You can say all the affirmations you want and think positive thoughts day in and day out but that, alone, will not bring what you want to your life.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against affirmations at all. I live with them and they are important to keep me on track and help reprogram my subconscious.

However, affirmations by themselves are just words.  We are all vibrational beings so what really makes the difference in your life and in getting what you want in life is your FEELINGS!

I remember when I was forced to find a new place to move to when I transferred from Portsmouth, Virginia just up the road to Quantico. I had a house already “bought” in a new development and the movers had already come and my household goods were destined for this new house. Then, I got a call from the realtor that there was some “problem” and I wasn’t going to be able to move in right away – all Greek stuff to me. To make a long story short, I told him we had to  find me a new place and quickly. It was the weekend and my stuff was supposed to be delivered on Monday…my mom came up with me and we went looking with this guy all day Saturday, up and down I-95 – nothing. Finally he said “well, I have three houses in Fredericksburg (30 miles from my duty station) that we can look at if you want. He and my mother were chatting away in the front seat and all of a sudden I blurted out “I am NOT moving twice” (that was our remaining option – to move someplace temporary until the new house was cleared or fixed or whatever it had to be – then I would move into that house – I knew I didn’t want that). After he and my mom got done looking shocked, we headed off to Fredericksburg.

We looked at the first two houses and they weren’t what I was interested in. So it was down to the very last house he knew of. So off we went.

This house was absolutely perfect – it was missing only one thing and I could get that taken care of easily (a fence for my dogs). It was a model so it had all the utilities hooked up. I could move in the next day because it was a model. It was the size I wanted (gigantic) and had an enormous back yard for my doggies. I walked in and said “I’ll take it”.  We signed, closed and everything was fine. My furniture was rerouted and made it there without any problems.

This happened because I put FEELING into my statement about “I’m not moving twice”. And let me tell you, there was feeling.

Feeling creates a vibrational tone in you and that is what affects the universe, not your words.

So concentrate on feeling good emotions and good feelings. When things don’t seem to be going right, check out how you’re feeling.

Til I see you on the webinar!

Terrie

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For those of you who read this blog regularly, you’ll know that I so admire Diana Nyad in her august attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. She had three bouts of bad luck that caused her to have to abort the swim after 30 hours (and she thought that was a failure????):

1) an asthma attack lasting 11 hours – can you imagine swimming for 11 hours without being able to breathe? (I can’t imagine swimming 11 hours without an asthma attack)

2) sudden onset of pain in one shoulder that she never had before either

And

3) being besieged by jellyfish

But she didn’t quit working toward her goal!

She’s going to try again tonight – anticipated to be a 60 hour swim – just amazing!

Keep her in your thoughts and prayers please.

Did I mention that she just turned 62?

Terrie

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Have you had those days where nothing seems to go right and you’re sure it’s a full moon? We all have experienced those days. Two things can happen. You can continue in the downward spiral toward a really, really bad day. Another option would be to make the most of what has happened and improve the day. Make that your mantra “Improve the Day” – we’ve all heard “seize the day”. We want to change it to improve our own day..and our life.

The primary reason you want to do this is so that you’ll not perpetuate the bad. You know that the Law of Attraction says “like attracts like”. You do not want the bad you’re dwelling on (as we all do) to attract more bad. You want to nip it in the bud and turn your day – and your life – around.

What’s the best way to deal with all that has happened on this day from you know where? Begin by declaring it good. Simply say “I declare it good. I see the good coming out of it and know that it will enrich my life more than I ever could have expected.” You can use any other affirmation that makes you feel good and tack it on to the end of “I declare it good and see the good coming out of this day”.

You want to do this with everything that happens in your life, no matter how small and no matter how bad things may seem. Don’t worry that you feel hypocritical or that you will be struck down for lying. If you say it often enough and with enough emotion, your subconscious mind will definitely believe it. Then, after you’ve had experiences like this several times, you won’t have to even think that you are trying to persuade your subconscious. By that time, you and it will have seen the good and know that that is the best way to deal with negative things.

What do you do if nothing good happens? First, you don’t say “see I knew it wasn’t going to work”. The reason for that is because you do not have any idea what timeline the Universe is on to bring you the good. Also, the good may be relative. I have a perfect example. When I was working in D.C. I lived 60 miles south of Washington, D.C. and had to travel on Interstate 95 which has horrible traffic. One day we had a sudden snow storm and I kept asking my boss if I could leave early to avoid the mess that was bound to occur in that storm. He wouldn’t let me go because we were in a meeting. I was upset. Then I remembered what I should do and kept saying “I declare it good and see the good coming out of it”. Of course there was doubt inside of me when it took me 8 hours to get home that day. But I kept saying “I declare it good”. And you know what? There had been a 100 car accident on the interstate (the reason for the long commute – no one could travel on the Interstate). If I had left when I wanted, there was a strong probability that I would have either been in that pile-up or stuck immediately behind it and been stranded in the cold for a much longer period of time. See how the “good” was relative. Yes, it took me 8 hours to get home but I got home safely and might not have had I left when I wanted.

