Living Well IS The Best Revenge

As you pursue your goals and dreams, you find along the way haters that will try to do whatever they can to kill them. Jealously, hatred and out right lies come spewing out of their mouths; because they hate the fact that you are doing anything important at all. Some have the nerve to tell you ‘well meaning’ of course, that no ones done it, so why should you. “What makes you so special?’ some might say. Then there are those who just try to do everything from distracting you (‘come on lets party’) to trying to ruin your reputation. All of this wasted energy on their part; but it doesn’t have to be on yours by retaliating. I know some of you want to snatch some haters and give them the business, others want to sue, then there are those who take the high road like yourself by creating a great life. The last option is the best one!

No matter what you do to better your life, some one or some ones will definitely not like it. It reminds them of what they could be doing and don’t do. Just running their mouths (talking loud and saying nothing!).  I know a lot of you get frustrated with those people but taking the high road by creating a great life makes you feel good. Never mind getting back at them; it just makes perfect sense. Why set yourself up for karma? (and trust me, it can be a Beeotch!).  Living well opens doors to prosperity that will not only benefit you, but the ones close to you. Others who are serious will see your light and want to know how you did it and want to do it too.

Why be vengeful of those whose negativity is bringing them down already?  Keep it moving, bless and release them, then keep on keeping on. It will amaze you.

YES! Living Well IS The Best Revenge!

Conscious Living

“If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck…..AFLAC!..”

from Tyler Perry’s play ‘Madea Goes To Jail’

It is very important to pay attention to our lives and what is going on around us. No, we don’t have to watch every iota of the news or get all the gossip, but by being conscious. What is being conscious? According  dictionary, conscious is ‘aware of what one is doing’. Simple enough but how many folks actually do that? How many folks truly question the decisions made in their lives? You’d be surprised!

Case in point,  lets say you go out on several dates with someone you really like. All seems to be going well, then you notice certain behaviors your date displays that don’t work for you. Like being rude to the waitstaff when at dinner, cussing at the traffic or feeling entitled to cutting the line at a movie premiere. Your gut is screaming….JERK ALERT, yet you rationalize it all by saying people can have bad days at times. Does it have to happen ALL the time? You grin and bear it….until next time when he snaps at you for a dress you adore and he says its crap. You bought it at Nordstrom’s and they carry quality mind you. You feel like showing him the door, but you figure it’ll smooth over. Really?

Most folks reading this would be cussing out loud because they feel justified and they’re right. It is said that a person shows you who they are; it is up to us to pay attention. That jerk would have been showed the door, be asked to eliminate my phone number from his contact list AND to walk on the other side of the street when he sees me. I’m exaggerating a bit, but you get my point. Never make someone your priority, while they make you their option. A wonderful point to live by as you live consciously.

One more example before I close deals with gossip. Elders say that the dog who brings the bone will carry it. This means that one who gossips with you will gossip about you. You are at your work and the busy body of the company tells you something about a boss who is having an affair. You listen and want to join in. Do you? Most would because it sounds juicy; you on the other hand shut up. Why? You know she’s the busy body and tells everything she knows, so why add more fuel to the inferno? If you do, she’ll relay what you said to others while leaving out what she said. Since you are fully aware of this, you continue to hold your tongue then change the subject. She moves on to her next victim as you live consciously.

These are just small examples, yet it encompasses the total package of our lives; from what we eat, wear, listen to and believe in. It’s all choice really, so how will you live consciously?

When Affirmations Don’t Work

Before your problems can be resolved, there must be a mental and emotional housecleaning. The use of denial, or the “no” power of the mind, is offered you for that purpose.

A businesswoman had had a house for rent for months. Needing the rental income to help put her children through college, she diligently made affirmation upon affirmation for its rental. Nothing happened. Upon learning of the “no” power of the mind, she realized why her affirmations had not worked– they had not cleared her mind of fearful anxiety. Thereafter, when the subject of this unrelated house popped into her mid, she would say to herself, “No, no, no. There is nothing to fear. The perfect tenants now appear and rent this house.” Though months of affirmations had rendered no results, withing three days of her use of denial, the house was rented!

A worried mother wrote, “I cannot understand it. For months I have been using affirmations for my daughter and her family, and things have only gotten worse. She has been mentally ill, her psychiatric treatments seem unavailing. Her husband’s job is threatened. The children have all been sick. Recently, a fire occurred in the house. There had been constant confusion and irritation. Why haven’t affirmations helped the situation?”

When this woman learned of the healing power of denial, she realized why. Affirmations make firm. To say affirmations in the midst of inharmony is to “make firm” or say “yes” to the false beliefs that caused that inharmony– THIS ONLY INVITES MORE CONFUSION INTO THE SITUATION! This lady proved it.

As she immediately began to say, “No, no, no” to the troubled appearances, it was like a healing balm that began clearing out the fear, inharmony, confusion. The daughter regained her emotional balance. The son-in-law was led to a better job. The children’s health improved. The insurance company made a settlement on the fire in the home, that made it possible to redecorate the entire house–a desire of long standing fulfilled. Peace gradually came into this family group, after one interested person began to say “no” to the previous difficulties.

You will enjoy using often the “NO” power of the mind to clear out fear, anxiety and confusion– and to open the way for vast improvement in all phases of life.

For this purpose declare often:

“No, no, no! My good cannot be withheld from me. My good cannot be taken from me. By saying ‘No’ to less than the best in life, all blocks to my good are now cleared away. Vast improvement comes quickly in every phase of my life– thanks to the ‘No’ power of the mind.”

(This wonderful piece is taken from Catherine Ponder, Minister at Unity Church Worldwide-POB 1709-Palm Desert, CA 92261. She is the author of  ”The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, a must read! For more information and prayers, write to her at the above address.)