Acknowledge What Is Not Working For You

A superbly insightful article written by Madisyn Taylor Saying Yes to the universe opens the door to what you soul really want (22 June 2012) for DailyOM and it deserves to be shared.

It is all about accepting everything that happens in your life whether you want or do not want it, whether you like it or not.

When you try to deny, as we do, the reality of what is happening to you or those close to you, you hurt yourself and create terrible blockages at the same time which then blinds and hinders your actions. You become unable to make the right decisions through anger and fear.

Always remember false evidence appearing real is fear! Say Yes to what is.

Life is for living and life is about loving - yourself first and foremost. It is to be lived with enjoyment, not always easy so I would suggest starting a gratitude journal to keep you on the right track when you feel you have been kicked in the teeth.

Being grateful for the smallest of pleasures increases your vibrational escrow and the universe brings you more and more of it.

Judith Rich's The Upside of Uncertainty is an excellent followup read.

Saying 'Yes' to the Universe - Making the Decision

The hardest thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don’t like and yes to the things we do, and yet, everything we encounter is our life.

We may be afraid that if we say yes to the things we don’t like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it is only through acknowledging the existence of what’s not working for us that we can begin the process of change.

So saying yes doesn’t mean indiscriminately accepting things that don’t work for us. It means conversing with the universe, and starting the conversation with a very powerful word—yes.

When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves, and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don’t like what we see.

The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we can’t ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes. For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to making the decision to say yes to life.

The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with occasionally saying yes instead.

It might be scary at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process, we will discover the joy of being in a positive conversation with a force much bigger than ourselves. DailyOM