Change Is Inevetible - Learn To Adjust

Life is filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, good and not so good times; that's what makes it interesting and often forces us out of our comfort zones.

Frank Herbert said, "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."

At one time or another, these expected or unexpected, planned or unpredictable circumstances can occur in every aspect of our lives.

We experience them at home, in our jobs, in our relationships, physically and/or emotionally, financially, through loss of someone or something, globally, etc.

Whether we are encountering them directly or indirectly, it can sometimes be tough dealing with what has come about either by choice or unforeseen, but it offers us a chance to awaken and grow.

With change, things are different than they used to be, and that can take a little getting use to.

There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way of handling what goes on in life.

Other people might have a different opinion regarding how you "should" be dealing with things and you may or may not agree with them. That's okay because that's what makes us all unique.

However, there is a way that is less stressful and that allows you to move through change a little easier. It is "adjusting".

Adjusting holds the door open for possibilities to enter again.

Rather than "just" getting on with things as if they never happened, or staying stuck in your fears, emotions or the situation, you now are adjusting.

Adjusting to...

Changes. Getting your bearings again. Differences, variances, perspectives. Not having all the answers. New ways. Looking at, and being with things, differently now. Getting use to a new routine or way of doing things. The way you feel physically and/or emotionally. Loss on various levels. Not being able to do things the way you use to. The unknown. Change offers you opportunities to grow in ways you may not have ever thought possible. It does awaken the sleeper in you.

Adjusting allows you the time to move through the changes internally and externally while you are emerging and merging into the new circumstance and ways of being.

People, places, and things change. You change, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That's life.

What's important for you is adjusting the best you can and having the patience and understanding through what is occurring for you and/or another person.

Change isn't always easy. In fact, it can seem down right unbearable sometimes, but you can make it much easier on yourself or others as you, or they, move through things being different than they once were.

Some circumstances aren't as difficult as others and therefore don't require a lot of modifying on your part, but either way there are still adjustments on some level.

The events that seem to stir the pot of emotions to boiling or overflowing in you are often the very ones that necessitate the greatest patience and modifications, as well as opportunities to awaken and grow.

For some, time does not heal the inevitable changes in life, but adjusting to them offers healing through them.

Use these techniques with insight to assist you in seeing how you can adjust to the changes that occur in your life.
 

3 Ways To Change Your Thinking

Most people know that the best way to get better results in life is by changing the way you view things. When you think positively, the outcome of your actions more often than not turn out favourable as well. This is so because our actions are affected by our mood, and when we are positive, most often, our mood is happy, pleasant and objective.

When a person has a negative attitude, on the other hand, he becomes fatalistic, and sarcastic, doubtful and suspicious. A negative attitude eats away at one's entire being. It dims all possibility of a positive outcome, thus making his already-defeatist attitude bear fruit to more negative output. But even a negative person is not doomed, because there are ways to change the way you think for the better. Here are a few ways:

Do different things, do things differently. There is a circle we all are accustomed to moving around in, and it is called our "comfort zone. The best way to change your manner of thinking is to do things you don't normally do. Sticking to a day-in-day-out routine makes any form of change uncomfortable and extremely threatening. But you will never be able to change the way you think if you don't step out of your normal daily procedure. Dare to go against the ordinary by pushing yourself to acceptable but still tolerable limits. Normally, one who does so will get so fascinated by all the new experiences that he will no longer want to go back to his tired and dreary life.

New experiences help you grow as a person, thus encouraging you to alter you negative views about life.

Meet new people. New acquaintances open you mind to new experiences. The people we meet normally bring new ideas and a new perspective on life. Remember that man was generally alone, until he thought of welcoming and inviting people to share his life. No amount of school education can ever equal the knowledge and awareness one gets by meeting new people with totally different experiences. Alter the way you think by thinking that each day provides new opportunities to meet more interesting people. The entire life-changing process even becomes more positive when you meet people who always have such an optimism and zest for life.

Recognize the lack of happiness in your life. Learn to be more aware. Don't you feel worse that everyone is so happy, while you're sulking in a corner? If you are lonely but refuse to acknowledge that you are, then you may need to seek the help of a professional. It is never normal to be unhappy and sad- it may be due to some type of hormonal imbalance. There is so much more beauty in life that you can experience, if only you work towards altering the way you think and react to things. So why waste it? The first step is to recognize your negativity and unhappiness, then work towards slowly altering them. It takes some patience and hard work, but all your efforts will be worth it.
 

Don't Waste Your Time If You Want To Be Abundant

How you value your time has a direct effect on your ability to be abundant.

You can almost tell if a person is abundant or not by looking at the types of activities a person does. If a person spends a lot of their time involved in activities that serves no real purpose eg. hours of TV, hours of computer games, hours of hanging out with friends in coffee shops etc, I think you know what I mean, you can tell that this person does not have an abundant mindset, hence is not enjoying abundance.

I am not saying that we should not be engaged in this sort of activities, but if it is done hours on end, certainly one cannot say that it has been time well spent even if one was enjoying it? We have to be honest with ourselves here.

Time as you know is not abundantly available to us. Once it is gone can never be replaced.Some people may say: well, I do not believe in time as it is man made. The reality is we do live our lives in a chronological order and that our physical body do age according to linear time. No matter how much you deny the importance of time, your body clock is still ticking away.

Valuing your time means seeing the importance of how you spend your time. This means cutting down on activities that serves no real purpose for you.

Here are some key points to implement to move towards valuing your time more and in the process become more abundant.

Plan a monthly, weekly, and daily time table. It is important to have an overview of what you are going to accomplish in a month and then break the tasks up into your weekly schedule and then daily.

If you spend a lot of your time on activities that serves no purpose, then eliminating them completely from your life or cutting down on time spent doing these can help you to feel more productive. You know what the time wasters are so we are not going to go into detail here.

Stay away from time suckers. There are some people you know, who perhaps have not found real purpose in life, try to suck your time by having too long phone conversations, or meet with you over coffee and go on and on over unimportant topics or worse still engage in gossiping about other people. You have to stay away from people like these because they will drag you into their lack mindset. A part of you wants to be like them, because a part of you wants to procrastinate and do not want to do what you are supposed to be doing and time suckers present a good opportunity for you to delay. If you do what is right for you, this could mean leaving some social groups. Honestly, you will be much better off with people who share the mindset as you who value and respect your time as much as you do.

Plan your schedule with productive patterns in mind. Clustering similar activities on the same day will save you the time of starting and re-starting your engine. For eg. if you have several meetings coming up for the week, try to schedule them all on the same day and at the same venue or at least around the same vicinity so that you save on traveling time as well.

Create time slots on your calendar for specific things even if it has not happened yet. For eg. if you do not have many clients for the week, create the time slots anyway and fill in the blanks with "client #1" "client#2". By doing so you are being prepped to receive clients.

As a small business owner when you value your time you will see that you will have more more time for more clients and interestingly you will also have more time with your family, with friends you value and you will have more time for real quality relaxation and recreation.

Respect your time and others will too and this is one of the most important keys towards abundance!