should go, but where you are meant to go. Trust life’s wisdom, because life knows a lot more about you and your life path than you yourself do.
12. Ask your Soul to lead the way.
Make it a part of your daily ritual to ask your wise and loving Soul to lead the way. To guide you, to strengthen you and to show you the path you are meant to walk upon. Ask your Soul to reveal its wisdom to you so that you can live life from a place of truth, love and authenticity, no longer from a place of fear, scarcity, and doubt.
13. Walk the path of the Soul, not of your ego.
Make a promise to yourself to spend your life walking on the path of the Soul, not that of your ego. To make your life about creating and offering a lot of value, and not about acquiring a lot of money and having a lot of success. To pour your love in all that you do and to serve the world with your presence, your words, your work, and your life. To let money and success come to you as a result of being true to yourself and your life path, and not to spend your life chasing money and success and forgetting completely about the work your Soul came here to do.
P.S. There’s nothing wrong with having money and success. But if you spend your life chasing those things, you are not walking the path of the Soul. You are not feeding your Soul, but your ego.
“When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.” ~ Wayne Dyer
14. Make peace with the idea that Life is a journey, not a destination.
Make peace with this idea that life is a journey, not a destination, and get into the habit of appreciating and enjoy each moment life sends your way. Be thankful for every day you walk on this Earth. Embrace each moment, because each moment is your life and each day is a priceless gift. Discipline your mind to be present with what is. To embrace the life you are currently living, and to stop waiting for the “real” life to begin. Learn to enjoy each moment of your journey, because this journey is Your Life!
15. Trust your inner wisdom.
Take the advice of Steve Jobs and don’t waste your life “living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” Learn to listen to your inner voice and follow your own intuition. Trust your inner wisdom more than you trust the loud and fearful voice of those around you.
16. Plunge boldly into the thick of life.
Throw away all fears, all excuses, all limitations, and plunge boldly into the thick of life. Live each day as if it were your last and each moment as if it were the only moment you had left. Make the best of every moment, of every experience and of every interaction life sends your way. Take chances, make mistakes. Have no fear of failure. Live a life without regrets.
17. Remember to feel good.
Feeling good is the reason why we do all the things we do. So make sure that no matter what you do and no matter what path you walk upon, you have peace, tranquility, joy, happiness, and fulfillment running through your veins.
18. Thank yourself.
Thank yourself for being brave enough to start all over, for daring to embark on a new journey, on a new adventure.
2. You are not a finished product.
Acknowledge the fact you are not a finished product and that life is a continuous process of becoming. You go through life to find yourself, to become yourself. Through every little thing you do, through every word you say and through every action you take, you are meant to discover more and more about yourself. About your inner journey, your life path and about the purpose and meaning of your own life.
3. Embrace change.
Life is constantly changing, constantly evolving and constantly renewing itself. And since life is what flows through all of us, we ourselves need to constantly embrace change, and we need to constantly renew ourselves in order for life to flow through us, and in order for us to feel fully alive once more.
4. Accept what is.
Surrender to what is. And no matter how hard and difficult it might be, accept the situation you are in as if you have chosen it. Embrace your current reality. Make peace with the present moment and you will be at peace all throughout your journey.
5. Immerse yourself deeply into the NOW.
Take deep cleansing breaths throughout the day. Pay close attention to your breathing and with each breath, you take, immerse yourself even more deeply into the present moment.
6. Engage in conversations with the Source of all things.
Engage invulnerable, humble, honest and meaningful conversations with the Source of all things. Ask God or your higher power to guide you, to help you and to assist you. And at the end of each conversation, make sure you say an honest “thank you” for all the wonderful and precious gifts life will continue to send your way.
7. Don’t worry about anything, instead, be grateful for everything.
Fill your heart with love, gratitude, and appreciation, and constantly express your honest gratitude and appreciation for all the things life gave to you so far, and for all the things it will continue to give you. Don’t worry about anything; instead, be grateful for everything.
