Overcoming Adversity with Grace

With all of the change that’s going on, sometimes it’s just nice to have a reminder that we CAN get through whatever we’re experiencing that feels negative to us at the moment. Somebody somewhere has been through something that’s similar to what you’re experiencing. You can get through it, too.

I’m part of a really amazing group of authors who have told their stories about how to overcome the not-so-good things that happen from time to time. Everyone has his or her own perspective. If you’re looking for some tips in this area, check out www.overcomersinc.com. You can read the blog and other articles as well as get the free e-book. If you’re just interested in the e-book, go to www.overcomersinc.com/grace. The folks who are on this project have done some amazing work. Stay tuned for information about the book release!

You are ready.

If you’ve asked the question “Am I ready?” here’s the answer: YES! Your heart knows it, don’t let your head talk you out of what you know on a deeper level is true. We see it all of the time. It’s the belief that next class or the next book or the next guru will be the one that gives me what I need to fulfill my life’s purpose. What happens when you buy into that belief is that you spend all of your life and time and money (all of your resources) going after the next thing that will prepare you to do what you were already prepared to do when you came into this life!

Don’t buy into the marketing or the hype that you need anything other than what you already have. There may be tools that you’d like to add to your repertoire or certifications that you must have (e.g., to be a nurse in a hospital, you probably can’t really show up and say “I’d like to be a nurse” without having the license and training), but you can embrace your path and your guidance and pursue your dream without crossing all of the t’s and dotting the i’s. Remember, all you are doing is being who you truly are.

Once you decide to pursue your dream, everything will change. There is power in YES! but there is even more power in YES! with action attached. Sometimes, the action is making a decision about what makes you happy. If you don’t know that part, it’s more difficult to be happy. That would be like going to the grocery store to get “something” and having a hard time finding it. You will always have a hard time finding it if you don’t know what it is you’re looking for. And the only person who can tell you what you’re looking for is YOU.

Don’t let that scare you. You get to decide what you want over and over and over again. It’s not just a one-time thing. If you find that you don’t really want something you thought you wanted, that’s ok. You might want to look at whether you REALLY don’t want it or whether your head talked you out of it. Either way though, it’s YOUR choice to make. Just like you get to decide what you will have for breakfast, then what you will have for lunch, then what you will have for dinner today, tomorrow, and every day. You choose. You. Choose.

It’s a process that you are highly qualified for. In fact, you are uniquely qualified to do the thing you came here to do. No one else will ever do it the way you do it. That is your gift.

And, regardless of how many butterflies you have in your stomach when you think about it, you are ready.

How do you really feel about work?

So you don’t like your job. It’s not that unusual, actually. A lot of people feel that if they were “given the choice” they would choose something other than their current job. Of course, right now, many people are “just grateful to have a job”. There’s nothing wrong with being grateful as long as you’re not allowing yourself to give up who you are in exchange for employment or money.

What’s the difference between the job of your dreams or the work of your dreams and your current situation? Do you believe that you can’t make money doing what you’d love to do? Do you believe that you’re too busy with your current job to follow your dreams? Do you have the belief that you are only valuable if you work really hard and suffer through it? Are you worthy of having the things you would choose to have if you could choose anything in the world?

These are examples of beliefs that many people hold. These beliefs are limiting their lives – preventing them from being, doing or having what they truly desire. Many of these beliefs come to us through the DNA that is passed on from our ancestors. Sometimes they are tied back to a time when they were valid – you did have to work hard or die.

The wonderful thing is that we don’t have to carry these beliefs forever if we don’t want to.

How might it serve you to continue to carry these types of beliefs even when you know you don’t have to? You might sense that your life would change dramatically if you let go of these (or any) limiting beliefs. You might change work, your income might change, where you live might change – you might even leave a relationship that is really no longer serving your highest good. Sometimes we’re not ready to make changes.

Sometimes we are.

Know that you can change your situation more rapidly than you can change the clothes you’re wearing if you’re ready to do that. All you really have to do is ask. You might want to have someone who specializes in the work of clearing limiting beliefs and energies that no longer serve you, but you don’t have to do that if that doesn’t feel right.

When you’re ready, you’d be surprised what happens!

Are you ready?

Do you know why you want it?

When you’re consciously using the Law of Attraction to manifest what you want, are you aware of why you want the things that you’re asking for? Why you want something has a huge affect on when you get it and on what happens when you get it. For instance, if you want a new car because it’s a car that you’ve seen and you love, once you clear the blocks to having it and it comes to you, (and even before that) you are completely blissful about the car and feeling good.

On the other hand, if you want something because you believe it will make you feel more equal to someone else, and you really don’t like them because in your eyes they make you feel less than they are, getting what you want is perpetuating the negative energy. Until we want what we want because WE WANT it, and until we feel worthy to have whatever we want, we will never be manifesting from the place of happiness and contentment that really connects us with what we want and allows it to come to us quickly.

You are good enough. You are worthy of having whatever you want, and there’s no one else who’s keeping you from having it. No one else. Feeling good about yourself is an inside job. No one else needs to feel good about you at all for you to love yourself. You alone can do that.

You may have stories about why you can’t that go back for many generations, but those are just stories. You can keep your energy tied up in all of the reasons that you can’t, or you can be freed from the stories and focus your energy on why you can. Don’t know how to do that? When you are ready to let go, if you need help, the right and perfect person will appear to help you. But when you’re ready, you might be able to do it by yourself. All you have to do is ask.

Either way, don’t give up on yourself. You have a unique gift to give the world. We need you.