The other thing you can do instead of sitting there trying to identify the good is to simply forget it and know that the Universe will actually bring you good. Because it will whether you ever see it or not. If you look back over your life, I imagine you’ll be able to see times when things happened that you couldn’t figure out but then you looked at the entire situation and had gratitude that things turned out the way they did. This could be regarding a relationship, a job, an event, or just about anything. Declare it good and it will be good.

This is just one of the hints discussed in The Art of Making Things Happen. Changing your life is within your power. You are not a victim and you are the one in control. You simply need to do some inner work to find out what has been holding you back. Then you can change it. Check out more about this self-study course at The Art of Making Things Happen.

Terrie

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Did you know you can choose your beliefs? Your beliefs are just thoughts, standards or ideas that others have embedded in your subconscious mind so frequently that you came to believe them. You can change these thoughts. You can eliminate the ones you no longer choose to believe. Then you can replace those thoughts with beliefs you decide you want to adopt. Let’s talk about these things.

Your parents constantly told you things. Most were well intentioned and in an attempt to guide you through life in the way they thought was proper or to protect you. However, not all of their ideas are accurate nor did all of them serve you well. For example, I was always told I was no good with money. So guess what happened? Yep, that’s right. I grew up not really knowing how to manage my finances. I’m sure you’ve heard about the experiment where one teacher tells a group of poorly performing students how smart they are and that they are the best in the school etc. And lo and behold, they became the best and the smartest. The teacher believed in them and then they came to believe in themselves.  It’s all about what you believe.

Write down the first memory you have of a belief that you want to eliminate. You know the kind of beliefs I’m talking about. These are the things like, “You’re not good with money,” or, “If you didn’t go to college you won’t make money,” or, “You don’t have the personality for it,” or, “You don’t know enough. You’re not smart enough.” Write down any of those things and if possible when was the first time you heard it and who said it. Once you figure out who said it and where it came from, then the first thing you need to say is, “Why am I giving them the authority to make my life miserable and make me feel want, lack and limitation? Why am I today allowing something that heard 30 years ago to influence what I’m doing today?” That’s what you’re doing.

If somebody told you long ago, “Count your change. People want to cheat you,” then you’ll set yourself up to be cheated. Don’t believe that from somebody else. You say, “I am honest, therefore I only attract honest people to me. I will not accept what my great grandmother said about people and their honesty.”

Spend about 15 minutes every day listing beliefs that you now know you’ve had and do the same thing with them. These are not beliefs that you choose today. These things are so very important. The only way to get rid of them is to look at them and ask, “Why do I think that they knew?”

Keep these things in your journal. Review them frequently and most importantly keep the list of these beliefs updated. You’ll find more and more as you peel back the layers of that onion. If you want to find out more about how to continue replacing your beliefs why don’t you check out The Art of Making Things Happen

Terrie

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The Law of Attraction  is always working regardless of your current results. The results you’ve been getting are related to your beliefs (past and present), your current thoughts and the words you use every day.  I’ll go into more detail on each of these here.

Whether you know it or not, you are governed by the beliefs that have been ingrained in you since you were born (some people even believe these beliefs begin to be embedded while you’re in utero). These beliefs come from many sources – your parents, siblings, teachers, clergy, colleagues, doctors, dentists and even news media! Especially when you’re young you believe what your parents tell you. I know that I actually believed what my brother said to me more than what anyone else told me. And I still have most of those beliefs within me to this day. You just don’t know what it is that is influencing your thoughts and actions.  But believe me, they are influencing you. Until you identify what it is that’s governing your actions and results, you won’t be able to change your outcome and you’ll continue to be stuck.

Your brain is constantly working and all your thoughts are bouncing back and forth within your mind all the time. All of these thoughts also govern your results. If you’re thinking “I hate my job, I hate my job, my boss doesn’t like me, my hours stink etc.” what do you think is going to happen? I will guarantee that your situation at work will not improve and in fact it might actually worsen.  Often what’s worse is when your thoughts bounce around. So, let’s say you’re trying to work with the Law of Attraction and receive greater good in your life. If when things are calm and cool you’re able to continually think “everything in my life is wonderful and I am blessed” but when you get to work or become stressed out, you revert to “I hate my job, my boss doesn’t like me”, then the Universe doesn’t really know what it is you want and as soon as it starts to bring one thing to you, you’ve changed your thoughts and so the Universe bounces back to bringing you the opposite. Can you see how you have to be consistent and attentive or you’ll simply stay in the same place you’ve been all along.

