Creating And Using The Power Of Mind-set

It is important to appreciate that in life, it is okay to have down days and tough times.  Expecting life to be wonderful all the time would be like waiting to swim in an ocean in which waves, only rise up and never come crashing down. And when you recognize that the rising and crashing waves are part of the exact same ocean, you are able to let go and be at peace with the reality of these ups and downs. In other words, life isn’t perfect, but it sure is good.  Our goal shouldn’t be to create a perfect life, but to live an imperfect life in radical amazement; by getting up every morning and taking a very good look around in a way that takes nothing for granted, and appreciating that everything is extraordinary and every day is a gift, and never treat life casually. Your mind-set is especially powerful when it comes to accepting not to let the pain of a situation make you hopeless, not to let negativity wear off on you and not to let any bitterness steal your sweetness. And even though others may disagree with you, take pride in the fact that you still know the world to be a beautiful place.  Change your thoughts and you change your reality.

When times are hard it can be difficult to follow your heart and take another step, but it’s a tragedy to let the lies of fear stop you.  Although fear can feel overwhelming, and defeats more people than any other force in the world, it’s not as powerful as it seems.  Fear is only as deep as your mind allows.  You are still in control.  So take control by acknowledging your fear and directly addressing it.  Fight hard to shine the light of your words upon it, because if you don’t and you let your fear become a wordless, obscure darkness that you avoid, and perhaps even manage to briefly forget, you open yourself to future attacks from fear when you least expect it. And that can only happen because you never truly faced the opponent who defeated you. You can beat fear if you face it courageously.  And remember that courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid; courage means you don’t let fear stop you from moving forward with your life.