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For centuries there has been continuing debate over whether our ‘destiny’ and ‘fate’ is defined by divine providence, by chance or just pure downright luck.
But the blending of science and the new fields of quantum research are now showing us that maybe our ‘soul paths’ are not so much directed by influences ‘beyond our control’, but more so from our own unique ability as human beings to set an intention, to make a powerful decision for our lives, and then taking constant and consistent action.
As a musician I’ve been avidly following the latest series of American Idol and The Voice Australia. What always fascinates me about these ‘ reality music shows’ is how ordinary everyday people, who often doubt their own abilities, or question their own right to ‘shine on the world stage’, often make it through to the finals, and then on to live lives where they get to do what they really love – and best of all – get handsomely paid to do it!
Even in these latest series we were inspired by the lives of 18 year old Harrison Craig in Australia, and 20 year old Lazaro Arbos from America, both who experienced severe stuttering and social anxiety while speaking, but who had the unique gift of still being able to inspire and touch the lives of millions through their singing. Both summoned the courage, the willingness and humility to put them selves ‘out there’ on the world stage.
Accessing Your ‘Cubic Centimetre of Chance’
Both of them engaged the ‘magic’ that author Carlos Castenda refers to as “their cubic centimetre of chance”.
“All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimetre of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimetre pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.”
So for this month’s post I thought I would share 3 key insights that can help every individual, every business owner, and every leader ‘open up’ to the incredible opportunities that are presenting themselves in front of you each and every day
Insight #1 : Opportunities Are Everywhere – But Get Clear First
It’s a funny paradigm, the moment you start saying ‘Yes’ to life – then life starts saying ‘Yes to you!
Each and everyday opportunities are presenting themselves to us, whether it be a chance meeting in a café, a sign on the car in front of us, a wrong phone call that comes through when we least expect it. The reality is that when we have set a purpose for our lives, when we have gotten clear on our own intentions and life goals, and when we are clear from all limiting beliefs and patterns that hold us back – then life simply re-presents to you what you have been radiating and reflecting internally all along.
In fact UK mentalist and hypnotherapist Derryn Brown conducted an interesting study where went to a small village in country England and found a man who considered himself unlucky, and who believed “good things don’t happen for me”. For almost two weeks, Derryn placed lucky opportunities around him, from winning a lottery ticket on the ground, to organising a big billboard truck with the words “You have Won a Prize – Please Call 9828 2929” passing by right in front of him.
So what happened? In all situations that Derryn presented the man did not even see or recognise a single one! Why? Because his past mental conditioning and programming meant that his brain and consciousness simply avoided the opportunities, almost deleting them from his awareness all together.
The moment the man began to consider the possibility that he was lucky, and that good things could happen for me – his life began to change forever. But first he had to clear within himself first!
So how do you notice, accept and take advantage of these opportunities?
Get clear in yourself first – Only when you feel clear internally, will life reflect back what you truly desire. So get clear on your dreams, get clear on your purpose, get clear on what you are willing to receive, and then watch what turns up in ‘your reality field’.
Insight #2: Step Beyond Fear and Awaken the Power of ‘Yes’
So what do you do when opportunities start presenting themselves to you?? Just say “Yes”
Yes is one of the most powerful words that we have in our language. It has the possibility to create multi-million dollar business deals, it has the potential to allow us to accept a marriage proposal, it has the power to encourage the first steps that our children take on their life journeys.
But what inadvertently happens as adults is that we become conditioned to our natural ‘fear response’. In the face of opportunity it can become all too easy to say ‘No’ and remain in our unconscious comfort zones, than to say ‘Yes’ and accept the power we have to live an adventure in each moment.
So the lesson? Watch the movie “Yes Man” staring Jim Carey. It will awaken you to the power and possibility to transform our lives, just by using this one simple word.
Then get used to saying to yourself “Yes I can”, “Yes I am allowed”, “Yes I am good enough”, “Yes I am worthy of success” and “Yes I am ready” when the perfect opportunities start presenting at your door!
Insight #3: Give Up the Excuses and Start Moving
The final key to taking advantage of the synchronicities and opportunities in your life is to:
Start Giving Up The Excuses
Its all to easy to make up countless excuses for why our business is not making money, why our marriage is not working, why are lives feel empty and lack meaning.
