Mar 7, 2010
Just for today

Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.


Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."


Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes.


Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.


Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to do¡ªjust for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.


Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.


Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.


Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.


Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.


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Mar 5, 2010
6 Keys to Becoming a Person of Action

1. Overcoming Your Fears
Fear debilitates action. Where has fear hindered your progress? Has fear kept you from pursuing a job promotion, diving into a new career, going after a big account, innovating, or reinventing your business? Fear of failure, humiliation or making mistakes hinders our creative impulses and our ability to create extraordinary changes in the world. Step 1: Identify your fear. Step 2: Take action.

2. Being Prepared to Make Quick Decisions
Calvin Coolidge stated, "We can't do everything at once, but, by God, we can do something at once!" Changing the world begins with a single act. Sometimes the single act requires a quick reaction. One way to be a person of action is to think through some situations and decide beforehand how you will react when the time comes.

So are you ready for your moment? Have you decided what you will do when your moment arrives? We've heard over and over again that success happens when preparation meets opportunity.

3. Having a Life Plan
Having a life plan is important in being a person of action. If you know where you want to go, making decisions will be easier. There are many ways to consider your life's plan or what things you want to accomplish before you die. One way is to think about your eulogy. Write a glowing, incredible eulogy you would like to have read aloud at your funeral. Ask three important people in your life for their feedback and suggestions on what needs to happen for you to become the person in the eulogy.

4. Embracing the Power of Action
Take a look at your life plan and recognize the person you need to become in order to realize your ultimate vision. Identify the steps to take today, tomorrow, and in the weeks, months and years to come to help move you toward that self-actualized person. Then capture ten things you can do in the next twenty-four hours to move you in that direction. A simple action like picking up the phone and reconnecting with an old friend can help you build tremendous momentum toward your desired destination.

5. Becoming an Early Riser
Thomas Jefferson woke up early every day. He said, "Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun." There was a fifty-year period in Jefferson's life during which the sun never caught him in bed. Jefferson had an appetite for action. He said, "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act. Action will delineate and define you." He also said, "Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." Another one of Jefferson's great quotes: "I'm a great believer in luck; and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
Try getting up extra early for the next thirty days. When you wake up come up with several new ideas that inspire and motivate you. Jot down the first twenty ideas that come to mind. Circle the idea that is most important to you. To set that idea in motion, quickly brainstorm five specific actions you can take within twenty four hours and do them.

6. Capitalizing on Your Strengths
Everyone excels in certain areas. Some people are fast runners. Some people are sharp thinkers. Others might be better at managing finances. The trick is to not only identify areas you need to improve, but to capitalize on your God-given strengths! If you capitalize on your current strengths, you can create momentum and take on the challenges that await you.


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Mar 4, 2010
So You Want to Be a ¡­?

After graduating from medical school at London's Imperial College in 2008, Asanka Samaranayake should have breathed a huge sigh of relief. Instead, as he started his job at Charing Cross Hospital -- working toward a specialization in neurology -- he felt a nagging doubt that he was in the wrong profession.
 
'There was no passion within me,' Mr. Samaranayake says now. 'I did the job like a robot.'

His disillusionment began in school. 'Most of the time I was doing paperwork, not saving lives,' says the 25-year-old Sri Lankan, who grew up in Hong Kong.

Then one night in 2006 -- during his fourth year in medical school -- a friend introduced him to online foreign-exchange trading. He was hooked. Over the next two years, he traded currency online and made an average of US$500 a day. 'It was effortless,' he says.

In autumn 2008, after a few months at Charing Cross, Mr. Samaranayake walked away from a $63,000-a-year contract and went home to Hong Kong to earn a masters degree in business.

'In five years, I would love to be running my own hedge fund,' he says.

Mr. Samaranayake is one of a growing number of people rethinking their careers and wondering if now is a good time to make a move. But what to do and how to do it pose big question marks.

Job dissatisfaction is high: The Conference Board, a U.S. research group, reported last month that only 45% of Americans are happy with their jobs -- the lowest level in its 22 years of studying the subject.
   
In Asia, the financial downturn has 'forced a lot of people to re-evaluate what they are doing,' says Dan Chavasse, managing director for China and Southeast Asia at headhunter Michael Page International.

These days, Mr. Samaranayake is living at home with his parents while he finishes his M.B.A. degree. 'There is a part of me that feels I am letting [my parents] down, but I know they want me to be happy,' he says.

