Be Grateful Everyday
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Be Grateful Everyday

These moments.

This precious life.

It all goes by way too fast.

And we’ll never have them again.

There will be so many “last times.”

The last time we carry them up the stairs.

The last time they climb in our bed.

The last time we tell our mom we love her.

The last time we wave to that neighbor.

The last time we have dinner with that beloved friend.

The last time we hold our lovers’ hand.

We never know when each of these “last times” will be.

When we recognize that each precious moment is fleeting and that they may not happen again, then we can treasure them a little more.

A Powerful Way to Live

Recognizing the brevity of time forces us to live in the present moment.   By not taking TIME for granted we can have gratitude for that moment.

Because when it’s gone, it’s gone.

This was a game changer for me. When I grasped this concept I started going B.I.G. every morning.

Begin. In. Gratitude.

I started thanking my life for my life daily, expressing conscious gratitude for everything and everyone in it. The minute I opened my eyes, gratitude became the first item of my morning routine. Now, I start the day in gratitude and end the day in gratitude.

I’m SO grateful on this day of Thanksgiving, and for this life.

For my family. For my kids. For John. For my body. My breath. My friends. My house. My passion. My purpose. My gifts. My lessons. Everything. I’m grateful today and every day.

Steff.

 

Day 9 – Belief Challenge
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Day 9 – Belief Challenge

Believe In Your Dreams

This may sound a little ‘out there’ but I’m going to lay it out there anyway. Here it is:  Your dreams have chosen you as much as you’ve chosen them.

They’re as important as you let them be.

I used to dream of writing a book. It was a big dream that I never thought I would ever achieve.

I was plagued with negative thoughts:

  • Who wants to read what I have to write?
  • Why would anyone listen to my message?
  • Who do I think I am?
  • That’s reserved for people who are smarter than me, more successful than me, better writers than I am.

I could never have written a book and become a best-selling author had chosen to listen to that little voice.

I had to believe in my dream. And not just to believe in it, I had to have faith,  to step into it AND take action on it.

Belief always has to be accompanied with action if we’re going to make a dream come true.

My belief that I couldn’t do it was accompanied by the action of not doing it.

Once I started to believe, I started taking action and with little steps forward, I did it.  Simple as that.

The belief is the trigger. The action makes it a reality.

“If you think you can do a thing or you think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” Henry Ford

Believe in your dreams and you can achieve them. You can achieve ANYTHING.

What dream are you following right now?  What are you going to make happen?

Day 8 – Belief Challenge
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Day 8 – Belief Challenge

Believe It’s Working, And It Will

There is immense power in belief.  Stronger than you know.  Even stronger than you can imagine.

There’s something in science called “The Observer Effect.”  It plays out like this:  When the scientist or the observer BELIEVED something would happen, it happened more often than if they didn’t believe it would.

Yep. Our belief is just that powerful.

When you believe something will work for you it will work.

Choose now. Believe. That’s the first step.