I am so grateful to have been the guest speaker recently at The Center for Spiritual Living in Seattle. This is where I first started teaching success principles in classes and workshops over 10 years ago. It was such a treat to see so many friends in the two services and have a well attended workshop to share more about The Gratitude Formula.

One question that was asked in the workshop had to do with action and faith.  An attendee wanted to know if she was a demonstrating “doubt” and lack of trust in her ability to grow a thriving and sustainable business by continuing with a part time job that supported her when she was between clients in her own business. I told her that she had to make a choice on how to view the situation. Based on that choice she would then speak and think about the situation in ways that were consistent with her views. As she took action with her words, thoughts and emotions to declare her truth in the situation, that would become her experience. She needed to choose between the following two views:

It seems that every New Year, people are excited and optimistic about achieving their desires. I hear friends powerfully proclaim, “I want to lose ten pounds” or “I want to get out of debt.” Now that we are 1/3 of the way into 2018, how many resolutions have you achieved? When was the last time you visited your goals? Do you even know where you put your list of resolutions?

Please don’t despair – you’re not alone.  Many of us are excited about a new fresh start and then life’s normal challenges and demands take our attention.  We can forget to take time for ourselves each morning to revisit our goals and connect to our spiritual source. It can feel like life is choosing our course, rather than us.  Here’s some good news – it’s not too late to achieve those goals and resolutions that you had at the beginning of the year and to create the life that you love.

First, commit to using the right words when describing your goals. Our subconscious is designed to help us achieve whatever we put our attention on. To make the statement “I want to lose ten pounds” true, you always have to be wanting to lose. A better way to achieve what you want is to describe the outcome of your goal with gratitude: “I am so grateful that I have a physically fit, trim, toned, and energetic body that is pain-free and easily able to go on walks with my family and friends. We have so much fun together!” With a goal like this, your subconscious and your intuition are going to show up more often, and in more obvious ways, to point you toward steps that you can take to make those statements true.

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SPIRITUAL LAWS ARE RELIABLE

Have you ever been pulled over for speeding in your car and received a ticket? That feeling of seeing the police car lights flash in the rearview mirror would bring tears to my eyes and make my heart race.  Most every time that’s happened, I’d later reflect on the situation and ask myself why I didn’t “remember to remember” that speeding or breaking the law would be expensive and cost me more time and frustration than I wanted.

I believe that Spiritual Laws should be treated the same way.  When we remember to operate within them to realize a benefit, we live a great life.  When we don’t, it’s costly and painful.

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As 2017 comes to a close, I want to let you know how much I appreciate you and the light that you are in the world. I’m grateful that you choose to share your talents and gifts in remarkable ways. I hope that the Holiday Season has been delightful for you, your family, and friends. And, I pray that you will experience a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2018.

In December each year, the topic of New Year Resolutions pops up in my community. Do you create resolutions and goals for each new year? Did you realize all of your intentions for last year? I hope so.

The custom of setting New Year’s resolutions began with the Babylonians some 4000 years ago and it was celebrated in March. Later, the Romans adopted the tradition and moved the celebration to January, honoring the god Janus. They made resolutions with a moral flavor: mostly to be good to others.

I think that resolutions that include being good to others is a great intention for me. How about for you?