Humanity On Purpose

If you have had a tough time this year, due to job loss, illness, the financial crisis, or other heartbreak, you may be dreading the holiday season.  These tips from the authors of Overcomers, Inc: True stories of hope, courage, and inspiration will help you cope:

1. Make taking care of your needs your number one priority this year.  While it is good to care for others, in times of stress, it is easy to get overwhelmed by too much done on other’s behalf.
2. Get enough rest.  If you are feeling sad or stressed, those feelings will intensify if you don’t get enough rest. Be sure you have enough time to recharge your batteries.
3. Create some new traditions.  If this is the first year that you’ll face the holidays after the death of a loved one or post layoff, don’t pretend that life is the same and force yourself to do all the things you’ve always done.  Keep the traditions that feel good to you but add at least one new thing that you will enjoy.  New traditions bring more positive energy into the holiday season.
4. Ask for help.  If you’ve always entertained 35 people with a full course dinner but just don’t feel up to it or can’t afford it, let your loved ones know.  Suggest a pot luck meal, let another family member host the event this year, or have a movie nut with simple snacks.  Match your energy level and your budget to what you can do, not what you’ve always done.
5. Reach out to others in need.  No matter how awful you may feel your life is, there are folks in a more difficult situation.  Sending an afternoon visiting a nursing home, volunteering in a food pantry, or sending a care package to a member of the military will lift your spirits and help you feel needed.

What is it that you cannot see because your eyes have been blindfolded, your hands tied and your ears covered? The answer is you. And who did this to you? The answer again is you did, because you are afraid of who you might find looking back at you through the mirror.

Do you know who you truly are? Are you aware of your true nature? As you begin down the path of living a life with purpose, meaning and fulfillment you must begin to become aware of who and what you truly are. So many of us go through our days with self-imposed limits on our lives that we have come to believe them to be true. Not only that, but we then begin to impose those same limits on the people and world around us as we propagate those thoughts and beliefs throughout our lives in every area.

What is it that you’re hiding from yourself? That’s the question I encourage you to ask of yourself each day. Are the limits you face in your life real, or perceived? Is that obstacle you keep bumping up against on your way to the fulfillment of your desires an internal or external one? Consider for a moment that no external obstacles truly exist but in our minds. Further consider that the only thing holding us back from living the life we came here to live is our own beliefs about who we are.

The ‘limited you’ will come across an obstacle and either try to overcome it by going around, over, through, or below it, or you might turn and go another direction altogether. The ‘real you’ however, when faced with the same obstacle wouldn’t even see it and instead would continue on as if nothing was there and as if anything was possible, since nothing is impossible.

The real truth is that you are powerful beyond measure, boundless to no end, and brighter than any star. The real you knows nothing but abundance, the real you feels nothing but love, and the real you is aware of what your true nature is.

So now again I ask you… Do you know who you truly are?

I have a condition; I probably should have let you know about it a while ago since it’s highly contagious.

It’s been known to transmit to people in various ways… Over the telephone, through books, pictures, and even through thoughts and words.

I caught it many years ago and believe it may have been during my birth. I have done my best to hide from it over the years, but somehow it just keeps coming back.

There are times I even forget about it, but it always finds a way to remind me that it’s there.

It may seem selfish to you, but I’m actually happy that I exposed you to it. The way I see it, the more the better, and then I’m not alone!

I have found ways to deal with my condition, the first of which was to accept and embrace it as a part of me.

The next was to take an active role in it’s growth within me, rather than sitting back and letting it drive.

It’s probably a good idea for you to learn more about it since you’ve been exposed to it now; ignorance at this point is not the right answer.

Be sure to spend some time each day and learn new ways in which you can use it in your life, I have found it is possible to co-exist with my condition, and you will too.

I know what you’re wondering and no, I haven’t found any medical cure for it, however I have discovered that it in itself cures many ailments that medicine hasn’t been able to.

I haven’t found the secret to hiding it from others, but I have found there are others out there living with it that are always willing to lend a hand and help out when I need it.

Now I know this can seem scary to you, but let me assure you, it’s nothing to be afraid of, you’ll do just fine. In fact, I’m confident it’s exactly what you’ve been looking for!

Over time I’ve come to accept my condition, and after learning from so many others who are also contagious, I’ve discovered they even have a name for it. Somehow just knowing what it’s called brought me some relief.

No matter where they come from in the world, their race, age, religion, color, or financial background they all call this condition the same thing…  Success!

Here’s to OUR Success!

With Love and Gratitude,
Joshua Aragon
The Life Meaning Coach™