Right Action

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius, 551-479 BC

There are times when it seems that work as we may to achieve a goal that we cannot get pasts certain barriers. It is hard to tell what creates these barriers. Sometimes we create our own barriers. Other times it is just circumstances and the flow of events.

When we come to an impasse one is often ready to give up and just say I can't do it. Then it the time to look and see if it is external or internal circumstances that are stopping one from achieving one's objective.

I used to be a salesperson and I worked with this fellow named Joe. Well Joe was a chipper chap and he liked to chat. In fact, one of the reasons that clients liked him so much was because he was so affable and eager to please. However, I noticed everytime I went with Joe to a presentation he would talk himself out of a sale only to have to make the sale again. He had no idea of when to just shut up when the customer said yes. Is it possible that the universe is saying yes, but you keep talking yourself into a no answer? Do you keep coming back to the divine spirit and asking over and over again for the same thing. Giving mixed signals to the universe or to people can keep one from obtaining one's goal. Giving mixed signals to you really cements that you will get a NO answer.

Sometimes we don't get what we desire as a focus of our goals because we don't ask. If you are working for some one or a company and you need more money, have you asked for a raise? If you have credit card debt, have you called your credit card companies to lower your interest? If you want someone to remember your birthday, have you asked them to remember? If you are afraid to ask for what you want, the chances are small that you are going to receive it.

If you are listening for yes but getting no's, usually it means that you haven't given a person a reason that they think is valid to say yes. This means that you must clarify what is important to the person that you need to help you. If it is a boss who refuses a raise, ask what it would take to get a raise and then do what it takes. If it is a lover who does not respond, ask what he or she needs to feel more comfortable. If your children are not behaving in ways that enhance their lives and yours, ask why and how you can help them achieve better habits. Always remember NO only means you haven't found out what will make someone say yes.

Are you focused on your intent. Sometimes we do not really know what we want to achieve. It is then that one has to look at the hows, whys and whats that are inside one and directing one's behavior on a subconscious level. If you are asking the universe for money and you don't think that you deserve money, your true intent is not to receive money. If you are asking the universe to deliver your soul mate, yet you are afraid of love than your unconscious intent is not to find love but to dream about love. Discover your real intent. Focus on it clearly every morning for just a few minutes and then let it go and allow it to blossom.

Do you listen to your inner voice? Do you after the fact sort of figuratively slap your head and say: "I should have known better!" when something doesn't go in a positive manner. Usually our inner voice will warn us not to take a wrong action when the time is wrong or the circumstances are wrong. And, our inner voice will give us a go ahead when we are taking right action. If your inner voice is giving you the wrong signals, it is time to do some searching to see what inner boundaries you have set up to keep you from reaching your goals.

While it is said anything the mind can conceive it can achieve, unless you have inner and outer harmony this is not always easy. However, with analysis and desire all things are possible. Expand your dream possibilities and your life will find a greater state of contentment.

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