What Is A Spiritual Entrepreneur?

One of the most precious gifts you can give yourself, your family, customers, and this world is to start a fulfilling business that you love and that gives you joy. Spiritual entrepreneurship is one of the best ways to do that.
 
A Spiritual entrepreneur is someone who is driven by purpose(dharma), love and compassion, to do God’s work. God-given gifts and talents are used to create products and services that serve, benefit, inspire, and uplift the lives of their customers and provide them with transformational results and experiences.
 
You may be wondering, “How would I create a successful spiritual entrepreneurship or business?” Let’s discuss that next.

How To Create A Successful Spiritual Entrepreneurship

If you hate the work (job or business) that you do because you do not find meaning and fulfillment from it, know that you are not alone.
 
There are lots of people who are currently in this situation and I hope they empower themselves and give themselves better opportunities instead of feeling hopeless and helpless.
 
You can choose to start your journey as a spiritual entrepreneur by aligning your business with your purpose and soul’s calling instead. Let‘s, discuss some ways to be successful as a spiritual entrepreneur next.

Quiet Your Mind

Allow yourself some time to spend in the silence to quiet your mind. If your mind is always going and you are hearing the chatter and self-talk, then you will not be able to hear your creator, discover who you are, your purpose, or what makes you happy.
 
Your soul knows exactly why you are here and the more time you spend in silence, the more you will be able to hear your soul’s whispers instead of your ego’s screams. Take deep breaths and listen to your heart. 
 
Your heart is your compass and it has a lot of wisdom inside of it. Learn to listen to it and follow its guidance too. The more time you take to spend time in the quiet, the more time you get to know yourself, which will ensure that you will be able to fulfill your purpose.

Trust Your Intuition

The more time that you spend in silence, the more you will be able to hear your intuition and loving guidance from your creator.
 
You will get answers to all your questions, and get a feeling in your gut and your body as to whether a decision that you are about to make is good for you, aligned to who you are, and your purpose, or not.

Set Intentions

You will be able to set your intentions, vision, the mission for your life, work, and business based on the purpose that you know that you’re here to fulfill. Ask yourself: “What kind of work would I like to do using my God-given gifts, talents, and natural talents?”.
 
Some of the clues to discovering your gifts and purpose are in your answers to the questions such as: “What did I love doing most as a child?” “What magazines, courses, and videos are I drawn to the most?” “What would I do with my time if I did not have to work for money?” “What comes to me naturally that others find it hard to do?” and “What do others compliment me on all the time?”

Get Out Of Your Comfort zone

Start expanding, acquiring skills, and getting out of your comfort zone. All human beings are here to evolve, grow, and serve others using their gifts.  Remember your growth is always on the other side of your comfort zone.
 
Commit to your purpose, move forward, and take all the actions that are required. Do not let your fears and doubts keep you from fulfilling your purpose. Take the first step with fear in one hand, faith in the other, and be courageous. The subsequent steps will only be revealed to you once you show faith and take the first step.

Figure Out who You Are Called To Serve

Figure out which group of people you are most called to serve. Most of the time that person is you. It is who you used to be before you solved your problem.
 
Find these people and start raising awareness of your work by serving them and giving them free value. Create consistent videos, blog articles, podcasts, books, and do live speeches. Start writing articles, get yourself out there, and start serving those people.
 
You may not have all the answers at the beginning such as what kind of business to start exactly. However, the more you serve and add value, the more clear it will get.
 
People will tell you what they need and want from you later on. For now, only start with one thing that you feel you’re being guided to start doing.

Create Offers

Start creating offers based on whatever guidance you get. Offer products and services that transform and make people’s lives better. It may be related to a problem that you solved for yourself in the past. 
 
You can now help others solve that problem faster rather than suffering for a long time like you did. Always remember that life happens for you. Every experience in life that you went through has helped you become a better person and you can now serve in a bigger and better way. 

Earn Money

Sustain your mission and purpose by earning all the money as an exchange of value that you add to the market. There is nothing wrong with you earning money as a spiritual entrepreneur.
 
