Susan Kern is passionate about the journey of self-discovery, empowerment and consciousness. She shares this passion as the Founder of Magical Life Institute, offering coaching, healing and teaching services to clients worldwide and also as the host of Magical Life Playground on Awakened Radio
How Badly Do You Want It?
Do you want your dreams to become a reality? How badly do you want it? This is the question we must ask ourselves if we are currently not living them as our reality. We have lived life to this point by doing certain things and not doing other things. Has that worked yet? If not, are you willing to acknowledge that maybe it is time to make some changes? Are you willing to actually make some changes?
These are the questions I have been asking myself, and I invite you to consider them as well. While we can surely find things that are missing in our lives, things that we consider to be wrong, can you find the things that are right? Do you know what your dreams are? Do you know why the things that are wrong are that way?
The journey into living a conscious life requires that we be willing to take full responsibility for that life. What does it mean to take responsibility? To me it means that I am willing to hold myself accountable as the cause of my life. That no matter what I am experiencing, ultimately, I have chosen it. The usual response to this statement is “I would never choose that!” Well, if that is our response, we are not taking responsibility. We are in actuality, putting the responsibility for our lives outside of ourselves. It might be given to our parents, teachers, the weather, doctors, God, our DNA, the economy, Corporations or the government. Let’s stop for a minute and examine this. If we are blaming someone or something for our situation, that is giving our power away. If we are complaining about someone or something, that is giving our power away. If we are justifying why we did or did not do something, we are giving our power away.
Blaming, complaining and justifying are the tools of the victim. These tools get used to construct a viable reason why it’s okay that we haven’t yet begun to experience what wesay we want to experience. Can you see any areas where you may be using these tools? When asking myself these questions I was surprised, pleased and disappointed with the answers that I supplied myself. The very clear realization that showed up was that I was basically blaming my conditioning, the limiting beliefs, as being responsible for my current experience. Interesting, I was blaming my own mind for my issues, but not taking responsibility for what was operating in that mind. So, I asked myself, “How badly do you want to live your dreams?” I answered “so badly that I am not willing to settle for less than my dreams!”