July 28th, 2009, by Shelley Riutta
“Doing what you Love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” Wayne Dyer
When I work with people to connect with their Authentic Self and align with their Life Purpose–their lives get better and better.
A big challenge can be letting all of this good in and getting comfortable with it. A recent example of this was client of mine, Karen, (not her real name.)
Karen had connected deeply with her Authentic Self and got clarity about her Life Purpose. She took the courageous steps to align with and follow her Life Purpose.
She was so surprised to find the more she followed her true purpose–the better things got in every area of her life–including her finances. She was able to do what she loved and was making three times what used to make at a job she hated!
She was flying high until she attended a recent party of one of her friends. One person after another complained about the economy or how much stress they had at a job they didn’t even like.
Karen began to feel guilty for all of the joy and abundance she was experiencing. She said “I felt ashamed–like I was bad for having it so good–who am I to have all of this when others are struggling so much?”
I explained to her that what she was experiencing was what EVERYONE is meant to be experiencing–a connection with their true self, loving connections with others and work that they love–including amazing abundance.
I shared it was her own commitment and investment in her own growth that had paved the way for what she was experiencing. “Karen, every person at that party can experience what you are—it is up to them to love themselves enough to invest their time, energy and money in their growth—like you did” I said to her.
Karen nodded her head as she listened to me. “But what about the money—I can’t believe I am earning so much money for doing what I love—it seems like it is too good to be true!” she questioned.
“Again, Karen, this is how it is meant to be for everyone. Abundance flows to us when we are aligned with our True Life Purpose. The other people at the party are struggling so much because they aren’t aligning with their true path. They are instead chasing security—but true security and abundance comes from doing what you love and what you are meant to be doing on the planet. That is what you are experiencing now.”
Karen said “When you explain it that way—it makes so much sense. I feel so joyful and happy—I want everyone to be experiencing what I am!”
“And Karen, everyone can experience what you are experiencing but it is up to them to make the choice to invest the time and energy to explore just what their true path is—and then take the steps to align with it. Then their life is not ‘too good to be true’ but what their life was meant to be like all along— incredibly joyful and abundant.”
July 10th, 2009, by Shelley Riutta
“I love to laugh, it keeps my soul alive.” Mark, River Falls, WI
“An Inspired Life Can’t be Planned.
“We are Spirits housed in human bodies. There are things that fuel our bodies and things that fuel our Spirit. If you neglect feeding your Spirit –you will feel drained and like you are a robot going through life.
Being inspired is a powerful way of nourishing and uplifting your Spirit. What inspires you? How often are you around the things and people that inspire you? Just reflecting on what inspires you and making sure you are surrounding yourself with these things will lift your Spirit and energize you.
Tips To Get Inspired
1. Who are the people in your life that inspire you. What about them inspires you? This is a quality that you value and more than likely possess yourself but maybe you aren’t expressing in your life. Use this to open up more to this quality in your own life. Make sure the people you have in your life inspire you.
2. What music inspires you? What about the music uplifts you—is it the voice of the singer—the words–the rhythm? Do you like music that you can dance to or music that is calm and soothing?
3. What things visually inspire you? Is it certain things in nature—the ocean, mountains, trees? Is it certain colors? Is it certain architecture of buildings?
4. Which restaurants inspire you? What food do you love? What decor do you find appealing? Do you make sure to go to restaurants that inspire you. I love going to Cafe’ Mario’s because I love how they have decorated it, the music they play (Andrea Bocelli–my favorite:), the smells of the food, the laughter and connection that happens there.
5. What books do you find inspirational? What words uplift you? What authors inspire you?
6. What creative activity inspires you? Dancing, painting, playing music, singing, making jewelry.
7. Do you inspire yourself? Are you daring to live your dreams, express your creativity–living with passion? Are you committed to a vibrant, inspired life? Like the quote above–an inspired life can’t be planned. Are you willing to let go and allow yourself to be inspired—and more importantly to act on these inspirational impulses?
8. What geographic areas inspire you? Does your Spirit lift just thinking about Italy, Hawaii, Alaska or the California coast? Make a plan to travel to the areas that inspire you. There is a reason you are drawn to that area—it is a place that will feed your soul. If you can’t travel there just yet, put up pictures of that area that you can see every day.
9. What movies inspire you? Look for movies that inspire you—don’t settle for anything less than that . For those of you who have read my ”What Do You Really Want Workbook”, I mentioned one of my favorite inspirational movies, “Miss Potter”, about the amazing life of Beatrice Potter (the artist who created Peter Rabbit).
10. Talk to your friends and family about what inspires them—you will deepen your connection with them from having this discussion. Ask them “What inspires you?”
11. Surround yourself with things that inspire you. When you look around your home—are you inspired? Put up pictures that uplift you–buy art work that inspires you. Buy flowers that you love.
Open up to feeding your Spirit with all of the things that inspire you—and watch your energy level soar and your life expand into grand new possibilities!
I would love to hear what Inspires YOU. Please share this below: