Friday, March 9, 2012

Live...Like Someone Left The Gate Open

A friend of mine posted this photo on her fp page, and I was totally overcome. It made me laugh out loud, and I just stared at the picture of this dog, and the expression on his/her face. Just look at the eyes...the tongue hanging out of his/her mouth - and how at least 3 of its legs are off the ground! This dog has places to go, people to see, and adventures to be had! Look behind it. Nothing but open space. Just imagine this joyful little dog running around the area - TOP SPEED just looking for whats next! Not cowering, or walking cautiously round, worrying or even fearing what may be around the next corner, or over the next hill. Just as happy as you please, investigating, experiencing, smelling, tasting, looking around - just thrilled to be alive!
This little pooch isn't worried about how he/she looks, or if other dogs think he/she is 'good enough', or playing the right way. It is just happy to be alive - happy to be exploring the world!

What if, just for a moment...someone had left YOUR gate open? What would you be 'free' to do, explore or investigate? Whatever your 'gate' may be, that which you believe is holding you back or restricting you - what if that was left open, and you had, right in front of you, a whole wide open world to explore?

What would you do? What would you explore? Where would you go? How would you feel? What would you see?

Spend some time with that today. Dig into your heart, your mind, or wherever it is that you 'store' your wildest imagination - and play in THAT open space for a while. The more time you spend there, and the more positive emotion you experience in that space, the happier you will become - AND (bonus!) the closer you bring that experience into your life.

You see, your vibration/energy literally changes (you'll feel it in your own body, if you're willing to pay attention), when you think about living your life without restriction. You'll feel it in your energy level, your happiness, your mood, your attitude, and your idea of what is possible for yourself.

Want proof? Right now, think about something freeing. Something that you would do with your day, your time whatever, if you had NO limitations. Time and money are not an issue. Physical strength and outside expectation are of no concern.  What would you be doing right now?
Then stop...think about bills that are following you around. Or physical limitations, arguments with family or friends. Debt. Sickness.
Feel the difference in your body? THINKING good just feels better, right? Thinking good ideas, dreams, plans, situations, opportunities, occurrences - that just FEELS better! If you want to feel better, think about good stuff! That'll change your mood, change your day, and possibly change your life!

So you see, thinking about negative, burdensome or 'bad' things, is what creates the illusion of your gate being closed. Yes, bills have to be paid, obligations need to be met, etc...but that doesn't mean that you can't live your life in joy, freedom, gratitude, excitement and curiosity.

Live TODAY as though someone left YOUR gate open. If it feels good - do it again tomorrow. And again the next day, and the next and the next!

Have FUN with this idea - and please let me know what comes up for you!
Until next time,
Jill
www.parkerschiropractorcolorado.com/

Thursday, March 1, 2012

A Womans Got a Mind To Change

Okay, so first of all, I totally stole that line (the title of this post) from a Bacon Brothers song...thank you, Kevin...but it seemed to really fit the topic of today's blog, so I'm sure he won't mind....

We change our minds - quite regularly really, right? Go to a restaurant and have one menu item in mind, then for whatever reason, we decide to order something different. We get all dressed in the morning, and something just isn't 'right', so we change clothes. Hairstyles. Radio stations. TV shows. This flavor, no THAT flavor. How many times a day do we change our minds? I'm sure that there is a fantastic statistic on that somewhere (perhaps I'll look for it another time - or perhaps I won't! LOL), but we all know that we re-decide fairly often, yes? We have one idea, plan, intention, goal, 'favorite' thing - whatever...then at some point, we give ourselves permission to 'pick' something different, and it is absolutely okay...maybe even a great re-decision.

So, that being the case...why is it SO much more difficult to change our minds, when it comes to a thought pattern that doesn't work so well for us?? Lets say that way back, at some point, we decided that we were not _____ enough, or too ______. However, now, in our current enlightened state :-P we clearly see that we are most definitely _____ enough, or just the RIGHT amount of _______. Why is it so hard to change our minds, and really bask in that new understanding?

Lets take Sheila for example. She has spent YEARS telling herself that she's 'just not a morning person'. But now, she wants to start getting up early in the morning, so she can spend some quality meditation time...or time watching the morning news...or time watching the sun rise - whatever it is that she wants to do, needs to be done early in the morning. Why is the transition SO hard to wake up early? Isn't it just a matter of changing one's mind?

Dare I say YES! Yes it is simply a matter of changing your mind. Deciding differently or re-deciding. The mind is a most POWERFUL thing...but we so completely underestimate it! We can change EVERYTHING by simply changing our minds. We've all got examples in our own lives, where we had one idea, impression, opinion, interest, plan, intention, perspective, preference, (college major!), etc...and we changed our mind about it. We all have our own PROOF that you can change your direction, situation, circumstance, opinion, interest, plan, intention, perspecive, habit and on and on...just by changing the mind! Now...this may sound like an insurmountable task, changing your mind about something (or some things) - and I invite you to change your mind about THAT!

Lets play a game today...what are the 2 biggest challenges you face, right now in your life? Write down your 2 biggest (apparent) obstacles, and change your mind about them today. Change how you think of them, or change what they mean to you, or change the very foundation of those obstacles. Just change your thinking, and see how the 'challenges' themselves morph.

PLEASE take a moment and let me know what you're up to today, how you changed your mind, and how it worked for you. If you'd rather not post on this blog, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at Jill@PersonalSummitCoaching.com 

Have a spectacular day!
Until next time,
Jill