A New Year is often a choice for a New Beginning

We, at any moment, can create change. Many choose to do so upon the turn of a new year. As the year rolls over to a fresh one, many reflect upon the past and decide to make changes like quitting smoking or going on a diet. Many quickly fail their resolutions and wait a full year to stake claim upon those same things again.

We must remember, it does not have to be the first of the year. You can start next week, on Monday, tomorrow, or this very moment. The change is not 'there' it is within your Spirit, and you will not, I repeat, you will NOT experience change unless you take the steps to initiate change.

Focus on your desired result and move forward. If you keep going in circles, then you need to spend some time to reflect why it is you keep coming back to your situation or habit that you want to change.

• Do you smoke? Are you creating a 'smoke screen' to hide behind?
• Financial difficulties? Do you feel you deserve wealth?
• Health problems? Do you feel unworthy of 'feeling good'?

The only time change does not happen, is when you do not allow it to happen....

The Universe Says "If you want to make a change in your life, you have to be ready to accept the blessings the change will bring. If you put up walls, the changes will not be able to bless you!"

Ask. Believe. Receive.

Ace
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Article: Gratitude, Appreciation, and Abundance

Article: Gratitude, Appreciation, and Abundance

I won't kid you. I won't tell you that practicing gratitude and appreciation in your life will turn on the floodgates of abundance. There are quite a few other factors at play... I will tell you however, that gratitude and appreciation is indeed ONE of those factors.

In fact...it's a BIG factor. We delve into this in Butterfly Experiment 2, live event. The intelligence, that is LIFE, is opened by the key of abundance, and it's foundation is gratitude. One piece of the pie when learning to live within the intelligence, and consciousness of the heart. Here is where you find true alignment.

Here in the US, this week is a time for thanks. It's a time when we look around, with heart, and consciously observe and stand in appreciation of the blessings and gifts that we have been offered in our lives.

This sometimes includes the hardships, believe it or not. Often times you can look within the heart of a hardship and find the strength to shift your experience....and through this, find peace.

This time of year, we are conscious of this...but I must ask, why not all of the time?

You are in control of your experience, you know. While you may not be in control of your mother, father, brother, sister, partner, children...you name it....one thing is for certain; you do have choice over your own experience.

You do. No matter what the hypnotic trance of society has locked you in, you have choice to step out of it, in this moment, and choose your experience. I agree, in the beginning, some have it easier than others...the ability to shift their perspective is easier, to release and let things go, to see the glass as half full vs. half empty.

Why is that? Well, it individual of course. But after coaching 100's of people over the years I can tell you that it's about belief systems, personal health, wellness, and balance...commitment - to self, and to learning and remembering all that you are.....and the ability to stay conscious.

That last one is a dozy- "the ability to stay conscious". It is only through this that we are able to choose to step outside of the collective beliefs of society, the collective vibrational state...and choose something different for ourselves.

It is only through this that you are even able to choose unity over separation. It's big stuff.

So, for today...make a choice. Make a choice, that no matter the condition of your health, the events around you, the attitudes of your family or the politicians you love to hate...make a choice to honor the vibration that is you.

What do I mean by this? Make a choice to appreciate, the vibration that is you...the LOVE that you are. To stand in awe...in total awe of you. See the beauty and perfection that you are. Appreciate your willingness to do things differently to step outside that trance. To stand in the present moment. To take care of yourself, both the spiritual and the structural/physical part of you.

I know...so many people are out there studying Laws of the Universe to they can attract abundance in life...but I would encourage you to study it to attract true abundance first.

And the ray of light here is, you don't have to attract it at all...it's already yours. It's within. Remember this. There is no separation between you, and the spiritual or material abundance that you seek, it's yours. Now, align with this truth.

If you are not quite "there" yet, no worries.