In this special report on second careers, Weekend Journal investigated 10 career paths -- from the learning curve (school) to the bottom line (salary). We also pinpoint key things to think about before you take the plunge and talk with people who made the switch to find out how they did it.

SENIOR PRO-TOUR GOLFER
 
Learning curve: 10,000 holes, plus training. Some of the best go to the Titleist Performance Institute in California, for fitness training and a golf-swing 'biomechanics' assessment ($5,000 and up).

Foot in the door: Hit holes, holes and more holes.

When you're the boss: It's a long, hard road. Age is only part of it: For the PGA Champions Tour, you must be at least 50; for the senior pro-am tour (the Southern Senior Golf Tour), at least 47. Qualifying is the bigger issue: Some say only the pros should consider becoming senior pros.
   
Worst thing about the job: You'll probably fail.

Best thing about the job: You tried.

The bottom line: The top two Champions money-makers earned nearly $2 million in 2009. (The bottom 84 earned less than $25,000.) The top Southern Senior golfer last year won $10,825.

COMEDIAN

Learning curve: Forget about formal training. Get up on stage and learn from your failures.
 
John Lavin

Foot in the door: Call a venue-the Comedy Club in Singapore or Punchline in Hong Kong, for instance-and ask to do a five-minute 'open spot' between acts.

When you're the boss: Five years. 'It's the minimum time to accumulate enough material and be able to handle an audience,' says John Moorhead, managing director of the Punchline Comedy Club Asia, which puts on shows across Asia.

Worst thing about the job: The learning curve

Best thing about the job: The learning curve

The bottom line: Popular U.K. clubs such as the Comedy Store in London pay $400 a night- some comedians fit in four shows a night and even more over a weekend. Most of the comics at Punchline Comedy Club Asia earn $835 or more for a 30-minute show at a corporate event.

SOMMELIER

Learning curve: Official training isn't required, but does help. Local schools offer classes: Check out the Academy of Wine Singapore (aow.pasr.net); the Hong Kong Sommeliers Association (www.hksa.org) and the Vocational Training Council (www.peak.vtc.edu.hk). But the best-known schools-which offer courses in cities world-wide-are the Court of Master Sommeliers, which awards a Master Sommelier (MS) certificate, and the Institute of Masters of Wine, which grants the Masters of Wine credential. Both offer peerless distinction in the oenology world, assuming you pass the exam-the MS exam is by invitation only. Just 168 people in the world hold MS titles; there are 279 Masters of Wine.
 
John Lavin

Foot in the door: Work at a wine retailer, become a waiter in a restaurant with an expansive wine cellar, move to Napa or Barossa Valley and get a job pouring at a winery's tasting room.

When you're the boss: Six years to make senior sommelier at a top hotel or restaurant.

A Masters of Wine takes two years of study, two exams and a dissertation (www. mastersofwine.org; US$9,600 tuition). Class study for the MS takes a total of seven days, with years in between to gain experience (www.masterssommeliers.org; about $2,500).

Worst thing about the job: Can't drink everything you pour.

Best thing about the job: Tasting the world's finest vintages.

The bottom line: A qualified sommelier in Australia earns US$56,000 to $93,000 a year. In North America, tasting-room managers at midsize wineries make $51,000. In Hong Kong, a sommelier earns US$20,500 to $48,000 a year; a chief sommelier at a large hotel, $54,000.

SPORTS AGENT

Learning curve: Get a degree in sports administration or management; a law, accounting or marketing degree helps, too. Hong Kong University offers a 16-month, part-time masters in sports administration (www. hkuspace.hku.hk; US$14,000).
 
John Lavin

Foot in the door: Get involved in organized sports. Volunteer at the local running club, do some junior-league coaching, or organize a local university sports program. 'It makes a big difference to a CV to see organizational experience at a local club,' says Julian Jackson, an executive with Total Sports Asia, a sports-marketing agency. And start making friends in the business-networking is vital.

When you're the boss: Five-plus years.

Worst thing about the job: Everyone is fitter than you.

Best thing about the job: Elite athletes on speed dial.

The bottom line: Annual salaries in the U.S. start at $28,000 and reach $100,000 to $150,000 after 10 or 15 years. Bigwig agents make more than $1 million a year.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Learning curve: In Hong Kong, a masters degree plus two years with a landscape-architecture firm is required to sit for the exams to be recognized by the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects. Hong Kong University offers a two-year masters program in landscape architecture (www.fac.arch.hku.hk, US$23,000).
 
