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The Law of Attraction in Action – Rule #1 – Pay Attention!!!

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stick_figure_standing_under_sign_text_11276 So, I’ve been missing in action for quite awhile. Those of you who know me will know why – I’ve been running, running, running….culminated in my 2nd 100 mile event in 6 weeks – finished 1 week ago. But in the week before that event which started at 6 a.m. Friday the 14th of June, I saw the Law of Attraction work taking my life from bottom to top – and I created it all! I want to share it with you because it’s such a powerful lesson in what you can do with and to your life if you don’t pay attention to your every thought, word and most of all feeling.

Let me start a bit earlier though. When I finished my first 100 miler 7 weeks ago I was on top of the world and felt like I had accomplished so much – after all, this was a 15 year old dream I had had. I wanted to try it again and the only chance I would have to be able to do it in my time frame was this one 6 weeks later. So I signed up. I even ran 2 or 3 marathons in the interim to try to keep my endurance up.

All throughout these 6 weeks I debated writing to all of you to ask you to figure out some way to support me as I knew I would have no support during the race but wanted to ask you all to think of a charity or something you would donate to if I finished – that would motivate me to keep going. But I was too chicken to write and ask you all because I felt it would be too presumptuous and you’d laugh at me or worse yet, ignore me (see how our feelings and emotions really mess with our world and how beautifully we could orchestrate it if we paid more attention and believed in the Law of Attraction more?). So I never even let you know what I had done or was planning to do.

Two Sundays ago as I scrutinized the weather forecast (I had been doing that every day for the entire six weeks even though it was of no use since the weather can’t be predicted out that far). But by that Sunday they had the 10 day forecast available and it said SUNNY and in the mid 90s for Friday and Saturday. I was terrified. The trail we run on for the events has absolutely no shade and I did not believe I could survive the pounding sun and heat for two daylight periods (totally probably 28 hours of sunshine out of the 40 hours it would probably take me to do the event). I was panicking. I think that on Monday or Tuesday I wrote the race director and told her I didn’t think I could survive and wasn’t even sure I could/should start the race. All of this was churning and turning in my mind.

By Tuesday night/Wed early morning though, the forecast said “mostly cloudy” and I knew how much I wanted to run this race so I told myself I could do it and would do it and would conquer all of these adverse factors no matter what. I had made up my mind!

What I didn’t know is that the fear and uncertainty that I had experienced over the previous few days had also “made up my mind” and the Law of Attraction was definitely in action (as it is all the time in my life- and yours too).  By Wednesday mid-morning I could not walk. My sacroiliac joint had “gone out” and my back was so bad that I could only walk short distances and by limping.

What the heck? I really wanted to run this race but if I couldn’t walk, how could I even start. Well, my fear had created an “acceptable” way of getting out of starting the race – no one who even saw me could possibly think I would be able to make it to the start line. My mind had given my body the “socially acceptable” way out.  The Law of Attraction had given me what I had asked for.

My only problem was that I had “fixed” my mind and decided I wanted to do the race and eliminated the fear and all the other negative emotions that went with it and had gotten excited again about doing the race. Unfortunately, the Law of Attraction and my mind had gone to work immediately when I said I was too scared to start.

So now what?

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What I learned In Just 7 Days, Part 5 – Pain, Persistence, Passion, Problems & Perception

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iStock_000004123855XSmall This could just as easily have been titled “No Limits” or “Limits are what we impose on ourselves” but I preferred all the Ps – see “prefer” is a P word too.

During this 7 day period I made an extra effort NOT to think about tomorrow or the day after or anything of that nature. I thought about “right now” and what I was going to do in the next moment in time. Later in the run I also thought about what I would do the rest of the day to see how I could recover enough to “possibly” enter the next day’s race. But if I had started thinking about day #7 on day 1 or 2 I would have completely psyched myself out and not even given myself a chance to try to achieve something that ended up meaning more to me than sitting around for several days during the holidays wondering about life in general and being unhappy that I wasn’t accomplishing anything.

I have a passion for running. I keep it pretty much to myself because I’m so slow and I’m not the image someone conjures up when they think of a “runner”. But it’s my passion for running and for continually striving for more (and different) in my life that made this such a powerful (another P word) 7 days. I was able to pursue my passion for running AND my passion to achieve more and more.

I had pain during the runs but it was all physical. I overcame any emotional pain that reared its ugly head because I had the tremendous support of EVERYONE on the course. It was as if we were one big happy family and wanted each other to succeed.  The Physical pain was something that I just dealt with, hoping that it would pass or that it wouldn’t get worse and I could run (or walk) through it.  I was not in any degree of pain as the majority of the people on the course who had been out there doing marathon after marathon for days and weeks by that point – Kevin was running all these marathons knowing that on the 4th of January he had to have surgery on his knee. Amazing man he is and I admired him so much for persisting and not complaining at all. He was just out there doing the miles. That inspired me so much. But I have to tell you that there was someone just about every step that inspired me. They were there helping me achieve a goal while they were pushing themselves to their limits with a smile and a cheer on their face. Hopefully you’re getting some idea of why I love all these wonderful people and consider them family even though I just met them. So, I learned that pain is a relative thing. And that you can push through it. Simply concentrate on something else and you’ll have it made. It might not be easy but if you put your focus where it should be – achieving your goal, then you’ll make it through the pain.

