{"id":31584,"date":"2011-04-20T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T20:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31584\/claim-life\/"},"modified":"2011-04-20T16:17:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T20:17:23","slug":"claim-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31584\/claim-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Claim Your Life<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nby Carrie Hart<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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Do not be desperate about your life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Frantically searching for the right thing to do<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

disturbs your inner peace and makes it difficult<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

for the new ideas to come to you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Spend time in a clearing in the forest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sit and close your eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go deep within and see and feel and know<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the deep pool of peace in your center,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and then let that energy emanate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

out, out and out, filling the clearing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and reaching out into the forest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then simply be. Be still. Be in peace.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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And after a time, with the turbulence<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in your mind quieted down,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

with the space around you open and inviting,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

life will have a chance to approach you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

New ideas, new people, new approaches,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

will come to you like little animals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in the forest. They are not on a timetable;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they come when it is very peaceful and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they feel safe. You may have to return<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to the clearing every day before<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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they feel safe enough to approach.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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And when they do, first, just feel their<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

presence, then open your eyes and look at<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

them in a very relaxed way,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

letting yourself connect.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, after you leave the clearing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and are again out in the world, follow through.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Fill yourself with courage and begin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to turn the ideas and new approaches<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

into physical reality in your life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do the research, follow the opportunities,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

make the phone calls,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

take the action that was hinted at<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in your quiet moments in the clearing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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And for everything that you do,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

every new contact you make,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

every idea or new approach that you<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

follow up on, you will learn something.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And the next day in the clearing,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

yet more ideas and approaches will come<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to you. Then take a deep breath of courage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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and follow through on these as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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And while you are out taking action,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a piece of information from one action<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

may marry up with a new contact<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you have made from one of your brave phone calls,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and yet a new action will present itself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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And thus are you led and guided.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And in your next quiet time in the clearing,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

even more ideas for action will present<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

themselves to you. And then, one day,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you will realize that you are surrounded<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

by interesting options; new ideas and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

new contacts feel very comfortable<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in your presence and are flowing toward you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And instead of asking desperately what you<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

should do, you simply look out at the crowded<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

clearing, pick the most promising possibility,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

take a deep breath of courage and then act.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Action is a wonderful antidote to fear.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do something you fear and your fear lessens.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do it again and again, and after a time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you may even enjoy it. And even if you never<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

reach that stage, you will at least be very<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

proud of having done the thing that kept<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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you locked in fear.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Stand up and speak, make that phone call,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

walk up to a stranger and talk,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

learn a challenging new skill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Every time you take action like this,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you not only reduce your fear for the future,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

but you begin a chain of new ideas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and opportunities that will present themselves to you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Each of these actions<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

is like a door opening to a hallway full of doors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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This is your life and it is full of wonder<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

rand opportunity. When you are feeling stuck,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

then consciously alternate these two states,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

between deep meditative silence in which you<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

quietly invite newness into your life,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and then brave action to follow up on<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

what came to you in the quiet clearing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Look fear in the eye and challenge him;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he will always back down.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is your life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Claim it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It belongs to you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Love & Light,<\/span>
\n\u2665Angel Love\u2665<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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