us to what it is that we desire – and possibly much more. This is when life really becomes magical. To cast a spell means, literally, 'to utter words'. So in the knowingness of 'what is' in that moment, be careful of what you say and think as the magic of what you dare to imagine is waiting to surprise you. Your ability and sense of awareness to constantly be prepared for celebration, bewilderment, spontaneity, joy, bliss and uncertainty will together give you all the opportunities you need to experience what it is to live right here and now in this moment. In this you will discover the reward of being present in your own life, as you go about doing and having in a whole new world of your own.
injustice as you see it. But when you look within yourself, you may come to the realisation that maybe you didn't really want your job, maybe you didn't like the hours, the pay, the work involved, the people that you work with, and so therefore, if you can be really honest with yourself, you actually got exactly what you asked for. However, because you refuse or simply are unable to realise this for yourself, you sit with a perspective that keeps you stuck in blame and self-pity, instead of focusing on all the benefits of not having that job anymore and all the new opportunities that lie waiting for you. Your perspective will be determined by your attitude and your ability to be totally true to yourself, while being accountable for your thoughts and feelings that give you exactly what you have right now. Change your perspective and you will change your life.
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Turning fear into faith. As we willingly choose to spend much of our thoughts in the past or the future, we unknowingly allow ourselves to dwell and sometimes even drown in negative emotions
that do nothing but keep us trapped in our fears and insecurities. The illusion that we create for ourselves is a 'false expectation appearing to be real' (also known as fear). This fear can be used to either drive us or cripple us in our own lives. As we choose to create an awareness of the fears that hold us back the most, we can also find ways to break through those fears and set ourselves free to create more of what we want. On the other hand, we could use faith to override those fears and face life head-on with drive and enthusiasm, in the knowingness that courage and faith will take us through what might appear to be the impossible at the time. Be aware of the conscious mind that thinks, reasons and makes decisions – this is where your free will is exercised. Then you have the subconscious mind that expresses itself through you, in your thoughts and actions. The subconscious mind is the spirit part of you – it knows no limits other than the ones that you consciously choose. It is in the knowingness of this that you are able to choose fear over faith or turn fear into faith. So, being aware of what you think and feel will give you the conscious awareness of the power that lies within you to create your own reality.
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Self-love. Without the awareness of the importance of self-love you can never truly manage your emotional stress because the needs of others
and the opinions of others will always be more important to you than your own self-worth. It is through the experience of self-love and the appreciation of self love that we are able to live life from a place of self-fulfilment. Many of us may have been told that it is virtuous for us to be selfless and it is bad for us to be selfish. However, the balance of the two is to be self-full, where we are able to powerfully choose to be selfless and selfish from the centredness of being self-full. This is where we are aligned with ourselves at a soul level in which any decision that we make is one in which we can always choose to be happy. We have been divinely gifted with our own free will, so that whatever we do or say is always from a space of choice for which there will always be consequences. It is in the awareness of these consequences that we are also able to manage our emotional stress as we take ownership of the fact that everything in our lives right now has been created as a result of our thoughts and feelings.?O
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Perspective. What we have right now in our lives is the result of our perspective. So if you have chosen a perspective that does not work for you, before you know it, you have wilfully become a
victim in your own life, only to wonder, 'why me?' Well, the 'why me' is you choosing to see things in a certain way. We are often our own worst enemy, as we buy into our interpretations of our own story that, in turn, keep us stuck in more of what we don't want. Let's say that you lose your job and all you can think about is, 'why me, why this, why now?' Then you look for someone to blame for the