Watch What You Say – The Universe is Listening!

Jeannette Maw from the Good Vibe blog has a great post called, The Problem With Excuses that really got me thinking this morning.

She recounts the experience of turning down social invitations with the excuse that she has a big article deadline she has to meet, making it sound like it was a big struggle to finish it on time. And of course, the universe gave her exactly that experience – major problems in writing the article! It’s a perfect example of being careful what you ask for, even if you’re not aware that you’re actually asking for it. The same thing has happened to me countless times and I’ve learned to watch my language carefully.

But Jeannette’s post also made me think of another kind of excuse that can be equally problematic. And those are the excuses we tell ourselves.

For years I used to tell myself (and anyone else who would listen) that I “can’t seem to get ahead” financially. Week after week I would pay my bills and have nothing left to put into savings. If I worked overtime and my paycheck was bigger than usual, an unexpected bill would show up so I broke even again. Rarely, if I did manage to set aside a few dollars here and there, it wouldn’t be long before some minor or major crisis required I use it.

While all this was going on, I would have mental conversations with myself and rail against the injustice of it all. Driving along in my car I’d be thinking, “I just don’t get it; it doesn’t matter how hard I work or how hard I try to set money aside, I just CAN’T GET AHEAD!” Of course, the universe was saying, “I know, I know . . . it’s terrible, isn’t it?” HA!

I did the same thing with my career: “I wish I could do what I love and write for a living, but it’s so HARD to get started . . .” (Universe: “Yes indeed, it’s very hard.”)

I did the same thing with my weight: “No matter how little I eat and how much I exercise, I just can’t seem to lose weight.” (Universe: “Yup.”)

You see where I’m going, don’t you?

What kind of excuses do you constantly tell yourself?

That you can’t be successful “because” . . .

That you can’t make more money “because” . . .

That you can’t meet the love of your life “because” . . .

As Jeannette said in her insightful blog post, the universe hears excuses as INSTRUCTIONS. Man, truer words were never spoken! (or written)

Once you start exploring this, I think you’ll be shocked when you realize how many wonderful things you’re blocking with excuses. And once you’ve identified your excuses, it’s a simple matter to turn them around. Instead of having mental conversations about how hard things are or how impossible something is, you can say things like:

“I just couldn’t believe how easy it was to get what I wanted! Once I stopped with the excuses, the floodgates opened and great things happened!”

“It feels so good to put money in my savings account and I’m amazed at the way my finances seem to adjust themselves so I can do it week after week.”

“Losing weight became really easy and natural once I started loving myself completely.”

Excuses don’t always have to be BAD – they can be GOOD too! Have you ever heard someone say, “I must have a great metabolism; I can eat all I want and I don’t gain weight”? Likewise, you may have heard others say (or said it yourself), “My metabolism must be really slow; I hardly eat and I still gain weight.” Those are both excuses that are constantly being reinforced in the mind of the believer.

When it comes right down to it, an excuse is nothing more than a storyline. It’s something you tell yourself (and others) over and over again, and eventually it becomes true.

That’s really good news! Change your storyline and you change your reality.

Go ahead, take a few minutes to think about your own excuses and then replace them with a more empowering or positive excuse. “I don’t know how I won ten million dollars in the lottery, the numbers just came to me. I’m just very lucky, I guess!” LOL

Wendy
CreationThoughts.com
WingsfortheHeart.com

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