Nip negativity in the bud

How often have you asked why you continue doing something you wish was over, finished, gone, or out of your life? This may be an addiction, like smoking.  It may relate to a relationship that isn't working.  It may seem to keep your eyes on health or an aspect of your life that evokes negative feelings.

The desire to change echoes deeper dissatisfaction. Contrary to what you may believe, discomfort is a helpful thing.  This is part of your physiological gauge.  Your body is sending you messages meant to get you back on track.  This is an opportunity to learn to listen to yourself differently.

What if you refused to harbor disdain or regret for situations that didn't work out as you hoped? What if you were grateful that someone rejected you because that enabled you to channel energy where you got the reciprocity you deserve? What if accepting unfolding conditions is a way to gradually accept yourself? Everything is positive is you choose to sense it.

Reinforce what you already know

Jenny Mannion of Heal Pain Naturally tagged me to list 10 things that made me happy today.   I invite you to visit her blog at

http://healpain.blogspot.com/2008/07/10-things-that-made-me-happy-today.html

As my sense of inner happiness is unconditional and unchanging, my approach to this meme is to highlight how I reinforce what I already know.  These aren't things I do intermittently in hopes of seeking happiness. What I do each day doesn't change this joy.

For me, joy is a constant, uplifting state.  If you choose to explore this perspective, you might consider these 10 strategies for rediscovering what joy you have always had:

1) Choose to hold specifically high vibrating thoughts to attract better experiences.

2) Devote time to your passion for creating.

3) Realize you can be happy for no identifiable reason.

4) Visualize something you can accept as a real possibility.

5) Allow 'doing' to spring from your essence rather than assume 'doing' will lead you to it.

6) Imagine peaceful resolutions to sources of conflict.

7) Expect complete heath, spiritual-connectedness, meaningful interactions.

8) Recognize you can't arrive at happiness via physical action when its a mental choice.

9) Sense you come from happiness and be aware of the causes and effects of thoughts.

10) Learn to just "be" in the now.

Let faith take root

You would not nuture a dream if you didn't have the faith to accomplish it.  Learn that you have the power to draw on faith beyond that which you sense inside yourself. Higher Forces also share their energy vibrations. They offer you supernatural faith to expand.

Perhaps you wonder how you could know happiness after feeling so discouraged. Perhaps  you ask yourself how to 'hang in there' when times seem tough. Set yourself free from what other people think. Discard those doubts, "I can'ts," and ideas that don't matter.

Remind yourself different kinds of faith exist. You may want to know what is happening to you physically, things that explain why you seem to sense things about yourself and other people.  Its all part of your path. You sense what works, what is right, when people lie to themselves and to you. You understand their behavior and it mirrors back who you are.

Embrace patience as a virtue

Some people believe anger is the most disturbing emotion.  These feelings affect not only an angry person, but also anyone around.  You may ask what kind of approach would be in your interest.  How do you respond to anger expressed by others toward you?

When anger clouds someone's mind and judgment, the effective approach is to react with compassion.  You can avoid reacting with aggression.  If you permit yourself to get angry, you create more causes for your own suffering.  Discipline is always an option.

You may not realize that patience is the strategy for greater contentedness.  Positive thinking can enable you to experience uninterupted happiness.  To view hostile people with gratitude is an opportunity to practice patience.  How often do you take it?

As you reflect on angry people you encounter in your life, you realize that perceived enemies provide rare and valuable opportunites  You gain  useful insight into yourself, into mind-control and into ways you can stretch your understanding of patience.

What do you do if someone hates you?

Whether its in your workplace or some other area of your life, it may seem disconcerting if you have the impression someone hates you.  This negative vibe may evoke a very strong feeling. You might ask what you did wrong? What can you do about this anyway?

First of all, hate is an offshoot of fear and vulnerability.  What you perceive in others reveals deeper feelings in need of healing.  Each experience you have is meant to assist you to transform into more profound awareness.  Hate and fear are the opposites of love.

If you hate someone, then this enables that person to exert power over you.  This is an invitation to push your figurative and emotional buttons.  Life is all about learning to detach from such manipulation.  Life always evolves differently than you expect it to be.

Some people think hate is an illusion, that it doesn't really exist.  People imagine different forms of rejection and disapproval as a mirror or reflection of insecurity.  To think positively helps to dissolve such images.  Shatter myths you create out of fear. You did nothing wrong.  Everything is realtive. Just change your attitude.  Discipline your mind.