John Lavin

When you're the boss: Six years.

Foot in the door: Volunteer in green groups, get involved in environmental issues, study others' landscape designs.

Worst thing about the job: A farmer's tan

Best thing about the job: No suits, no heels required

The bottom line: In Hong Kong, annual salaries start at $30,000; someone with 20 years of experience can earn up to $225,000 a year. In Australia, a landscape designer with two years experience can expect US$42,000; someone with 15 years-plus experience can earn upward of $138,000.

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

Learning curve: Intern with an established filmmaker and take film courses on the side. Melbourne University runs a two-week filmmaking summer course (www.summerfilmschool.com; US$1,639).
 
John Lavin

Foot in the door: Buy a prosumer camcorder and start shooting. Offer to run errands and log tapes in exchange for the opportunity to watch, listen and learn at a local film-production company.

When you're the boss: 'At least 10 years,' says Craig Leeson, CEO of Ocean Vista Films.

Worst thing about the job: You may never own a yacht, a house in Cannes or a Ferrari.

Best thing about the job: The stories you'll tell.

The bottom line: Most documentaries make only modest returns; many documentary producers have a second source of income producing television or commercial videos.

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

Learning curve: The most prestigious schools are Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, which runs a three-year, orchestral-and- choral-conducting course (www.siba.fi; free if you can pass the rigorous selection process), and the Royal Academy of Music in London, which has a three-year postgraduate program (www. ram.ac.uk; about $30,000 a year).
 
John Lavin

Foot in the door: Become an assistant conductor of an orchestra. 'The role is nebulous,' and includes understudying for the conductor, says Perry So, assistant conductor with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Winning a competition also helps.

When you're the boss: Five to 10 years, depending on your experience and your repertoire. Each piece of music takes months to learn. A good senior conductor knows 250 pieces or more. 'I recently met a conductor who had 700 symphonies in his head,' says Mr. So.

Worst thing about the job: Getting more than 80 musicians to perform in time.

Best thing about the job: The result when they do.

The bottom line: Assistant- conductor salaries start at $1,000 a week. A top senior conductor can make $50,000 a week.

MICHELIN GUIDE FOOD CRITIC

Learning curve: A degree from a hotel-school program followed by five to 10 years of experience in the food-and-beverage industry is required. Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management offers several courses (hotelschool.shtm.polyu.edu.hk). New inspectors train for six months with a senior Michelin inspector before going it alone.

Foot in the door: Send a resume to the guide (www.michelinguide.com). Food critics need not apply; Michelin won't hire anyone who can be recognized by chefs as a critic.

Worst thing about the job: The calories and kilos

Best thing about the job: Travel and 240 great meals a year

The bottom line: Michelin is mum about its pay scales, but one disaffected inspector claims it is around $32,800 a year.

CSI DETECTIVE


Learning curve: In Hong Kong, the job of crime-scene investigator is carried out by detectives. Join the force as a probationary inspector (a college education and Chinese-language skills are required). After basic training, attend a Standard Criminal Investigation Course (SCIC). In the U.S., several courses online offer degrees in criminal investigation; some prerequisites (such as science courses) may be required.
 
Foot in door: Join the Hong Kong police as an inspector and opt for a career path as detective.

When you're the boss: It takes at least three to four years for a Hong Kong inspector to earn his stripes as a detective.

Worst thing about the job: It's not like the TV show.

Best thing about the job: Triumph of good over evil

The bottom line: In Australia, detectives earn US$40,000 to $74,000 a year. In Hong Kong, salaries for inspectors start at US$45,500 and rise to $98,000.

HARLEQUIN ROMANCE NOVELIST

Harlequin

Learning curve: Read the pulp-fiction books churned out by Harlequin Enterprises. Join workshops and conferences held by romance-writer associations such as the Romance Writers Association-America and Australia both have one. Study the writer's guidelines at www.eHarlequin.com.

Foot in the door: The writers organizations often offer writing competitions and pitch sessions at conferences where authors can try to sell ideas to Harlequin editors and agents.

When you're the boss: Harlequin authors take between one to 11 years to get published.

Worst thing about the job: Working at home.

Best thing about the job: Working at home.