It is much harder though to look deep within our hearts and souls and admit the truth. That wherever our problems and challenges seem to rise up and manifest – we somehow manage to be there!
In these moments we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to look deep within and ask “Am I truly being the person in this situation that I was divinely created and crafted to be?”
If the answer is no, then look at who you really need to become on the inside, in order for you to experience the nourishment, love, rewards and success you deserve on the outside.
Just Start Moving and Take Inspired Action
Its very hard to attract opportunity to you when you are stagnant, stuck, or not moving. Life energy follows motion, it follows courage, it follows faith and action.
Once you have let go your excuses, its time to take powerful action towards creating what you want. This action is inspired action – not force. It is the action that presents seamlessly and magically when ‘preparation’ seems to meet ‘opportunity’.
In these moments, you know in your heart that you are on track. That life and the universe support you, and that your destiny is assured. All you have to do is say ‘thank you’ and take action to claim the destiny that awaits you in that moment.
Remember ‘The universe loves speed’
and it takes courage to follow your own heart and soul.
It takes faith to act when the path is not clear. It takes resilience to get back up again and hold true to your greatest dreams, even when all around you say that what you desire to create is ‘not possible’, ‘not practical’ or ‘not realistic’.
All great leaders were once visionaries with an almost impossible dream. So do not be afraid. Do not hold back. Instead light the flame so that all those who see and recognise your light will be inspired to do the same.
And if you really want to get clear in yourself and unlock the hidden opportunities in your life make sure to book in for our next Soul Path Intelligence™ program. You can find out more atwww.soulpathintelligence.com
What do you want the rest of your life to be about?
In the absence of all fear, who would you not be afraid to be?
If life handed you a ‘golden ticket’ what dream would you manifest?
If you won $70 million how would you spend the rest of your life?
Why ask these questions? Why ask them now?
Because at this point in time humanity as we know it rests on an all important threshold – a threshold that holds within it the potential for great change and tremendous transformation on all levels. However in order for this global and world change to take place, it requires a new generation of leader, men and women who are willing to rise up and find the courage and strength within themselves, to first transform their own lives in doing so transform our world.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi
There is no coincidence that you have been drawn to this place, to read this article, and to question and delve into the relevance of it for your life.
For you are one of the many ‘spirited warriors’ and leaders around the world that at this time in humanity’s consciousness is being called, summoned and gathered to be the force of change, first in your own life, second in the lives of those you love, and finally as a powerful example in the world.
So how do you embrace this new quest, this new mission?
The Answer:Exists simply in being willing each and everyday to embrace, engage and enact ‘small acts of courage’ in your daily life.
The greatest barrier to all human evolution and growth is the ego’s fascination and preoccupation with the emotion of fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of financial security. Fear of not being safe. Fear of being hurt or abandoned. Fear of being rejected. Fear of being unloved.
The good news however, is that in each of the situations that you experience fear, you are also presented with a unique opportunity to choose in favour of your highest self, to choose in favour of your soul, to choose to embrace courage.
So each day, as you go about your daily lives, take a moment in the morning before you start your day to expand your own consciousness, your own internal capacity to move beyond the mind’s limits that keep you captive, and instead seek to find your power, unleash your potential and BE courageous by answering the following questions:
Where in life is my soul calling out for more joy?
What am I afraid would happen if surrendered and let go of my attachment to success?
What one small act of courage can I take today that would bring me greater happiness, joy and fulfilment?
Remember, courage is not something that you need to find.
It doesn’t exist outside of you. It is part of your essential nature, it is an inherent and everlasting aspect of your soul already. All it needs is for you to stand in your power and embrace it.
To respond with courage, when life would want you to react. To stand-up and be counted, when life would have you hide. To take responsibility, when life would have you blame outside influences. To speak your truth, when life would have you keep your feelings hidden. To be your authentic self, when life would have you give in to other’s expectations and needs.
Every moment is an opportunity to show the world your truth. To be COURAGEOUS.
Life Wisdom for Today
“Feel the fear, but do it anyway!” – Susan Jeffers
What can a simple, ordinary, everyday Hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins teach us about life and leadership?
