A Gift
Published: Thu, 02/11/16
the gift of health.
Or riches.
Or even the gift of great relationships.
Well I take that back. Those are all
great gifts equal in value to the one
I'm about to share…
The gift of contrast.
We tend to move towards things that
feel good, and even more so, away
from things that feel bad.
And in doing so we often lose the
lessons those bad feeling things teach us.
If you look around, most people you see
are living a fairly mundane, mediocre existence.
They're not in tremendous pain, but they're not
particularly excited about the life they live either.
And the ones who are excited about their existence
always come back from something really crappy.
No exceptions.
Contrast. It's our gift.
It's not just knowing what you don't want.
It's having a vision of what you're capable of,
what your life is capable of, then finding the
discrepancy between it and what you permitted.
I've done it. I lived a very flatlined existence,
for years. No one's fault. It's all on me.
Along the way I figured out who I am,
what I was worth.
And I found contrast. Between it and the way
I carry myself.
When I permitted from others.
My body my finances my relationships…
the whole kit and caboodle.
Go back to what I said about the people
around you living a mundane existence.
If I asked that question about you to the
people you know, what would they say?
Would they see your existence as mediocre
and lifeless?
Well, would they? Is it?
Answer quietly. No one's watching. Not even me.
Find your contrast. Break the pattern of masking
the pain.
Don't dull your senses with web surfing.
Or Facebook.
Or food. Or alcohol.
Or anything else you do to run away from the truth.
Stare the contrast in the face. And bless it.
And if it's not "contrast" yet...if you don't value
yourself enough to expect more from your life,
then this is the time.
This is your invitation to begin the journey toward
seeing yourself as someone good, and full, and
deserving of better.
That's when the fun starts.
Of course it doesn't look like fun in the beginning.
It feels like you're waist deep in shit.
But you have a shovel.
You don't have to slay the whole dragon at once.
Start where you are. Let the sum total of all your
efforts multiply until you hit a critical mass.
Things start to get a little better.
Confidence builds. The needle moves.
And then you look around you and you say...
"Holy crap! I have arrived!"
Yes, I have a method to help you get to that place.
Some of you reading this have used it.
And you've healed relationships.
Or found the strength to detach from relationships
that don't serve your highest good.
Or formed a partnership with your body that
has resulted in weight loss, or more energy.
Or rippling muscles.
And of course some of you have used it to build
home businesses. Or great careers.
Or even obtain money from unexpected places.
There's really no limit to what you can do.
But you have to embrace the contrast first.
No more running away.
No More Holding Back!
Let go of the façade.
Make room for miracles.
Your Friend,
Larry
P.S.: If you respond to this note in
an email with your thoughts, I am
going to send you another gift.
Not saying what it is. But it's a real
one. And you're gonna like it. :)