Was it really about me?

There are breakthroughs and there are breakdowns in learning to take charge of our lives.
I had run an ad in a woman’s publication some months ago. When I didn’t receive response to the ad, I checked with two clients of mine who had ads running in the publication. Both told me that they had not experienced good response from their ads. I assumed that my lack of response was about the publication and had nothing at all to do with me.

Then the magazine editor mentioned to me that people in the helping professions typically did quite well with their ads in the magazine. I pondered why I had not received a similar response. It dawned on me that not even one time in all those months had I affirmed the success of the ad. Not even one time had I “put it out there” that people who needed my help would be drawn to the ad and would connect with me. I was shocked at this realization. I had placed the ad, paid the money, and done nothing else.

I sat in my meditation room with the magazine open to my ad. I affirmed that the ad would be a beacon of light, shining out to those people who needed my help, who would be a joy to work with and who had the money to pay for my coaching services.

Within just hours, my phone began to ring. “I saw your ad in the women’s magazine” caller after caller said. I sat there, taking the calls, in amazement that I had forgotten such a simple step.

Are there areas where you are being complacent, allowing life to happen to you or are you taking charge and enjoying YOU happening to life?

I encourage you to take just a few seconds and say out loud what you would like to see show up in your world. Make a list of the areas of your life where you would like to see the energy shift from stuck to flowing. Speak your word once a day, seeing it already happening. Watch your thoughts during the day to be sure you are staying on track with what you have chosen, keeping your thoughts in positive, determined, directed mode. Then watch as life unfolds to fulfill your vision. What a fun process! It really was about me.