What? ME Worry?

by Lynn Robinson-

Worry is like any bad habit. 

It can be addictive.One small fear leads to another and another. Before you know it, you’ve imagined your life falling apart, not only now, but ad infinitum into your future. 

One of the ways to begin breaking any habit is to simply recognize you’re doing it! Oops! “There I caught myself imagining not being able to pay my rent again, getting evicted and being homeless.”

"I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?" —Henry Ford

Simply the recognition that you’re worrying isn’t usually enough to change it.

What can you do to switch the channel? 

Ask yourself the question, “What do I want?”

For example, if your worry du jour is imagining yourself broke and penniless, turn it around. What you probably want is to feel safe.

You might also want to imagine having enough or more than enough money. Your task at this point is not to figure out how this will happen.

It’s simply to begin choosing something you want versus something you don’t.

Just for today:

Remind yourself that God wants you to live a happy, healthy and abundant life. Allow yourself to receive all those Divine blessings.

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Recipe for Miracles

by Lynn Robinson -

Every day I speak with clients who are scared and worried about their lives. It could be the loss of a job, a change in a relationship, a health challenge or a crisis with a child. 

Often they feel like there is no way out, no hope on the horizon. Their worry makes them focus on a pessimistic future. “What will happen if…” Or, “I worry that if X happens then Y will happen and then it will be even worse".

"Live each day as if you expect a miracle. You are your miracle! Your power tools are imagination, thinking and desires and your precision instruments are intuition and illumination. Imagine God’s glory pouring through you and make it bold enough to pay dividends." --Edna Lister

I love to cook. The other day I was thinking that cooking is a lot like life. If you put in a bunch of bad ingredients (negative thinking) and don’t pay much attention to cooking times (prolonged worry) you’re going to end up with an unappetizing result.

It’s human nature to worry at least a little. However, in order for positive change to occur, you need to shift your thinking and change your ingredients! 

RECIPE FOR MIRACLES:

1. Keep Your Focus on the Positive  

When life is challenging it’s all too easy to think about how bad things are. You might even imagine and spend time dwelling upon on how these bad times could get worse and how your life will become REALLY difficult. 

It’s important to understand that your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have power. The fear, panic and anxiety you feel is often the result of the habitual thoughts you’re thinking.

What can you do to turn these around? Begin to think about what you would like to happen. Esther Hicks has a great sentence completion exercise that I love, 

“Wouldn’t it be great if…” 

You fill in the blank with whatever your heart desires. Grab a pad of paper and complete as many of those sentences as you can think of..

Examples: Wouldn’t it be great if… 

“A wonderful, fun job came my way".
“I could make a living doing X".
“I found a terrific apartment closer to my job".

It will take some focus and practice to break the habit of habitual worrying, but the dividends will be huge. Because of your new openness, your intuition will be able to deliver some brilliant new ideas. You’ll also be receptive to synchronicities and coincidences that will open up possibilities and new directions.

2. Use the Power of Your Mind  

What’s the outcome that you want? Don’t try to figure out HOW it’s going to happen. That’s for the Universe to resolve. It’s part of expecting miracles. An element of faithful expectation is involved. 

Picture the desired outcome that you want. Imagine and feel it as vividly as you can. Spend time each day visualizing what your life will look like when this imagined situation is created.

3. Surrender 

When you’re in the midst of a difficult situation it’s extremely hard to imagine a way out. Many of the spiritual traditions recommend releasing or surrendering the problem to Infinite Intelligence. You are asking the Power that grows the trees, creates the sky and makes the sun rise and set each day to create a miracle for you.

Sit in a quiet place and close your eyes. Briefly envision your current situation. Use whatever words fit your belief system about God to ask for help. An example is: “I ask for your Divine wisdom and guidance in this situation. 

I invite and welcome Your help to create a perfect outcome for all involved. I release this to You, in faith, with the knowledge that all is well".

4. Invite Miracles 

Much has been written about the power of gratitude. When you’re feeling thankful you open up to the energy that invites miracles. For example, you’re out of work and you’re scared you won’t be able to pay the mortgage this month. 

Each morning when you wake up and before you go to bed at night, close your eyes, go within and affirm “Thank you for the mortgage payment.” Or, simply, “I am open and receptive to money flowing into my life. I know that abundance is my true nature. Thank you.” 

When you’re scared and worried, make a conscious decision to open your heart and mind to whatever it is that you want. Anticipate and say “thank you” as if you already have it.

5. Dwell on Optimistic Expectation 

Have you ever been around someone who is a complainer or fear monger? It’s draining! “The gas prices are awful.” “The economy is going down the tubes.” If you find yourself thinking things like this, shift your focus. 

What you say to yourself is often a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

It may take some work to change your habitual thoughts but it’s worth the effort. 

Try saying things like, 

• “Let me be open to new possibilities.” 
•  “Things have a way of working out for me.” 
• “The economy may be bad, but I’m open and receptive to new avenues of income".

6. Pay Attention to Your Intuition 

Your intuition is your inner compass. It points you in the right direction. If you’re feeling down, scared and worried, that’s your intuition inviting you to shift your focus. It’s telling you to choose thoughts and actions that will make you feel better. 

If listening to your intuition feels difficult, or if you’re out of practice, try this: each day choose one thing you commit to doing that makes you feel better. It could be as simple as changing an habitual negative thought, taking a walk, hanging out with positive people, not watching the news. 

 Intuition guides you toward miracles and lets you know which direction will produce the success you seek. It communicates through images, words, dreams, feelings and physical sensations.

Miracles happen every day. 

You can create them in your life. Let your thoughts be open to possibilities. 

God wants you to succeed. He is constantly sending messages to encourage your receptivity to His miracles. Your life can take a turn for the better in a moment. It can happen to you.

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