As important as your beliefs and thoughts are your words. You must pay attention to what comes out of your mouth and what those words specifically mean. What if you say “I can’t afford to go out with you tonight because I’m really tired”. Your subconscious hears “can’t afford” and because of your upbringing (and beliefs), it interprets that in financial terms. So, your subconscious mind will keep you from gaining greater wealth. If you say “that makes me sick” – it’s a good probability that you’ll have problems with illness. How about “I’m fed up” – do you have problems with your weight, perhaps? See how your words affect you.

As you can see, what’s going on today in your life is related to your beliefs, your thoughts and your words. Once you realize these and delve even deeper into this, you’ll be able to control your results by getting rid of limiting beliefs, controlling your thoughts and words. This may seem difficult but it really isn’t. It’s a matter of focus and attention. You can do this.

Check out The Art of Making Things Happen to see how all of this ties together and start changing your life today!

Terrie

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If you flip around from website to website in metaphysics, you’ll find various thoughts and ideas but many of them revolve around the Law of Attraction. Unfortunately, that is NOT the only Universal Law you need to know about. It works great for some people but for others, the results are not what they expect or want.  Is that because the Law of Attraction doesn’t work?

No, the Law of Attraction always works!

The reason the results might not be what you want is because of what you’ve set up before and what you’ve already created in your life and more importantly what your beliefs are.

You MUST understand all the Universal Laws to make your life go as smoothly as you want.

“The Art of Making Things Happen” helps you take the proper steps – at the right point in time.

Stay tuned also for our “Creating a New Game of Life” webinar next weekend.

Terrie

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You might wonder why I’m talking about  “business” stuff here because “after all this is just a spiritual site”. You couldn’t be more off base. Getting Unstuck, LLC is about just that – getting unstuck! And you don’t just get unstuck in your spiritual life – or if you do, you won’t be very happy.  Our business, our site is all about life! Life is about every single aspect of your life – relationships, work, family, spirituality, financial, health, peace of mind, etc. Often times people get “in trouble” because they don’t pay attention to the various aspects of their lives and as such they become lopsided and don’t “work” all areas for a balanced life. So, you’ll see all sorts of info here that is pertinent to your life. That’s also why “The Art of Making Things Happen” is so important – it’s about making EVERYTHING in your life work! Who doesn’t want that? Have you started your program yet? Why not?

The Golden Rule As A Business Weapon
by Dr. Napoleon Hill

It seems ridiculous to refer to the Golden Rule as a “weapon,” but that is just what it is – a weapon which no resistance on earth can withstand

The Golden Rule is a powerful weapon in business, because there is so little competition in its application.

At the time of this writing, the whole world seems to have gone into the business of “profiteering,” which means the same as “getting without giving fair value in return.” This spirit of greed cannot long prevail. What an opportunity, then, for the farsighted men and women who will adopt the Golden Rule as their business motto now. The contract would be so noticeable that it would excite widespread comment and bring all the business that could be handled, and long after the profiteers have gone out of business, those who have applied the Golden Rule would find that they had “built their houses upon a rock.”

What a glorious opportunity the labor unions have to ride to victory – permanent, profitable, bloodless victory – by applying the Golden Rule and making it their motto. Will union labor be big enough to see this opportunity and utilize it? What an opportunity the present situation offers some individual in the rank and file of labor to rise to leadership, not only of organized labor, but to the highest and most responsible leadership position the American people have to offer, by influencing labor to conduct its affairs under the Golden Rule philosophy.

There is not a situation earth which does not offer a splendid opportunity for someone to benefit by making use of the Golden Rule.

The time is not far distant when it will be business suicide to try to conduct business under any other standard except the Golden Rule. This fact is so obvious that it seems to this writer expedient for the wise ones to fall in line now and thereby get credit for something which they will later have to do anyway.

Adopt the Golden Rule as your business motto and write it on your business stationary and in every advertisement you publish. It will pay you handsomely.

Source: Reprinted from the February 1920 issue of Napoleon Hill’s Golden Rule Magazine.

How does this hit you? Let us know – comment below.

Terrie

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Do you know how to make things happen in your life? If you want to know more check out “The Art of Making Things Happen”.

