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How To Move From Hard to Easy

January 3, 2007 By Cara Lumen Leave a Comment

Isn’t it funny how something that seemed hard in the beginning is really easy once you know how?!

I watched myself wading through yet another set of software instructions with the feeling it was a big mountain to climb. I wondered why I do that. Why I sometimes really have to gear myself up to tackle a new program. Yet I love to learn—ideas—not steps.

Where does our resistance to learn something new come from? Is it lack of self-confidence in our ability? Is it fear of failure? Is it an unwillingness to make the effort. There is a natural, innate resistance to change that we need to overcome as we approach any and every new possibility.

What tricks can we play on ourselves to help us keep moving forward? Is it the reward of knowing how to do something new? Is it the variety of things we’ll be able to do and create once we learn it? What carrot can we dangle in front of us to help us move forward?

I find that taking small steps and then creating something small from the knowledge spurs me on.

For instance, learning to edit sound in Sound Forge seemed enormous to me. I recorded a series of visioning experiences and was so proud when I edited a small glitch out of the first three-minute introduction. Yeah me.

Recently I recorded my first podcast—again only three plus minutes. I easily edited it and quickly and easily added music to it. Then I posted it to the internet and viola! I’m a podcaster!

When something seems hard, take one step at a time. Learn a new step, use it so you “own” it, and then learn to make another new step. Isn’t that the way we learn as children—one step at a time?!

As Leonardo da Vinci said, “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

Go happen to things! Be willing to attempt new things. Don’t be afraid something will be too hard for you to learn. Figure it out one piece at a time and put yourself back on track with each step you take. You’ll soon find yourself an expert instead of a beginner.

PS. You can hear my first podcast at www.thesuccessmagnetspodcast.com

Filed Under: Spiritual Expansion

Are You Commited Enough?

December 23, 2006 By Cara Lumen Leave a Comment

Periodically, in my business, I stop to see where I am and choose where I want to be. Each time I have to answer these questions for myself: What is my level of commitment? “How big am I willing to play? What do I really want? How willing am I to step into the unknown?

Are you answering your call?

You can’t escape what you are good at. What you are good at is a gift. It calls to you, it nudges you, it demands your attention. Each time I pause for a “reality check,” I have to identify the parts of my life and activity that make me happy, the tasks that use all my skills and talents, the actions that touch my heart and nourish my soul.

The rest I can release and let fall away.

Is your dream big enough?

Once I define what I am willing to attract and what I am willing to release, my tasks begin to emerge. I can begin to vision my success at the level I have imagined. I can feel how it will feel when I have accomplished my goal, completed my task, or won my competition. I can “try it on for size” in my visioning and because I am the designer of my experience, I can adjust the design to make it a most comfortable fit.

Visioning the end result is a powerful step in manifesting your hearts desire.

(Note: My e-book Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, Visioning for Positive Change can help you with this step.)

Are you willing to step up to the plate?

If I don’t play, I don’t win. Quitters don’t win and winners don’t quit. When I commit, when I say “yes,” the divine mind says, “yes,” also and begins to line up everything I need to bring my vision into fruition. It’s like waving a magic wand to make the pumpkin turn into a coach. Commitment is a power word. It is a power action. It makes the changes happen.

Are you focused on your vision?

One foot at a time is all it takes to keep moving forward. One action, one goal, one effort. I must hold my intention at the forefront of my mind so it guides every action, every choice. I must step into my vision every day and feel its completion.

“When the soul wishes to experience something she throws an image of the experience out before her and enters into her own image.” —Meister Eckhart.

How committed are you to your success?

When I align myself with the universal flow, when I honor my gifts, when I choose for my highest good, when I commit to my vision, the universe does too. It provides miracle after miracle and clears the path before me. Commitment leads me higher than I have yet imagined.

What is your level of commitment?

© Cara Lumen 2005

Filed Under: Positive Change

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