Well if you’re anything like the millions of adults and children world-wide who have already seen this phenomenon of movie, you’ll realise that there are a few key ingredients that every life adventurer, hero and ‘quest taker’ needs to be successful on the journey towards rediscovering the courage, power and purpose within.
After close to 3 hours of stunning landscapes, epic battles fraught with danger, incredible computer generated imagery, and an ending that left everything up in the air The Hobbit which has already taken in excess of $1 billion dollars at the box-office world-wide certainly has a story and deeper message for all of us.
So here it is …
My Top 8 Life and Leadership Lessons from Middle Earth …
That will help you develop greater courage, certainty and confidence to follow your own personal life quest.
1. You Must Be Willing to Leave Home
As with all great adventures the quest for greatness always begins … well from ‘The Beginning’! In the case of The Hobbit a young Bilbo Baggins finds that his first step in embracing the ‘unexpected adventure’ is simply that he needs to first leave the comfort of his own home. The place where he has his routine, is accustomed to habit, where there is no uncertainty or challenges to be faced.
All of us have our own homes. The quiet little places that we call our comfort zones. All of us also have at sometime chosen to stay where we are, rather than take a leap of faith, a step of courage and join an amazing adventure of life.
The Lesson: You will never find your holy grail until you have the courage to leave the comfort of your own home.
So where do you need to leave home? What unexpected adventure do you need to step out and embrace today?
2. You Need a Team on a Quest
Have you ever noticed that nearly every person who has ever been successful in life – did not get their on their own? After all … any quest that is worthwhile needs the support, alliance, skills and encouragement of a committed and supportive team.
Along his journey the young Hobbit Bilbo is joined by a wizard, dwarves and elves, each with their own skills, talents and innate abilities. Some can fight, others shoot arrows, some weave magic, while others provide encouragement, acknowledgement and support.
The Lesson:Don’t struggle on your own, when all around you are people with the skills and willingness to help.
So… what door do you need to knock on? Who do you need to ask? Who needs to be a vital part of your leadership team?
3. You Need an Inspiring Vision
How do you get people to follow you on a quest? Especially when that quest may involve uncertainty, challenges and hardships?
Every great leader knows that an ‘inspired vision’ is the fuel that brings people together as one, and creates the inspiration and influence to unleash real magic in the world.
The Lesson:Vision ignites souls. Vision connects. Vision has the capacity to powerfully create change.
Is your life or business vision clear? Does it inspire you? Does it move you to be filled with tears of joy, happiness, gratitude? Remember – if doesn’t move you – how can you expect it to move others.
4. You Need to Believe in Magic
Isn’t it funny how as children we can believe that anything is possible, yet as we grow older we lose that sense of enchantment, that sense of mystery and wonder to even believe in the unbelievable?
The reality is that each of us have access to our own wizard, our own ‘Gandalf’ within. The power to weave and create magic within our lives is not outside of us, it’s an inherent part of our soul that is just waiting to be awakened.
The Lesson:To create magic in your life you first have to believe in it. To believe in it you have to know that you are the co-creator.
That by shifting your awareness, your consciousness, your thoughts and beliefs – just maybe , you can create miracles – powerful shift in perception.
What do you believe in currently impossible to change? Where do you feel stuck and limited? What would truly owning your power mean to you?
5. Find Your Courage
A great revelation from the unexpected adventure of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit is that courage in not found in the absence of fear. But rather true courage is the ability to take action in spite of great fear.
Every great leader and master has experienced some form of fear in the midst of pursuing their highest goals and dreams. The question is: will you choose to act from a place of “creation” or “desperation”, will you choose to “respond” or “react” to your situation?
The first is driven by a belief in self and the faith that the power to create the results you want are within you right now. While latter is driven by fear, a need to escape or get out of a situation that causes you grief, pain or hardship.
The Lesson:Your greatest life challenge now, also holds within it the seed of great opportunity. How you choose to respond or react is up to you.
What action do you now need to take in the face of your greatest fear or challenge?
6. It’s What’s Underground that Often Matters Most
At one point in The Hobbit movie Bilbo and his faithful companions find themselves captured underground, beneath the earth in the goblin’s lair. A place that is just filled with nightmarish ghouls that want to destroy them.
