Practice make perfect

Have you ever heard the saying "Practice Makes Perfect?" In order to receive better grades students are urged to study more. In order to lose weight clients are urged to work out more and so forth. This concept is used in many facets of life but I think it is quite over looked in one very important area of life. Happiness.

Happiness is derived from a feeling that stems from within. To some people happiness includes feeling at peace, to some it lies in feeling secure, and for others it may be tapping into ones life's purpose. Each persons definition of happiness is unique. Therefore it is important to think about what happiness means to you.

So many people, including myself, struggle to hold on to that feeling for a significant amount of time. Some bad news arrives, events don't go according to plan, or some other life circumstance happens, and all of a sudden the feeling of happiness is gone and some other negative feeling takes over.

Practicing happiness is one way to be able to get the feeling back more quickly when life throws you curve balls. How do you practice happiness you may ask?

The first step is to define what your personal happiness feels like. By focusing on what thoughts and emotions you would like to attain such as gratitude, tolerance, confidence, spirituality etc and by letting go of specific projects events and outcomes you not only start to make deeper neural connections and imprints associated with that feeling in your brain but you also open up the door for the universe to bring about your desires. You become a part of the greater flow of the universe and life takes on a larger meaning.

Visualizing your happiness for 5 minutes a day can help shift your consciousness and energy levels enabling you to get in the right frame of mind to find solutions and tackle life.

Taking a few moments to close your eyes and feel peace, love, or what ever feeling it is your desiring opens up the channels of holographic thinking. Holographic thinking involves our ability to see multiple perspectives at once. We see the situation as a whole, taking in all dimensions. We incorporate our intuition, emotional awareness, experience, knowledge and logic. This thinking yields the greatest chance for success and happiness in life.

One of my favorite advocates of visualization is Mike Dooley. Check out his website at www.tut.com to learn more.

Now take a few minutes to feeeeeeeeel. It gets much easier the more you practice and it takes no more than 5 minutes a day. The benefits are so worth it!

There are 2 Forces That Create Your World Every Minute of Every Day

More than a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein addressed the scientific community, presenting the idea that everything we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell is not matter, but energy. 'Everything that "matters" is energy!' Resultantly, Quantum Physics has proven this concept to be true.

Our bodies, every cell, muscle, organ and bodily system is made of energy. There are two types of energy, that govern our mind, body, and spirit. These two forces are catabolic and anabolic energy. Catabolic energy is destructive in nature and effects us in negative ways. Anabolic energy in constructive, heals, and has positive effects.

Every thought, emotion and behavior we have emits an energetic frequency. Emotions like love or empathy are constructive and anabolic, while emotions like hate or guilt are destructive and catabolic. Thoughts like "I can do it" are anabolic, while thoughts like "I'm not good enough" are catabolic.

If a person experiences a lot of catabolic thoughts, emotions and behaviors, this energy will drag them down, interfere with their ability to take positive action, and may eventually manifest itself in disease. On the other hand, if a person experiences a lot of anabolic thoughts emotions and behaviors, this energy will have a healing effect and increase our ability to make effective life choices.

We can reduce catabolic energy and increase anabolic energy by building awareness of the different energy levels and eliminating energy blocks.

Take a moment to read the following words to yourself:

Gloom, hardship, despair, loss, sorrow, pain, tears, rejection, misery, depression, fear, dread

How do you feel? Notice the position of your body.

Now slowly read the next list:

Joy, Silly, Jolly, Cheerful, Laughter, Playful, Fun Exuberant, Giggles, Pleasure, Warmth, Amusement, Energized!

Now how do you feel?

I hope this illustrates to you that there is an energy to everything and that thoughts (and words) do transform our feelings and behaviors depending on what thoughts we choose to have. So next time a negative catabolic thought pops in your head, kick it to the curb and replace it with a more empowering thought. Your mind, body, and spirit will be glad you did!