Small Business Self Motivation

"We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe: can we not take the leap?"

- Ralph W. Emerson

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Remember the first time you dove into a pool. Do you recall the apprehension mixed with excitement which momentarily swelled through your body before you took the plunge. Remember being in mid-flight and how it was like time stood still with every detail being imprinted so deeply upon your body. How the resistance in your body seemed to evaporate as you entered the water. How the moment seemed not to change even as you were completely submerged under the cool rippling waves. And, only when you could focus on the shore at your supporters did you leave behind the timeless movement of the leap.

It is possible to be as 'safe' when we leap, as when we step. There are always supporters around when we are about to take the leap into a life change, an expanding endeavor, or a seemingly drastic turn in the road. Energy which is required for our great leaps always draws to it spectators and supporters. And, even though you may not realize what you draw to you while in this state, it is still so.

Why is this? Because curiosity erupts in that which is near when an individual 'dares' to go off the deep end. Some of the spectators are themselves looking for the key or a lodestar for their own leaps. Others are there to see if they can find proof that safely taking a leap is "impossible" and "dangerous", thus giving them reason not to make the changes in their life that they have been ready and able to take. And still others that are 'far off' from making any kind of large change in their life, will come around "just to see", because even they know that at some time they will be taking the leap themselves.

What goes through your mind when you witness someone about to take the plunge, whether it be in marriage or in the departure of the Space Shuttle? Do you think that "They're crazy!" or, do you wonder "How did they ever get the nerve up?" or, possibly something else?

The next time you are about to dive into something new, momentarily pause and bring into your awareness that "I AM CAPABLE". If you can think of it, visualize and feel it, you can do it! If necessary, remember that very first time you dove into the pool, road a bike without training wheels, or drove a car. Think back at how nervousness is not what enabled you to do those things, but knowing deep down inside that you were great enough to do them was!

Enemies and Friends

Our enemies, "those" people, things, thoughts and feelings with whom and to which we try to keep at a "safe distance", are often those things which can help us to prosper and materialize our dreams the most.

Many of us expend so much of our time and energy keeping a distance between ourselves and our enemies that we are actually feeding the negative patterns of the relationships. At the same time we may also be tainting our friendships by using them to help plan 'wars' against our enemies. Instead, we could be using our friendships as examples of how to make peace and to help enable all parties to fulfill our souls intentions to thrive and prosper.

Our enemies mirror any beliefs that we have which contain fear of the unknown. This fear is in turn caused from the belief that all things are not integral to each other and part of The Whole. It is also the belief that there needs to be struggle in order to attain those things which our heart and souls desire.

Our enemies are not just the people and things we hear about on the local and national news, but are often right in our own families. Why? Because we draw who and what we see as enemies to us. Remember, like energy attracts like energy. When we feel and are aggressive towards others, sooner or later we receive back that aggression. Our souls do wish to heal these estranged parts of ourselves (our relationships with people and things) so that we may move on to a greater abundance. So, in receiving aggression, which we have initialized, we are actually receiving a gift from our True Self.

Welcome your enemies into your life. See them as the challenging gift that they are. Look them straight in the eye, not to increase their distance from you, but to realize the 'invisible' bonds that connect your physical bodies. Realize that the label we have given them as "enemy" is simply a supercharged emotional reaction -- the part of us that does not see the 'whole-ly' and sacred bonds that lay in between "us" and "them". There are wonderful things they can assist us with if we where only to open our eyes to them.

Keep in mind that when we reveal to ourselves why we have made our enemies in the first place, we will become clearer channels for a greater life-force to come through us. One by one, each "enemy" transformed into friend, clears our bodies, minds and emotions so that we may more easily materialize our dreams, here and now!