Stand in gratitude and appreciation for what is, for what is to come. Be joyful about the simple things. Can you come up with 100 simple things you are grateful for? Ok, 10? :)

In appreciation,
Evolve Life Coachinglori@lorihamann.com

About the Author:This article was written by spiritual life coach and Law of Attraction expert Lori Hamann, MSE. To transform your life and create more abundance check out www.lorihamann.com

Torn Two Directions - voice of reason or Ego interfering

Trying to make a decision and you are torn two different ways. Go forward, step backwards, go sideways or stop. One moment you are gung ho and moving forward, then a moment later you second guess yourself. You take a break and the next day you are gung ho again only to hear the voice in the back of your head start convincing you otherwise.

What do you follow? Your initial action, or do you listen to the voice of reason? Is it the real voice of reason or the Ego interfering? How do you KNOW what you are to do?

This is a very difficult struggle and when you are in the midst of an internal tug and pull it is best to set the project aside and ponder upon it a few days, weeks, or even longer. There should be no rush as a rushed decision often causes you strife in one way or another.

Slow down, take your time, and do what is best for you. You will 'know' when you open up and follow your inner guidance, not the voice that echos in your ear.

The Universe Says "when tugged in multiple directions, stop, drop and roll! Wait it out, the Universe works WITH you and FOR you, never AGAINST you. If you are having an internal battle there is a reason for this. You need to open up yourself and pay attention to why you are creating this inner turmoil. It is YOU creating it, so listen to yourself and once the turmoil passes you should be in the Know."

Ask. Believe. Receive.

Ace
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The Universe Provides PEPPERMINT Candy!

Thoughts are things, choose the good ones! (Tut)

The other day I was at the DMV, for a VERY long time...I had a tickle in my throat and a cough was approaching...I nice little old lady sat next to me and we were chatting. She opened her purse and out came a bag of peppermint candies... I looked away but in my head repeated "I'd love one, thank you!" over and over - and right on cue she said 'darling, would you like a peppermint candy?" and without a pause I said 'I'd love one, thank you!"

Just a little note on how the Law of Attraction provides exactly what you are asking for when you Ask. Believe. Receive.

The Universe Says "I always listen when you ask, so ASK and your desires will be provided"

Remember, you have to actually believe you can achieve your goals or else your thoughts of lack cancel out your desire.

Ask. Believe. Receive.

Ace
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Fighting the demons of the past - they lie within 'self'

Do you find you often 'dwell'?

The past always echoing within your mind with the...

• I should haves...
• I could haves...
• If I would have...
• Why the heck did I...

It's a tough demon to battle and there is a saying that goes with it "there is nothing to fear but fear itself" and how true this rings here.

Fear is actually a HUGE factor because you are scared of re-creating what you created in the PAST. Reality is, by being scared of creating that again you are beating the drum with that vibration and actully creating that exact same scenario again - hence you ARE creating it AGAIN. Sometimes AGAIN and AGAIN.

Does that make sense? Let me put it another way...

By living in moments of the past you are trapping yourself within that moment, not allowing yourself to move into the next moment. Like you are frozen in time. If you keep re-living the past, how can you possibly experience new things? If you are 'stuck' in a moment, how can you move forward? If you are constant worry, FEELING things from the past, you now where close to living in the NOW.

Well it's time for change!

You simply must realize the past is done. You can not press the back space. You can not highlight and delete it. You cannot wipe it off the screen and retype a new scenario with the woulda, shoulda, couldas... The ONLY option, I reiterate, the ONLY OPTION is to accept the fact that it happened. Let it go. And move forward.

You must realize, dwelling on it will not change it.

All that does is reactivate that 'feeling' you had when it happened. By reactiviating that feeling you are in essence recodnnecting to AND recreating the moment. (again)

Do you find you tend to repeat things from the past?

Why do you think this is? (read all the ABOVE!)

Here is an exercise to practice living in the NOW...