The bottom line: Harlequin won't talk numbers, but says only established authors live comfortably from their book earnings.


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Mar 3, 2010
SIX WAYS TO BE A GREAT LEADER

Visionary. This style is most appropriate when an organization needs a new direction. Its goal is to move people towards a new set of shared dreams. ¡°Visionary leaders articulate where a group is going, but not how it will get there - setting people free to innovate, experiment, take calculated risks,¡± writes Goleman.

Coaching. This one-on-one style focuses on developing individuals, showing them how to improve their performance, and helping to connect their goals to the goals of the organization. Coaching works best with employees who show initiative and want more professional development. But it can backfire if it's perceived as ¡°micromanaging¡± an employee, and undermines his or her self-confidence.

Affiliative. This style emphasizes the importance of team work, and creates harmony in a group by connecting people to each other. It's particular valuable when you need to improve team harmony, increase morale, and repair communication or repair broken trust in an organization. But it has its drawbacks. An excessive emphasis on group praise can allow poor performance to go uncorrected, and lead employees to believe that mediocrity will be tolerated.

Democratic. This style draws on people's knowledge and skills, and creates a group commitment to the resulting goals. It works best when the direction the organization should take is unclear, and the leader needs to tap the collective wisdom of the group. The consensus building approach can be disastrous in times of crisis, however, when urgent events demand quick decisions.

Pacesetting. In this style, the leader sets high standards for performance. He or she is obsessive about doing things better and faster, and asks the same of everyone. But Goleman warns this style should be used sparingly, because it can undercut morale and make people feel as if they are failing. 'Our data shows that, more often than not, pacesetting poisons the climate,' he writes.

Commanding. This is the classic model of ¡°military¡± style leadership - probably the most often used, but the least often effective. Because it rarely involves praise and frequently employs criticism, it can undercut morale and job satisfaction. Still, in crisis situations, when an urgent turnaround is needed, it can be an effective approach.


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Feb 25, 2010
4 Life Lessons You Can Learn From the Olympics

1) Ceremony.  The Opening Ceremonies in Vancouver were breathtaking and spectacular (as was also true with the Summer Olympics in China in 2008 and with most of the Olympic opening ceremonies of the past few decades).  Beyond the amazing technology, creativity, and spectacle of these ceremonies, there is a deeper commitment to beauty, ritual, and reverence.  The Olympics are also filled with ceremonies throughout medal ceremonies, the Closing Ceremonies, and more.  For us to live lives of meaning, purpose, and spirit it s essential that we honor ourselves, others, and life in a ceremonious way.

2) Excellence.  The Olympics, as much as any other sporting event, are all about excellence.  The intense training, incredible competition, and extraordinary pressure of having to focus a lifetime s worth of experience into one single performance, create an authentic sense of drama that is unique and exciting, albeit nerve-wracking.  However, when we think of excellence in regards to the Olympics or other things in life, we often think about winning.   While there s nothing wrong with winning and our culture puts a high value on it (just look at the attention and adulation given to the gold medal winners in Vancouver), there is much more to real excellence than simply winning.  Every athlete in Vancouver has made a commitment to excellence even though the vast majority of them will not win medals and we ll never even know their names.  On our own path, it s important for us to make a commitment to excellence to go for it, dig down deep, and give it our best shot whether or not we end up winning.

3)  Passion.  The Olympics are filled with passion from the athletes, the host city, and the fans in person and around the world.  The emotions experienced and expressed during the Olympics, as we ve seen these past two weeks, are intense and passionate.  We ve seen the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat on display each and every day.  It s this passion that makes the Olympics so intriguing, exciting, and fun to experience.  In our own lives and on our own journeys, passion is a key component to growth, success, and fulfillment.  So often we hold back our passion waiting to see how things will turn out.  However, to live life with depth, purpose, and aliveness, we have to tap into our passion in an authentic way and use it as inspiration, regardless of the outcome.

4)  Play.  One of the greatest things about the Olympics is that they are called games.   This is a wonderful metaphor which reminds us that while sports (and life) can be intense and pressure-filled, they are really just games we are playing.  The games played at the Olympics, not un-like in many aspects of our own lives, are played at a pretty high level and are done so with fairly high stakes.  But, at the end of the day, they are all just games.  Each athlete in Vancouver started in their sport as a child because it was fun, not because they wanted to win a gold medal, be on TV, or get big endorsement deals. This is a great reminder for all of us. We often get so serious and caught up in results, we forget to play. Play is essential.  Scientific studies have shown that the same brain waves are generated in a high state of play as in a high state of meditation.


