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Stop Being Pitiful!
By Sue Frederick, author of Dancing at Your Desk

It's time to join the revolution. This revolution is shifting us from our pitiful selves to our powerful selves - one thought at a time. Here's how it begins…

I'm putting two million dollars into your bank account. Yes, YOUR bank account. You don't have to tell your loved ones, your boss, or the IRS. It's all your money. I'm also giving you perfect health and abundant, unlimited love. Take a deep breath and feel the ease of this new life. Picture it.

Ask yourself, "What do I really want in my life?"

That slight shift in your perspective - into your imagination - puts you back into the driver's seat of your life. It shifts your energy to the high end of your continuum - to your love, divinity, inspiration and power. This is where you need to be to have a better, happier life. At the low end of your continuum is your negativity - which includes your anger, depression, pessimism and limited thinking. You won't find good answers or brilliant solutions down there.

Albert Einstein once said you can't solve a problem with the same mind that created the problem. He was talking about shifting your perspective to the high-end of your energy continuum - to your inspiration. Dreaming gets us there.

Your dreams are the keys to your happiness. You may have buried your dreams long ago. When we're children, we're told to stop dreaming, be realistic, and get our heads out of the clouds. We want to do the right thing, so we bury our dreams and travel down the path of limited thinking and limited possibilities.

Here's the secret: When we bury our dreams, we bury our power. We lose our way in the world.

When we let ourselves dream of what we truly want, we experience a shift of energy. We begin to feel happy. Our energy raises higher up on our energy continuum until we are connected to our divinity, our inspiration, our source energy, and our brilliance. From this perspective, we attract better opportunities, people and circumstances into our lives - people who will help us move towards the life we truly want.

Magic happens - but only when we're at the high-end of our continuum. And dreaming gets us there. Without dreaming of a wonderful career, you won't find one. Without dreaming of a magnificent relationship, you won't find one. Without dreaming of success, you won't attract it.

Quit facing reality! Face your dreams! The dreams will change your reality!

The biggest obstacle to a magnificent life is our limited thinking about what is possible for us. We live in a negative-based culture that tells us "few people ever get what they really want, so don't bother."

We tell ourselves, "I don't really need much money, just enough to get by." Or, "I don't need to love my work, it's just a job."

This is "pitiful thinking."

When we're in that state, we're being pitiful - which is the opposite of powerful. Do you really believe we're here to live pitiful lives? Do you really believe we're here to act small - or just get by?

What if we're here to be our greatest selves rather than our smallest selves? What if we truly want to make the world a better place? Do you think we can change the world from our "pitiful place" of limited thinking and fear-based choices? Or, can we make a difference in the world by living with power, courage and grand thinking?

When you're faced with a life challenge, do you think small? Do you diminish your power and extinguish your dreams? If so, you're hurting yourself and the people you love. You're sabotaging your life.

When you face a dilemma, especially a career choice, that's when it's more important than ever to think BIGGER - to be powerful rather than pitiful.

When we're being our most magnificent, successful selves, we truly have something to offer the world. We can change the world and help others only from the high-end of our continuum.

Get over your pitiful thinking now! At the end of your life, you won't be wishing you had just "gotten by." You'll be wishing you had lived large and gone after your dreams. You'll wish you had been magnificent.

I challenge you to start dreaming of a bigger life, a more powerful, successful career, and a happier relationship. Dream it until it makes you giggle. Once you're giggling, you're onto something. Once you're laughing out loud at the thought of it, you've found it!

Pump your energy to the high-end of your continuum, and you'll be able to attract the people, circumstances and opportunities to make your dreams come true. Focus on what you want to happen.

Nothing good happens when we're pitiful. Magnificent things happen when we're powerful. Ask yourself right now, "What do I really want? Am I being pitiful or powerful?" Keep asking until you hear your truth.

Now you've joined the revolution. We're transforming the world from pitiful, unhappy victims to powerful, magnificent beings - one thought at a time - one day at a time.

Reprinted from Nexus: Colorado's Holistic Journal - www.nexuspub.com

Sue Frederick is a career counselor, energy coach, author and lecturer. She is the founder of BrilliantDay Revolution Network and teaches workshops and classes at Naropa University and University of Colorado, and is the author of Dancing at Your Desk; A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness and BrilliantDay: 7 Solutions to Turn Your Day Around. For more information, or to sign up for Sue's classes and workshops, visit www.BrilliantWork.com, email Sue@BrilliantWork.com or call 303-939-8574.

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