{"id":121,"date":"2015-08-13T17:09:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T01:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2017-10-23T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T21:08:35","slug":"are-you-allowing-yourself-the-gift-of-imperfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/are-you-allowing-yourself-the-gift-of-imperfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Allowing Yourself the Gift of Imperfection?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me ask you a question, “Have you ever felt like you’re constantly running against something invisible?”<\/h3>\n

So many times in our life we are moving from one thing to the other.\u00a0 Constantly in a hurry.\u00a0 Always trying to ‘get somewhere’ or do something.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s a fear. Maybe it\u2019s a lingering feeling like something is going to go wrong and you just don\u2019t know what that is. Maybe it\u2019s just a perpetual feeling that\u00a0you’re not good enough. Maybe it\u2019s something that was said to you years ago and it just stuck.\u00a0 You keep hearing it again and again.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s ‘locked up’ within your emotion memory and it\u2019s causing anxiousness deep down within you.<\/p>\n

I know in my own life, when I was kid I was fairly athletic, but I was really, really not gifted in coordination.\u00a0 For example, when it came to things like dribbling a basketball I was all ‘left’ feet and hands!<\/p>\n

I still, to this day \u2013 and many of you will probably laugh \u2013 I still can\u2019t dribble a basketball. I’ve tried and tried and tried, and we always had these drills where we would run across the basketball court at recess.\u00a0 We\u2019d have to basically run and dribble the ball while racing each other in a relay race.<\/p>\n

And everybody knew, it seemed, when it was my turn.\u00a0 If we were ahead I’d hear them say, “Go faster, go faster…Darius is coming up next!\u00a0 We’ve got to keep our lead”.\u00a0\u00a0 It seemed like the whole class knew I was going to fumble it. \u00a0Now those days are long over and despite not being able to dribble a basketball, I’ve been able to succeed at many things.\u00a0 Yet to this day – I\u2019ll be honest \u2013 I still walk into a gymnasium and I sweat and start to get nervous. \u00a0Even after all my self work, there are still vibrations that are in my emotional memory to this day!<\/p>\n

I say this because I want you to allow yourself to be a ‘work in progress’.\u00a0\u00a0 Give yourself the gift and lesson of FREEDOM to be a work in progress!\u00a0 Even the greatest teachers are still learning each and every day.\u00a0 I suggest that you remind yourself that its okay\u00a0to keep learning.<\/p>\n

Allow yourself the freedom to be imperfect.\u00a0 Your imperfection is your gift.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I’ll never forget when ‘The Secret’ came out.\u00a0 Everyone was vigilant and guarding their words and thoughts – or so it seemed!\u00a0 I’d hear people say, “Oh, don’t say it\u2019s too expensive”, “Oh, don’t talk about your bills being high” or “Don’t think anything negative”. \u00a0‘The Secret’ was a terrific movie but so many interpreted it to mean that that we have to be totally positive all the time to have good things happen in our lives.<\/p>\n

I submit to you today that I have a blessed life…but I am not 100% positive in all my thoughts.\u00a0 I see the balance.\u00a0 I see the good and the bad.\u00a0 The blessings and challenges, and I feel my own pain.<\/p>\n

The goal is not to avoid or suppress your feelings or thoughts, but rather to find the priceless gift and understanding that comes from your own mistakes, pains, and defeats.\u00a0 Even on a day-to-day basis if a negative thought or feeling comes up go in and find the gift.\u00a0 Find the lesson and reason\u00a0why\u00a0it was in your life.\u00a0 All of this brings it back into full awareness.<\/p>\n

If we do this we can be fully conscious, rather than ‘stuffing’ things under the rug!<\/p>\n

Let me ask you:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What are some things in your life that were lessons?\u00a0 Often times when something still aches or feels uneasy it\u2019s because we still have not processed the emotion and found the lesson.<\/p>\n

How do you know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you feel like there are things in some way holding you back, that you can\u2019t see, that you can\u2019t really taste, that you can\u2019t really feel totally but you feel uneasy, that could be a sign that there\u2019s something there possibly holding you back.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I want you to do:<\/h3>\n

\"expanding-heart\"When that feeling comes up, say right after it: \u00a0“I ALLOW”. Put your hand on your heart and just breathe in: “I ALLOW” “I ALLOW”.
\n“I allow those situations to unfold for my greatest lesson. I allow those situations to be a great lesson. I allow love to open up and unfold in my life. I allow myself to accept and approve the things that I cannot change. And I love myself. “<\/em><\/p>\n

Take a deep breath and allow your heart to expand right now. Allow the love of your heart to flow out. You can imagine a pink or violet light in your heart space just flowing out to the rest of the planet. Just allowing your soul and your feeling of joy to expand out and just allowing it all to be one.<\/p>\n

Much Love and Light,<\/p>\n

Darius<\/p>\n

NOTE: In case you are wondering, those early days of not being able to dribble that basketball made me go deeper into myself for validation.\u00a0 I caused me to find the divine power within and eventually led me to where I am today.\u00a0 I do believe that if I had been great at sports I might have been content with outward validation.\u00a0 Hence a very different life path might have emerged.\u00a0 Everything has a divine purpose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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