Concentration

All journeys of better and positive change begin with a vision, a goal, motivation and the determination needed to achieve it. However, we all come across two things, we either become too determined or too discouraged, what do you think happens when either one of these tings happen. You begin to nurture another belief: who you are right now is not good enough. It works both ways your either too obsessed with a goal or you become discouraged. I was reading this article and I came across this story,  a women said she had become overly obsessive in her efforts to meditate. As her interest in meditation grew, she began to increasingly say to herself, “I am not good enough,” and, “I have to be better at this.” She began to notice various imperfections within herself that needed to be “fixed.” The funny thing is I also came across a friend whom wanted to loose weight but when she looked in the mirror she began to increasingly say to herself, "I am too fat," ...

A story I'm resonating with this morning, good morning good folks, I was reading this morning and came across this story about a woman in which her perspective changed for the brighter: “This morning, nearly five years after my husband’s passing, a beautiful couple and their three kids knocked on my front door. The man smiled and said, ‘Your husband was my heart donor. He saved my life. Not a single day has gone by that I don’t pray for him and think of you. Thank you!’” Colleen went on to admit that she had been unable to see any positive side of her husband’s death—until she found herself staring at one on her doorstep: “It doesn’t necessarily make things easier, but it certainly changed the way I think. I feel like a small piece of my broken heart has healed.” And the truth is, it sometimes happens just like that. Although Colleen’s experience is unique, and more than a little extraordinary, life sometimes has a way of slapping us with a good reminder tha...