The more you earn, the more you can give. It is hard to create transformational products when you are feeling a sense of scarcity, a lack of money, and resources to survive.
 
You are here for a purpose and a reason, so do the work that you love. Get up every day feeling excited and grateful that you are being an instrument for your creator that is doing the work that you are meant to, and were born to do.

Earn Blessings

Along with the money, makes sure you earn your customer’s blessings.  Your transaction is not complete once you sell something and get paid. This is the beginning of the relationship with them.
 
Every time they use your product or service, they will think of you, send you good thoughts, and blessings because they are grateful for what you have done for them because it transformed their lives. Or, they will feel bad and send you negative thoughts and energy if your products were negative.
 
You want to make sure that you are earning money that has good energy because people are loving your products and services. Especially if you are then using that money to pay your bills, and feed your children, family and other loved ones. They will also be affected by this energy.

Stay In Flow

Always stay in the flow with your work and with your money. As you serve and receive an unlimited amount of money, make sure you enjoy some of it, but also start sharing and giving it to others.
 
You can become your creator’s trustee and some of your money should flow from you to where it is needed the most.
 
Money can be earned and given in an unlimited capacity. However, time is limited and there is only a limited amount that can be given in service every day.

Stay Connected

Take some time connecting with your creator and do not always stay in the doing mode. Learn to do and then listen for loving guidance from your creator. Have a vision and goals for your life, but do not get attached to them.
 
Know that your creator has bigger and better things in store for you. Especially when things do not go according to your plans sometimes. Your creator’s dreams for you are much, much bigger than you can ever dream of.

You are a powerful soul and your life has infinite possibilities. You are a divine being and individualized expression of your creator which has access to your creator’s divine intelligence and strength.

In conclusion, I hope you now know a spiritual entrepreneur is someone who is driven by purpose(dharma), love and compassion, to do God’s work. God-given gifts and talents are used to create products and services that serve, benefit, inspire, and uplift the lives of their customers and provide them with transformational results and experiences.
 
You, also now know some ways you can create successful spiritual entrepreneurship. I hope you are excited and ready to start your entrepreneurship journey, fulfill your calling, do the work you love, and give this gift to yourself, your family, and the world. Your customers are waiting for you!
 
Next, read: “What is a purpose-driven business to help you with your spiritual entrepreneurship journey?”

Do Positive Thoughts Really Work And Are They Effective?

We will all face many challenges in life so that we can continue to grow. It is very easy in those moments to feel stressed out and let our negative automatic thought patterns take over, spiral out of control, and take us to very dark places.
 
What if we can learn to shift our thoughts to positive ones instead. Will that work, be effective, and get us out of trouble?
 
Yes, positive thoughts do really work and they are effective. They help you improve many areas of your mental, physical health, and lead to better overall quality and experience of life.
 
So, you may be wondering next how else does thinking positively exactly help in life? Let’s discuss that next.

How Does Thinking Positively Help In Life?

There are so many benefits in thinking positively versus negatively. We have been going through really tough times in the last couple of years due to the pandemic and the faster you can learn to change your thoughts into positive ones, the better life will get for you.
 
Always know and remember that you are a powerful soul that is having a temporary human experience. You can create your best life by thinking one positive thought at a time. Let’s discuss some further benefits of thinking positively, below. 

Better At Stress Management

You can manage stress better and be resilient if you can change your thoughts from negative to positive no matter the circumstances or challenges you have in your life. Instead of thinking negatively, you know how to trust and believe in your abilities to create your life the way you want to no matter what the circumstances are.
 
Your identity and beliefs lead to your thoughts, feeling, words, actions, habits, and destiny. So, always be aware of your thoughts and beliefs that are running your subconscious mind like a program. Learn to control and change your thoughts to positive ones.

Have Better Mental Health

You will have better mental health because you will be able to change your thoughts to positive ones, calm yourself, and have the confidence to create your best life the way you want.
 
Chances are less that you will have regrets from the past and suffer from depression. You will know that you went through things in the past so you can learn and grow stronger as a result of it.
 
