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Rules To Make Life Easier
Yes, there are a set of rules! If you follow them even a little
bit, you can be certain that you will really start to fly! The rules can help
you navigate through life with grace and ease. A deeper insight about any of the
following 3 rules will change your reality immediately:
Rule #1: When you are making a change, you will more than likely experience some
initial pain but it will fade;this is a certainty.
I have been reading Joel Osteen's new release, "Become a Better You".
I'm a big fan of Joel who is the head pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston. Joel
writes about the idea of getting through the initial pain of change as way of
creating a new positive habit. And that the pain will fade in time. This really
struck me. If we can just accept that there is going to be some initial pain and
discomfort this could be very powerful.
Here is an example: Right now, I am going thru a big block with my personal
hiking. It's been over a month since I've hiked by myself. I have learned that
when I am hiking and writing, I am in much better place spiritually! But for a
number of weeks now, I just can't seem to get in the car and get myself on the
trail. It feels almost painful because I have to push myself. But when I heard
Joel's rule, it really freed me. I just simply accepted that there will some
pain and that it might feel like walking thru mud but it will fade. And it
worked! As always, a few minutes into the hike, I felt great.
Rule #2: When you ask your Creator to enlarge your territory, the "border
bullies" will show up!
In the Jabez Prayer, made famous by Reverend Bruce Wilkerson, one of the lines
is a request "to enlarge my territory". This refers to enlarging your
spiritual territory. Now, when you invoke this line you can be pretty sure that
the "border bullies" are going to show up! The bullies come in all
shapes and sizes. Two years ago, I stumbled onto a great office space and had
two weeks to give the landlord a decsion.
So I initiated an experiment: I wasn't going to get into thinking about whether
to move but just allow my wisdom to give me an insight. I was changing my
process around making a very big decsion. This is good example of enlarging your
territory. Well, five days into it, I noticed the phone hadn't run in three
days! And that's very unusual for me, usually every day I am taking bookings. My
first thought was, it's an omen! "No bookings" are trying to tell me
this new space is in the wrong direction! But within a few minutes, I remembered
the rule! I had sudden suspsion that this was the border bullies. And in the end
I was perfectly right, the phone started to ring again the next day. And the new
office space could not have been a better decsion!
Rule #3: If you meet your Creator part of the way, They will meet you the rest
of the way.
First, there is a small trick to this rule or a question you have to ask
yourself: Are you really meeting your Creator part of the way? Only you know
this. And you can sometimes fool yourself into thinking you are but something
deep down inside knows you're not! If your Creator isn't showing up, you might
want to ask yourself, "Am I really meeting them part of the way?" Part
of the way could mean, usually means getting out of your comfort zone, not just
edging out!
A few months back, I had a very successful healer come and do a retreat with me.
Her desire was to stop doing massage and only to do cranial sacral work. I asked
her what her plan was. She said she was slowly easing into it because she was
afraid of taking a big money loss because most of her income came from massage.
Now, I can understand her plan but this is what I asked her: "Is that plan
sharpening your spiritual sword?" She looked at me sheepishly and replied,
"I guess not!" I was really happy she got this. And I am sure she is
still cursing me!
If you do extend yourself past your comfort zone and really take a risk in
faith, amazing things can happen. And moving to my office is certainly an
example of that. I have had so many wonderful experiences there and financially
its been very rewarding.
Give these simple rules a chance, be patient, experiment with them;it's always a
win-win, brothers and sisters! I'll tell you a secret! Hiking wasn't the only
block for me these days. I have had hard time sitting down and writing! And
getting this article done was painful as hell! But I kept remembering the rule
and it worked! GO GREG!
Gregory Drambour is the author of THE WOODSTOCK BRIDGE, the well-acclaimed book
about Native American Spirituality. He is the owner of Sedona Sacred Journeys; a
spiritual retreat business in Sedona,AZ. For more inspirational stories go to: http://sedona-spiritual-vacations.com
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