Isn't it amazing how well we have convinced ourselves that life has to HARD??
I believe that we chose to come to this earth, knowing full and well that we would be tested and tried. We agreed to live through uncomfortable circumstances so that we could grow, learn and become as close to our Heavenly Father as we could.
Do you believe that a loving Heavenly Father has put us here on earth, under those circumstances and not provided a way for us to be happy and find JOY? There are many who do believe that. You hear ALL THE TIME, "My life is just hard", "I was meant to have lots of trials", "A hard life is just my lot in life" or "Good things never happen to me"
Think about the above statements? Have you ever said any of them before? I know that I sure have.
Have you ever heard of the law of intention, or the law of attraction? That which we set our intention on will expand for us. For instance, picture in your minds eye a purple elephant with shiny red toenail polish. Get a really good picture of it in your head. Now, count to three and do your very best to NOT think about that pink elephant.
It is almost impossible to not think about that elephant because you put it in the front of your mind. If I were to say, "My kids drive me crazy!!" Then I make that statement true, simply by saying it, and my kids will deliver on that 100% of the time.
Most of the worlds population doesn't know about or understand the law of intention. It is still there- whether we know about it or choose to believe in it. It is just like the law of gravity. You don't have to fully understand or even know about that law to have it work for you.
It is simple. What we say, think and set our intentions on will be manifest in our lives.
In life, we will encounter trials, heart ache, health problems, sadness, loneliness and tragedy. These are a part of life. But these trials were not intended to rob us of our JOY. They were intended to humble us and remind us that JOY is all around us.
This weeks Challenge-Notice were JOY is trying to creep in. JOY is always knocking. If we are declaring statements like the ones above, then we will attract those things into our life. Pay close attention to where JOY is trying to present itself in your life. Keep a journal. Pray for enlightenment. Catch yourself in your language and thoughts.
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I have seen a lot being said about the laws of attraction and abundance. Not so much about intention, and very very little about the several other laws that play out in our lives. Most people are aware of karma, but they don't think of it as a law (in my view, karma is what tries to set an individual up right, it'll knock you down if you get too high, but it will also lift you up if you are too low). There's the law of 10-fold return (what you put out comes back to you 10-fold) which is sometimes confused with karma. There's the law of change which is simply put as everything changes, we can adapt and flow or we can hold on to some past and be miserable.
ReplyDeleteAnd several more.
One thing of note about the law of attraction and the law of intention: we don't usually expect that there is good and bad associated with all the things we desire in life. For instance: money has both good and bad properties, so when exercising the law of attraction with regards to money we should plan on the problems to come along with the benefits of money. I imagine most people only think of wanting the good benefits. They don't understand the trials that are preparing them for what they want. They feel their intentions and thoughts are attracting bad things. They give up on their desire or think it doesn't work for them. Sometimes our desire requires some payment in advance. This is how I imagine the idea of selling your soul to gain some reward. To take another example: heaven. All the same apply to it as above. We just don't think of heaven as being a quick reward. It takes a life of dedication. If the same process was applied to all our desires, that it takes more than a few moments of dedication, and that it is something we truly, truly want, it would make the process more bearable.
I was thinking this morning of what I read in War and Peace last night. One of the main characters, Natasha, has given up society to live for her family. She used to be so involved in high society, invited to parties, the beauty of any dance, etc. And then she got married. The people of society despised her change (not that she got married, but how it changed her). They thought a married woman should still live for the pleasure in life, continue to be coquettish. Natasha changed and made family the goal of her life instead of pleasure.
It made me think. What are my goals in life? Is my goal to be happy or is my goal to live? By giving up trying to be happy, happiness comes more easily. I'm not chasing after it. It's there and all around.
"... these trials were not intended to rob us of our JOY. They were intended to humble us and remind us that JOY is all around us."
ReplyDeleteI have been reminded of this a lot lately! More specifically to look more inward than outward for joy in my life. By inward I mean myself, my husband and children. My inner circle is where I will find the most joy.
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