Often when we look at our life results we can sometimes feel disappointed and disillusioned that we are not where we ideally want to be. We can easily look at what’s happening in our life on the surface, and question why we’re not producing the financial fruits, the relationship fruits, the career and business fruits that we really desire. However as T. Harv Eker often says “It’s the roots that create the fruits”.
Just like in The Hobbit sometimes we have to look for the goblins, the beliefs and limiting patterns, that exist within our own unconscious thoughts that lie beneath the surface. Just knowing that we have almost 60,000 thoughts a day of which 90% are the same as yesterday should tell us something!
The Lesson:If the “roots create the fruits” then you had better start first attending to what’s really beneath the surface of your own consciousness.
7. You Need to Find Your Inner-Warrior
Go back 1000 or even 2000 years and you’ll notice that in the shadow of the great wars, battles and conflicts was an inherent ‘warrior spirit’ within the heart and souls of men and women who were driven by the need for survival, and the glory of conquest.
In our modern world, we have almost forgone the need to connect with our ‘inner warrior’ that part of every man and women that can be the fuel, the fire and the persistence needed to realise a chosen objective. After all, how many of us really feel threatened by our existence, how many of us find ourselves in situations of survival or battle every day.
While many may shirk at the notion of being a ‘warrior’, sometimes in life we need to find the inner-courage, the inner-fire, the positive anger that helps us to ‘take back our power’ and breakthrough limitations that keep us captive or stuck. Even Bilbo Baggins had to pick up his Elven sword and find the courage to step forward and slay the wilder beast.
Life Lesson:Don’t be afraid of showing your ‘inner-warrior’. When you channel your positive anger towards a worthy cause, you ignite the spirit of destiny that exists within every leader.
Where do I need to pick up my sword and fight for what I believe in today?
8. The Movie Doesn’t End
If you’re like me, then you were probably left feeling a little deflated with the ending of The Hobbit – An Unexpected Adventure.
Just when it appears that good had triumphed over evil, and that the adventurers were about to realise their quest – the movie ended. Yes ended, without any resolution, without any conquest, without completion. Why? Because the director in his or her wisdom knew that the real story was not complete, that in fact there just might be another movie or two still before we arrive at our destination.
Isn’t it funny how our lives are pretty much the same. We are here for a moment in eternity, a fleeting glimpse between a birth and a death, where the only things we will take our life experiences, the ways that we have grown and the gratitude for the people we have most influenced.
Life Lesson:Great leaders know that they only have a short time in this life. Perspective helps us to realise that we only have a moment to make a difference. To stand for something great that we believe in. And to be the very best that they can be.
So what do you want the rest of this movie that is your life to be about??
The greatest gift we have as human beings is our ability to consciously create our destiny through the setting and realisation of intentions. The start of the year provides the perfect catalyst and cycle of life-force energy to powerfully sow new seeds and to set powerful intentions for your new year.
Top 6 Principles for Creating Powerful New Year Intentions
So in this short master-class video I wanted to share my Top 6 Principles for creating powerful New Year intentions that will help you bring greater clarity, focus, and intent to what you want to create, manifest and receive in your life over the next 12 months.
1. Expand Your Tent, Stretch Your Desires, Dream Bigger
The number one reason that most people don’t get what they want, is usually because they don’t really know what they want! Getting clear on your intentions before the start of the year is a brilliant way to give your life greater direction and purpose.
However, as human beings we’ve also been conditioned into thinking too small. As individuals with truly unlimited potential, we often choose goals, outcomes and intentions that keep us within our same comfort zone. Instead of shooting for the moon and reaching the stars, we aim for the clouds and often hit the ground!
So this next year, make sure to set one BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) that will make you stretch and reach beyond your comfort zone. After all, it is only when we reach beyond ourselves that we discover just what we really capable of.
2. Set an Engaging and Inspiring Theme for Your Life
While goals and outcomes may give us strategic direction and focus, it is sometimes better to also set an ‘overriding theme’ or purpose for your life over the next year.
So if you could describe your next year as though it were a book title what would it be? E.g. From Rowing to Sailing, Stand Up and Stand Out, Inspired to be a Loving Mother, Money Mastery Made Easy
You set the direction of your life through your intentions. When you set a theme for your life it gives you reason to align your thoughts, actions ad behaviours each day towards the realisation of your theme and life purpose.
