TODAY'sQUOTES
"The thing always happens that you really believe in, and the belief in a thing makes it happen."
- Frank Lloyd Wright, was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works.
"Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take."
- Anthony Robbins, is a best-selling author and speaker.
"Be the kind of person you would like to be with. Some people come into our lives, make footprints on our hearts and we are never the same. People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges."
- Joseph F. Newton
"Successful relationships are built upon the foundation of bringing committed love to the table every day, communicating your feelings, receiving your partner's feelings and setting healthy boundaries to maintain a sense of independence within the relationship. This allows for love to be given and received, proper adjustments to be made if the line of communication gets fuzzy and still gives each of you the freedom to be yourself and bring forth your unique creative expression.
This combination will manifest the strongest and healthiest relationships in your life.
And remember, the purpose of relationships is to be happy, to learn and to CO-create a life together."
- Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath.
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Many people don't get what they want because they don't have the self-esteem to actually ask for it, and even if they do, they don't have a high enough standard to hold out for what they really and truly want. Many, many people have written in asking me why life isn't as awesome as it could be. I've found that a lot of folks just don't simply ask for what they REALLY want! It's crazy, but it's true. And what's even crazier is that it's almost a cliché at this point that if we ask, we shall receive. Every time.
Those words are not just hyperbole - they are literally true. The thing is, on The Path, what we ask for and what we really want are usually two different things. What does that mean, Mastin? I ask for what I want and I know I want it...
Well, I'll give you an example from my own life.
For a long time I wanted to be a big-wig in the music business. I got an awesome early start at a high profile management company at the age of 19. My dream job was to work for a specific imprint at a major record label, and by 22 I was "Sr. Vice President of A&R". Not bad for a 22 year old kid. All my dreams of significance were coming true. One problem - my drug use and alcohol consumption totally imploded my life and I got fired after about three months on the job. I was devastated. Everything I had worked 100-hour weeks for three years was destroyed. At the time, I blamed everyone but myself for the outcome. Now, I obviously know better and I've been clean for seven years now. But, at the time, what I thought I wanted was significance - why? Because I thought THEN - everyone would Love me. But what I was really asking for was just to be Loved. It wouldn't be until six years later that I understood, thanks to Tony Robbins, that we get significance FROM being Loving, instead of getting Love from being significant.
My pre-quarter-life-crash-and-burn was also the beginning of my spiritual path. The pain of losing that position, plus the desire to know why the heck it happened and how I could find happiness again, started my journey. It was a pivotal moment in my life, because I got the thing I thought I wanted, it was taken away, and then finally, now, I got the thing I actually wanted from my new path in life. This is a perfect example of getting what you "think" you want, only to see that it wasn't what you were really asking for. I wanted to get Love from significance; it was a long and painful road that taught me that we get significance from being Loving.
This is why, "Thy will, not my will, be done" is such a powerful and potentially scary prayer to say. We have to let go of the ideas of how we will get the things we think we really want. This is scary, but this is The Path. I'm still here and life is better than ever. The Daily Love is thriving! The mentoring practice is changing people's lives and helping them to not go down the dark path that I did. It's scary and unknown, but I am seeing more and more every day that we get what we give and we must give what we want to receive!
So my question for you is: what are you asking for on the surface for today? AND - what do you REALLY WANT? What feeling will this "thing" you want give you? Are you sure the thing you think you want is the best way to get the feeling or outcome that you want? Can you be open to other ways?
Hop on over to the BLOG and let's discuss! The BEST comments and discussion always happen on the blog. Join in the discussion!
Love,
Mastin # # #
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