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Hello Everyone:
As I was watching one of my favorite Christmas movies, The Polar Express, a new theme popped into my heart. Besides the obvious ones of believe, trust, learn and lead,the new theme was about the power of feelings.
If you don't know the movie, it's basically about a boy who doesn't believe in Santa Claus. He goes through a series of life changing events on the way and at the North Pole until he discovers that there really is a Santa Claus.
The best scene, for me, in the movie is when everyone is waiting for Santa's arrival. The elves bring out the reins of sleigh bells with the reindeer and he can't hear the bells ringing. When Santa finally comes out to greet everyone, he can't see him. Then a sleigh bell rolls off the sleigh to his feet. He picks it up and shakes it, hoping to hear the bells. He tries several times to make it happen but it isn't until he gets his feelings behind his desire that he finally hears the bell ring. It is the sweetest sound too.
This movie brought into focus how important our feelings are to make change happen. Thinking, writing, repeating goal statements, visualizing and other self-help techniques won't work without a heart- based feeling that is so strong you can feel it shift in your body. This shifting is you aligning with the Universe setting up in you the ability to receive back your request.
When you are in alignment, you are then tapping into your own true divinity, your own personal power. It’s the part of you that stays quietly in the background until you allow yourself to feel this energy shift. To do this, you must do what the boy in the movie did: believe. It’s actually part believing, trusting, learning and pretending.
So, what would it feel like to have infinite power, wisdom and abundance? What would it feel like to be in absolute joyfulness and peace all the time? I know what it feels like to me. It feels great! Imagine being able to access this “feeling of power” as you go through your day? You can!
Take some quiet time and play the game of “what if?” See if you can conjure up a strong feeling of what abundance would feel like to you. Use your imagination and pretend. The more you practice, the stronger it will feel until you shift into being abundant, or peaceful, or joyful. It all starts with believing and the power of feeling.
Have a wonderful holiday.
All is well.
Cynthia Christianson
Self-Help Coach
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November, 2007
Enlightenment Is An Inside Job.
There is so much pressure from the media, peers and ourselves to look slim, cleverly dressed in up-to-date fashions, have the perfect relationship, the most admired career and the list goes on. We are encouraged to seek validation of our self worth from outside stimuli on a regular basis. It is a constant distraction.
After awhile, it becomes weary to "show up" in a certain way. I find many people that I coach have lost connection to their true self because they seek answers from sources outside of themselves. It is tempting to look for validation and for answers anywhere else than ourselves. Instead of confronting our inner thoughts and beliefs about ourselves, we think it is easier to change our weight, our clothes, our hairstyle, our partner, our home etc.
Do you use errands, projects, meetings, emergencies, dramas, crises, upsets and/or intellectual arguments to keep yourself occupied? These types of distractions keep you busy so that you have little time and energy left to be with your self. However,if you would just take some quiet time, such as driving without music, to honestly face what is troubling you, you will get the insights you need to clear and release the negative feelings you have created.
Peace is an inside job. As Alan Cohen writes in his book,A Deep Breath of Life: "Doing more in the outer world will not result in more peace; only being more will get us what we want. Peace is attained by letting go of everything that distracts us from it.Step back from your busy-ness and look within, where you will find everything you have ever sought in the outer world and more."
May you feel more attractive, sexy, beautiful and confident by tuning inside instead of outside to find the peace that really is what being here is all about.
All is well.
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I love happy endings. I am a Disney lover of movies with happy endings too. My family, particularly my daughter who is a graduate of English,in Creative Writing,dislikes happy endings in literature if it's just to please an audience. But I'm soft. I want to walk away with a good feeling from a book, movie or in life.
What if you knew, really knew, in your heart and body that everything was all right. That everything has a happy ending? Can you imagine how your life would be? You would not complain, worry, have doubts, feel guilty, fearful or be angry. You would not seek comfort through substances, food, from other people or outside stimuli. You would be confident, content, relaxed, joyful and light-hearted.Think of the impact we can have globally if we all made an effort to be happier people with happy endings.
When you decide to be a co-worker of creating your reality, you have stepped into the fast lane of being pro-active and living by choice. This is so empowering! When you see fast responses back to you of living in a joyful, grateful thought driven existence, there is no other way you want to be. I call it "waking up." You now know that by only changing your thoughts, you change your feelings and actions. This message to the Universe then returns to you and let me tell you, it is awesome.
Here is an example: My youngest daughter, Emily, has chosen in the past some choices that have not served her well. As a mother,I found it hard not to have "stinkin' thinkin' attitudes about her choices. We mothers love our opinions! When I woke up and realized that she was showing up exactly as I was thinking about her, I decided to change my thoughts to see if it would help.
So, for a month, every time I thought and felt negative about her choices, I canceled those thoughts and thought instead this: "Emily is perfect and she is making great choices." That's it. Over and over I would say, think, and feel these words.
Today, she is making great choices. All the past ones that bothered me have disappeared and it's so much more fun to be around her. By changing me, not trying to change her, I am experiencing happy endings to situations I thought were going to be long term struggles between us.
It takes practice to change your thoughts and feelings. You really want to have a high-quality life. You have to really want to feel good about living. To make changes, you have to start with your self first. Start with baby steps such as the waitress in a restaurant who bugs you or that co-worker who bothers you at work. Then tackle family members. We are more attached to being right with our family.
As you get better at cleaning up your vibrations about other people, you'll shift into this inner feeling of knowing that everything really is all right. You'll have the validation from watching your world reflect your heart felt changes. You'll have less resistance and tension. This will create the spaces you want to fill with joy, empowerment and love.
So do whatever it takes to shift from the judging, negative thoughts and feelings so that you can experience a happy ending. Go see a Disney movie, listen to music, take an exercise class or walk in nature. Be around positive energies and feel good about yourself. This emotional set-point can be the jump start to feeling good about others who have been bothering you.
I wish you many happy endings! Thanks for listening!
All is Well.
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