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What do You Want? by Jill Black For many people the first thoughts will be for unlimited supplies of money, the house of their dreams, the car of their choice (or perhaps several cars), maybe even the luxury yacht and world travel to exciting destinations anywhere but where you are now. Of course this will come complete with a perfect soul mate to share it all with. All over the world people are looking for the elusive key that will provide them with all the wealth, health and happiness that they can ever imagine. It seems the quest to be all, and do all in life, is on every ones lips these days as the most popular phrases of greeting seem to be "and what have you been doing lately" or "what have you been up to" and for some reason we happily respond with how we think we are measuring up on the scale of wealth, health and happiness. Why do we feel this need to compare ourselves to what other people are doing? It has almost become like an epidemic of constant comparing and checking to see if we still rate okay with our fellow human beings, that we are worthy of having the privilege of being alive and allowed to live amongst the rest of the population. This article is not intended to help you compare yourself with anyone else's definition of success or place your life on a rating scale but rather to develop your own way of relating to the world with an inner rating scale that no one else can ever compare to as each rating scale is different through the endless combinations and variations that make up the individual of varying thoughts and feelings. Being the best you can be is all that really matters. People tend to get so caught up in comparing themselves that they tend to lead very negative lives that are not a fraction of what their lives could be if only they had used their own inner scale and let the rest of the world use whatever scale it chooses the judge or compare one life with another. It is not easy to walk in accordance with your inner beliefs especially at times when you seem to be walking a different route than the people around. Where do you start to be yourself? Right here and right now it is time to take a good hard look at what it is that you think your life is really about. Is it dictated by external events to which you respond? Or is it a product of your own direction and will to get the things that mean the most to you that will make up a really great life - your life - One that you can look back on at the end of each day and know that you have done all that you can that day as you drift happily off the sleep each night. There has been much written about success and motivation in the many self-help books available on the shelves but if you want to be realistic just how much have they ever helped you. If they had been such a help you would not be reading this article because you would be wealthy, healthy and happy and certainly would not be spending you time going over old ground that you had passed by some time in your past.  You would have your eyes firmly fixed on accomplishing all that you can do today with a picture in your imagination of how your actions would be building on yesterday for a better future tomorrow. This is how life should be. Instead so many people wonder how they will even make it through the day. So much to do, the bills need to be paid and when will I ever have time to take up a hobby or in fact when will I have time to sit back and truly relax. By truly relaxing I do not mean sitting in front of the TV or Computer but to relax and have fun with wonderful people with whom you share your life or to stimulate your mind with a good quality book that will advance and increase the measure of your life. You see it is always the little things that mean the most in life. Improving a little at a time on what we have previously done before is really what life is about as we strive to make life somehow better, somehow more the way we truly want to spend our days and nights. A life filled with beauty, good times, nice clothes, home, cars and anything else you may desire that is on your mental shopping list that is currently labeled "One day when ..."  Most of us have such a long one day when... that seems to grow at a faster rate than wow that is another thing I have just got that can be crossed off my list. It is normal and natural to want money for the possessions and tools we can buy that will make life better. In fact it is the abnormal person who would not desire to have "more of..." anything than they currently have. There is no need to dwell on the negative things that may be happening in your life. In fact the sooner you dismiss them from your mind the faster you will become all that you say you want to become. When you begin to think only about the positive aspects of life - prosperity and the abundance - and mix this with love and appreciation you can attain the heights of any aspirations you have in any area of life. -------------- © J Black. Jill enjoys helping people to live a prosperous and abundant life. She is also an author and member of the New Zealand Freelance writers Association (NZFWA). For more articles and resources visit her website at: http://www.netwrite-publish.com

 

 

 

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