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2010 is just around the corner and many of you are excited about
starting fresh and turning your life around. That’s fantastic! I
know that 2010 is going to be an exciting year. I can feel it coming!
Have
you made your New Year’s Resolutions? Are you clear about what you
would like to see change in your life in 2010? Good! You’re on the
right track. You know what you’d like to accomplish and where you
want your life to go.
I've
got some bad news and some good news for you. Which would you like
first? Okay, let's start with the bad news. The bad news is that New
Year's resolutions generally don't work. Did you know that 80% of the
resolutions we make fall by the wayside within a few weeks or
months? That’s pretty sad, isn’t it?
Why New Year's
Resolutions Don't Work
So, would you like to know why New Year's resolutions don't work?
Great! It’s because they are based on
sheer willpower. If willpower worked in and of itself, we'd all be
slim, rich and famous. The problem with willpower is that it
operates only in the conscious mind and in too many cases our
conscious minds are in conflict with our unconscious minds.
Remember that your conscious mind is the adult part of you that
functions in your every day life. It helps you do the laundry, pay
the bills and get to work on time. Your unconscious mind, on the
other hand, is where you store all of your unresolved emotions from
the past. Whatever you have not dealt with in your life emotionally
is locked up in your unconscious mind, waiting for another
opportunity to be healed.
New Year's
Resolutions and Your Unconscious Mind
When you decide you want to change your life and become more happy
and successful, often your unconscious mind will go into resistance.
If you’ve avoided dealing with your deep, unresolved emotions,
your unconscious mind can become like a rebellious child that says,
"Until you give me what I want, I'm not going to give you what
you want!" Have you ever experienced that?
So the bad news is that New Year's resolutions often don't work, but the
good news is that you absolutely can turn your life around this year
if you are willing to do some emotional healing. There is definitely
a way to accomplish your New Year's resolutions; it just might take
a little longer than you planned.
Would you like to know how to make 2010 the best year of your life?
Does that interest you? Fantastic! If you want 2010 to be the
best year of your life, there are three qualities you will need to
nurture in yourself. They are imagination, willingness and
persistence.
New Year's
Resolutions and Your Imagination
The first step to making 2010 the best year of your life is using
your imagination. In the last 20 years we’ve learned that
imagination is much more powerful to the unconscious mind than
willpower could ever be. Imagination is the ability to see, hear,
feel, smell and/or taste yourself already experiencing what you want
to achieve. It’s what children do every day when they are playing
imaginary games.
Imagination is a very powerful use of your unconscious mind. When
you imagine yourself already having what you want, as if it was true
right now, it gives your unconscious mind a clear road map for where
you want to go. Your unconscious mind takes that roadmap and begins
to work it’s magic to bring your goals and dreams into physical
reality.
New Year's
Resolutions and Willingness
The next step for making 2010 the best year of your life is
developing your willingness. Willingness is a quality of
surrendering to your Higher Self. Your Higher Self knows much better
than you do what issues needs to be healed emotionally in order to achieve your dreams.
When you pay attention to the emotional issues and conflicts that
show up in your life, your Higher Self will always show you what to
heal in order to achieve
your goals and dreams.
Having
the quality of willingness means you are willing to heal any
emotional issues that arise on your journey to creating the life you
want. Remember what we said about the unconscious mind going into
resistance like a rebellious child? Those emotional issues that need
to be dealt with could be your fears, your poor self-esteem or the
unresolved traumas from your past. When you don't have the
willingness to resolve these issues, they will often derail your
train to success.
New Year's
Resolutions and Persistence
The last step for making 2010 the best year of your life is
developing your persistence. Persistence is just your natural
stubbornness turned to a positive use. When you turn your
stubbornness into persistence to do the emotional healing it takes
to stay on track with your dreams, your persistence becomes very valuable.
Did
you know that the only thing that keeps you from achieving your
goals is giving up before you get there? It's true! When you stay focused
and persistent on what you want to achieve over time, you’ll
always find the way to succeed.
You may have some ups and downs, and you will probably have to look
your issues in the eye and cry the tears that need to be cried, but
your persistence will overcome all road blocks in the long run.
So,
2010
can definitely be the best year of your life! When you incorporate
emotional healing into your life and get your conscious
and unconscious minds working together, watch out world!
You’re going to become a very powerful, successful human being!
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