Problems are similar. They are a matter of perception and perspective. Once again, if you close your mind to the existence of a problem and only look for a solution then you’re several steps ahead of the game. Often times we focus on what’s happened (the problem) and get stuck there without extending ourselves out to what the possible solutions might be – there is ALWAYS a solution – we just have to be willing and able to expand our mind to find that solution. When you get old and set in your ways, that’s not always easy. During these 7 days I didn’t have many problems and if I did, they were overshadowed by my FOCUS on putting one foot in front of the other to make it to the finish each and every day. I focused not only on that but also on what was good and fun and what I was learning from my MP3 player (until the porta potty ate it of course). I took deliberate action to change my focus each time I started to think about a problem. I knew what I wanted and I was going after it. So often in life we drift along like a log in the ocean, letting the waves move us around willy nilly.  We don’t realize that we have the ability to control our destiny with our thoughts and with our focus.  If you look through a magnifying glass or a microscope, you see a very, very small portion of life – and you can only see it well when you focus the lens. That’s what we have to do in our lives. Find out what it is we want to look at (achieve) and then focus on getting to that point no matter what. Focus on the end result and you’ll find a way around any obstacles or roadblocks (such as pain or thoughts that you’re at your limit – mental rubbish). You’ll be able to get across the raging stream, climb (or circumnavigate) that mountain. You may have to revise your timeline and your plan but you do not necessarily have to revise your ultimate destination. A good example of this is what I think I wrote the other day about realizing that although my goal (one goal) is to be able to run back to back marathons, I tried last week but my body wasn’t ready. That doesn’t mean I won’t ever be able to do that. It just meant that I have to revise the timeline for that goal, not give up on it. That’s the other thing that people do – they give up instead of revising.

If you have a passion, pursue it!  Love what you do and do what you love – I learned that during those 7 days too and have tried to apply them to my life every single day and I encourage you to also. Be persistent in your pursuit of that goal. You will be able to achieve it. Focus and put every thought and action toward that achievement in some way or another. Even those things in life that don’t seem to have anything to do with that achievement are related somehow because the Universe puts everything in your path that’s supposed to be there. You have created every opportunity and event in your life and its yours to do something positive with. Don’t waste a moment!

Enjoy today and know that you’re one step closer to your achievement – you just have to focus on it more.

Terrie3

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Everything Is Always Working Out For You…

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 Read today’s quote with enthusiasm. Although it has a soothing and calming effect, it is really filled with joy and energy. Make this your mantra – know that you can’t get it wrong! Everything always is working out for you. I know that every time I look back at things in my life – especially those I’m not happy about “at the time” they occur, lo and behold, really good things come/came  from the events.  Perfect example was my not getting into medical school the first time I applied. I was devastated of course. But as time went by, I was diagnosed with epilepsy after a long period of “having spells” that no one could figure out. If I had been in medical school at that time, I would have probably flunked out or dropped out because the experience was not enjoyable at all (and no, I don’t think I would have been diagnosed earlier). So, I finally was diagnosed and started on medication and my seizures were controlled. I continued to apply to medical school and got in! At the time, the seizures and the diagnosis were not fun or enjoyable in any way BUT the result was great – everything was controlled by the time I started my medical education and that was one less thing I had to worry about.

There is no risk for you out here on the leading edge, ever. And when you come to understand the true nature of Well-being in which you have come forth—then you can relax and begin to enjoy this magnificent adventure which is your creative life experience. We are not here to guide the specifics of that which you choose. You get to choose that, and you can’t get it wrong. We are here to assist you—only to assist you—in finding vibrational harmony with your desire; knowing that when you find vibrational harmony with your desire, you are, in this moment, a joyful Being. And that is our dominant wish for you.

— Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Kansas City, MO on Saturday, June 1st, 2002 # 626

Remember that things are always working out for you. Say that over and over and over. I have a secret saying which, of course, I am not going to share because then it wouldn’t be a secret but it’s essentially the same concept and whenever things don’t seem to be going my way (which really means that my perception of what’s happening doesn’t fit in the narrow confines of what I’m expecting – how constricted could I possibly be), I start saying that and everything DOES turn out great.

Try it, you’ll like it. Think back over your life and see how it’s worked for you.

Terrie

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Stop Struggling – Dealing With “What-is-itis”

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 Well, I did go to the Abraham workshop yesterday and although it was more wonderful information, I did NOT experience the energy levels I had hoped for. That said, however, I would attend every single one of them if I could. It’s a phenomenal experience that I recommend to everyone. Abraham (and Esther) is quite a character and tells it like it is! I resisted much temptation though and only purchased one item (those of you that know me know that was a major accomplishment). However, before I pat myself on the back so much I must confess that part of the reason for that was that I had most of what was on display…LOL.

In the aftermath of yesterday’s workshop I figured it was time to get to what’s coming up for most of us- the holidays. I know that a general theme is “Struggle” when it comes to the holidays.

