Live Serendipitously

Now that spring is here, I see many people struggling to get their weight down or under control . . . trying to eat better, exercise and be healthy.

This seems, for many, to be a perennial problem – one that they deal with year after year, so that it almost becomes a part of their identity and who they are.  It is what they come to expect each spring . . . and therefore, what happens.

But that is precisely the problem.  You see, we get what we expect . . . our experiences are often, self-fulfilling prophesies.

So the way to change the outcome is to change the expectation.  How do you change the expectation?  By making a decision.

A decision – by definition – means being determined.  It means making a declaration that is firm, unwavering, unconditional and categorical . . . a decision is decisive!

I know that sounds redundant – but because most people do not make decisions – it needs to be expressed redundantly to unequivocally convey to you the power of making a decision.

Making a decision means – not saying you want something . . . or wish for it to happen . . . or pray that it will happen, or hope, or even that you are going to work hard at it.  A decision means that you are going to do something – no “ifs”, “ands” or “buts” – you are going to make it happen!

And maybe that’s why so few people really make a decision – about almost everything in their lives.  Because making a decision carries with it a huge responsibility . . . it sets both us and the unseen forces in the universe in motion to give us what we’ve decided.

So there is no more falling back on excuses.  There are no longer any defense mechanisms . . . no more room for laziness or avoidance . . . nothing left for us but to do what we’ve decided . . . and that’s scary – making a declaration to do what we say we will – with no outs, no back doors, no “what ifs”, no “I’ll try’s” . . . just doing!

What are you wishing, hoping, and praying for?  What can you stop avoiding making a decision about right now?

Live Serendipitously . . . EnjOy . . . and Dare to Make a Decision!

Madeleine
“The Serendipity Lady”

Discover how you can make a decision NOW – and how to just do it . . . whatever it is!  Go to www.serendipitouslyrich.com.

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Now that you’ve made your resolutions for 2010, how can you make sure you keep them?   

What could possibly guarantee . . . that you will keep your New Year’s Resolutions?  

There is something . . . and it is so simple, you will be amazed you never thought of it before. 

Let’s backtrack a little first.  You and I really should have begun this conversation  before the new year . . . to make it a bit easier, more definitive and less complicated.  But, no problem . . . beginning now just adds one small step, that’s all. 

So, since you’ve already made your New Year’s Resolutions, let’s start there.  You’ve made your resolutions – maybe 2 or 3 . . . maybe 5 or 6 . . . or maybe, you made just one resolution, which makes what we are going to do to ensure that you keep it, that much easier. 

But it doesn’t matter how many you made.  You made them . . . and now you are probably beginning to wonder if you will keep them . . . if you can keep them.  Perhaps you are beginning to feel anxious as you think about how you will ever keep them . . . so you begin wishing, hoping, praying, and struggling with yourself over keeping those lofty resolutions you made, just a week ago, with such resolve. 

Or did you?   Did you make them with resolve?  Or did you make them the way we all do almost everything – casually, with the thought that I’ll try to keep them . . . or I hope I keep them . . . (or even) this year, I’m going to keep them (but deep down, there is still that tentativeness you feel)?     

So how can you get rid of that tentativeness?  How can you make sure you keep your resolutions?  It’s really quite simple actually.  Just decide to keep them.  Yes . . . just decide!  (This is a lot easier if you decide before you make your resolutions, so you make only that resolution (or resolutions) that you have categorically, unconditionally decided you will keep.  Or, if you’ve already made several resolutions, select and focus only on the one or those you decide to keep.)  Yes . . . just decide!  

Most people do everything but decide.  They pray, they wish, they hope, they plead, they try, they beg, they make all kinds of bargains with and promises to God if he/she will only bring them what they want . . . if he/she will only help them keep their New Year’s Resolutions. 

Most people avoid making a decision about almost everything in their lives    . . . and don’t even realize they are avoiding it . . . that they are being vague and non-committal.  So many of us are not used to being declarative and decisive.  

It sounds so easy — just decide.  But it isn’t.  simple, yes; but not easy because “simple” is rarely easy for people.  Our brains like to complicate things – and often we look for all kinds of convoluted answers and complex solutions to our prayers, questions and problems . . . and in so doing, we miss the very simple solution that is usually right there in front of us . . . Just Decide . . .    

Making a decision is very powerful.  When you make a decision, everything changes.  Making a decision takes you out of the realm of the hypothetical and plunks you into the realm of certainty.  Making a decision eliminates the if from the equation . . . and replaces it with when.  Making a decision obliterates the how, the details . . . and just catapults you toward the result you desire.  

Once you make up your mind and make a decision, you eliminate the extraneous and the hypothetical . . . so that the reality of what you desire becomes a fait accompli.  Then it is only a matter of time until the external reality you are experiencing will catch up with and mirror your inner reality. 

Few people realize the power of making a decision . . . and therefore, rarely make a firm, unwavering decision to do, be or have something.  If you will just decide . . . you will step into your power to do, be or have whatever you want . . . and you will keep your New Year’s Resolution(s) with effortless ease and unmitigated joy. 

Live Serendipitously . . . EnjOy . . . and Dare to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions! 

Serendipitously yours,

Madeleine Kay
“The Serendipity Lady”

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