Living with Lots of “Shoulds” and “Have to’s”?
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Have you ever set a goal and then struggled to achieve it—maybe because you made it so big that it scares you, or maybe because you think there is something wrong, and the goal is to fix it? Well, neither one of these formats for goal setting is particularly inspiring. It will make things far more difficult to attain because quantum physics responds most powerfully to things that come from inspiration, joy, and enthusiasm.
Are you scared forward or inspired from within? Here are a few examples of being motivated by fear:
• I make my kids their lunch every day—they’ll get sick if they eat the stuff at school.
• I have to exercise three times per week or I’ll get fat.
• Get the project done by this Friday or my manager will judge me and customers will be angry.
Get the idea? These are not inspired.
Let’s turn those around. Here they are, motivated by inspiration:
• I want to make my children lunch every day because I know that anything made with love helps their energy and focus—and it wouldn’t matter if it was Twinkies or vegetable soup.
• I want to work out three times per week because I love feeling the oxygen going through my body, it makes me feel alive, and it is so good to blow off steam from my day. It’s a great time to meditate.
• I am doing this project to use my creative abilities, to meet up with great people, to fulfill my customers’ needs and be pleased that they are happy, and to feel a sense of accomplishment.
If the purpose of life is to expand your experience of joy, then the goals you set must inspire you forward instead of motivating you from fear. You see, it’s the process of becoming that is joyful. The final acheivement of the goal is simply the cherry.
Time to come from inspiration today, my friend! What reasons can you find to do the things you are doing … reasons that feel good? Ask yourself, What perspective could I come from today, that feels better than “have to, need to, and should”?
Jennifer Hough