Here, though is another significant Emmet Fox story

Another basic error that misleads many people is this – they think of God and man in terms only of the moment, or, at most, of a few years. They want to see everything squared up and settled within a year or two and because this does not happen, they decide that there is no justice in the universe, no law and order, and they wonder why God does not step in and do something about it.

Now, you are going to live forever – somewhere. You are going to live, not for century or a thousand centuries but forever. And so you will see that a year or two, or twenty or thirty years, is a very short time in which to look for permanent results. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small. The gardener does not say that there is no law in nature because his crop does not come up a week after he sows it. We do not say that the railroad has broken down because the train is not in Chicago half an hour after it leaves New York, but we are
often tempted to think that there is no law of justice and righteousness because we do not see the results of people’s good or evil deeds very soon after they happen.

Whatsoever a man soweth, says the Bible, that shall he also reap. This reaping takes time. If it seems to you that in your own life you have not received your desserts, the answer is that the end is not yet. God is never mocked, and sooner or later every prayer is answered. Every good thought, or word, or deed produces its fruit of happiness and spiritual advancement, and of course every negative thing for which we are also responsible will have to be met and overcome also. Nature always takes her time, and to understand her you must take the long view too.’

Next time we wonder why our affirmations haven’t worked or we haven’t received any ‘good’ following our doing good, re-read this and realize the mills of God are grinding and great things will happen.

But you can get a head start over at “The Art of Making Things Happen”.

Terrie

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Do you know how to make things happen in your life? If you want to know more check out “The Art of Making Things Happen”.

Here, though is another significant Emmet Fox story

Another basic error that misleads many people is this – they think of God and man in terms only of the moment, or, at most, of a few years. They want to see everything squared up and settled within a year or two and because this does not happen, they decide that there is no justice in the universe, no law and order, and they wonder why God does not step in and do something about it.

Now, you are going to live forever – somewhere. You are going to live, not for century or a thousand centuries but forever. And so you will see that a year or two, or twenty or thirty years, is a very short time in which to look for permanent results. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small. The gardener does not say that there is no law in nature because his crop does not come up a week after he sows it. We do not say that the railroad has broken down because the train is not in Chicago half an hour after it leaves New York, but we are
often tempted to think that there is no law of justice and righteousness because we do not see the results of people’s good or evil deeds very soon after they happen.

Whatsoever a man soweth, says the Bible, that shall he also reap. This reaping takes time. If it seems to you that in your own life you have not received your desserts, the answer is that the end is not yet. God is never mocked, and sooner or later every prayer is answered. Every good thought, or word, or deed produces its fruit of happiness and spiritual advancement, and of course every negative thing for which we are also responsible will have to be met and overcome also. Nature always takes her time, and to understand her you must take the long view too.’

Next time we wonder why our affirmations haven’t worked or we haven’t received any ‘good’ following our doing good, re-read this and realize the mills of God are grinding and great things will happen.

But you can get a head start over at “The Art of Making Things Happen”.

Terrie

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As you may have noticed, I love Emmet Fox and his delightful life lessons…. You’ve heard us talk about the fact that you have to take ACTION in order for things to work. “The Art of Making Things Happen” shows you the action steps you need to take.

Don’t wait for something to turn up. Don’t be content to let things drift along, hoping for the best. it is not spiritual to ‘put up’ with inharmonious conditions. If the conditions of your life are not to your liking, you must get to work on your own consciousness and, by raising that above the outer picture, cause those conditions to become something nearer to your heart’s desire. And you must keep on doing this until you find your True Place.

I had an amusing experience when I first came to America. Passing an attractive looking restaurant, I went inside, and, selecting a table, sat down and waited. Strangely, as it seemed to me then, nothing happened.

I sat there and continued to wait – indefinitely as it seemed. I couldn’t understand the reason for this neglect. All around me, people were enjoying their food, and only I was left out in the cold. After a while the truth of the situation slowly dawned on me – it was a cafeteria. (This system had no yet made its appearance in England in those days.)

I then quickly realized that while there was plenty of food of every kind to be obtained, one had to go forward and claim it for oneself, or go without.

The universe is run exactly on the lines of a cafeteria. Unless you claim – mentally – what you want, you may sit and wait forever. Of course, you should not claim in detail – that is outlining – but you must positively claim health, harmony, and True Place, if you really want those things.

I don’t know about you but this story changed my outlook on how to make changes in my own life when I first read it. I guess that’s because it’s so easy to understand. I hope this short story has helped you as much as it did me.

If you want more to help you shape your life, try out “The Art of Making Things Happen” and while you’re there you’ll be able to pick up your free audio answering your questions on how and why things have been happening in your life and those of your friends and family.

Terrie

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