Not to envy Why waste your time and energy, and poison your attitude, by being envious? Instead of being envious, be inspired. Not only is it impossible for you to live someone else’s life, even if you could do it you wouldn’t really like it. What you can do is joyfully live your own life, informed and instructed by the joy you see in others. Your greatest fulfillment comes from being you. If someone else’s life looks appealing, the most realistic and effective response is to emulate, not to envy. Envy is centered in an overwhelming sense of lack and limitation. So if you envy, you push away the very things you desire. A much more powerful and positive response is to be sincerely thankful for the good fortune of others. When you do that, you’re able to benefit from that good fortune too. Stop creating envy. And start allowing your very own version of life’s great abundance.

The best there can be

It is by giving of yourself that you fully understand and appreciate how very much you have available to give. It is by making a small difference, again and again, that you realize what an enormous difference you can make.

Do you ever feel like hunkering down and hiding from life because it has been so cruel and difficult? In fact, your best choice is the complete opposite.

If life has disappointed you, it’s because you haven’t opened yourself fully to its wonder and richness. When life is pushing hard against you, it’s because you’ve been holding back.

The external disappointments are possible only because there is beautiful and worthwhile and meaningful internal value. Let that value freely flow out from you, and delight in the experience as it colors your world in a more positive light.

Life’s goodness is made possible by your vision of that goodness. Your dreams are made real by your commitment to them.
Give the best that you have. And you’ll experience the best there can be. 

Your starting point

You are where you are. Accept it and feel the power your acceptance gives you to move forward.
This moment is as it is. Accept its uniqueness and experience the freedom of not having to fight against it.
There are difficult challenges in your life. Accept them and feel the energy that will enable you to rise above them.
Accept that this is your starting point. Instead of placing judgments on it, see the real, positive value that’s already yours.

You cannot change where your past priorities and choices have brought you. Yet you can make use of the wisdom you’ve earned from it all to create a future that fulfills your most treasured dreams.

Lovingly and gratefully accept who you’ve been, what you’ve done, what you have and where you are. For you can now transform it all into what you most wish to be.

Achieve today

Achievement is not complicated, and it is easily within your reach. Achievement is as close as your next action.
You are made to make a difference, and you have a constant desire to make a difference. So instead of sulking, instead of complaining, instead of filling your thoughts with empty wishes, fill your time with purposeful effort and make that difference.

Now is when achievement can happen, yet it doesn’t just happen on its own. Take the first little step, feel how good and right it feels, and suddenly you’re making it happen.

There’s nothing to be gained by waiting for the perfect time or the perfect conditions. Now is the perfect time because it is the time you have.

You can transform today into meaningful achievement, or you can transform it into painful regret. Make the effort to make the achievement happen, and you’ll thank yourself over and over again.

Achieve today, because you can and because it will lift your whole world higher. Achieve today, and experience life at its best.

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Positive thoughts

It is not easy to think positi...: Positive thoughts It is not easy to think positive thoughts when the world around you appears to be so negative. In fact, it can be...

Positive thoughts

It is not easy to think positive thoughts when the world around you appears to be so negative. In fact, it can be as difficult as anything you’ve ever done.

However, it is absolutely possible to fill your mind with positive thoughts no matter what your circumstances. Doing so empowers you like nothing else can.

To think positively is to align yourself with the truth that you’re immersed in a universe of limitless, growing abundance. To think positively is to graciously accept that your life is destined for meaningful and unique fulfillment.

Instead of placing a judgment on your situation, apply your most positive intentions to that situation. Instead of seeing the world as negative, see yourself as a powerful agent of the positive possibilities.

If you find yourself giving in to negativity, you are selling yourself short. The moment you feel the slightest twinge of a negative thought, stop and remind yourself how powerful you are.

Do the disciplined, intentional work to keep your thoughts positive. Because whatever you most consistently think, is where your life will surely and steadily go.

Let life arrive

Open yourself to all that is here and now. Open yourself to the sounds, the textures, the sights, the tastes, the aromas and the feelings as they arrive in your awareness.

Let life arrive, and let yourself marvel at the wonder and abundance of it all. Experience for yourself, free from all doubt, how anything is possible.

All that you desire is somewhere within all you already have. And now you have the fortuitous opportunity of working steadfastly to fully express it.

Open yourself to life’s best possibilities as they ride in on waves of now. What life continually brings you is always more than enough, when you choose to make loving use of it.

Let go of the illusion that you can win by fighting. Let your highest dreams be nourished by each and every thing that comes your way.

Let life arrive in all its richness. And as it flows through your awareness and your purpose, delight in adding your own unique value.

Life is always good  Life is always good, because you can make of it anything you choose. Life is good, because it is exceptionally flexible. Life is good because you can express what it means to be alive in your own unique and fulfilling way. And that is precisely how you make your life good and rich and full. On this day, in this place, just as you are, life is good. For you have the opportunity to live with passion and purpose. You can explore, you can invent, you can question, you can taste, you can give, you can observe and you can build. You can commit your whole life to what you value and quickly move away from what you don't. The possibilities spread out endlessly in every direction. And you are here, right now, to consider, select and act upon the ones that most appeal to you. Life can be frustrating and challenging and painful, difficult and unfair. Even so, life is always good because you can always make it better, and in so doing you make it great.

What you seek When you look for things to complain about, you’ll find plenty. When you look for things to be joyful about, you’ll also find plenty. So what kind of world do you wish to live in? Do you prefer to live in a world full of annoyance and frustration, or would you rather live in a world filled with opportunities for joy? You can choose the quality of your world by choosing your focus. You can choose the quality of your life by choosing what you seek. Seek to be a true, sincere friend, and you’ll find that you have many good friends. Seek to provide real, honest, creative value and you’ll experience much meaningful value flowing into your life. Whether you realize it or not, whether you like it or not, you are highly effective at achieving the goals that most intensely occupy your awareness. So what exactly are the things that most intensely and most frequently fill your awareness? Your attitude in every moment defines what you are seeking. And what you seek, is what you get.

