are able to create and observe in the presence of what is, as it is right now. To achieve this is to surrender, which is an act of faith, even though you may be unable to anticipate the outcome of a situation or simply allow it to be as it is. For example, when grieving we focus on the shock and personal loss to ourselves, while indulging in self-pity. But if we are able to accept and appreciate the blessings, learnings and the journey that we were able to experience with the departed, we are able to quickly turn grief into gratitude.
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Do you know what you want? If you get up in the morning and sit behind the steering wheel of your car without having a clue as to where you are going
and with no sense of direction, would you consider this to be madness? Then how is it that we spend much of our time not knowing where we are going in our lives or what it is that we really want? When you are unsure of what you want, you tend to be focused on what you don't want. So if you are going to be the result of what you focus on, then when are you going to get really clear about what you do want, so that you can have more of that? You will be the result of what you think and feel and the actions that you take. Your intention, what you pay attention to and the right action that you take toward your goal will be the determining factors in your achieving great success in your life, simply because you have clarity on what you want. It is very important to pay attention to the details to ensure you are going after exactly what you want.
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Accountability. This is a huge step for any individual to come to terms with, if they are used to the 'blame game'. They may be used to drowning
in a pool of guilt or wallowing in the opportunity to come up with excuses (often called 'white lies'), rather than the simple, uncomplicated and rational idea of being able to take responsibility and accountability for their part in what happened previously or is happening now. Everything that happens to you, and everyone that is in your life right now, has meaning and purpose. The point is which 'you' shows up when challenge and adversity knock on your door? If everyone in your life right now is your teacher, what kind of student are you? Are you ready to be the accountable and responsible adult, or does it come naturally to you to look for excuses? How often do you use the word 'but' in your sentences? Mind your language and your excuses will quickly be replaced with accountable and right action. It is at this point that you come to the realisation that there is much value in acknowledging your mistakes and failures and by taking the lessons and turning them into your successes. 'It is better to try and fail than fail to try' – by being accountable you have the opportunity to express your unbounded and unlimited potential and to live life from a position of power and creativity.
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Stepping into the present. We often speak of being present, being in the now, showing up for your own life, but was does all that really mean when it comes to applying it in your daily life? We call ourselves
human beings and this implies that we are here to be in a state of being-ness before we embark on the doing and the having. Most of us have experienced what it is to run after something that we really want – the car, the house, the job, the university degree – only to realise soon after attaining our goal that happiness is eluding us. We have missed the magic in the moments of co-creating what it is that we desire. We need to be able to allow ourselves to be present in a child-like curiosity, alongside excitement and bewilderment, and say to ourselves, 'I wonder what's going to happen next?' At the same time, we need to allow ourselves to be intuitively spontaneous, even when we may feel that we have no idea what the outcome might be, but nevertheless have a sense of knowingness that the adventure itself could somehow lead
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