Law of Attraction Magazine February, 2016 | Page 34

St i ck y Notes an d
ch eck l i st :
Tool s f or t h e Best YOU

i n 2016
I was driving home from Albuquerque a couple
months ago and realized how grateful I was to
have cruise control on my car (no heated seats
though ? bummer!) Driving is so much easier
when I don?t have to control the gas pedal on
long rides ? I just let the car do that for me.
And then I got to
wondering about the
mystery of life and
how unexpected
difficulties happen.
Unexpected
fabulous things
happen too, but we
handle them just
fine with a smile on
our face and thrill in
our heart. What if we
could approach all
the events of our life with that joy?
Imagine sailing along on Cruise Control, being
present and doing what needs to be done ? but
not worrying about anything ? trusting the
Universe (you can substitute the word God or
Life for the Universe) to handle the whole
shebang while we cruise along enjoying the fun
and adventure of living.
Sounds like a good idea, but is it
realistic? It might work for a day or maybe only
a few hours, or minutes, but then something out
of the blue hits us and we get mired in the
muck and ditch the Cruise Control. Yep, we get
to thinking that we can do a better job when we
control the gas and brakes, and we end up
jerking along through rough roads.
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I?ve been doing that recently even though I
know that stress is the number one aging
factor. So, to start turning over some of that
control and stay consistently aware of my
current state of being, I created some
affirmations and put them on sticky notes
around the house. When I see
the affirmations I remember
to move my focus to Cruise
Control and I watch for signs
that it?s happening. A couple
of the sticky notes say:
I am on Cruise Cont rol . I l et
t he Universe drive and I
enjoy t he ride.
I wat ch t hought s go by and I
l ist en f or prompt ings f rom
t he Universe.
Then I designed a weekly
checklist, with a column for each day, listing the
affirmations I want to say and ponder every
day. I also added a few more goals:
Medit at e at l east 15 minut es t wice a day, 5
days a week.
Work on my new book f or at l east 6 hours a
week.
Work on l ining up speaking gigs at l east 1 hour
a week.
No TV bef ore reading at l east 30 minut es of
inspirat ional mat erial .
But how do I keep myself motivated to
accomplish these goals? I decided I needed a
reward if I did all of them for the week and a