Before You Can Say "YES"
The awesome power of "NO"
In terms of finding your power to BE you, in a brand new
way, "NO" is the most powerful word in your dictionary. Why is that? You must
always say "NO" to what you don't want in your life before you can say "YES" to
what you do want. And before you can say "YES" to the more desirable, you must
first give yourself permission to say "NO" to the undesirable. Enough is enough!
So the question is,
For how much longer will you give space in your life
to that problem, before you say "NO" to it and allow yourself to say "YES" to
manifesting something more rewarding?
Now might be a good time to think
about what you are "putting up with" that no longer serves you. Are you ready to
close the door on that experience? Every time you say "NO" to what you don't
want, by taking responsibility for creating it, you've found the power to say
"NO" to that and "YES" to something that would serve you better.
Some of us have the
"Need to Please Disease".
This inability to say "NO" affliction comes from our need for approval from
others. But when you say "YES" and give to
others mostly out of your need for approval, you've given away your power, and
this is not really giving from the heart. To really serve others unselfishly,
coming from the heart, you must take back your power.
To regain your power, you will want
to love yourself just the way you are with no need to fix or change yourself.
I know there are those who would label self-love, offensive and egotistical, but
they have it backwards.
Egotism and vanity actually reveal a
lack of self-love. Narcissistic behavior
suggests an excessive need for admiration and approval. Contrary to popular
opinion, the egotist needs acceptance, not because he loves himself, but because
he doesn't. And those with the "Need to
Please Disease" have the same problem.
If you thought loving yourself would
make you vain, egotistical and self-absorbed, think again. Self-love simply
means you've accepted yourself as you are, flaws and all. It means your knowing
that nothing about you needs to change to make you lovable. You are totally okay
the way you are now. That's self-love, or in other words, unconditional love.
Only from that space can you love others unconditionally.
Below are some steps you can try this week.
1. Check your pulse to
see if you may have become infected with the the "Need to Please Disease".
2. And since that
affliction is cured only by loving yourself unconditionally, check your heart to
see how you feel about yourself.
3. To reaffirm your
power, make a list of everything in your life you are ready to unload and then,
one by one, say "NO" to them and "YES" to something far more rewarding.
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Chapter 29 - Unconditional Love
"To God Or As God" - Pg. 213
The Space To Be A New You Is Unconditional
Love
At first, loving yourself unconditionally may not be
easy. You've been putting yourself down, making yourself wrong all your life.
"I'm not okay", has become your habitual way of thinking. Let's face it. For
now, "I'm not okay" is who you are. So, attempting to love yourself as you are,
unconditionally, may not fit the context of your current BEING choice.
Who would you be BEING if loving yourself
unconditionally did fit?
You may find it difficult to answer that question or to
choose that far outside the box in one leap. Instead of choosing to love
yourself unconditionally, you might want to commit to discovering who you would
be if you loved yourself as you are. You know you're not there yet, but you're
choosing to find out what it would be like if you were there.
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Chapter 10 - Where Is God?
from my book
"So, Why Aren't You Rich?" -
Pg. 243 & 244
Looking for Our Own Wizard
In our journey through life, like the Tin Man, we hope
to find heart, the essential inner Spirit, the will, the power, the resolve to
make things happen. And, like the Scarecrow searches for a brain, we search for
the wisdom to solve our own problems. And, we identify with the Cowardly Lion,
as we seek the courage to face our problems.
And, like Dorothy, we search for a Wizard,
a guru, some person or power other than ourselves, who
will grant our wishes and give us solutions to our problems.
They Found It Within Themselves
At the end of the yellow brick road,
Dorothy and her friends did not find the powerful
Wizard they expected; they found, instead, a phony wizard with no power to grant
their wishes. The Wizard, however, was wise enough to see that they had grown in
consciousness on their journey to Oz. He pointed out to them that each had
already found what he/she was looking for.
While traveling the yellow brick road, facing the many
challenges along the way, each had found within him/herself the heart, the
wisdom, and the courage -- all of the strengths of character they needed to
solve their own problems.
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Chapter 8 - Choosing To Be Rich
from my book
"Being The Solution" -
Pg. 98 & 99
