July 18, 2020

If you’re going for something, really GOING for something, you have to be willing to reach high and dig deep.

Reaching High

Like a fine vase.  On that oh-so high top shelf.

You’re going to need a well-balanced stepping stool to reach that top shelf, where it’s been carefully placed for safekeeping.

And when you grab the stepping stool, slap it down in a close-enough place thinking you can make a quick climb, you find out all too soon your poor judgment as you and the stool topple over.  Thankfully you didn’t take the vase with you.

Second go around.  You carefully position the stepping stool for your best advantage to safely reach the top shelf, steady yourself and carefully bring the vase securely to the countertop.

It’s like that in anything new, different and extraordinary that you want.  Sometimes that vase (your dream or desire)  has to be carefully reached for. Step by guided, well-placed step.

Digging Deep

Whatever’s hidden deep within sitting right next to that dream will be the obstacle or obstacles you’ll have to overcome to set that dream fully free.

Some say you’re foolish, it’s out of your reach, it’s too high, too late.   Just settle for something ordinary. You may be fighting with yourself about that deep desire of your heart.

But then the dream begins to ache and quiver in your soul again.  And you know it has a life all its own and will come to pass, if you nurture and care for it.

Whatever word you find to shout down the inner or outer naysaying, find it.  One I heard years ago was from one of Nathaniel Branden’s teaching tapes is ‘balderdash’.  Love that word.

So, balderdash.  In other words, ‘nonsense’. 

Start affirming –  I will receive what has been placed inside me to dream, nurture and hold close until its fruition.

That carefully hidden dream is your key to new life.

Coachpreneur™Judyann

Today, focus on the success you are desiring. Refuse to give mind-space to failures and flops. Feed what you want to grow through good thoughts and positive action. Starve all the rest.

Coachpreneur Judyann | Brilliant Life by Divine Design – Transformational Coaching Beyond the Norm

Trust you have the goods.  The right stuff.  You ARE the good news of the day.

Some days when the sun is shining, you got out of bed on the right side, the voicemails are positive and upbeat and business opportunities are already knocking at the door — yeah, those are the days you can put the shoulders back and with that confident smile, give yourself the high-five from the inside out.

But when the news isn’t good, you feel a cold coming on, you snapped at the first person you spoke to and you just discovered a bank error NOT in your favor, the smile fades, the mood drops and you just might be tempted to start dumping on yourself.

So the gentle reminder is this.  Those are CIRCUMSTANCES, just circumstances.

Take a deep breath and give yourself permission to affirm your ability to handle the day, the situations, the unwanted outcomes and the negativity flowing from others.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made for just such circumstances.

Believe well of yourself, no matter the circumstances.

Affirm your ability to overcome, stay focused, act with integrity, stay positive and forthright in your actions and then watch it come to pass.

You are who you think you are — and let your thoughts and actions line up with that inherent belief.