More Choice is better than No Choice

"If you want to make the right decision for the future, fear is not a very good consultant." - Markus Dohle

HOW DO YOU decide what course of action to take when presented with a difficult decision? It's interesting how often fear guides our choice of direction - fear of losing one's security, or of rejection, or what others might think. Fear reduces our choices and takes away our power to feel in control of a situation; when we are fearful we are at the "Effect" side of the Cause-Effect equation - a victim of circumstances. This is when we can find ourselves making excuses and blaming others for our situation - no wonder we don't feel in control, because we are not! Does this lead to a bold, balanced or useful decision? Not usually!
Now take a moment to wonder what could happen when we are able to consider our options without associating with those feelings of fear, or other negative emotions such as anger, which can also cloud our judgement? This effectively takes us to the other side of the equation - the "Cause" side. With the Cause side comes taking responsibility; and when we take responsibility then we take control - our decisions can then be made from a grounded position of strength and boldness, and instead of reaction we have a true choice.
Pay attention to the underlying thoughts behind your decisions today... are you operating from the Effect side, or are you at Cause? Many useful techniques exist to help us to move from Effect to Cause - NLP, Memory Resolution, self-hypnosis, Sedona, EFT... to name just a few. More choice is always better than no choice!

Stopping to Smell the Roses

Richard Bandler, in his book "Guide to Trance-Formation", has the following to say on the subject of happiness: "Living happily entails paying attention to and enjoying the process of doing whatever it is you happen to be doing... You learn to be happy by following the old adage about stopping to smell the roses, but you have to enjoy looking at them, and touching them, and walking by them, and everything else about them. You can learn to enjoy everything. You can learn to enjoy sleeping, and waking up, and making breakfast, and going to work. The more things you make pleasant, the happier life will be."

Double Your Weirdness

Thanks to a post which my friend Maria made recently on Linked In, (thanks, Maria - you've inspired me once again!) I've just signed up to Bill O'Hanlon's newsletter and now half-way through the first of his e-books which he sends as a thank-you for subscribing... If you are in the mood for some inspiration, go and see! (I might add that this is at 6.45am - that's how good this is - and I've only stopped reading it so I can post this.)
I love Bill O'Hanlon's books (of which I have several) and somehow I didn't realise he had a website and a whole treasure-trove of things out there - I really hope he comes back to the UK sometime soon so I can hear him speak. At least now I have a chance of finding out through the newsletter!
Now - back to the book... although I think I may have to give the dogs their breakfast first!

It's the little things that make the difference...

"In the hopes of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet." - Albert Schweitzer.

Today I am making sure I take time to appreciate the small things that bring happiness to my day.

What have you planted today?

"Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof." - Julie Moir Messervy

You just can't not smile...!

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