Ten life truths that changed my life
I wrote this post in 2010 - fourteen years ago, but it still stands as the truth in my book.
1. Your body is your guidance system. Tuning into your body gives you rapid feedback. Your body communicates through emotions and energy. Move toward what gives you a spark, and move away from what leaves you feeling exhausted, and your body will lead you to your best life.
2. Thoughts are the cause of all suffering. You are not your thoughts. If you stay in a job that deadens you, it’s a thought that keeps you there. If you find yourself stuck, it’s because of a belief in your subconscious mind that needs to be questioned. Any thought that keeps you from being happy is a lie! If you want to feel freedom, question your thoughts. Change your thoughts, and you can transform your life.
3. Your inner lizard is pumping out lack and attack fears. Let’s talk about how your brain is wired. All animal brains, including human reptilian cores - the amygdala. Its purpose is to pump out survival fears all day long. Listening to it makes you anxious and fearful, blocking your creativity and problem-solving abilities. The solution? Become the watcher of your thoughts and notice those lack and attack thoughts. You don’t have to listen to your inner lizard. It was formed to protect you, but it keeps you playing small. Surrender the negative thoughts by challenging them or saying, “Delete, delete, delete through all time, space, and dimension.”
4. Question all thoughts, beliefs, social and cultural conditioning, and dogma. Remember the bumper sticker, “Question Authority?” Living by someone else’s rules means you aren’t following your destiny. Only you know what you love and are called to do in life. Learn this now, or you will wake up trapped and stuck in a meaningless life.
5. You and only you are responsible for your happiness. If you don’t learn this now, you’ll wake up and realize you’ve lived someone else’s life. It would be best to edit out what doesn’t give you fire, meaning, or happiness.
6. Visualize what you want to be, do, and have in this life. The clearer you can see yourself living the life of your dreams, the closer you’ll come to living them. Envisioning what you want has absolute power – where the mind goes, the body follows. You'll reach your goals by setting intentions daily and managing your thoughts.
7. Be willing to suck at it! If you want to learn something new and get good at it, you have to be willing to suck at it in public. I’ve wasted years waiting until I was ready to come out and speak about what I’ve learned. The key is to “be willing” and put your ego on the shelf while learning. So don’t let fear stop you from learning something new. Be willing to suck as you learn it.
8. The material world will not bring you happiness. In the U.S., we’re taught that consumption brings happiness and success. Our capitalistic society, culture, and media (advertising) feed our need to buy more (appealing to our inner lizard of lack). Then you end up in your 50s or 60s with too much stuff and chained to “The Man” with debt.
You ask yourself, “Is this all there is?” I’m not saying having abundance is a bad thing.
After I almost died in a car wreck, I realized that pursuing the American Dream, I chose to follow my father’s path and pursue a career - the patriarchal dream of working hard to be successful. I wanted to make a lot of money so I’d feel secure. But security is an inside job. Nothing outside of myself will make me feel safe and secure. It’s my thoughts that will keep me safe and secure.
9. Expand the good to rewire your brain. Dr. Rick Hansen talks about how to expand the good when you’re in a happy place. Next time you feel happy, try this: stay in that place for at least 10 seconds while you breathe. Expand it, embody it, and let it wash over you. The more you think of something that makes you feel happy and expand it to 10 more seconds, the more you rewire your brain for happiness. Try it!
10. Mother Earth needs your help. Paul Hawkins noted, “Your generation will have to figure out how to be a human being on earth when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating.”
We need your energy, passion, and commitment to help us save our living planet. We raised you to believe that you could accomplish your dreams.
How can you harness your power and passion to save our planet?
The answer is to become aware. Eckhart Tolle says humans have lost touch with the stillness inside and our connection to nature. We have forgotten what animals and plants still know – how to be. In stillness, we can find what we need to save the planet.
I hope you can learn these ten truths to start living. The world needs you.
Try listening to your soul’s answer to these questions:
-Who or what inspired me today?
-Where did I experience comfort, peace, and balance?
-What (not who) made me happy today?
I love these Life Truths! There is much wisdom within them and I plan to return to them frequently. Thank You!