Goals! Goals! Goals! Ole! LOL We have become a goal gettin' set of groupies. And thankfully so. We have a built in GPS (Grounded Purpose of Spirit) system that must be instructed with the directions of our desired destination. Our "END RESULT." And goals are an intricate aspect toward us manifesting our heartfelt desires. But since all of life is a Hero's Journey, doesn't it make sense to blissfully enjoy every step along the way? As the saying goes, it's all about the Journey, NOT the destination.
Yet, so many of us have created a personal paradigm of delaying true gratification until our goals have been met. Choosing to sweat out the daily to do lists, so much more concerned with their completion than actually ENJOYING THE PROCESS! Too much of that leads straight down the rabbit hole to the wonderless land of worry, overwhelm and burnout. And even more damaging, the pattern of giving up on our desires, time and time again, before they have had a chance to be birthed into our reality. And instead of enriching our life through the growth of completing our desired "End Results," our learning process becomes stunted. And as Rudy from the Fat Albert gang would say, "Man, you're like school during the summer. NO CLASS!" LOL
We all know how quickly this "human experience" passes us by. And time stops for no one. So why delay any form of happiness for a future moment of NOW? Don't get caught up in the 'IF, THEN,' mentality. As in "IF" this manifests, "THEN" I will be happy. In my experience, if you aren't happy before something happens , you won't be happy afterward either. At least not for very long.
In former NFL player Tim Tebow's book This Is The Day, he proclaims the importance of avoiding the "ONE DAYER" syndrome. "Life isn't about one day. It's about this day!" he writes. And I couldn't agree more. As all the great masters have taught, the time of "Heaven on Earth" is right now. Not "one day", but in this very moment, all the wealth, health and HAPPINESS is available for the taking! So choose no more to delay your birthright of BLISS. For the Kingdom, the power, and the glory is truly all yours! NOW......................
SUPER HEROES IN TRAINING TAKEAWAYS:
1. My first tip is from a previous post, but I feel it bares repeating.
The State of Your Bed Is The State of Your Head!
There have been several scientific studies that suggest that people who make their bed first thing in the morning are much happier and even more productive during the day.
Naval Admiral William McRaven even used making your bed as the cornerstone of his commencement speech given at the University of Texas back in 2014:
"If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter."
The HEROIC HABIT of making your bed first thing every morning also gives you time to shake off the cobwebs from the night's slumber and start focusing on your new "MINDSET." I highly suggest that you play inspirational music or even better, motivational audio files while you wrestle with your sheets.
2. CELEBRATE YOUR DAILY VICTORIES
Make a new "HEROIC HABIT" of taking the time to stop and pat yourself on the back.
In the long run, it will be all the smaller steps that create the strong foundation upon which your long term success will be built upon. So be your own cheerleader. Allow yourself to be authentically proud for a job well done. And DO something for YOU. Treat yourself to something that makes you HAPPY. Not only will this new habit bring you more daily joy and happiness, but it will also create more confidence within you.
3. DO AT LEAST ONE THING EACH DAY TOWARD YOUR PERSONAL CALLING
You already know that you came here with a CALLING. And it's tied to a BLISSFUL field that is uniquely yours. Every time you take another step toward its fulfillment, a feeling of unadorned happiness and joy is ignited within you. Until the day, when you find yourself "living your bliss" in all that you do. For as Joseph Campbell believed, "The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." And every time you take an action step that is in alignment with your CALLING, your heart begins to beat with the flow of SPIRIT.
4. REWARD YOURSELF WITH EACH PAYCHECK
Anytime you are blessed with financial abundance through your efforts, take 5-10% of it and spend it on YOURSELF. Not only do you deserve it, but it sends a message out to the Universe that you KNOW where that came from, more is soon coming. It's the ultimate vibrational offering of ABUNDANCE, not LACK. It's a double whammy of winning, and winning BIG!
5. DO THINGS FOR OTHERS
"When you find yourself in the position to help someone, feel Happy and Blessed because God is answering that person's prayer through you. REMEMBER: Our purpose on Earth is NOT to get lost in the Dark, but to be a LIGHT to others, so that they might find a way through us! "
It's a proven fact that "HEROES ARE HAPPIER!" And being of service to ourselves and others is the core tenet of being a HERO. Doing good for others has a host of positive benefits. Not only does it prove your personal value, it greatly boosts your own sense of self LOVE. Need more proof? Advanced neuroscience studies are proving the act of caring for others causes tremendous advances in our own personal transformations. Including the release of the LOVE HORMONE oxytocin into our brains. A natural, good for the body high.
In the book, 'The Happy Hero', author Solitaire Townsend has studied these modern scientific studies and argues the the most powerful and longest lasting path to a happy and fulfilling life is to dedicate ourselves to serving others. The same studies show that serving others improves your own health and well being as well as life longevity.
Superheroes not only save others, but in doing so serve themselves!
May these suggestions bring you much long lasting success and daily infusions of unadorned Joy and HAPPINESS!
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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