Be Expectant (Hope)
For many of this weekend began the winter holiday season. Where I live in Europe, people are lighting their first Advent candle of the year, with three more Sundays to go after this. Advent is a time of preparation, a time of active waiting and excitement. At the end of Advent is the beginning of the Christmastide (12 days of Christmas, ending with Epiphany on January 6).
It can be helpful, in these dark days of winter, to look at life like that -- this period you are in, this time when things do not seem to be happening -- it is really a period of active waiting, a time of preparation. You say you want more money, a job, a better job, a relationship or a better relationship, the oportunity to travel, some friends, a baby...whatever it is that is important to you.
What are you doing in this period of time to prepare and actively wait for it? What are energy are you putting in place?
If you have put energy in place, can you stop and take an hoent look at see the small signs of the energy at work? Most of all, are you GRATEFUL for this time period and the small signs?
If you want more money -- are you being honest and ethical in your dealings with oterhs or trying to steal from them (expecting them to give you something for nothing, trying to underpay people, undervaluing people's services or talents, cheating when you think no one is looking, not forgoing luxuries and saving the money etc).
If you want a good relationship -- what kind of person are you to be in relationship with? Are you taking good care of yourself, presenting yourself well, putting on a smile and dressing nicely? Are you making the effort to be social? Are you learning new things so you will have something to talk about? Are you thinking and speaking positively?
If you want a job -- are you doing everything possible to get it? Have you joined jobsearching courses/classes? Have you had a professional review your CV/resume and application letters? Are you applying for unsoliciated as well as advertised positions?
For any thing that you have set as your goal, for any good thing that you desire to have come to you -- prepare now and actively wait by making sure you put in all the effort you can. Be grateful, not resentful. Be positive, not negative.
Do not give up. If you get tired: tell a friend, a counselor, a coach. Get some sleep. Take some vitamins. Eat a good well-balanced meal (No fast-food!). Get some fresh air and a little exercise. Replenish your resources.
And finally.......have hope...be expectant.
The good thing IS materializing, You simply cannot see it....yet.
To your success!
Barrett
L. Barrett Powell is an international coach and cultural trainer/consultant with an academic background and experience in psychology, theology and journalism. Barrett's focus is on Success Coaching incorporating the Law of Attraction. She lives and works with individuals and inter-cultural organizations in the USA and Europe as a coach, coordinator and trainer. Contact her by email.