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Getting What You Desire: Three Simple Steps to Live the Life You Want

December 27, 2011 by Featured Author Leave a Comment

We all have goals and convictions in our lives that we feel passionate about and wish to bring to fruition.

Whether it’s expanding your creativity, becoming more active in your community, or finding inner-peace through spirituality, we all want to find ways to experience life to its fullest, and no one wants to live in vain; we all want a purpose.

The following are a few steps that I have found helpful in playing out my pure intentions:

Visualize.

Everyone has the power to visualize what they want, and by harnessing this technique you will be able to bring forth that which you truly desire. Thought is energy and affects our actions in daily life and the ways in which we confront obstacles. Visualizing what you want, imaging yourself in your ideal situation, will eventually cause those visions to be accepted by your subconscious, thus changing your habits and your entire mindset while attracting new people and circumstances that will help further your goals. Make a list of things that you will achieve on the short or long term. Item by item, imagine yourself in a circumstance in which you are accomplishing that idea (e.g., seeing yourself playing a concert and the crowd applauding; imagine you’re walking through your dream house, noticing the furniture and wall colors.)

Overcome Fear.

Fear can be a great obstacle in attaining your goals. Whether it’s a fear of public speaking, a fear of flying or a fear of loneliness, being afraid will always hinder that which we truly want. Often people spend there lives avoiding fear as opposed to seeking out pleasure. Most of the time it’s the risk that we are scared of, thinking things such as what if often cause us to stay away from situations in which we are uncomfortable. Personally, the words of the Greek poet Homer bring this into perspective. He wrote, “Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.” In other words, the insight and experience you gain by being uncomfortable will always justify the means at the end of the day. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Happiness, Inspiration, Overcoming Obstacles, Success Tagged With: attaining your goals, circumstances, convictions, creativity, fear, finding inner peace, gratitude, guest author, happiness, insight, inspiration, lifestyle change, loneliness, obstacles, spirituality, subconscious, visions

A Lucky Man: What I Learned from Michael J. Fox

November 6, 2006 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

There is a fable whereby God gives each person the option to rid himself of his most pressing difficulty. Everyone places his or her problems in the center of a circle. In turn, each then inspects the travails and challenges of the others, and chooses what he or she would prefer. As the fable goes, everyone opts for his own problem. Human nature is to always consider oneself less fortunate than others – until presented with reality.

In a book he wrote not too long ago, Michael J. Fox considers himself to be a “lucky man.” When I watched him on a TV interview as he tried to contain uncontrollable tremors and twitches inflicted by Parkinson’s disease, I was astonished – and awed – to hear him describe himself as “fortunate.” He admits he would not have opted for this disease; yet as long as it is his path, he feels it is a gift because he’s able to help others. Many people from all around the world suffer and struggle with Parkinson’s disease on a daily basis. Knowing that a disability insurance instant quote can help provide them with financial help in the event of not being able to carry out their job, may give them a sense of motivation to battle the disease. For others, having someone like Michael J. Fox in the corner every step of the way can also be a huge benefit in their journey.

Shall we compare? Fox describes Parkinson’s as “a gift;” I complain when I have to say “no” to a second scoop of ice cream. Maybe rethinking my position is in order.

Since I was a young overweight lad, I cannot remember when I did not complain about having to watch what I eat. While other children gorged themselves on potato chips, soft drinks, and chocolate fudge bars, my mother filled me with non-fat milk, fruit, and grilled chicken.

As a small boy stomping his feet in the midst of a tantrum, I would rail against the wrongness of the universe. “It’s not fair!” I yelled. “Richard and Nancy are going to get ice cream. I want to go too!”

In those early years, I could not know the pain my mother felt as she was compelled to hold back her son from the experience of his peers so he could learn much-needed healthier habits. Lovingly, she would reply, “You’re right; it’s not fair. But Richard and Nancy don’t have to watch their weight. You need to eat more carefully than they do.”

I grew resentful over time: wounded by the loneliness felt only by the unattractive, angry over diets that promised but never delivered, insulted and beaten down by boorish comments poking fun of my size. Why did God condemn me?

Michael J. Fox – with Parkinson’s – considers his disease a gift. I have an outburst over having to eat low-fat cheese. I’m thinking I just might need to “get over myself.”

I “suffer” from a disease of abundance. While half the planet’s population goes without, I must cut back. I must count calories in a world one person out of two prays not to go to sleep hungry.

If we were to put my problem in the circle, I think I’d take it back.

Filed Under: Beliefs, Diet, Happiness, Newspaper Column, Overcoming Obstacles, Power of Attitude, Self Talk Tagged With: get over myself, get over yourself, loneliness, lucky man, michael j fox, parkinsons, problems, travails, tv actor

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