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Thursday, 5 September 2013
What is Going to Happen to Me?
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare
"I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave this way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving, and you do it." -Leo Buscaglia
"What's going to happen to me?" is what you ask yourself in times of troubles or uncertainty. It reflects a basic insecurity and the desire to find out what the future holds for you. What's going to happen to you won't happen through chance or accident though. You are not powerless over your fate. As I emphasise in my book, "The Magic of Willpower", you are paving your future with your choice of thoughts, emotions and actions. The future is the result of the present moment you're living.
You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can choose the way you wish to feel about them. You can feel sad, miserable, frustrated or even angry about the injustices that life dishes out to you. But that kind of attitude won't be of much help. You need to look at things from a different perspective. You may not have been very lucky so far. You may have made a lot of mistakes; because you didn't know any better, or you didn't have the courage to do things differently. Other people may not have treated you very well. It seems like you've experienced more downs than ups, and that's so unfair!
But you've also learnt a lot of valuable lessons! After all, life wasn't meant to be a bed of roses. Life is more about making mistakes, correcting them, and starting anew. We learn because actions have consequences and these are not always pleasant, but they enable us to grow. Growing pains are a normal part of our life path, and they almost always lead to something beautiful and valuable.
You may not know for sure what's going to happen to you, but you can be optimistic and visualise a positive outcome, rather than the worst possible scenario. Sometimes you feel you have no control over your destiny, and you might be right to a certain extent. In the end, it's all in the hands of God or the Universe. God responds to your prayers, just like the Universe responds to your vibrations.
Emotions are thoughts in motion. They are dynamic, and they influence what your future will be. If you feel good about yourself and the world around you, you will attract good circumstances. if you feel bad and complain a lot, you will get more to complain about. Accept what you've been given, even though it's not exactly what you want. Maybe you have what you don't want because you keep focusing on scarcity and lack and sadness, rather than abundance, prosperity and joy.
And abundance is not just about money. it's about being content, and feeling grateful for what you've got, even if it isn't much. After all you've got your eyes, because you can read this, and you've got your life, or you wouldn't be here right now. And where is life going to take you? What's going to happen to you? You're the one who decides.
You can begin by deciding how you will feel about your present situation. Are you going to continue feeling sorry for yourself, frightened and worried about tomorrow? Or are you going to trust God and the Universe that they will look after you and guide you towards a happy ending?
Take your life into your own hands and decide to make it a happy life, no matter what. Stop worrying and know within yourself that everything will be all right - and it will.
I wish you all the best today and every day,
Bella
Painting: "Path at la Cavee, Pourville" by Claude Monet, 1882
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