The Breathing Prosperity blog

OK, so it’s not really a LAW…

But it is an important principle, and both Ophelia and Aaron (a commentor and fellow blogger – see sidebar for link to TodayisThatDay) touched on this yesterday.

The 21 Day Wealth Mindset series which just ended was just a tiny taste of the type of things we cover in our powerful Money & Me Course. It is always true with this  – or any other course  – that those people who are willing to take ACTION are those who reap the rewards. I was just reading a beautiful motivational poster that says ‘There is no BIG step that leads to success…it’s all little steps, taken consistently’…or something to that effect. Those posters are pithy, I know, but they exist because they are also TRUE. One of my mentors Jim Rohn says something similar when he suggests that success or failure are the cumulative result of each small step we take every day – Question is in what direction are those steps?? We are ALL walking…

As Aaron mentioned in his comment, we all have access to motivational information and techniques and books, etc. etc., but without taking action on what we know, change will never occur. Another kind reader, Raquel I think, touched on this in a different way as well. She wrote to thank me for sharing a fairly private thought about how something had made me upset and I was working through it…my point had been that unelss we’re willing to look inside and explore what upsets us then we can’t change things. This introspection is also a form of taking action. Her comment made me wonder why she would say thanks…then I realized that normal interaction is too often about caring what others think. We all have the tendency to create facades – to not want anyone to know we have issues we haven’t worked out yet, and so for Raquel to see me posting some personal issue must have seemed like a gift…and it is – it’s a gift when we open up and share with others. The facade equals denial – denial that there’s anything wrong with us…like somehow we need to be perfect all the time. But you know what? We’re all doing awesome just the way we are! To admit that we could get better in some ways, perhaps change some things is the only we can CHANGE SOME THINGS!

We reap what we sow…and not sowing anything, in this metaphor, may equal results you are not expecting and definitely NOT enjoying. Thanks to everyone who commented and emailed us…what we really got out of everything is the courage it takes to move from intention to action, and not only did this keep our own selves in gear, it sounds like it helped some of you as well…so thanks, everyone!

xoxoxo

Shauna