tools for living
A friend of mine at work recently loaned me some material related to Ester and Jerry Hicks series on the Law of Attraction. Though I have not gotten halfway through it yet, I have found the material clarifying some of my thoughts and explaining certain things I had not thought of or worked out for myself up to this time. When she first told me about it, I was a bit skeptical at first, but it did send my thoughts down what is going to be a fruitful path.
I have been thinking the last couple weeks or so about the tools I have assembled for living my life. I think my set may have a few more tools in it than some people, but that’s not necessarily good - what good are tools if they aren’t used? Though I am generally happy with my life, there are things I want to change - things I want to do, to say, to experience, to become. These things take work - some of them will require prolonged application of the knowledge tools I’ve acquired during my short lifetime on this planet. And that’s ok. If anyone could do some of this stuff by just snapping their fingers, it wouldn’t be nearly as rewarding.
I’m convinced that the only thing separating me from these things is me - in that I’m not doing the things I need to in order to make them happen. Yes, I know I’ve said similar things in the past, and that I’ve said I’m going to do them and gone out and fallen flat before I even got started. I’m not going to make that mistake again. Previously I have failed to plan, to take into account my own tendencies and real desires. But what I’m talking about now is achieving my real desires - I suspect I’ll be well motivated.
So, as an ongoing project, I’m going to sit down and take an inventory of the tools at my disposal, take stock of where I am, where I want to go, and choose the tools I think will help me get there the fastest. I’m not talking about schemes that promise to make you (fill in characteristic here) overnight or some impossibly short timespan, but tools that will bring about these desired changes in a lasting way that’s good for everyone that is touched during the process.
The process is simple, but not easy - or perhaps it is, and I’m telling the universe to not make it easy. Change your thoughts, change your life - that’s really what it’s about. I’ll be interested to see where my thoughts go. I’m not going to resist - that’s one of my goals - to allow whatever happens to happen, and just realize that as I direct myself and my thoughts, my life will change accordingly. Then there is nothing to resist, for there is only myself. Sounds vaguely mystical, but it’s not.
I’ll keep you updated as things progress.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I’m intrigued that you’re using the word ‘desires’ rather than the word ‘goals.’ There’s a difference, isn’t there? In the past you’ve talked about goals, as have I. Doesn’t it seem that ‘goals’ imply an end or working toward an achievement whereas ‘desires’ don’t necessarily suggest the obtainment of one’s desires; yet at the same time ‘desires’ seems so immediate and so much more emotionally powerful than goals.
If the Law of Attraction depends on believing and acting like you already have what you want, then is it best to avoid characterizing our desires as goals (something not yet achieved)?