Knowing is Key.

I receive these wonderful e mails by an on line resource called Daily OM and this one was entitled "Knowing is Key". It really spoke to me because the essence of it was how challenging it can be to really pin point what it is you want in life.
In the book and movie "The Secret", all based on the Law of Attraction, one of the key steps was to get really clear on what you want. Yet, with all the distractions, disturbances and doubts floating about in our life, I believe that it can often be quite difficult to get to the truth of what we really want. We may say we want a fancy new car and then we get the fancy car and realise that it's not the car.

Getting to the heart of what it is we want in our lives is incredibly important and something I create a lot of intention around. One thing that brings me closer and closer to the truth of what I want are my values. When you know what you value in life you create more clarity about what you want. If I value Meaningful work and an assignment comes a long that does not align with that value, I know what I want. If I value Family and something comes along that takes me too far away from family then I know what I want. When something comes along that compromises my freedom I know that it is not what I want.

By knowing what I value most in life and then making choices according to my values it brings me closer to what I want.

I also love the suggestion that was made in this article; WRITE IT OUT.

Action: Put "I want...." on a piece of paper and just start writing.

"Writing clears up Fuzzy thinking" R.Sharma

When you keep things in your head, you can stay confused about what you want. After all the mind process about 60,000 thoughts a day!

I will add that after each "I want" statement, write out "why" you want it. The "why" is frequently attached to something we value.

Last thing, don't judge what you are writing down - judgement puts up barriers, just write and have fun!

Angela