3. Look Closely at Your Motivations
When you set your intentions it helps to look closely at each one and ask the question “What is my motivation for creating this? Is it fear or love?”
You’ll be surprised at just how many of our real desires are driven by unconscious patterns and forces that stem from fear. And when we try to ‘create’ from a basis of fear we simply end up creating more fear.
So it helps to remember, that you may not always get what you consciously want, but you will always create in your life what you unconsciously want! Therefore make sure that your dreams and intentions are fuelled by love.
4. Turn Your Intentions into Symbols
Too often we get so caught up focusing on the physical and material aspects of what we are trying to create i.e. the form. But in the art of deliberate co-creation, we need to learn to release and let go of the form e.g. focusing on having the boyfriend that is 6 foot, tall, dark, handsome, rich and has the perfect abs. Instead we need to ask for what we want, and then trust that God, the universe and spirit will bring you this – or something even better!
A great way therefore to get out of thinking in the constraints of ‘form’ is to simply turn your intentions into symbols i.e. draw, paint, cut out pictures or create a mosaic of the ‘essence’ of what you are trying to create in your life – and most of all what emotional trait it would give you.
5. Make Sure Your Intentions Serve Others
When muscle tested, candidates that set intentions where there was only perceived or real benefit to themselves consistently tested weaker than those who set intentions that also would provide a benefit to others.
One of the keys to life transforming new year intentions is that the more your intentions serve others, or aid and helps some worthy cause, the greater the energy that surrounds them, and the quicker that they manifest on the material plane. Is it any wonder that it is often those celebrities, and successful individuals that contribute and serve humanity in greater ways that consistently seem to receive and enjoy greater rewards??
6. Expand Your Personal Presence and Self-Worth
It goes with out saying, that in order to experience more in your life, you first have to become a person that is capable of receiving more. Self-worth and self-image are inextricably linked to what you are willing to allow and receive in your life. Choose to see yourself as someone that is worthy of greatness, and you become a person that attracts greatness into their lives.
Visualising and seeing yourself ‘already’ as the person you most want to be, is one of the greatest gifts that you can give yourself. Is it any wonder that Jim Carey, Bruce Lee, Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Oprah Winfrey all spent time imagining, believing and seeing themselves as successful at their ventures – before they even experienced it in reality.
So look in the mirror today – and instead of seeing yourself as you are – choose to see the amazing, brilliant and incredible person that you are becoming and being … right now!
Wow! Can you believe that it’s almost the end of another year? And as the ancient Mayans would have us believe, it’s also the end of a significant period in the evolution and consciousness of humanity.
So, at a time when many people start contemplating their highest goals, intentions and outcomes for the new year, I thought what better way to get the ball rolling than to take a look at …
“What Does it Really Take to Live a Happy and Fulfilling Life ?”
Why this topic? And why at this time?
Well, if experience has taught me anything it’s that in life it’s all too easy to get caught up chasing goals and dreams that on one level we believe will provide us with the fulfilment we desire, yet on another level often leave us feeling empty, unfulfilled and off-purpose.
I’ve often noticed many times as I have coached and mentored individuals, business owners and leaders, that a great number of people are hurriedly climbing the ladder of success, only to get to the top and find out that it was placed against the wrong wall!
We may also find ourselves chasing things in the ‘material’ that we believe will give us more happiness, more fulfilment, more status, more credibility, more respect. We can often believe that if we get that new job then we’ll be respected, when we get the perfect relationship then we’ll feel loved, when we win the lottery then we will feel truly financially secure.
Are You Choosing Fulfilment Right Now?
However, the problem with ‘if / when’ thinking is that it implies we can only feel loved, happy, and secure when we attain our goals, have stuff, and have things work out the way we want, rather than realise that we can choose to love ourselves right now, we can choose happiness in this moment, and we can choose to embrace the security that comes from simply trusting ourselves.
Real fulfilment comes from the realisation that all of the feelings, emotions and desires that you believe exist outside of you, are actually available to you right now.
So instead of instead of blindly following the values, goals and ideals of others, it might be easier and wiser to lay your own path, to follow your own soul’s guidance and to look within yourself (not outside) for the pathway to your greatest fulfilment.