If you were in the FAVE class or even if you were on the webinar the introduced that class you’ll remember that we get more of what we experience. And that “what is” is really old history. This is how Abraham puts it. Anne and I would tell you that you are what you THOUGHT – a major variation on what people commonly say “you are what you think”. In reality, what is today is a product of what you created (past tense) with your thoughts and feelings leading up to its manifestation. Did you know that you can change that? Do you want to change your “what is”? Do you want to stop struggling with the holidays? Wouldn’t it be great to have an easy time of it this year? No worries, no problems, just love, happiness and spirituality as it should be?

Here is today’s Abraham quote and one that is so applicable to what we’re talking about in this post:

 

What-is has no bearing on what is coming unless you are continually regurgitating the story of what is. By thinking and speaking more of how you really want your life to be, you allow what you are currently living to be the jumping-off place for so much more. But if you speak predominantly of what-is, then you still jump off —but you jump off into more of the same.

— Abraham

Excerpted from the book “Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness” # 621

I’m thinking of having a class for 4 weeks “Telling a Different Story – Making The Holidays Pleasurable”. AND I want to offer individual coaching to help you get through the holidays too.

But I want to know what you want. So, I created a survey to find out what everyone is interested in. Please hop over to “Do you struggle with  the holidays” survey and answer a couple of questions for me. I’d really appreciate it.

Happy Veterans’ Day everyone (as you know I’m a 30 year veteran of the Navy and have been working for the Army now for 8 1/2 years)!

Terrie

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The “Chain Reaction” of Thoughts and Vibrations..

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 I’m so excited! Today is the day I get to attend an Abraham-Hicks workshop in person. I’ve been looking forward to this for several months now. I feel like a kid at Christmas. Being around Abraham and feeling the vibrations of all the other folks in the room will be invigorating to say the least.

And how I feel about this and what I’m expecting is a perfect lead-in for today’s quote and discussion:

Every thought that you think is vibrating at a very personal frequency . . . and by the powerful Law of Attraction (the essence of that which is like unto itself, is drawn), that thought is now attracting another thought that is its Vibrational Match. And now, those combined thoughts are vibrating at a frequency that is higher than the thought that came before; and they will now, by the Law of Attraction, attract another and another and another, until eventually the thoughts will be powerful enough to attract a “real life” situation or manifestation.

— Abraham

Excerpted from the book “Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness” # 620

This is pretty cool – AND very key to what happens to each of us and why each of us is so very different. I underlined and highlighted the word “personal”. What happens in my brain/being is definitely NOT the same as what will happen in yours – EVEN IF we were to think about the very same thing.

That’s because of this “chain reaction” type effect. I could tell 5 people to think this one thought. But since we are intelligent beings we can’t just stop with one thought (the problems experienced when trying to learn meditation – our minds go a mile a minute) each of them would then follow on with different thoughts. A thought is a small “thing” which rarely (if ever) exists by itself.  Usually we process hundreds or thousands of thoughts at a time. The essential key is to channel these thoughts so that they lead to what you want. Do NOT let the other thoughts intercede and interfere. Once you think a negative thought, this will attract another and then another and before you know it, even though you started down a positive road, you’re now back to your negative thinking.

Let’s take an example – You start to think about receiving a gift from the Universe of $1000.  Once you realize this chain reaction process you’ll consciously have your next thought be gratitude or appreciation. You’ll put a vision (thought) in your mind of a big smile on your face (I’m smiling now just thinking about this), then you’ll think about receiving the money (you can pick how – do you want to be surprised by opening it in an envelope?, have someone come to your door with it?, find it under your door mat? have it added to your paycheck? etc – the fun part of all this is that you get to pick – remember, though, you do NOT want to ‘outline’ for the Universe HOW it is to bring it to you). Then your next thought could be holding it (either the real money or a check perhaps – you pick) and touching it making sure it’s real. And then you can think about what you’d do with it and on and on. You’ll be really smiling by the time you’re done with all the conscious thoughts.

Now what really happens most of the time is this: I tell you to think about receiving $1000 from the Universe. Maybe you get that far but then go to “yeah right…that would never happen to me…I don’t have any luck…..”. Or maybe you can see yourself receiving it but when you get to the what you would do with it, you start thinking about all the bills you have and who you owe what to and then you start thinking about LACK again. And the lack thoughts then lead to more lack thoughts etc.

So, for the next week you should consciously pay attention to everything you think – every single thing. When you catch yourself turning down the negative path, go back to the first thought and get yourself back on the positive path. Will you try that for me – just for a week – or even a few days? Let us know what a difference this makes in how you feel. I am pretty sure you’ll see a major difference once you keep yourself on that positive road. Practicing the Law of Attraction simply by practicing your individual thoughts is like the child learning to walk – first they crawl and they may stumble getting up on those two feet but you know what? They may fall back to all fours but they keep trying to get up – the child’s determination is unwavering and that’s what I want for you. Having a coach can also help you with this. Posting in the comment section below is another way to get others to support you. Let me know what’s going on this coming week!

Terrie