Courage

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924

As I sit down this Sunday evening to share a thought with you, courage came to mind. Courage is what keeps us going in the middle of despair, catapults us into a higher realm of thinking or even helps us to stand strong for something very important to us.

Who is Orison Swett Marden? He was an American writer that was considered to be a part of the “New Thought Movement” in the late 1800’s. Marden believed that our thoughts influence our lives and our life circumstances. He said, “We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.”

This was his subject of conversation in 1894, having the courage to look inside you for the answers.

If he was part of the “New Thought Movement” then what are we a part of?

This power of thinking goes far back beyond our great-great grandparents and I believe to the beginning of time. The new thought movement is not now or in 1894 but has always been. We simply forget.

We are the “gift” and all that we need is inside us. We are like onions and the more we experience in life the more layers we have until we get to the thin, dry sheet at the end.

Courage is taking off that outer cover and peeling back until we find who we are and rediscovering our core. When you get to the center of your soul then, as Orison so beautifully said in 1894, success is about the courage to endure.

What do you think?

 

 

Don’t make assumptions

Agreement 3, Don’t make assumptions.  We all have been taught what the word  assume means.  Remember?  Ass u me. 

We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything!  What other people are doing and thinking, how they are feeling etc.  And we assume that what we are thinking about the other person is the truth!

The problems that thinking can create is huge.  We misunderstand people, we take their actions personally and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.  If we wonder what someone it going through, then ask!  And have the courage to keep asking until you are clear about the situation that you were making assumptions about.

So much suffering can end in our lifes when we stop expecting someone to know what we want and need because they love us.  We must communicate fully and honestly so assumptions don’t have to be made.

Practice makes perfect, each time you catch yourself making an assumption about something and then realize it is just your own thoughts you can reinforce open, loving communication.  Slowly, and with practice , your old habits will cease and the new awareness’s will become where your life functions. 

Happy growing in awareness!

July Seminar

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Smart lady!  The July seminar has a few openings left!  Part of attending a weekend seminar is to let go of some level of fear to attend.  And each time we do that letting go it becomes easier.   We all want more peace, happiness, connection and love.  We all want to live to our fullest potential.

 All the information you need is in the upcoming events on this blog site and the next thing to do is contact me. 

Think about joining me and others on this journey of bridging the gap between fear and love.  Remembering all that you are and forgetting, letting go, of the old ideas, thoughts, fear that have held you back.

Oh yeah, by the way, it will not be a horror!