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Do you feel lucky?

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Happy Monday! :-)

I just had to restrain myself from quoting Clint Eastwood’s character Dirty Harry: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?”

It would have been funny, but I doubt you’d enjoy being called a “punk”! ;-)

Seriously though, today’s article is all about LUCK. What is luck? Why do some people seem to have it, and others don’t? Do you ever say things like, “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all”?

Well read on, because I’m going to tell you exactly how to become lucky. And it’s much easier than you think!

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How to Become Lucky

You may be accustomed to thinking about luck as some mysterious, fleeting quality that you either have or don’t have – but the Law of Attraction teaches us that we can consciously choose to become lucky.

While the dictionary defines luck as “chance or good fortune” – studying the Law of Attraction awakens us to the understanding that chance has little to do with it. It is our thoughts, emotions, beliefs and actions that determine the outcome of any situation, not some random quirk of fate.

In other words, it is much more about the type of person you are and the things you consistently do that determine how lucky you are. Through the conscious use of the Law of Attraction, you can easily and quickly become the luckiest person on the planet! You just have to understand how to get some good energy flowing through your life by adopting the mind-set and demeanor of a lucky person. This involves learning how to alter your thoughts, emotions and actions in such a way that they attract opportunities, abundance and good fortune.

How do you do this? If you’ve ever observed the people that seem to be naturally lucky, you may have noticed a few interesting things about them.

- Lucky people are optimists. They always expect the best outcome with whatever they do, and they very often get it! They don’t spend time brooding over missed opportunities or a lack of options. Instead they focus on the positives and MAKE situations work for them. At the same time, they have learned the art of detachment. They let go of any “need” for a specific outcome and instead remain open to the many good things that life has to offer. This very mind-set is what attracts great opportunities into their lives, and also gives them the keen awareness to recognize such opportunities.

- Lucky people live in the moment. They don’t spend time obsessing over negative things that happened in the past, and they don’t harbor anxiety about the future. Instead, they simply grasp the joy and passion that life has to offer them right NOW, and let the future take care of itself. This also contributes to clearer thought processes, which enables them to be more aware of the potential that exists in each moment.

- Lucky people take action without hesitation. You will rarely see a lucky person hesitating, doubting, or holding back on something they really want to do. Instead, they leap ahead when they see something they want. They’re not afraid of hard work, but they also seem to have an innate ability to make any endeavor fun and exciting. They don’t groan about how hard life is; they take control of the wheel and steer their lives where they want to go!

If you consciously begin taking these actions yourself on a regular basis, you will notice a gradually increasing flow of good fortune. Not only will you attract better outcomes in every situation, you will call forth endless opportunities to keep improving all areas of your life.

Wendy
CreationThoughts.com
WingsfortheHeart.com
VisualizeProsperityBook.com

Enjoying the Journey: You Can’t Hurry… anything

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Lately I keep hearing that song, “You Can’t Hurry Love” running through my head. I’m not trying to hurry love . . . but I am trying to hurry other stuff! ;-)

I’ve been in a state of urgency for the past week or so, feeling like I’ve got to hurry up and finish the project I’m working on so I can hurry and move on to the next one, so I can hurry up and . . . need I go on?

Last evening after dinner I took a break to sit out on the deck and see if I could figure out why I feel so rushed lately. I tried to disconnect from stressful thoughts and tune into what’s happening inside.

As I gazed up into the sky and watched the sun sink below the horizon, I noticed a swarm of dragonflies buzzing quickly over the roof of my house. There were dozens of them, swooping and swirling through the air, around and around. I’ve never seen dragonflies do that before, so I watched for awhile. It turns out there was a cloud of gnats or other small insects in the air (I could barely see them because the sun was in my face), and the dragonflies were eating them.

What struck me the most was how gracefully they went about their busy work. They moved so fluidly and effortlessly - exactly the opposite of how I was feeling at the moment.

When I went inside a short while later, I looked up the Dragonfly in my Medicine Cards book and was surprised to see that Dragonflies often represent ILLUSION.

Instantly a thought occurred to me. Somewhere deep inside do I have the impression that things will be better once I reach some vague destination? Is THAT why I’m hurrying? Because things aren’t perfect in my life right now, and I want to hurry and get to where they will be?

HA! I should know by now that there is no such thing as perfection. Even more importantly, there is nowhere to “get to.” There is only right now. Here. In this moment.

It suddenly all made sense to me, why I feel so anxious, why I feel like I’m hurrying. I’m either running away from something or toward something instead of experiencing the beauty of the moment.

So you know what I have to do now, right? Why, enjoy the journey! Whoops, I knew that, but I somehow keep forgetting to actually DO it. ;-) Well, it’s not like I wasn’t enjoying the journey before, just maybe trying to shorten it a bit. Needlessly.

What about you? Are you trying to rush through something to reach a better place? Are you buying into an illusion in your own life? Tune into Dragonfly and break down the illusions that prevent you from experiencing the joy of now.

Wendy
CreationThoughts.com
WingsfortheHeart.com
VisualizeProsperityBook.com