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One of the most subtle ways that we get in the way of ourselves is to resist the change that we want to see. \u00a0 $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to recall Ernest Holmes\u2019 mantra \u201cchange your thinking, change your life\u201d when we\u2019re in the midst of moving ourselves forward into a new level of consciousness, but the mind is a tricky thing and we can quickly sabotage our own efforts by taking that path of least resistance.<\/p>\n

Of course it never really feels that way. We\u2019re often confident that we\u2019ve done everything we can do to get our desired result, but when we examine what has out pictured, the image inside the frame isn\u2019t much different. We moved the pieces around the board perhaps, but we neglected to change the game.<\/p>\n

Neale Donald Walsch wrote that \u201clife begins at the end of your comfort zone\u201d and that is perhaps the biggest clue we have as to how close we truly are to creating the change \u00a0we want to see.<\/p>\n

Take a look at some of your patterns. I know people who routinely get some kind of physical complaint when they\u2019re close to actually doing what they say they want to do.
\nOthers seem to have an uncanny ability to create some form of drama that takes them off course \u2013 maybe a computer dies, the car fails to work, or something else occurs that simply can\u2019t be put aside.<\/p>\n

When these things happen it\u2019s helpful to get curious.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself: what activity am I resisting? What would happen if I chose to do that first \u2013 before my energy flags, before money runs out. How would that feel?
\nIf your mind starts to come up with yet another reason to postpone, it\u2019s once again worth examining.<\/p>\n

The only way I\u2019ve eve been able to get from here to there is by building a new \u00a0consciousness. I need to remind myself about what it is I want, and no amount of positive thinking is going to get me there without the accompanying action. I need to be committed.<\/p>\n

Treatment sets the mind on fire \u2013 gives it direction and purpose. The rest will then follow as night follows day, but not until the treatment is truly done will the change occur.
\nSo ask yourself: what do you want? And then open yourself completely to that possibility. The universe can\u2019t help but say yes, once you say yes to it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"