Weekly Food for Thought - Limited or Empowered: The Choice is Yours

‘Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds.’ ~Bob Marley

Dear Friends,

Last weekend, at the workshop I delivered, we talked about limiting beliefs, and how we allow them to stand in the way of our life's purpose. How our life's message gets buried in the ocean of limiting self talk and self-sabotage…

Limiting beliefs, supported by internal dialogue and a limiting self-talk, can play havoc and seriously impact our performance, and thus stop us from living an inspired life.

When 'practiced' regularly they gain strength, become our story, our identity. In other words they become us. Whether we are consciously aware of them or not, becomes secondary. The main point is they are here and they are crippling us.

So, how do we rid ourselves from them? How do we turn them into empowering beliefs?

Easy!

First, identify one big limiting belief that you've been carrying with yourself the longest. Write down what is missing in your life as a result of your decision to 'keep' this limiting belief.  Who are you not, as a result of this limiting belief? What don't you have, that you may have otherwise had?

Once you have done this, search for a new empowering belief, the one that will overwrite the old one and make it completely disappear.

Immerse yourself in this new empowering belief. Do it regularly, as you deserve to be the example of excellence for yourself, and inspire others to follow your example.

 I wish you a wonderfully empowering and inspirational weekend!

Lidija

© Momentum Strategies 2012

Weekly Food for Thought - Of Beauty in the Now

‘Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. 
During these brief days that you have strength,
 be quick and spare no effort of your wings.’ ~ Rumi

Dear Friends,

The beginning of my working week finds me at a beautiful and tranquil spot on the Adriatic coast.

Sitting by the sea, relaxing, with only the sound of the occasional seagull and waves crushing against the rocks...Perfect setting, and one of those rare unpolluted moments... Moments created by nature, and enjoyed by me:-)!

I've had many similar moments in my life, however, I must admit that this one carries something special with it... I have no idea of what it is, it just feels right, aligned, and perfectly perfect...And you know what, unlike previous times, where I risked spoiling a beautiful moment by analyzing it, this time round, I have no desire to dig deep and uncover the source of my joy!

I am here, enjoying the sun, with the man I love, and allowing all of my senses to soak up the beauty of this precious moment! It feels like my whole being is applauding and jumping with joy:-)!

It feels the whole Universe has descended on this beautiful spot, where I happen to be this very moment:-)! I love it!

Most of us are always running, rushing, meeting deadlines, often unaware of the beauty that surrounds us! The beauty is there, wonderful moments also, they beg to be noticed and enjoyed...by us;-)!

With this in mind, I wish you a wonderful week, and wonder what beautiful moments will grab your attention?!

Love,
Lidija

© Momentum Strategies 2012

Weekly Food for Thought - Get To vs. Got To

‘Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life’ ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Dear Friends,

It has been amazing few weeks! Tons of moments for which I am eternally grateful to God, the Universe, and everything and everyone else that contributed and continue to contribute to my growing and enjoying this cycle of human experience called Life!

I spent five days with my peers, saw some old friends and made some new ones! I saw some 5000 people take their lives to a new level, and switching from  a 'got to' attitude to a 'get to' attitude!

And it is this seemingly small semantic trick that makes a whole lot of difference on the quality of our lives.  Time and again, focus and language prove to be key players in how our lives pan out.

You see, when we say I 'got to' do something, something within us shifts, and our Unconscious becomes lazy, lethargic, starts looking for excuses not to do it and seeks out an escape route.

Why?! Because, 'got to' carries with it an 'i-don't-want-to-but-i-have-to' kind of message, and we automatically switch into a gear that takes us to an unresourceful l state that is filled with excuses and strategies for an easy way out:-)!

How about switching to a 'get to'!? 'Get to' carries with it a whole spectrum of possibilities! When we say 'I get to' do something, we can expect an instant shift in our focus, our state, our physiology and therefore our performance!  We become more curious, more alive! And we only changed one little vowel;-)! Not bad, hey?!

Tomorrow, I'll GET TO climb a mountain... What will you GET TO do this weekend...and beyond?!

Wishing you a fabulous weekend,

Lidija

Weekly Food for Thought - On Sharing and Other Things

'Giving is the highest expression of potency' ~ Erich Fromm

Dear Friends,

The day has started with an uplifting and inspiring conversation with my dear friend Susan.

