5 Steps to Learning How to Live Your Love Out Loud
Have you ever had a dream, a deep desire to have something, or do something or simply to live in a way that you believe would truly fulfil you?
Do you still have that dream? Did it come true? Are you living your life the way you imagined? I hope so. But if not, what happened?
Did you imagine your dream to be too far out of reach, too many road blocks such as time constraints, past history, unsupportive relationships, parent’s expectations, not enough money, or lack the right education?
Or perhaps you said to yourself, those kinds of dreams happen to other people, not me. And you remember someone’s voice saying to you, “Stop day dreaming and get to work.” So you tuck away your beautiful dreams and walk towards a safer path, a less complicated one, the one with fewer risks. The one that offers stability and security. At least that’s what they told you. And your life is okay, you’ve acquired lots of “things” but then one day, maybe long into the future even, you realize something is missing. Something big. And you know it and if you are lucky, there will be a time that you can no longer ignore what you know.
And this is the best news of all. At this juncture you have the opportunity to leap into a brand new future – one that fills you up from the inside. At this crossroad, if you say YES! and I hope you do, you will be making the most authentic choice of your life. It is here where you get to move into the mystery of your soul’s longing and LIFE will meet you at every station along the way.
It is said that when we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity. And there are countless angels waiting in the wings ready to show us the way. We are never alone. As well, there’s a whole tribe of humanity, an energetic movement of real people, like you and me who are not willing to settle for anything less than a life of meaning, of service, of love.
If you are ready to say a full-hearted YES!, then here are FIVE TIPS, that when you implement them, you will ignite your true inner passion. You will co-create the outer experiences that will bring about the dreams you now dare to live out loud.
YOU: YES! I AM READY!
ME: AWESOME! HIGH FIVE!
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Vision It, Write It, Believe It, Receive It!
Then, remember to say, “Thank You”
and you can expect a God-Wink In return 🙂
TIP # 1.
Set An Intention To Let Go Of Your Limiting Beliefs.
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar”. Helen Keller
Say a final farewell to all critical, insipid voices that tell you that you can’t have your cake and eat it too. The voice that when I tell you, “Yes, in fact, you can have your cake and eat it too,” that voice (not your true voice) replies with,
“Are you kidding? It’s crazy to start something brand new at my age. Do you know how old I will be by the time I finish my degree, learn to play a piano well or start a new career?”
And I will say to “that” voice, “Yes, I do know. The same age you will be if you don’t.”
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Set your timer and write for 15 minutes starting with this opening line:
I am choosing to let go of the voices that have been keeping me small and afraid. What really matters now is.
TIP # 2:
DEVELOP A SINCERE ATTITUDE OF DEEP GRATITUDE.
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
Be thankful for EVERYTHING you have right now. The first spiritual law of abundance is to give thanks
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Buy yourself a special notebook and name it your gratitude journal. Every night before you go to bed, write 5 things for which you are grateful.
This sets evokes a new mind set; not only will you start to truly appreciate all that you have in your life, you will set up the conditions to notice them when they arrive…and the more you notice and inwardly say, ‘thank you’, the more gifts the universe will bestow upon you.
On days when you are so weary, that the most you are grateful for is that you can turn over and go to sleep, first read a couple of pages in your gratitude journal. Then count your blessings as you enter dreamtime.
TIP # 3
Examine What Is Underneath the “Why”
of Your Biggest Hopes And Aspirations.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin
What drives you more than anything else to go forward toward your dreams? When you think about your vision, what is it about it that makes your spirit soar?
Does your passion keep you up at night? Are you insanely excited about it?
And beyond that, what is it about this gift that motivates you to bring it to the world? What do you love about it? In what ways will your life change if you fully agree to live your love out loud?
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Set your timer and write for 15 minutes starting with this opening line:
I know why I love this dream. I know why I covet it so. I…
TIP # 4
Take the Best from The Best
“Alice laughed. There’s no use trying, she said. One can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had as much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I did it for half an hour a day. Why sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”-Lewis Carrol
Think about it for a moment, what would be the point of holding on to doubt? Now it’s time to suspend ALL disbelief and learn from the greats. Those men and women who no matter what their obstacles, they surpassed them only to become leaders in their field, in their community, in their life! And you can too! And you don’t have to re-invent the wheel.
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Go to the library and find books about people who have had similar visions to your own and are living it or have lived it (if they have passed) in the most wondrous ways.
Bring these books home and cover you coffee table with them. Read their stories. Learn how they got to where they did. What did they have to do to overcome obstacles they faced? How did they stay focused? What kept them going?
Notice as you are reading about their path, how inspired you are becoming. And realize that YOU can be that for others. Your stepping up to the plate and living your passion could be the saving grace for countless others.
NOW is it worth taking action? You bet it is!
TIP # 5:
Unleash Your Passion, Purpose and Highest Potential!
Welcome to First Class! EnJOY Your Flight.
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” Thomas Jefferson
At this stage, you are ready to pull out all the stops! Only Green Lights Ahead. All The Way To The Top!
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In this exercise you are going to Re-ignite Your Passion, Purpose and Highest Potential. And here is the key – write them everything as though it were happening right now. Not in the future, but now. Write in first person, present tense. Bring it fully into the Now. Make it real. Get excited about it. Passionate about it. Experience your dream in every living cell of your being. Be bold! Name It and Claim It. Put on your designer hat and travel first class.
Then let go. Give it over to the universe, knowing all is unfolding exactly the way it should.
BONUS TIP:
DON’T STOP!
If you have set your timer for 15 minutes and you want to quit writing before that time, put two lines that look like this // on your page and keep going. Even if you have to repeat the same thing several times, it will shift. Almost always, what you write after you thought you were ready to stop will carry the most profound insights and wisdom of all.
Dare to dream your biggest dreams, and may The Universe Bless Every One!
