EXPANDING MY SOUL
The beautiful and talented Audrey Hepburn gave one of the most inspirational quotes to be the best you can be. She said, “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!” You have to believe that you’re capable of anything. If you let your pessimistic thoughts get to you, you’ll be negatively affected. Remember that you can do anything that you want to do. Never give up on something because you think that it’s impossible.
Audrey Hepburn
rest in peace, you beautiful soul
Many years ago after experiencing some deeply traumatic and unsatisfying years of trying to be a successful wife and mother (according to the opinions offered by my then abusive husband), well-meaning friends and society in general, I became aware of a very important truth.
Once I understood that I should never sell myself out, put everyone else first, ignore my soul purpose, that MY reason for being should drive my feelings, thoughts and actions, not others ideals, truths, wishes and demands of me, I fell into authentic alignment with myself.
I became more aware and understanding that being the best you can be was indeed the best I could be!!..
That striving for my personal best in congruence with MY true soul purpose was and is the most satisfying currency of my mental, physical and emotional health and success.
Living in this authentic alignment from within, allows everything we need to energetically gravitate towards us and opens the channels for us to learn effortlessly and joyfully.
When you are not living your soul truth or your gift, it can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. You may even know how you would like to be living, or what you want to do, but what you’re actually doing is to subconsciously and energetically put it off, brushing it away and almost sabotaging yourself.
You start to make excuses - there is so much competition - thousands or millions of people competing to do exactly what you want to do!! They are better than me, smarter, better looking, have more help, etc.
How do you stop doing the job you don't even like, just because it pays a wage which enables you to live your life? How do you leave a dead end relationship, an abusive marriage? A negative friendship? How do you advance quickly enough not to have your dreams smashed into submission by society and suddenly implode in “reality”?
Once you realise YOUR soul happiness is important to your whole being, and even those around you, how do you make the necessary leaps to move beyond the masses vying for a similar position?
After all, you have bills to pay, people to keep happy and tons of other responsibilities. You only have a limited amount of time each day. After work and everything else you have to do to meet your responsibilities, it’s easy to justify putting it off until tomorrow.
Even if you have the raw energy to do your craft or work, you may feel guilty breaking from your relational obligations. Or you may suffer from the guilt trips of others into giving away your grand illusion even before you've begun!!
The simple answer is to listen to yourself, your own instincts. "Dont listen! What others think and say about you is none of your business!"
Yes it can feel impossible, hopeless and overwhelming. There is also so much to learn. It can be easy to doubt our own abilities. Maybe we should just give up and accept reality for what it is? Not rock the boat. Not upset the status quo.
The truth is that most of the competition out there is not hard to surpass. Everyone is dealing with the same existential and practical challenges as are you! Sure you may have more responsibilities, like being a solo parent like me, or not earning enough money to do what your heart desires.
But many a famous or successful person has succeeded against terrible odds and circumstances. In fact, I know from experience that the tougher it is, the harder I go at it. I use my positive mantras to steer my momentum and to push me through to the other side. First, I get excited about an issue; then I do lots of positive self-talk in front of the mirror; and to be very honest, I fake it until I make it – if you see what I mean!
The souls who do not succeed have given up too easily; they have not structured their lives for optimal creative expression. "They" themselves are the primary obstacle in their own paths. Most people will quit long before they ever really begin, always remaining mediocre at what they do. Remember this and allow that to spur you on! Be the winner.
The question is "How bad do you want it"? If being a little more uncomfortable for a while gets you through to the other side, then trust me, it’s truly worth it. What would you rather have your life become? Years of the same thing with no joy, or a short period of uncomfortableness (and possibly even poorer circumstances) but for greater longer lasting joy?
Once you change your focus, hold your ground, with a few tweaks, you’ll quickly drop through a wormhole placing you in the top 5–10 percent in your field. The challenge then becomes to move from there to the top, and this last movement is the real contest. Getting to the top 5–10 percent of anything in life might requires a change in lifestyle, but getting to the top 1 percent requires a fundamental change in your BEING....
I am a mentor to others and a protégé to many men and women who are, or have suffered domestic violence and trauma, and poverty. I help women find empowerment and aid children's fitness, health and well-being.
If I have any advice to give you, then it’s this..
⭐START AS AN AMATEUR, be humble, receptive, grateful, and open.
⭐COACHING/EDUCATION, seek to further educate yourself. Leaving school is just the beginning of a lifetime of learning
⭐STOP LIVING THE BROKEN RULES EVERYONE ELSE IS LIVING, not your story.
⭐BE CONSISTENT UNTIL YOU HAVE A BREAK-THROUGH, stubbornness is a virtue.
⭐Become the Best in The World At What You Do...
⭐STRUCTURE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO OPTIMIZE YOUR BEST HEALTH. physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
⭐ALLOW TIME FOR RECOVERY. Grounding in nature, meditation, peace.
⭐HAVE A PRE-PERFORMANCE ROUTINE THAT GETS YOU IN FLOW, listen to your favourite music, a positive podcast, even physical exercise to get the blood pumping.
⭐EMBRACE FEAR AND SUFFERING, without it nothing else would be a possibility. One cannot exist without the other. Remember its only temporary and you are in charge of you, no one else.
⭐DO IT BECAUSE OF LOVE..... love is the only thing that will lead you to your success. The vibration of love is the only way to attract abundance and success.
At the end of the day you decide what's right for you. I am merely one messenger who has lived this truth. Maybe you have already implemented all the above, that's wonderful, congratulations!
When I was suffering I didn't have a mentor or family member or enlightened friend to assist me with this knowledge. Somewhere out there in social media land there will be someone who needs to read this. If you would like to "EXPAND YOUR SOUL" enhance your life experiences, stop chasing your dreams and start living them.
Love & Light
~leeza~