Being Passionate about Your Gifts and Talents is Being at Your Best

What do you love to do?  Really love to do that you are talented at?  Can you think of time when you shared your passion with someone who wasn't receptive to it?  If yes, did it make you feel like you were on the wrong path to happiness?

We often misinterpret other peoples' reactions as being a sign that we could be heading down the wrong path, but in reality, other peoples' reactions are their projections of why something wouldn't work based on their own criteria of what is best.  Don't allow that to stop you from following your dreams!!  

There's a lid for every pot in the world, my husband just said that to me, too cute.  If we use the analogy for passions (lids) and people (pots) most of us will have different answers on our Life's Purpose Test (see corresponding blog).  Here's the takeaway: don't take other peoples' reactions personally!

After you know what you really love to do, don't quit your day job!!  I have a personal story about making big leaps without a safety net that I am glad to share.  Just know they call it a "safety" net for  reason;)

Nurture your passions:  join groups; make time; learn it; be it........be "one" with your passion.  I am one with my purpose, I am one with purpose, I am one with my purpose.  It becomes so much a part of you that you can't live without it, really!!  I cannot stop myself from writing, it's a good obsession!

I was a journalism major in college.  Then, I went into a career that was more of a research and analysis position that I knew certain people would be proud of on my behalf.  Do you do that, live for others?  I disliked the job but stayed in it for a long time.  If that sounds familiar, awareness is the first step to change.

Again, it is always about baby steps.  You can make changes in your life for the better.  Life begins to shift into pure enjoyment, as you find ways to do what you are passionate about.

Have a great day.

xo

Conni

Today's Mantra:  I will take time to figure out what I love to do.

Mantra for Every Day: I choose to send love to all; receiving love back multiplied in infinite proportions, creating and nurturing pathways of love.

Beating Yourself Up Doesn't Help

No matter what your vice, beating yourself up over your mistakes will only make it worse.

Candace Pert is quoted as saying "forgiving yourself and others for errors of the past will allow you to heal". This is so very true. Each day, we need to start with a clean slate. Before we do that, we can forgive ourselves for whatever mistakes are made after we forgive ourselves and make amends, we must move on and let it go. 

Continuing to beat yourself up over prior mistakes is a vicious cycle. The more you beat yourself up, the more likely you are to make more mistakes. So, creating a fresh start every day is imperative to continuing your pathway to success. The more you're able to let go of your mistakes each day, the more likely you are to create more success.

Start with an intention to do better than before. That is enough.  Baby steps are the way to go. No one is able to create massive change overnight. We all have to take a step at a time and to create lasting change. The way we do this is to continue to do our best and forgive ourselves each and every time we make a mistake.

I believe the greatest disservice the people we idolize can do is to pretend that change was easy for them.  Sound bites do not really show the depth of commitment it takes to create lasting change.  

The good news is that change doesn't have to be hard, just continuous.  Staying positive doesn't mean you are perfect, it means to become aware, make amends, release, and let go.  

Stay positive in your hope that the future is better and know you always have the right to forgive yourself.

Have a wonderful day!!

Xo

Conni  

Today's Mantra:  I intend to do better today than yesterday and I forgive myself for my mistakes.

Mantra for Every Day: I choose to send love to all; receiving love back multiplied in infinite proportions, creating and nurturing pathways of love.