William Michael Forbes
The only thing that separates can’t from can is a little t. wmf
A Well Known Fact: Life is only an appearance of events and circumstances that were imagined before they happened.
When I was in grade school a mantra that many of the teachers would have us say went like this; “Never say; I can’t” always say, “I’ll try.” In the nineteen eighty episode of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, the character Yoda says: “No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.”
I’ll “try” implies that there is a chance of not succeeding...whereas with DO or DO NOT...there is a clearly a distinction in that you have already decided, one way or another, to succeed or fail. Either success or failure requires a commitment and the commitment to either is equal in both its strength and intensity...there is no more or less effort required for either a successful outcome or a failure...although the effects of one may be experienced as drastically different.
Today’s how to be happy in fifteen minutes or less is going to be in two parts...part one is going to be called “I Can’t” and will require that you keep a pen a pad handy, because you are going to write down as many of the I can’t moment as you can catch yourself thinking today. These will become a template for tomorrow’s blog which will give you an opportunity to move from I can’t to I can in a very conscious way. It doesn’t matter where or who you got I can’t from...it only matter that you identify what your I cant’s are in order to let them go. I cant’s can happen quickly or slowly and as long as you can catch them...you can let them go just as easily with actions and words that contradict your I cant’s. But for today all you need to do is recognize and write down whatever it is you think or believe it is you think you can’t do.
The benefit to getting as many I cant’s down as possible is that you will have half of the solution to overcoming them in your hand and available to your conscious mind. Take about a minute every hour to relax your body, relax your mind and then examine the I cant’s you’ve written down...and ask yourself this question for each I can’t;
“If I didn’t have this belief how would it make my life better?” then write down at least one answer. Towards the end of the day you may wish to ask this question for every I can’t you’ve written and put an answer by each one. This will prepare your conscious and sub-conscious mind for tomorrow’s blog as well as get your attention shifting towards I CAN and...
Have a great day!
William
Copyright © 2010 by William Michael Forbes. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Action, action!!
William Michael Forbes
Where words traverse time, action can accomplish much more . wmf
A Well Known Fact: You cannot view the world standing still...unless you have mastered the art of projecting your soul out of your body...still, what would actually get done that way?
The fulfillment of our dreams and goals require four specific things to occur;
1. An imagined outcome,
2. Clear objectives and goals to be reached towards the outcome.
3. A plan that details the resources required and the way in which those resources are to be implemented.
4. ACTION, ACTION, ACTION AND MORE ACTION.
Every idea, hope or dream that has ever been fulfilled has had all of the above elements in varying degrees in order to produce the results that any individual or group has ever striven for.
An imagined outcome is the result seen before anything has occurred and every inventive person whether the invention was mechanical or social, had an idea before they even started. All human creations go through the above four steps and ACTION is the most important step and brings the efforts of the other three together into a unified outcome. Not every idea conceived of succeeded, its time may have passed or the idea simply could not work under current physical circumstance like DaVinci’s helicopter...too early in time to make it work. So there are a few considerations, rules if you like, on the path to creating a new life and circumstances. Make sure the idea you choose is one you want to experience. Make sure that it will be good for your mind your body. Lay out a plan for achieving it...and go for it!
This is what today’s How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less is about and it will take five minutes every hour over the next three hour, to get the ball rolling Wherever you are, think about something you’d like to do or acquire and already imagine that you already have it...notice how you feel about the idea that you already have it. Consider the practical steps you’d need to take to fulfill your idea, from where you are at this moment. Write down a short plan to get it and picture yourself going through all of the steps, until you see the result again. What would you need to complete your idea? Money? Time? People? Equipment? Now the most important step...take action...do something, even if it is a very small action...action is imperative; make a phone call and get the information you need. Make a space somewhere to receive whatever it is you want...just take some type of action no matter how small it may be at this time. Notice how you are feeling as you go through the process and...
Have a great day!
William
Copyright © 2010 by William Michael Forbes. All rights reserved.
Where words traverse time, action can accomplish much more . wmf
A Well Known Fact: You cannot view the world standing still...unless you have mastered the art of projecting your soul out of your body...still, what would actually get done that way?
The fulfillment of our dreams and goals require four specific things to occur;
1. An imagined outcome,
2. Clear objectives and goals to be reached towards the outcome.
3. A plan that details the resources required and the way in which those resources are to be implemented.
4. ACTION, ACTION, ACTION AND MORE ACTION.
Every idea, hope or dream that has ever been fulfilled has had all of the above elements in varying degrees in order to produce the results that any individual or group has ever striven for.
An imagined outcome is the result seen before anything has occurred and every inventive person whether the invention was mechanical or social, had an idea before they even started. All human creations go through the above four steps and ACTION is the most important step and brings the efforts of the other three together into a unified outcome. Not every idea conceived of succeeded, its time may have passed or the idea simply could not work under current physical circumstance like DaVinci’s helicopter...too early in time to make it work. So there are a few considerations, rules if you like, on the path to creating a new life and circumstances. Make sure the idea you choose is one you want to experience. Make sure that it will be good for your mind your body. Lay out a plan for achieving it...and go for it!
