Change Your Perception and Thoughts, Craft a Brighter Future

E + R = O (EVENT + RESPONSE =OUTCOME)

I often share with my life coaching and mentoring clients the equation Event plus Response equals Outcome.

What has happened in your life up to this point is something that we cannot go back and change.

That’s not how life and time work.

The past is passed; it is over.

Our response to events, however, remains flexible.

We can choose to  think about, or see an event in our mind differently; we can reframe our attitude, energy and perception.

The power of personal choice, fresh perception, seeing things through fresh eyes and forming new beliefs and thoughts is readily available.

Changing your perception or thoughts about your experience will change the emotions you feel and impact your actions, quality of life, and the outcomes you achieve.

Your brighter future is only ever a better quality of thought away.

Take heart: No matter what happened earlier today, yesterday, last week, last month, last year, or ten or twenty years ago, the present moment (the moment that is here for you right now) offers an opportunity for you to do and be more.

No matter your present circumstances, I encourage you to stop telling yourself that you can’t achieve certain things, that you have no choices, and that’s just how things are for you. Make today the day you stop sitting back and waiting for change to miraculously happen and start taking the action you need to take.

Only when I took personal responsibility for my life did I stop the downward spiral, reclaim my trajectory, and start redirecting my life in a more rewarding and fulfilling direction.

The answers to my darkness were within me; I just hadn’t been looking in the right place before…

So take a moment now to reflect and to get clear and real with yourself:

Are you happy with the person you are being right now?

Are you fully embracing the life you are living?

Do you wake up each morning with love for yourself, and enthusiasm for the day ahead?

The bottom line is:

We don’t fix our problems by staying stuck in the problem.

We fix things by focusing on seeking and creating fresh perspectives, more positive outcomes and solutions.

If you keep looking into the darkness, you will only see more darkness.

You see and reach the light by choosing to believe light is there.

I cannot promise you that the road from here will always feel smooth.

However, the past has passed – and the future isn’t here yet. You will gain little by sitting back and doing nothing to improve your life, until a day you feel ‘better’.

Life is now – and it is precious.

 Echoing the words of the wonderful Wayne Dyer,

‘With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself,

or treat what has happened as a gift.

Everything is either an opportunity to grow,

or an obstacle to keep you from growing.

You get to choose.’

I encourage you to face the truth of your story, and the truth about the person you are being right now.

Honesty and self- awareness are your precursor for change.

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Much love as always,

Maureen xx

(PS And love from Jackson too!)