| | Janine Giordano | |
A person’s ability to focus on the good in life, or their level of optimism, has often been judged by a simple question. “Is the glass half empty, or half full?” The answer tells so much about a person and teaches them at the same time. The way you view life will help you determine your outcome. The normal guideline for that simple question is basically that if you see the glass as half full, you see opportunity and potential. If you see it as half empty, you focus on what you don’t have, or the negatives in life. There is a way of thinking being emphasized these days in books, CDs and movies that taps into the power of positive thinking. It’s believing and achieving. It’s manifesting your own reality. There are three tools I’ve come by over the last year that have helped me stay focused. The first tool is a CD given to me by a friend, and it’s called Silent Language of Peace, by a woman named Heather Macauley. The other two tools are books, “The Secret,” by Rhonda Byrne, and “The Law of Attraction,” by Esther and Jerry Hicks. I’m sure there are other books and CDs on this subject, but these are the tools I’ve used to help me better understand faith, prayer, belief, healing, hope and taking control of my life. The common theme with all three of these tools is that they talk about and teach about manifesting your own reality. They talk about how like attracts like. If you surround yourself with negativity, you will attract negativity. If you focus on the positive, have faith and believe, you will be surrounded with goodness. Last year was a tough year, beginning with a car accident in February. But it was also a beautiful year filled with new love, new friends, lots of learning, and reuniting with family and friends. A lot of goodness came out of all the tough stuff I had to deal with throughout the year. But by year’s end, as the holidays approached, the magnitude of all I had been through hit me. Now that I’ve gotten past the holidays, and the new year is upon me, I’ve had a chance to look at the past year for what it was and I’ve learned something amazing. It was my positive focus that got me through last year. It was my faith, in a higher being and in myself, it was the determination that I knew everything was happening for a reason and that it was okay, and that as long as I kept moving, life would go on and get better. And it is. Every day that I get up and hug Anthony and Allie Rose, hug David, see a friend, help someone and come to work, it gets better. I have often said that life is like a ceiling fan, as long as you keep moving everything will be cool. What that means is that you cannot give up. You cannot wallow in your grief and sadness. Let go of the “woe is me,” or as Macauley calls it, “your victim story.” Focus on the positives. Every day. Even if that positive consists of just getting up. Focus. It isn’t easy. You have to remind yourself daily not to be negative. Not to gossip. Not to dwell on the bad things, but let them go and focus on the good things. It is hard work. But you will be better for it. You will be happier, healthier and life will be more rewarding. This is not an attempt to review books or websites, so I will not get into a hard sell of how you should buy these books. But I will tell you that much of the wisdom provided by Macauley, Byrne and even the Hicks, although the concept they deliver their wisdom is a bit hard to grasp at times, is life changing. I highly recommend viewing Macauley’s site. Much of the information you need to start healing is a download away at www.heathermacauley.com. It’s a new year. Instead of cowering behind your fears of what is going to happen next, get out there and manifest your reality. State your dreams and then turn them into goals and work towards them. Most of all, remember... Life is for the living, so live it.
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