So my questions for you are:
Are you truly living life in accordance with your own values? Or are you are trying to please others?
Are you truly committed to following your joy, each and every day?
Are you using your unique gifts, talents, skills and abilities to serve and make a difference?
Are you sharing quality time with the people in your life who mean the most to you?
Wisdom from the Dying – The 5 Life Regrets
Several years ago Australian palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware started a very enlightening, thought provoking and inspiring Blog called ‘Inspiration and Chai’, where she wrote about the final stages of the life journey as they were experienced by many of her patients who were terminally ill with cancer. Often she was with them for the last 3 to 12 weeks of their lives.
During the course of this writing she discovered that most people were confronted at the end of their life with either one or a combination of the following ‘Top 5 Regrets of the Dying’, which she later published in her best-selling book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
It’s very hard to listen and follow the guidance of your own heart and soul, when you are consciously and unconsciously trying to please and satisfy others. Living an authentic and inspired life requires all of us to have the courage to be ‘true to ourselves’ first. To value and respect our own life dreams and desires, rather than feel obliged, guilty or responsible to other’s expectations.
Just think what a shame it would have been if Andrea Bocielli had followed his father’s expectations for him to get a real job as a lawyer, rather than share his gift for singing with the world!
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard
You’ve probably heard it said before, that no one wishes at the end of their life that they had spent more time at the office!
There is a big difference between working hard and working smart. I remember the director of a company I worked for several years ago that gave up 13 years of his life to focus on growing his business, but inadvertently missed out on some of the most memorable experiences in his children’s life. While another mentor of mine created a multi-million dollar international publishing house and only works from 1pm – 6pm each day!
It’s always a matter of choice and values. So what are you choosing to create for your life?
3. I wish I had the courage to express my true feelings
Why is it that it’s only when someone is sick, dying or about to pass-over that we find the courage to express our true feelings towards them? Could it be that we allow our own fears, insecurity and vulnerability to get in the way of authentic communication and connection?
Courage is the ability and willingness to act even in the face of fear. The key to remember is that its in our moments of action that fear disappears. So who do you need to express your true feelings to today? Who do you have incomplete emotional business with?
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
At the end of our life the only things we will take with us our experiences, and the memories and connections to the people that graced our life path.
In the Facebook era it’s all to easy to think that a quick message or post, a text message here or there constitutes a successful relationship. However its in the intimate, face-to-face connections and sharing that we create the foundation for true engagement with those we love.
So why not write a letter to someone that you have been meaning to connect with? Or take a moment to leave a Post-it Note with a loving message for someone special? Or invite your closest friends for a sit-down dinner and some real community connection?
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier
As Robert Holden, best-selling author of Authentic Happiness says, we can often spend an eternity looking for happiness outside of ourselves, than simply commit to “following our joy” in each moment.
Sadly, very few people are truly committed to following their joy, to allowing themselves permission to simply feel happier in this moment. Especially when you consider that It doesn’t take much. Seeing the beauty in a rose, watching a magnificent sunset, doing a random act of kindness for someone else, giving ourselves timeout to meditate, reflect, pray, or even just sharing a story with someone close to us.
Each of these is an opportunity for us to engage our joy and embrace our authentic happiness – and best of all they’re free!!
Applying the Lessons to Your Life
So why are these regrets important? Because they are an adamant reminder of the true values that each and every soul confronts prior to its passing. That it is not the material that is most important, but that it is the experience, the learning, the growth and the contributions that we make to this world as human beings that mark the value of our existence.
If any of you have seen the movie The Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson then you’ll appreciate that this movie was not so much about dying, than it was about encouraging each and everyone of us to live fully.
Hopefully as each of us reflects on these regrets, we will appreciate what it really means to live fully. Hopefully we will find a path back to the ‘real fulfilment’ that is available to us in this moment.
As for me, I’ve placed a large poster (above) on the wall of my office with the 5 Life Regrets re-framed into ‘My Commitments to Life’, so that each day I can remind myself of what is most important, and that each day I can grow a little closer to appreciating and acknowledging the fulfilment that is available to me right now… if I were to see it.
Namaste.
Read more about The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, by Bronnie Ware, published by Hay House RRP $17.95. Also available on Amazon. To read more about her inspirational blog visit www.inspirationandchai.com