This is what today’s How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less is about and it will take five minutes every hour over the next three hour, to get the ball rolling Wherever you are, think about something you’d like to do or acquire and already imagine that you already have it...notice how you feel about the idea that you already have it. Consider the practical steps you’d need to take to fulfill your idea, from where you are at this moment. Write down a short plan to get it and picture yourself going through all of the steps, until you see the result again. What would you need to complete your idea? Money? Time? People? Equipment? Now the most important step...take action...do something, even if it is a very small action...action is imperative; make a phone call and get the information you need. Make a space somewhere to receive whatever it is you want...just take some type of action no matter how small it may be at this time. Notice how you are feeling as you go through the process and...
Have a great day!
William
Copyright © 2010 by William Michael Forbes. All rights reserved.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Climb the mountain.
William Michael Forbes
What can sometimes appear daunting and insurmountable can have a simple solution. wmf
A Well Known Fact: When a new state of mind is reached changes will inevitable occur in vista called your life.
Okay, you’ve been living in a certain mindset for days, months and even years. The pattern is established and nothing seems to be changing...it feels like nothing is ever going to change...what can you do? Where do you start?
Today in How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less I will give a simple and easy starting point for the gentle disassembly of the (or those) old pattern, process, behaviour and habit. In case you’re wondering, I started this blog because after years of unconscious suffering I finally started realizing that happiness, peace of mind, excitement and joy could actually be fun and easier for other’s achieve for than it was for me...if I just simplified what I had learned on my own.
Here is the most important lesson I’ve learned after all my years of self abuse and neglect;
IT’S EASIER TO BE HAPPY THAN IT IS TO BE UNHAPPY, EVEN WHEN THINGS SEEM TO BE AT THERE WORST!
Once you know how to be happy and you know how to do it consistently, you can enjoy what life has to offer. You can go back through the last couple of months of blogs and have fun growing from those....they all point you in the direction of Happy.
The key starting point of happy is BREATHING...if you are breathing...you can learn to be happy...if you are not breathing, you are likely not in a living body. Breathing feels good and every molecule of your body loves it! If you consciously take one minute for every waking hour and just feel the sensation of breathing in and out...you will be making your body happier. Another stop along the way of happy, is learning to put your mind and your attention only on good thoughts, memories and ideas, while you are breathing for that minute every waking hour. One additional ideas on the path of How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less it to focus on activities, events, and images of what you really would like to be experiencing every day, also during that minute of breathing; Breathing, good thoughts and good images. And this is your activity today...for one minute every hour...stop what you are doing and feel your breathing for about a minute...feel the life flowing into and out of your body...realize that your lungs are doing what you ask them to for that minute...and during that minute of breathing think good thoughts like...I love breathing, I can be happier, I can be loving, I can be lovable....and hold pictures in your mind of your face smiling, of being in places you’d love to be, doing things you’d love to do and of having the things you want to have....for one minute every waking hour today do this for yourself and notice how you feel during and afterwards If you do this one activity every waking hour for at least a week, you will inevitably feel better and better every day and...
Have a great day!
William
Copyright © 2010 by William Michael Forbes. All rights reserved
What can sometimes appear daunting and insurmountable can have a simple solution. wmf
A Well Known Fact: When a new state of mind is reached changes will inevitable occur in vista called your life.
Okay, you’ve been living in a certain mindset for days, months and even years. The pattern is established and nothing seems to be changing...it feels like nothing is ever going to change...what can you do? Where do you start?
Today in How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less I will give a simple and easy starting point for the gentle disassembly of the (or those) old pattern, process, behaviour and habit. In case you’re wondering, I started this blog because after years of unconscious suffering I finally started realizing that happiness, peace of mind, excitement and joy could actually be fun and easier for other’s achieve for than it was for me...if I just simplified what I had learned on my own.
Here is the most important lesson I’ve learned after all my years of self abuse and neglect;
IT’S EASIER TO BE HAPPY THAN IT IS TO BE UNHAPPY, EVEN WHEN THINGS SEEM TO BE AT THERE WORST!
Once you know how to be happy and you know how to do it consistently, you can enjoy what life has to offer. You can go back through the last couple of months of blogs and have fun growing from those....they all point you in the direction of Happy.
The key starting point of happy is BREATHING...if you are breathing...you can learn to be happy...if you are not breathing, you are likely not in a living body. Breathing feels good and every molecule of your body loves it! If you consciously take one minute for every waking hour and just feel the sensation of breathing in and out...you will be making your body happier. Another stop along the way of happy, is learning to put your mind and your attention only on good thoughts, memories and ideas, while you are breathing for that minute every waking hour. One additional ideas on the path of How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less it to focus on activities, events, and images of what you really would like to be experiencing every day, also during that minute of breathing; Breathing, good thoughts and good images. And this is your activity today...for one minute every hour...stop what you are doing and feel your breathing for about a minute...feel the life flowing into and out of your body...realize that your lungs are doing what you ask them to for that minute...and during that minute of breathing think good thoughts like...I love breathing, I can be happier, I can be loving, I can be lovable....and hold pictures in your mind of your face smiling, of being in places you’d love to be, doing things you’d love to do and of having the things you want to have....for one minute every waking hour today do this for yourself and notice how you feel during and afterwards If you do this one activity every waking hour for at least a week, you will inevitably feel better and better every day and...
Have a great day!
William
Copyright © 2010 by William Michael Forbes. All rights reserved
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