We had a lot of catching up to do, however, all that we had to say to each other, organically evolved into the subject of sharing, giving, contributing... This IS our purpose!

Our conversation was partly inspired by the fact that we are off to spend few days with people who are committed to taking their lives to the next level, and see the whole idea of sharing and contributing as something every single human being on this planet must make a priority.

Giving empowers, sharing enhances and expands any experience.

Giving without expecting anything back, random acts of giving and sharing kindness with a fellow human being, is something we hear and read a lot about these days... People are learning that it is OK to share, give, smile, without any reason... How about we make it a weekend of... 'just because'!?

With this simple message, I invite you to spend a few days living and breathing and doing random acts of giving and sharing, for no other reason than that it will add even more value to your life and the lives of others!

Wishing you a joyful weekend…and feel free to SHARE your experiences!

With love,
Lidija and Susan Mary Hodgson (a guest contributor and an experienced sharer :) )

©Momentum Strategies 2012

Weekly Food for Thought - Life Requires Practice

‘You too must mingle my friends// since the earth and the sky are mingled// just for you and me’ ~ Rumi

Dear Friends,

However strange this phrase may sound, Life, with its ups and downs, has both internal and external aspect. Some people take it at face value and choose to accept it as it is, without much input nor creativity.

Seemingly there are two lives, internal (thoughts, internal dialogue, meditation) and external (friends, family, professional life, everyday life, interests, hobbies).

Most people, instead of connecting these two lives, have a habit of confronting them. These two lives ought to be put into action, they yearn to intertwine, they ought to learn to love one another, to support one another and not create some kind of isolated oasis.

Given that these two lives belong to you, wouldn't it be nice to merge them into one?! When these two lives learn to love one another, support one another, you too will benefit from it.

Some people invest more in one aspect of their life and neglect the other. It is essential that we bear in mind the fact that both internal and external life are in essence one, and if we continue to ignore one, and glorify the other, we will feel unfulfilled.

With this in mind, I wish you an inspiring and creative weekend!

Lidija

Weekly Food for Thought - A Thought and A Question

'These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others!' ~ Groucho Marx

Dear Friends,

It has been a week where I learnt a lot by simply observing!

I happen to be in Serbia at the moment, where election fever seemed to have gripped the nation, albeit for a week.J I delighted in watching how politics can change people.

Marx said that religion is opium for people, and I would add that politics comes very close to that! It was fascinating how some ordinary people are willing to change their rhetoric, forget about their needs, values, principles and follow something so not in line with who they are at their core!

What's even more astonishing is the absurd conviction that what they've 'chosen' to believe for that particular occasion, will bring them the results they want!

Isn't it a bit insane to hope for victory, while investing nothing and choosing to be something you are not?!

With this in mind, I wish you a lot of YOU this week:-)

Sending you oceans of love,
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012

Weekly Food for Thought - Of Choosing to Be You

"You may make a jewellery flower out of gold and rubies and emeralds, but it will not have fragrance." ~ Rumi

Dear Friends,

This week was all about amazing people and truly inspiring conversations! It was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones...
It was one of those weeks where I had to pinch myself few times, to check if I was dreaming! It was that amazing!

You may wonder what made it so special?! My answer to that is openness and authenticity! When you spend time in the company of people who dare to dream, dare to push the boundaries, dare to be themselves, dare to stand for what they believe, dare to question, you cannot help by be inspired and inspire:-)!

You see, many people spend their lives feeling they know better and they deserve better, and yet, they choose, consciously or not;-) to remain on the same know-better-deserve-better step, without ever moving away from it...and when they do (move) it is just to make sure they are still on it (the same step) :-)!

In their stories, they talk about stepping up, and their language is awash with messages only a trained ear can spot;-)! Messages that imply that someone else needs to build that next step for them, i.e. someone they can later blame for the height, shape, texture of the step;-)!

And while waiting for the next step to be built, they play a pick and choose game...Picking someone else's dream, choosing someone else's idea, only to be disappointed again and blaming someone else...again!

We can never be happy nor fulfilled, nor can we live our lives fully and authentically, if we don't ask ourselves two simple and yet very important questions: 'Who am I? and What do I want?'

Have a truly amazing weekend,

Lidija
©Momentum Strategies 2012