Taking action…
This isn’t what I planned to post this morning but it is so important that my other post must wait until later.
A few days ago I decided I needed to be more proactive and ask the world for more. I can’t categorize this as anything in particular – possibly law of attraction / seek and ye shall find – I’m not really sure it matters. What I discovered, which I already knew deep down, is that there are some fantastic people in this world!
It’s so easy to focus on the bad & evil, particularly when the TV and newspapers seem to only reflect on negatives (I haven’t read a newspaper for years for this reason) but since we’re in a POSITIVE ZONE here I want to highlight two people who really touched me.
Yesterday, I asked for some help in getting my Costa Esuri lens up the Google rankings. Within a few hours it was up from position 11 to 8 and two people in particular may have helped. Neither sought anything in return and both just gave freely. Now the “human kindness” is working here. They helped me and I hope by mentioning them this post will in some small way help them.
Suzie in her post about abundance says “The words themselves conjure for me a variety of different images and feelings: images of the sea, the waves rolling in, white sand that stretches for miles, a wad of hundred dollar notes, a pile of gold coins, feelings of happiness and joy, full of vitality , energetic, expansive, a knowing I can do anything, there are no barriers. A total absence of scarcity.”
For me, knowing that people I’ve never met have helped me towards abundance has given me those feelings of happiness and joy and I’m feeling energetic and believing. Thank you Suzie.
Jes writes a great blog about fitness and very interestingly for me, many of her posts also contain “life lessons” – whether that is part of her strategy I’ve not asked yet. Perhaps you’d like to comment here Jes? In her post about Burning Fat she says:
“Like my friend, we can all learn to work smarter instead of longer. Working longer often leaves you frustrated and fat. Take the time to identify your problem areas in each of the 4 areas of fitness success (cardio, strength, nutrition, mindset) and the results will come faster and easier than ever before!”
I’d like to add to that -it’s not related to body health but mind health – “the longer you work the less you achieve”.
Radical? Maybe but concentration levels fall, mistakes happen, energy depletes and if kept up regularly long working hours lead to physical illness. I’ve been there – stay away!!
Reducing working hours may seem impossible but it’s really a question of sorting out your priorities and what’s really important and focusing on the activities that will move you towards your goals. I found myself working very long hours recently and in the main I was doing what I call “stuff” – that is shuffling paper, reading articles that might help next century etc.
There’s also possibly a deeper reason for working longer hours – escaping from something else?If you find yourself working long hours stop and think very hard – “Am I avoiding something else by working”.
I leave you with that thought as I now head off for some much needed exercise. Thanks for reminding me Jes.
