One of the most important reasons for having a mantra, or personal intentions by which you live your life each day, is because it will be tested.
When things are running smoothly, it is easy to define the principles we live by. It is easy to do what is right. But what happens when things go astray?
Someone close to me wronged me this week in a significant way. A way in which not only caused me to be very angry, but also extremely hurt. My mantra is being tested.
Number three of my mantra is this - “today I will match my needs and wants to what is in my control.”
Boy oh boy that’s a tough one. I find myself wishing I could control this person. I wish I could manage them so they didn’t negatively impact me. But changing and controlling others isn’t possible. I want something completely outside of my control and this is why I’m glad I have my mantra. I have somewhere to focus my attention. I have a promise to myself to work towards relinquishing control.
What’s your mantra? Have you taken the time to write one yet?
If not, why not? What are you waiting for? Do you believe having intentions for yourself is unnecessary? Do you believe the practice is somehow below you?
I assure you, it is necessary and I assure you, you’re not above the process.
Between now and Dec. 29th when we have our 2023 Focus LIVE STREAM, be thinking about what your mantra is. What do you live by to keep you pointing in the right direction?
Your happiness is not a gift given to you by others.
Create a mantra for your life. If you aren't writing your story, someone else is writing it for you.
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Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
I will resume the live recordings over there, starting with our first call on Friday, March 3rd at 9am/12pm. Invitations to join the Zoom calls will go out on Substack. Mark your calendars!
Also, be sure to download the Substack App! I love the app and find it so helpful in organizing content I want to read later by keeping it on my dashboard.
See you on the other side!
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
