As I listened to someone recounting a story to their clients, I found myself reminding myself of something I already knew, bringing me back to awareness, & suddenly being able to take it back to myself. 

And isn’t that Fantastic? Someone reminding you of something you can do so well for others in your life, yet at the present moment, you might not be doing that so well for yourself.  I believe you’ve all experienced something similar.

I feel inspired, excited, full of gratitude today.  It’s been a crazy two weeks.  Lots of work.  An incredibly lengthy to-do list.  For me, that’s saying a lot.  On a regular day it’s busy.  These past two weeks though, kinda crazy, chaotic busy. 

Then yesterday, I happened to notice something.  It was an in-my-face experience.  I’m sure you’ve all had them.  Somebody brings you a jolt back to reality by reminding you of one of your own “primary beliefs to live by”.  It was about having the ability to perceive challenges as opportunities.  It’s been a signature theme for me.  I guide all my clients to treat “Obstacles As Opportunities”. 

And yet, here I sat, for fourteen daze, diving into a huge & tangled technology trap that had seemed just, well, too big to face.  What happened when I did sit down to face it?  It grew bigger!  I had avoided it for so long I literally had no idea. 

I had become Sisyphus.  I was pushing a heavy rock.  It doesn’t matter the nature, or depth, or breadth, or impact, or source of the heavy rock.  I had found myself pushing a heavy rock up a big hill.  I bet you can see yourself, remembering lots of times in your life where you found yourself like this.  Maybe that’s a place you’re in today? 

Whether life-altering, or threatening, or simply perceived to be so, it is what it is.  The sooner we find the opportunity in it, the better.  That’s where the opening is.  The opening is the Opportunity.  

An external source delivering my message, a cautionary note to stay present to that which I know to be true!  Fortune!  Serendipity!  Opportunity provides energy!  Energy begins forward movement with intention.  And the circle closes with gratitude & I keep on working.  This time with gratitude, as my tortured trap of technology begins to untangle.  

I hope you can hear this message.  Today, it’s delivered second-hand, & I’m ever so grateful.  See obstacles as opportunities.  Feel the change at the cellular level.  Begin to light up the world with your smile again!

Even though it may seem circumstances are putting impassable obstacles in your path, there is a lot you can do to significantly improve, and even turn around your situation. While therapy doesn’t–as some people assume–deal only with your past, there is great merit in understanding the subconscious negative messages that you tell yourself on an ongoing basis. The reason it is so helpful to become aware of how you’ve been programmed to think about money is to learn how to turn around and hopefully prevent self-sabotaging behavior. Self-sabotaging behavior often arises out of negative self-talk which often ‘runs’ perpetually in the background and often serves to thwart our more positive conscious intention of moving forward toward the successful accomplishment of our goals.