There are two quotes motivating me today.
- Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life, can restore your faith in your self. ~Lucille Ball
- Boredom does not exist. The feeling of boredom is in your brain telling you to find something to do. That is why this feeling sucks so much.
I am a receptionist. I take 70-120 calls every day. Though this job is very important to my company and the people I talk to, I tend to have some down time. It is not consistent down time (half hour here ten min there), but because it is not consistent, I find it hard to find stuff to do (you can only clean your desk so many times). It is hard to start a project just to be interrupted by the phone. So, in turn, I have time to overthink and worry about everything. This is where my mind gets into trouble, this is where my mind gets negative. I do my best by looking at positive quotes and motivational sayings all day. But you can only do that for so long. Then I found quote number 1.
I need to find a way to keep my mind busy. I am an optimistic person, but I have a lot of time where my mind is not focused. When it is not focused it can easily be distracted to negative thoughts. So naturally, I googled how to keep you mind busy at work. I came across a sight that had a few good ideas. Some I have tried (Pintrest, Words With Friends, Adult Coloring Books) but there was one that really stuck out to me. It said to pick a word every day and strive to do everything you can with that word in that day. They gave examples like Happy, Friendly, Courageous. But for some reason today the word Empowering would not leave my mind. So I decided to make that my word for today.
I started to research Empowerment very vaguely online and found a quote from Oprah that is changing the way I think about this LOA stuff.
“The biggest secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you get there if you are willing to work.”
A Goal. I need a goal. I mean I have goals, my goals are $80,000 and 128lbs. The LOA says you cannot worry about HOW thing will manifest. But you also need to ACT. How do you not worry about how it is going to happen and act on it at the same time. Are they not the same? This is where my second quote comes in. Boredom.
I am bored. I need to find a way to not be bored so that I can allow the HOW to happen. I need to find my passion or a hobby to keep my mind busy and alive. By keeping my mind busy, the negative thoughts cannot enter my mind. They cannot enter because my mind is already occupied with my hobby or passion. I cannot just sit and wait for my sexy body to come to me, I need to be in alignment with universe and ACT. This is where the “you need to act like you have what you want now” practice comes in. I need to wear the tight cloths (so that it will remind me to stop eating bad things), I need to stand tall and flaunt my self (it will give me confidence no matter my weight), I need to look proudly in the mirror and find one good thing that I LOVE about myself (this will have me looking for more wonderful things I love about me).I need to be doing positive things not just thinking them.
Most of the success stories I have read about the LOA have been to some extent the same in regards to the HOW it gets manifested. People would be doing what they love to do with out thinking of it like Fishing, Teaching, Writing, and someone would notice them. Then, out of no were, an opportunity would present itself. They were not thinking “oh today someone is going to come into my life and offer me a million dollar idea”. They just were doing what they love and someone noticed, or they came across and idea, or something presented itself in the form of an opportunity and it changed their life. The common denominator is that they were all doing something they enjoyed to do. They were in alignment with the universe and it was delivered to them.
So sitting here thinking positive things is not enough. I need to act. I need to work on being positive and find what makes me happy. I need to find a way to be busy and happy at the same time. I need try something, anything, even if it turns out to not me my purpose. At least I crossed that off the list and acted!
I am starting to feel Empowered! I am feeling Empowered to move on and not be in this negative state! The universe put this word in my mind today I have no doubt. I want more out of life so I need to go get it! Lets go find my goals! Lets do this!
A Girl and Her Thoughts 
wow, excellent piece. I had been feeling the same thing, Ok, maybe not the same- I could NEVER have the patience, nor demeanor to handle the calls you take. I bow in deep respect…. But, the call to action – yup- feel it too. Something I read last week has been helping me- it mentioned remembering to ASK the universe each morning for whatever you want to call it- inspiration, muse, spirits or angels, a deceased loved one – TO HELP you see the next path. It’s kinds fun. I started asking that the universe “send me someone today that will bring me a clue or a light to the next path, and I will hear and see them.” it’s a mental thing, but it helps me become aware of a bigger picture- and when that happens- the detailed worry of HOW escapes my focus, and I receive what I probably was already receiving, just not tuned in for it. maybe this doesn’t make sense, sorry to prattle on. Just wanted you to know that there are forces that will show you what action or thought to follow, and life happens. happy path hunting my unknown friend! mikey
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Mikey, thank you for the reply! I am going to try your approach to asking the universe to help me see the next path. I have never thought to do that! It is a total mental thing. I feel the desire to move forward and jump at the next available opportunity, but don’t know where that is. This approach may help me to be better aligned for it! Thank you Thank you Thank you! Happy Path hunting to you as well!
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