Absolutely convinced 

The way to get yourself to do anything is to first accept that you must do it. Until you stop fighting against yourself, you'll never get much done.

It is common and natural to avoid difficult, challenging effort. Even so, you can always choose to allow yourself to make the effort.

You absolutely have the ability to do the necessary work and reach whatever goal you set for yourself. To fully unleash that ability, you just have to fully and sincerely buy into the goal.

It is essential that you completely convince yourself of the worthiness and desirability of what you intend to do. Once you are absolutely convinced, you'll be absolutely committed.

The most important person to have on your side is you. Once you are truly convinced and committed, you'll be able to get other people convinced and committed.

When it means everything to you, you'll make the commitment to do whatever it takes. And with that total commitment, you'll get it done.

Get it started

If you wait until the fear is gone, the opportunity will have already passed. If you wait until you’re sure you’ll get it perfect, you’ll never get it started.

The time to act is when you have the intention. The time to act is as soon as you feel the urge to make a difference.
If you hesitate, you’ll begin to talk yourself out of it. When you give in to doubt, doubt will seize the momentum.
Let the fear inform you and prepare you, but do not assume that it must stop you. Realize that whatever you doubt you can do is precisely what you must find a way to do.

Choose to transform each excuse for holding back into permission to step forward. Remind yourself that you can handle the uncertainty and the challenges, and can in fact thrive on them.

As soon as you decide to get it done, go ahead right then and get it started. Make the commitment, and you’ll create the achievement.

In good time 

Life always comes to you in good time. There's no need to rush it, and nothing to be gained by attempting to hold it back.

Some things will take longer than you thought they would. Go ahead and get them completed anyway.
Some things will arrive sooner than you anticipated. Go ahead and deal with them when they do.
Make good and thoughtful use of every moment that comes your way. Peacefully let go of any anxiety or resentment about how little time you have or how much time it takes, and simply give your best as time continues to flow.

In good time, you'll get it done. In good time, you'll look back and know without a doubt that you have indeed been moving forward.

The day ahead is filled with opportunities for joy and fulfillment. Give yourself completely to each moment as it comes, and in good time you'll fill your world with richness.

Positive experience 

Positive experiences create positive momentum. And positive momentum brings even more positive experiences.
Give yourself the gift of a genuine, meaningful positive experience. The benefits of that time will continue long after the experience has ended.

Be good to yourself and it will be great for your life. Truly enjoy the world around you and you'll see opportunities that were previously invisible.

Joy is always possible. Allow a little joy to flow out from your life.
Being good to yourself is not selfish. Because the more fulfillment you experience, the more value you have to give to others.

Have fun with what you have and enjoy where you are. Life's great abundance is yours when you can truly feel that it's there.

Father's Love Letter 

My Child,

You may not know me, but I know everything about you Psalm 139:1 
I know when you sit down and when you rise up Psalm 139:2 
I am familiar with all your ways Psalm 139:3 
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered Matthew 10:29-31 
For you were made in my image Genesis 1:27 
In me you live and move and have your being Acts 17:28 
For you are my offspring Acts 17:28 
I knew you even before you were conceived Jeremiah 1:4-5 
I chose you when I planned creation Ephesians 1:11-12 
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live Acts 17:26 
You are fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14 
I knit you together in your mother's womb Psalm 139:13 
And brought you forth on the day you were born Psalm 71:6 
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love 1 John 4:16 
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you 1 John 3:1 
Simply because you are my child and I am your father 1 John 3:1 
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could Matthew 7:11 
For I am the perfect father Matthew 5:48 
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand James 1:17 
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs Matthew 6:31-33 
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope Jeremiah 29:11 
Because I love you with an everlasting love Jeremiah 31:3 
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore Psalm 139:17-18 
And I rejoice over you with singing Zephaniah 3:17 
I will never stop doing good to you Jeremiah 32:40 
For you are my treasured possession Exodus 19:5 
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul Jeremiah 32:41 
And I want to show you great and marvelous things Jeremiah 33:3 
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me Deuteronomy 4:29 
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart Psalm 37:4 
For it is I who gave you those desires Philippians 2:13 
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine Ephesians 3:20 
For I am your greatest encourager 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you Psalm 34:18 
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart Isaiah 40:11 
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes Revelation 21:3-4 
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth Revelation 21:3-4 
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus John 17:23 
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed John 17:26 
He is the exact representation of my being Hebrews 1:3 
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you Romans 8:31 
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you 1 John 4:10 
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love Romans 8:31-32 
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me 1 John 2:23 
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again Romans 8:38-39 
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen Luke 15:7 
I have always been Father, and will always be Father Ephesians 3:14-15 
My question is Will you be my child? John 1:12-13 
I am waiting for you Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad.

Almighty God 

Be the real you!  Let life know who you are. If you have to hide yourself to get what you want, do you really even want it? And while you're at it, make sure you let yourself know who you are. Be absolutely honest and authentic,    especially with yourself. It's easy to get what you want from life. The real difficult and essential work is figuring out what that is. If you think it might be nice, that's not enough. If it looks good on somebody else, that's not enough.  What you truly want is what you dearly love. It is something that uniquely and elegantly expresses the real, live, passionate person you are. You cannot find that or follow it by pretending to be who you're not. Be the real you, all the time, and joyfully feel the flow of your own great abundance.