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Feb 24, 2010
Take a Loving Look

Take a Loving Look
 
How we see our partners often depends more on how we are than how they are.Husbands and wives are not audience, but participant observers in each other's lives.
 
"Before we were married, my husband was a caring, energetic man," a wife once told me. "He couldn't seem to keep his hands off me. Since we've been married, he's become a couch potato and watches ball games more than he watches me. He's gone from stud to spud."
 
"Very funny," answered the husband. "But have you looked at yourself lately? When we got married, you were beautiful. Now you wear that old robe. If I've gone from stud to spud, then you've gone from doll to drudge."
 
This hurtful, infantile argument illustrates how spouses, instead of looking for love, may look for flaws. It is a way of seeing.
 
Author Judith Viorst once wrote,"Infatuation is when you think he's as gorgeous as Robert Redford, as pure as Solzhenitsyn, as funny as Woody Allen, as athletic as Jimmy Connors, and as smart as Albert Einstein. Love is when you realize he's as gorgeous as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Solzhenitsyn, as athletic as Albert Einstenin, and nothing like Robert Redford in any category--but you'll take him anyway."
 
This law of lasting love instructs us to look with instead of for love.


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Tips about choosing presents

When you want to show your love, thanks, admiration or other emotion, what will you do? Actually, gift will be the best thing for you at that very moment. Everyone is glad to receive a gift. Not because they just want the present, but appreciate an expression of your good will. That is the most important.

Often, choosing a nice and suitable gift is much more difficult than finishing 100 math problems. Because you earnestly wish the receiver will like the gift while you don't know what she or he really prefers.

As we known, not only ladies want to be more beautiful but also men care about their appearances. So if you sent them a present which can make them look more pretty and fashionable, they are certain to like it. What about jewellery? Choose accessories bracelets chains charms earrings necklaces rings for the lady and send a cool watch for the gentleman.  What a perfect match! I am sure that is the best present.

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Feb 3, 2010
Beauty

There were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that have nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart£®    It is said that the true nature of being is veiled. The labor of words, the expression of art, the seemingly ceaseless buzz that is human thought all have in common the need to get at what really is so. The hope to draw close to and possess the truth of being can be a feverish one. In some cases it can even be fatal, if pleasure is one¡¯s truth and its attainment more important than life itself. In other lives, though, the search for what is truthful gives life.    I used to find notes left in the collection basket, beautiful notes about my homilies and about the writer¡¯s thoughts on the daily scriptural readings. The person who penned the notes would add reflections to my thoughts and would always include some quotes from poets and mystics he or she had read and remembered and loved. The notes fascinated me. Here was someone immersed in a search for truth and beauty. Words had been treasured, words that were beautiful. And I felt as if the words somehow delighted in being discovered, for they were obviously very generous to the as yet anonymous writer of the notes. And now this person was in turn learning the secret of sharing them. Beauty so shines when given away. The only truth that exists is, in that sense, free.    It was a long time before I met the author of the notes.    One Sunday morning, I was told that someone was waiting for me in the office. The young person who answered the rectory door said that it was "the woman who said she left all the notes." When I saw her I was shocked, since I immediately recognized her from church but had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office with her hands folded in her lap. Her head was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely smile without pain. Her face was disfigured, and the skin so tight from surgical procedures that smiling or laughing was very difficult for her. She had suffered terribly from treatment to remove the growths that had so marred her face.    We chatted for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.    As it turned out we went to lunch several times, and she always wore a hat during the meal. I think that treatments of some sort had caused a lot of her hair to fall out. We shared things about our lives. I told her about my schooling and growing up. She told me that she had worked for years for an insurance company. She never mentioned family, and I did not ask.    We spoke of authors we both had read, and it was easy to tell that books are a great love of hers.    I have thought about her often over the years and how she struggled in a society that places an incredible premium on looks, class, wealth and all the other fineries of life. She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look attractive. I know that her condition hurt her deeply.    Would her life have been different had she been pretty? Chances are it would have. And yet there were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that had nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart. Her words came from a wounded but loving heart, very much like all hearts, but she had more of a need to be aware of it, to live with it and learn from it. She possessed a fine-tuned sense of beauty. Her only fear in life was the loss of a friend.    How long does it take most of us to reach that level of human growth, if we ever get there? We get so consumed and diminished, worrying about all the things that need improving, we can easily forget to cherish those things that last. Friendship, so rare and so good, just needs our care £­ maybe even the simple gesture of writing a little note now and then, or the dropping of some beautiful words in a basket, in the hope that such beauty will be shared and taken to heart.    The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the surface for a glimpse of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace and they befriended her, and showed her what is real.

