Participate and prosper your way

Surrender to the things that direct your path.  In order to participate to the fullest in your life, you need to be willing to give up everything you thought you knew and thought you had. At which points in your life have you been touched by people and circumstances that made particular days seem very different than the others? How do you reach out to people? Who approaches you? How does it all fit together?

Nothing about your life is a pointless exercise. Are you the sort of person who would refuse to believe or adopt anything that doesn't fit with who you are now? Some people live in fear of their destiny and are reluctant to take steps to change or to influence how it unfolds. Although you have the ability to zero in on suffering all around you, its also within your power to focus on healing.

To be open to learning means you're also prepared to build courage and take stands in life. Its often easier to accept an insult or ignore it than to confront others and fight for your rights. You have the strength inside to create cheer and joy. Learn why participating in life is to recognize you have a hand in the evolution of things. They don't happen without you. There is no disconnect. You can actively and enthusiastically shape your life or permit attitude to define a less desirable path.

As you realize what you learn can influence how you think, and you're ready to revise thoughts, the choices you make will prepare you for what's next. How you felt in the past may not longer fit the person you are now. Live, learn and prosper your way.

Make the most of your life

Today is another day where you have the power to make the most of opportunities. You have the ability to strengthen "can-do" power. You can tap into the energy and enthusiasm inside yourself to be good to people and to respect yourself. Why not decide to make the most of your life? Of course, its up to you to decide which steps you will take and to shape the attitude to move ahead.

To take advantage of where you are right now, begin by thinking about the positive things you can you recognize already. Its your ability to focus on these things that influence your mindset. This helps you to isolate what aspects of your life you think require attention. Would it involve how you interact in certain relationships? Could it relate to how you nurture patience in a given situation? It may simply be to stop wanting to change everything. Learn to sense happiness now.

As of right now, you can access those answers you look for. Build faith in yourself. You can learn to consider that discomfort you experience today isn't a something to endure, but something to value and appreciate for what it teaches you about yourself. You're bigger than whatever is trying to break you down.

No event has to prevent you from becoming all that you can become.  You can bring new life and hope to whatever situation may be difficult or seemingly too far gone to turn around.  Change your point of view and you'll find that you have the ability to transform your life for the better.  No matter where you are, now is the right time for positive change. Believe you'll turn things around. Reframe them for the better.

Delight in misperception

Who hasn't known someone who's been up to their ears in challenges or unforeseen situations? You may have stretched your own limits to manage all that's on your plate. Maybe you've even thought how great it would be if something happened to shrink your perceived burden. Would it seem possible to you for a guardian angel to intervene? If one did, would that really help you? Many people take pleasure in deceiving themselves. They choose relationships that enable them to reinforce false ideas and may assume angels would intervene to assist in such self-deception. Angels praise worthy behavior and encourage self-discovery. They wouldn't support you to lie to yourself. Although they may desire you be concerned about direction you choose, their role may be to urge you to question and define 'toward what end?' They won't tell you how to get there. Each person can benefit from gaining new insight into themselves. Emotions have been known to interfere with your understanding of reality. Feelings may also overtake your logic. What about when emotions enable you to see the truth you desire to see? If you bring on a burden yourself, you may unconsciously be hoping to learn from it. You can grow from everything. Angels observe all your choices. If they don't respond or offer you reason to believe they're nearby, what kind of message are they sending about behavior? Are you encouraged to think you don't need them or, that your choices aren't good for you? Angels may take the form of human beings or watch you from another vantage point. Your life is all about change and what you choose to see. Who you think is helping you or not emerges in your mindset and belief system. You may also act as a kind of earthy angel. Consider whether you have ever prompted a friend to rethink certain choices, to acknowledge what s/he's not. By encouraging other people to be real, to see through their own misperception, you may empower them to experience not only who they really are, but also what it means to sense new harmony and happiness in life.

Give in to yourself

Some people would say that to be alive at all means you're successful.  Do you dream of more? Consider babies who struggle to get a stable hold on their existence.  That's no mean feat! Consider people who manage to sort through physical and mental trials.  Consider who miraculously survives terrible accidents and proves 'mind-over-matter' works.  How do you build that kind of mindset? 

Your chances of success are more likely to grow if you're surrounded by capable people who will help you better understand and overcome your perceived obstacles.  This doesn't mean these people will fight your battles.  Much is up to you.  It seems logical, providing the time is right to grow. You decide that too.    

You can also work on your own and have faith in the trial and error system some of us call life.  How many people do you know who hold a map of concise rules or directions for their lifetime?   Each of us is the creator of our own recipes of success. What will it require for you? You may believe that the best is yet to come. That's fine too, so long as you also learn to see that success comes in many shapes and packages, from the simple and basic to the complex and out-of-reach.

The next step for you will be to recognize that you are the master of your destiny. The winding paths you choose will give you opportunities to expand your horizons and change, but only if you feel ready.  If you desire to move forward, you need to know first yourself what this means.  It is about time to take a closer look at how you perceive yourself or what feelings you seek at all.    

Second chances

How often have you passed up on something only to think back and realize that what you passed up appealed more than you thought? What about people who approached you to sell items they made yet, you brushed them aside because you were in a hurry and didn't pay attention to what they had to offer? When did you last take more than one look at a stranger you passed on the street or in a familiar place although you'd never seen them there before? Could it be a sign?

Imagine, for a moment, that these people you disregarded or turned down at a glance were more than you initially thought? What if they appeared to test you somehow, for simple gestures of compassion, kindness or even a simple look of understanding.  If someone claimed to need money for a bus fare or a phone call, would you assume this was a con artist or would you automatically spare the change? Do you also begin to wonder if you had done the right thing?

When I visit foreign places, I meander along streets to get-to-know my way around. In my travels, I've often come across homeless people staring at the ground.  I'm less in the habit of giving money than food, but there have also been times when I felt rushed and passed by such strangers. Increasingly, I find that if I hadn't offered something the first time around, I encounter the same stranger again in another place or the same place, as if to beckon I reconsider my  attention.

In Bali, Indonesia, I recall meeting a woman on the beach who invited me to her remote stall of wares down the road. I initially followed her, but yet, had no money on me.  Of course, she was disappointed.  The situation was especially difficult because of recent bomb scare and a lack of tourists.  I promised the woman I would return.  I'm unsure whether she believed me.  So many people will say such things and not really mean them.  A few days later, I did return.  It was clear in her eyes and her gratitude that keeping my word had made all the difference. 

In  other areas of life, second chances also present themselves, but why would you recognize them? Something different would have to occur inside you to prevent you from making the same choices as before. What would it require for you to grow? Why would you step back and change? Perhaps there was a time when you weren't ready for love. You were blind to its presence right before you.  Then,  after life experience, you begin see the world around you with new eyes. 

In such a case, a man grew up and joined the airforce. Strangely enough, his mom had a welcome home party after a mission and invited friends from the neighbourhood. A girl he had known in gradeschool arrived at the party.  She had blossomed into a beautiful woman.  Within a year, they married.  To this day, this man considers his wife to have come to him because of his guardian angel.