Take a few moments to write down, by hand, the moments you keep re-living. Focus on the way you 'feel' as you re-live those moments. Usually it's that 'pit of the stomach' feeling of regret, pain, guilt, etc... Now FOCUS on this, look inward. It is time to free this demon. You must acknowledge it, be aware of it, then let go of it. Your Ego within thrives on pain, your Ego wants you to suffer. You must battle the Ego, or the demon within to help the Ego lose power over you.

You simply cannot live in the NOW until you let go of the THEN.

Let go how you feel will work best for you. Via thought, crumple the paper and throw it in the fire place, rip it to a thousand pieces and toss it into a running stream, bury it in the soil. When you do so proclaim aloud that you are LETTING GO of everything on that paper. Announce to the Universe that you finally GET IT and you are ready to move forward. You are aready to accept the good things in life. You are ready to live a abundant and prosperous life, the life you destined to have, the life you DESERVE to have.

The Universe Says "I am here always, you must allow me to bring you abundance and prosperity. To do so you must be in the NOW and not living in the past. When your consiousness is in the past, I simply deliver exactly what it is you are thinking of. Think NOW and I will deliver what it is you request in the NOW."

Ask. Believe. Receive.

Ace
Speaking of the Universe...

Ask for directions then run out the door...

So many say that they pray, or have asked for help, yet have gotten no guidance or assistance.

• When asked the guidance is ALWAYS given.
• When asked the assistance is ALWAYS given.

Many plainly misintrepret the Law of Attraction (LOA) as 'ask and thou shall receive'. Now in the grand scheme ofr things, this is totally true. BUT there is another step involved. You have to ALLOW. You have to ACCEPT.

Praying or asking the Universe and then not accepting the gifts bestowed is like walking into a gas station, asking for directions, then running out the door before hearing how to get there.

You have to stop, you have to listen and accept.

For instance someone I know is looking to earn some extra money. They have applied for two jobs and got them BOTH. Yet she turned them down because the 'conflicted with her schedule'. She asked and she was granted her desires, she did not ACCEPT them and keeps saying she can't find work!

The Universe does not usually drop money from the clouds upon your doorstep, but usually provides the 'way' aka 'the directions' to get what you are desiring.

The Universe Says "Please ask, I WILL grant you the desires, however you must be willing to do your part and be willing to accept the gift!"

Ask. Believe. Allow. Receive.

Ace
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It you say it, it will happen...

Similar to the movie 'If you build it, they will come' rings true 'if you say it, it will happen.

Thinking of someone close to me today who is fighting a 'bug' of some sort. Headache, congestion, chills - when offering him some medicine he says "I can't take anything it will make me feel worse". This is his common answer when being offered something to aid in relief of symptoms and sure thing he when takes something he feels worse.

Why? He EXPECTS to feel worse...

Mind you this is the exact SAME person who EXPECTS front row parking every time we go somewhere, even if it's the mall on Christmas Eve and SURE THING that spot is there, glowing every single time...

Note this is how the LOA works and how the LOA fails. We all must fine tune our beliefs to always 'expect' the best because when we expect the worst, well, we tend to create that in our experience.

Now I personally am a firm believer of prevention, washing hands, germ killers, Emergen-C, Echinecia, etc... However if I ever get to the point of needing something to stave of off headache pain, or to help with sinus pressure I know full well it won't 'cure' me but will aid temporarily in the condition.

This I think is where many get confused, they think Over the Counter medicines to 'cure' them when in reality all they do is 'mask' symptoms to aid you in resting and or sleeping so the body can fight off whatever it is.

So next time you are sick, remember to let medicine 'help' with symptoms, but the only thing that will 'cure' you is allowing your body to fight the germs and or virus within.

You can boost the immune system, but nothing is going to CURE you!

The Universe Says 'if you say it, expect that it WILL happen, as the law of attraction delivers what you expect and ask for!'

Believe in healing, BELIEVE in getting better, EXPECT to get better and you'll be on the right track!

Ace
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