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Jan 31, 2010
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Jan 21, 2010
Learn to grow with dissatisfied

¡¡¡¡That strange, gut-wrenching feeling you have is not the sushi you had for lunch. It's your soul trying to give you a nudge to do something. A word for that feeling is "discontent." Discontent is a state of not being satisfied or fulfilled in your current situation.
¡¡¡¡Of course, this same feeling can apply to a hundred different situations, from a work-related issue to a personal issue at home. But, the resulting meaning is still the same: "make a change." Some people listen to that feeling and change their life in such a way as to eliminate that feeling. However, some people that fall into discontent, but tend to remain in that situation as they find it a place of "same-ness" and "safety."
¡¡¡¡--- Soul Greenhouse ---
¡¡¡¡Discontent is actually a "soul greenhouse" of change. It is the first warnings you receive that things are not what they should be and that a change is required to correct the situation. Discontent comes when there is juxtaposition between needs and desires. Usually, you're pursuing a need, achieve it, and then continue to pursue the ideals of the same need. This occurs because you don't know what to do once you reach the objective. However, once you achieve a need, you need to move on to the next pursuit.
¡¡¡¡Many people find that discontent for a given situation is acceptable. For instance, discontent with your work might feel acceptable because you have to make money and care for your family. In this way, you learn to overcome the discontent by accepting the obligations. However, while this may work, it is not necessarily the route to take. Indeed, you might need the job, but this feeling is calling for an evaluation as some aspect of the situation needs attention.
¡¡¡¡Discontent can provide you with either a reason to stay right where you are or a fertile environment from which to move forward. While it does provide a way for the Universe to bring attention to a situation, we sometimes become so accustomed to the feeling that it becomes part of our life. In such a case, if we adapt and the discontented feeling is resolved, we will miss it.
¡¡¡¡--- Growth ---
¡¡¡¡Growth from discontent is an amazing change. Again, comparing to the greenhouse, it can either smother you, or help you grow. However, change from discontent is something that you have to execute consciously, because discontent can also provide you with a safety zone. By accepting discontent in one part of your life, it can spread into other areas of your life. You can become satisfied with the feeling because it becomes familiar. However, you end up working on parts of your life in hopes of resolving the feeling when you find that, once that part of your life has changed, you still feel the same.
¡¡¡¡Growth occurs because you feel a push, or pull, to move in a direction. The objective is to obtain a balance such that the discontent disappears. Once you achieve the necessary change, you will be able to leave the discontented feelings behind you. Focus on the situation that makes you feel the discontent, not on other issues that may, or may not, make you feel better. The contented feeling from "doing busy work" or fixing something that isn't broken is fleeting, unless you tackle the core issue.
¡¡¡¡The growth comes in once you embrace the change. When you move from an area of the familiar, you must learn something new or different to adapt to the unfamiliar. However, in this transition, you are putting your life back in balance and moving forward, which eliminates those feelings of discontent.
¡¡¡¡--- What's next?
¡¡¡¡Don't let discontent drag you down! Listen to your gut! It will always tell you when change is necessary. It might be a simple gnawing feeling or a twisted knot. In either case, be honest with yourself and trust that feeling. Discontent is the universe's way of telling you that a change is necessary within yourself to resolve the situation. It is there to warn you of situations and guide you when things need to change.
¡¡¡¡To make the change, you have to know where you are and where you want to be in the near future. However, the one thing to keep in mind is that you want to achieve some type of balance to counter the discontent. Remember that discontent is caused from an imbalance in one or more parts of your life. Ask yourself, and focus on, what it is that is causing you the most concern. Once you are able to determine the issue, only then can you set out on a goal that satisfies the feeling. Such an approach will not only restore balance, but it will also allow you to move forward to a more fulfilling life.

Posted at 11:25 pm by lovedragon
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