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How to love life by albertrebla

"Follow your heart."

How I did it: The heart always knows the right direction to move in. It is like an internal compass guiding you. I went for a long walk one day. Stayed in my heart / and gut.


 I had been trying to make a decision for a few months prior to that, but had found it difficult to follow my heart / trust my gut, and love my life (do what I really wanted and knew what was right for me) 

So on my walk, which lasted a few hours, I vowed to continually ask my heart / and gut, "Does this feel right in my gut to make the decision I wanted to make." 

Whatever  fears or worries came up, I had promised to stay with the 'yes feeling' in my gut that kept coming up. Fears and worries would arise in my mind, then I would redirect my attention by simply asking, "does it feel right in my gut to make the decision I want to make?" 

The answer was always, "Yes"

And many fears arose in my mind in response to this "Yes"

After about an hour or two of continually facing all the fears that my mind tired to scare me with, and redirecting my attention to simply the feeling of rightness in my gut about what I wanted to do, something amazing happened. 

My worries and fears went quiet. They finally realized that I wasn't going to give up. I wasn't going to give in like I had many times before. Give in to the doubts and worries and all the stories I had learned to put in the way of what i wanted.

So what happened when the worries and fears went quiet? My brain joined my heart. My ever so imaginative brain, that had been trying to scare me into not doing what I really wanted to finally joined me.

My brain began to work together with my heart and gut to help make it a lot easier and a lot more enjoyable to have and get what I really wanted.

We started imagining ways around perceived problems, and did it in away that made if feel totally comfortable and natural to move forward with what my heart and gut really wanted.

Phew .... what a process. I highly recommend allowing your heart and gut to lead the way, and let your brain know that the most useful thing it can do is to join the team in making easier and ore enjoyable for you to ...

Be more of how you want to be ... feel more of how you want to feel ... and do more of what you genuinely want to do in your life ....

Lessons & tips: Put your hand on your heart.

Take three deep slow breaths in.

Relax as you breath out.

Keeping your hand on your heart, become aware of the beating of your heart.

Think of something / someone that you love or makes you smile.

Allow the good feelings to spread throughout your body.

Then keeping your hand on your heart, ask your heart:

How would I love to be/feel right now?
What would I love to do right now?
What would I love to do with my life?
Who would I love to share my time with?

(or any version of your own positive question you want to ask.

Then just wait.

No need to consciously have an answer right away. Your heart will process and deliver an answer in its own perfect time.

If you get an immediate answer, that's fine ...

... and if you can just allow yourself to be open to answers that arise as they arise ...

... as to how you can more easily ... and more enjoyably .... be how you want to be, and do what you want to do ... then that's fine too ...

Resources: www.geniuscatalyst.com/


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