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Hello Lovely People

What is the biggest ambition you ever achieved?

Can you remember how good that felt?

Now what if you set a new ambition twice the size of that one?

You will probably achieve 95% of such a big ambition, but think about it.

Which is most?  100% of a little, or 95% of a lot?

Don’t be afraid to dare.

Love and Light

Elsabe

Hello Lovely People

You are probably familiar with the term “self-fulfilling prophecy” – where you convince yourself that something will happen, and lo and behold, it does! Often people use this way of thinking to voice their fears, and they do not realize that they focus so much on the fear that it has to materialize at some point.

There was the woman who approached her trip to London with trepidation, because she had heard about so many incidents where people got mugged in London. She wanted to see all the tourist attractions, but she was dead scared of all these muggers that would jump at her on every street corner. No amount of evidence to the opposite could change her mind.

And guess what? On the second day of her visit to London she got mugged. Now did that happen because she was so focused on the muggers, or did it happen because she had some premonition of the incident because it was part of her life script?

Either way, she did not stop for a moment to realize how she created the incident. She still has no idea that she can use the same process and the same energy to create and make her dreams come true. She still believes that good things are delivered by God, and bad things are delivered by muggers, and that she does not influence the outcome in any way.

And this raw fear of the unknown can spoil many adventures if we nurture it rather than turn it into anticipation.

On a trip to South Africa I was really looking forward to experiencing the weather – whatever it was at the time would have been a pleasure for me. I looked forward to the sense of well-being and embracing differences that South Africans are so good at. When I arrived at the airport that was exactly what I experienced. I saw the welcome in the eyes of the customs officer, and when I left the airport building I was greeted and welcomed warmly by complete strangers, who then continued their conversation while I stood there waiting for my lift.

A few steps away from me stood an Italian man. His tailored suit, impeccable hairstyle, olive skin and accent gave him away. I could also see he was petrified. He did not have enough eyes to watch the taxi drivers (who found him quietly amusing), the porters who kept their distance while he clung to his baggage, and other passengers who could virtually smell his fear.

This man used his mobile phone to call someone and I heard him say “I don’t know where I am” with fear in his voice. I walked up to him and told him that he was at International Arrivals outside of terminal 1A. He repeated that on the phone without even acknowledging me and turned his back on me while he continued his short conversation. Within about two minutes of him finishing the conversation, a huge black man walked up to him and greeted the man in perfect English. He was so relieved to be in the care of someone in this wild, savage country that I could only smile at him.

I wondered how many other opportunities this man would pass up to meet new people because of his fear of a country that he had obviously never been to.

We often refer to and even use this self-fulfilling prophecy to prove our fears. Imagine what we can experience and achieve when we use the same process to create all the experiences that we believe we are not worthy of.

I am off to create some self-fulfilling prophecies . . .

Love and Light

Elsabe