Moods

Last night as I went to sleep I was in a really good mood. I even remember thinking how good it felt as I climbed into my bed with my freshly washed sheets.

This morning, however, was a completely different story. I had to get up a bit earlier than usual. Believe me, I don’t get up early at all. For me, “early” is actually much later than for most! I am just not a morning person, so anytime I have to get up before my usual time, I tend to be a bit grouchy. So, I did what I needed to do out of my normal schedule this morning, and that was fine. But I just had that “off” feeling. Then as my day progressed I noticed that my mood wasn’t getting any better. In fact, I had an attitude with a couple of people, which then seemed to lead me to start thinking about all the things in my life that were not going the way I wanted them to go. I started thinking about all the people in my life who are not doing what I want them to do, and even began getting mad. Why won’t they just do what I want them to do? Why are they so thoughtless? Ughhh!

Ok, so it’s now after noon time and I’ve had enough of this grouchiness. I could go on and on all day thinking about all the things that are going wrong for me. I could continue to make the rest of the poor people around me today feel miserable because I simply feel like treating them the way I’m feeling right now.

But I’ve decided to just stop!

I’m getting back to the place that I know feels better. There are thousands of things going right in my life. There are millions of things to be happy about and millions of things to be grateful for. I can choose a different mood starting right now. So I have.

And do you know what? Simply spending these few minutes writing this post today, I already feel so MUCH better! And even during the time of writing this post, I got a call for a lunch appointment for this weekend that I am quite excited about. (That’s my proof for the Law of Attraction!)

Anyway, it’s nice to know that the quality of my life is as simple as making a choice. Sometimes the bad mood just seems to creep out of nowhere. But for me, the shortest amount of time I can stay in that uncomfortable place the better. So… back to my day, but with a much better mood. Hope you have a great day, because I sure will!

Donna

p.s. By synchronicity, I ran across this quote today....
"Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, 'This I am today; that I will be tomorrow.'" - Louis L'Amour

ALL I Want

Each year-end/new year I offer a Setting Intentions workshop. I love doing this workshop because I really enjoy sharing a process which helps people attract more easily what they want for themselves. As with all of my teaching and coaching, I only share what personally works for me. And since I set my own intentions using this process, I can share this knowledge with confidence.

Lately however, while working on some ideas for my own life, I began thinking about the upcoming New Year. I love this time of year because it always seems so much easier to make fresh starts in areas I want to change. After all, that is the idea behind New Year resolutions.

I have to admit though, this year-end has been very interesting for me in regards to coming up with areas in which I make fresh starts. I am simply finding it difficult to come up with anything too big. Of course, there’s always the relationship thing, the money thing, the weight-loss thing, the career thing, etc… But I have been working in all those areas, and while there’s definitely always more progress to be made, there still seems to be something more missing other than just the idea of accelerating the success in those areas. And so I am wondering… Am I really thinking about all I want? In a big way?

I don’t think so.

Over the last couple of years, I have noticed not only for me, but also for some of my clients, that asking for all we want can be a challenge. Even some of you who come to my Setting Intentions workshops have trouble identifying what to set an intention for exactly. And this is where I am finding myself as well. But why the lack of clarity?

I have been thinking about this quite a bit lately...

What is coming to me is that I am afraid to ask for all that I want. Afraid? Why would I be afraid to ask for something I want? Other people seem to do it so easily. Although I do have an idea of where this difficulty for me comes from, I’ve decided not to focus on that, rather simply decided to work through the fear of it.

This New Year I am going to be asking for ALL that I want. I am really going to work on this list. I am not only going to come up with a long list, I am going to think about all the reasons why I want all those things. Remembering that I deserve it all is key. But what is also important is that I am going to go full out, go into detail, think big, and start asking for it ALL. Enough of this small thinking. Enough of this small asking. I want it ALL, and as soon as possible.

Join me by thinking of ALL that you want for yourself as well. Don’t put limits on what you want. Don’t worry about the feasibility of having those things. Don’t think about how you will actually get those things. Just ask. And ask for it ALL!

So watch out… I think there will soon be an offering for the “ALL I Want” workshop. After all, as I said, I teach what I learn for myself. More to come…

Donna

More sharing

In between my newsletters I often think of things I'd like to share. However, the process of creating newsletters is time-consuming, so I don't usually send them out as much as I'd like, thus missing opportunities to share more with you. So this blog is my latest idea for keeping you more up to date with my sharing.

More to come... Hope you enjoy.

Donna
http://www.foryourjourney.com