8. Start at the end.
Ask yourself: “What kind of life do I want to create for myself?” And then, with the power of your imagination, travel in time and see in your mind’s eye how you would want the end result to look like, to feel like. Start at the end and build your life with that beautiful image in mind.
“If today were Wednesday and you decided that it would be quite possible for your desire to embody a new realization of yourself by Sunday, then Sunday becomes the point in time that you would visit. To make this visit you shut out Wednesday and let on Sunday. This is accomplished by simply feeling that it is Sunday, Begin to hear the church bells; begin to feel the quietness of the day and all that Sunday means to you; actually feel that it is Sunday.” ~ Neville Goddard, Your Faith is Your Fortune
9. Detach from the outcome.
Since life doesn’t seem to care about what we want and about what we expect to get from it, giving us, not what we want, but what we need, it is better to learn to detach from the outcome. Instead of desperately trying to cling onto the many mental images, ideas, beliefs, and expectations about how your whole journey should unfold, and instead of trying to control everything that happens along the way, learn to let go. Let go of this picture you have in your head of what it’s supposed to be and put your trust in life. Detach and let go.
10. Let go.
Let go of the many limiting beliefs, excuses, ideas and expectations about how your entire life should unfold and just relax into life. Learn to be soft and flexible. Go with the flow of life and not against it.
11. Put your trust in LIFE.
Put your doubts aside and trust in the wisdom of life. Put your destiny in life’s hands, and allow life to guide you. To take you, not where you think you should go, but where you are meant to go. Trust life’s wisdom, because life knows a lot more about you and your life path than you yourself do.
12. Ask your Soul to lead the way.
Make it a part of your daily ritual to ask your wise and loving Soul to lead the way. To guide you, to strengthen you and to show you the path you are meant to walk upon. Ask your Soul to reveal its wisdom to you so that you can live life from a place of truth, love and authenticity, no longer from a place of fear, scarcity, and doubt.
13. Walk the path of the Soul, not of your ego.
Make a promise to yourself to spend your life walking on the path of the Soul, not that of your ego. To make your life about creating and offering a lot of value, and not about acquiring a lot of money and having a lot of success. To pour your love in all that you do and to serve the world with your presence, your words, your work, and your life. To let money and success come to you as a result of being true to yourself and your life path, and not to spend your life chasing money and success and forgetting completely about the work your Soul came here to do.
P.S. There’s nothing wrong with having money and success. But if you spend your life chasing those things, you are not walking the path of the Soul. You are not feeding your Soul, but your ego.
“When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.” ~ Wayne Dyer
14. Make peace with the idea that Life is a journey, not a destination.
Make peace with this idea that life is a journey, not a destination, and get into the habit of appreciating and enjoy each moment life sends your way. Be thankful for every day you walk on this Earth. Embrace each moment, because each moment is your life and each day is a priceless gift. Discipline your mind to be present with what is. To embrace the life you are currently living, and to stop waiting for the “real” life to begin. Learn to enjoy each moment of your journey, because this journey is Your Life!
15. Trust your inner wisdom.
Take the advice of Steve Jobs and don’t waste your life “living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” Learn to listen to your inner voice and follow your own intuition. Trust your inner wisdom more than you trust the loud and fearful voice of those around you.
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ~ Benjamin Spock
16. Plunge boldly into the thick of life.
Throw away all fears, all excuses, all limitations, and plunge boldly into the thick of life. Live each day as if it were your last and each moment as if it were the only moment you had left. Make the best of every moment, of every experience and of every interaction life sends your way. Take chances, make mistakes. Have no fear of failure. Live a life without regrets.
17. Remember to feel good.
Feeling good is the reason why we do all the things we do. So make sure that no matter what you do and no matter what path you walk upon, you have peace, tranquility, joy, happiness, and fulfillment running through your veins.
18. Thank yourself.
Thank yourself for being brave enough to start all over, for daring to embark on a new journey, on a new adventure.
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
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