Discovering Awareness of the Possibilities in Your Life
There comes a time in all your feeling of the difficult emotions that you begin discovering awareness of the possibilities in your life beyond those unbearable emotions.
For me, it happened because I tapped into my ability to persevere past the despair, through the gate to my passions and desires, to the things in life to which I connect and delight. This began my aha! moment.
It was ever-so-slight, just like the opening of the gate pictured here. I began to notice the people around me who seemed to be happy in their lives, and I wondered why I couldn't be also.
As the verse in the book says, "I allow myself my grief and sorrow, my sadness and anger. Then I turn my attention to the lushness I see beyond the opening… I decide to walk through the gate."
You, too, can walk through your gate of sorrow and grief, your sadness and anger. It is a matter of hurting so much, that you believe there has to be something else in the world around you to which you can connect and delight.
All it takes is choosing to be aware of the little things in life that bring you joy, or that once brought you joy. Can you remember those times? Or that time? Think back. Certainly, there is something about you or your life that is a good memory. Focus on that.
Focus on those flowers in the garden that are so beautiful, on that delight shown by the older couple laughing, holding hands. Focus on that beauty, on them, on their happiness, not your sadness, and be happy for them. Believe that there is something out there in the world that can bring you happiness, too.
Learn to be aware of the world around you and the things that bring beauty into the world. Think of just one such thing a day. Then, after a week of doing this, add one more thing you notice that delights you that brings you happiness. You can begin to change your beliefs.
You can begin the process of discovering awareness of the possibilities in your life. Use your imagination, that place deep within that wants to be happy, that wants to connect to the world around you that wants to delight in something. Then, continue focusing on that… Can you begin to see your birth of awareness? It is my sincere hope that you can.
For me, it happened because I tapped into my ability to persevere past the despair, through the gate to my passions and desires, to the things in life to which I connect and delight. This began my aha! moment.
It was ever-so-slight, just like the opening of the gate pictured here. I began to notice the people around me who seemed to be happy in their lives, and I wondered why I couldn't be also.
As the verse in the book says, "I allow myself my grief and sorrow, my sadness and anger. Then I turn my attention to the lushness I see beyond the opening… I decide to walk through the gate."
You, too, can walk through your gate of sorrow and grief, your sadness and anger. It is a matter of hurting so much, that you believe there has to be something else in the world around you to which you can connect and delight.
All it takes is choosing to be aware of the little things in life that bring you joy, or that once brought you joy. Can you remember those times? Or that time? Think back. Certainly, there is something about you or your life that is a good memory. Focus on that.
Focus on those flowers in the garden that are so beautiful, on that delight shown by the older couple laughing, holding hands. Focus on that beauty, on them, on their happiness, not your sadness, and be happy for them. Believe that there is something out there in the world that can bring you happiness, too.
Learn to be aware of the world around you and the things that bring beauty into the world. Think of just one such thing a day. Then, after a week of doing this, add one more thing you notice that delights you that brings you happiness. You can begin to change your beliefs.
You can begin the process of discovering awareness of the possibilities in your life. Use your imagination, that place deep within that wants to be happy, that wants to connect to the world around you that wants to delight in something. Then, continue focusing on that… Can you begin to see your birth of awareness? It is my sincere hope that you can.
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