Ask and Trust

Imagine you have a very special housekeeper.

She works for free and only wants to make you happy. Her references are impeccable and you have seen great examples of her work at your friend's homes.

Now she works for you. 

You give her your cleaning requests and tell her she may begin working.

Hours later you return and nothing has been done. 

You moan and complain, "She is willing to work for everyone but me! Why am I so unlucky?"

Finally, after hours of pouting, you decide to talk to her. You go to the closet, in which you have locked her, and ask her why she hasn't cleaned the house.

Hmmmmmmm.  Do you now see the problem?

This is an efficient, competent employee who wants to give you what you want, and you told her to stop before she could even begin working.

"Ridiculous!"You say? "I would never do that!" 

Have you ever told the Universe that you want money, then started to form a plan on how that would happen? The Universe listens to your thoughts as well as spoken and written words and cannot tell the difference.

Trust your housekeeper. Ask for what you want. Specify how you want to feel when you get it, then let go and allow her to do her work. 

You may find that you get something even better than you ever could have imagined. ~Silas

Loving All of Your Selves

Life becomes sheer joy when you learn to love who you are.

You wake up in the morning, unburdened by insecurities and fear, and jump into life with both feet.

You cannot do this, however, if you do not learn to love who you were.

You must learn to accept that  frightened, unsuccessful, long-suffering individual you used to be.

It was that person, who took a big gamble, faced her fears head on, gathered every bit of power he had (which was not much at the time) and transformed failure and pain into survival and success.

Whom would you respect more, a billionaire who spends $1000 dollars on an idea, or a working class man or woman who scrapes together every cent they have, perhaps skipping meals and walking around in old clothes to come up with the money to finance their dream.

If both are successful, would you not think more of the hard worker than the one who merely writes the check?

They may, actually, be the same person.

The billionaire might not exist had the poor person not taken a chance when they had very little to work with.

The worker is the parent, the hero, the one who took a chance and made the tough choices. 

It would be illogical for the pauper to hate his future billionaire self. Yet, you often send your disgust and anger back to your former self, the one who has so little to begin with.

Instead of rejecting who you were, send love to that brave soul. Fall in love with the one who refused to give up.

Thank your future self for the success that has brought you security and peace of mind, but do not fail to send gratitude to your past self who worked tirelessly, (and from your future self's perspective, still does) to change your life for the better. 

Do this daily, and you will see your life getting better on all levels. We promise you. ~Silas