Living a passionate life

     When you live a life of passion driven by love and the desire to help others you work harder then ever but rarely feel like its work. They say when you start doing the thing you love and are meant to do you never work another day!
   Now that is not true you just see it differently it doesn't feel like you working when you have fun and enjoy what you are doing. But in all actuality you are working harder then you ever have before because you want to. This doesn't mean your happy all the time and that everything comes easy, it simply means that as hurdles get in your way you don't look at them and turn around. You go full force and attempt to jump higher and higher to get past them. This also doesn't mean you clear them every time. Some times you crash down face first, sometimes you just barely miss it. , again you don't turn around and say I cant do it, you try again, and again, you try differently, you may walk around one and clear the next one. Why would you walk around one isn't that cheating? NO it means your OK with not being perfect and you are not letting anything stop you. if a hurdle is in your way jumping over it is NOT the only option. You can go around it, you can crawl under it, you can go around it the other way, You can pick it up and move it out of the way.
    One the things that often stops us from succeeding is our own fear of failure  successful people are not experts in success they are usually experts in failing; how to fail, how to embrace failure or fail forward. Failure does NOT need to be a road block it is a hurdle or a learning experience.
Another one of our biggest obstacles can be our own personal  negative self talk, or thoughts. This has been one of my biggest Hurdles. thoughts such as "I can not, I am not capable, I don't deserve it, Its not what so and so wants for me, along with every excuse in the book. I am not smart enough, there is not enough time, I can not afford it, I have to much on my plate, it will inconvenience someone else. The great news is these thoughts and word have a antidote. I CAN! I WILL! I AM WORTH IT, I DESERVE IT! ITS WHAT I WANT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY! I AM SMART ENOUGH! I CAN MAKE TIME FOR IT! IT IS A PRIORITY!
what if I cant do it? this can be replaced with WHAT IF I CAN DO IT! what if it turns out its not what I want? WHAT IF IT TURNS OUT ITS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED! what if I it doesn't make me happy? WHAT IF IT DOES!!!!
   So much of what we accomplish in life depends on our own personal thoughts and beliefs. Believe in your self! work hard! love what you do! and be smart about!
    Try to remember to enjoy what you have when you have it, you may not have it all but you probably have more then you need. "what you focus on expands" it becomes reality so chose wisely what you focus on, make it something positive and it will become a positive life.
   

Tomacina Hochgurtel
10/15/2014