You will also be less likely to be anxious about your future because you trust that you can create your best life vision and goals from your identity, thoughts, and beliefs. You also trust that universe will guide you so you can serve others with your purpose and do not get attached to your goals, outcomes, and results. 
 
You know that you are enough, matter, worthy, and are here on this earth for a reason. Your life has infinite possibilities.

Have Better Physical Health

When you believe and think positively and optimistically about every aspect of your life including your health and wellbeing, you are sending messages to every cell, tissue, and all your organs to function optimally for your greatest good.
 
Your body follows your commands and you will as a result have a better immune system, be less likely to have cardiovascular disease, and will live a healthier life overall.

You Are Confident

You have confidence, trust, belief in yourself, and you know that you are a powerful soul that is bigger than any challenge in life. You are a divine being and have access to the divine intelligence, strength, and power and therefore there is no problem you are not capable of solving.
 
You know the power of your identity, beliefs, thoughts, and are optimistic in your ability to create your best life. You can choose to create all your emotions(feelings), words, actions, habits, and ultimately your destiny.

Better Decision Maker

When you think positively you will trust your abilities and be able to make decisions quickly. You realize that there are no wrong decisions, mistakes, or failures only feedback and course correction and guidance.

Better Able To Focus

Positive thinkers spend their time focusing and thinking about what they want out of life and they know, believe, and trust themselves to design and create their own best life.
 
The negative thinkers focus and spend their energy on thinking about what they do not want and live their lives as a victim who blames others for their misfortune.

Better At Time Management

As a Positive thinker, you will value and better manage your time. You will be able to balance your time and know that you are worthy of some well-deserved time for your self-care. You will feel calmer and more peaceful.
 
You will be well organized and consciously schedule time for everything and everyone that matters to you in life. You will prioritize what you value and what matters to you. For example, if one of your top values is family, then you will schedule some time to spend and connect with your family.

More Successful In Life

When your thoughts are positive you will have a more optimistic outlook on life and achieve success.
 
You will take the time to discover your purpose, know your top values, create a vision and goals for your life.
 
Positivity and optimism will give you the confidence to imagine, dream big, innovate, create a life plan in every area of your life and be the most productive with the achievement of your life goals.

Attract Good Things

Positivity will attract more good things into your life because what you focus upon expands. You will see expansive opportunities all around you. You will also attract like-minded positive people into your life by vibrating and radiating higher energy out into the universe.

Are Less Fearful

You will be less fearful, feel confident, and are more open to trying new things, learning, and growing. You will feel confident and know your power as a multi-dimensional soul and where you came from.

Are Happier

You will laugh more, feel happier, and be more joyful because you can control your thoughts and master your mind. You will feel calmer, joyful, and peaceful inside and live a life in alignment with your soul. 
 
You are Joy, love, peace, compassion and abundance by nature. You can always raise your energy and feel these qualities by practicing gratitude and being thankful for what you have in your life.

In conclusion, I hope you agree that thinking positive thoughts is effective and works. As discussed there many benefits like better stress management, physical, and mental health and various other benefits for a better life.
 
It is worth learning to re-program your mind for positive thinking by reading what is positive thinking and living article next.
 
Please share this article with anyone else who is struggling with negative thoughts at the moment.
 
Best of luck with your positive thinking journey!

Why Do Habits Matter And Are So Important?

We are all creatures of habit. There is a high chance, like me, if you are reading this that you have your own set of habits that you perform every day without giving it much thought. 
 
Habits help us feel some normalcy, a sense of comfort, and security. They are very important for us to live our intended healthy, meaningful, fulfilling, and best life on our terms.
 
Our habits determine how successful we are in achieving our desired goals, the overall quality of the life that we lead, and our destiny. 
 
So, what exactly is a habit you may be wondering? Let’s find out.

What’s A Habit In Simple Words?

A habit is something that you do repeatedly. It could be an action like brushing your teeth, words like prayers you say daily, or thoughts (consciously or subconsciously) that you think of daily. 
 
Habits that we develop can be both good and bad for us. For example, smoking is a bad habit because it is not good for our health and can cause lung cancer while brushing your teeth at least twice a day is a very good habit to adopt for a healthy life.
 
You may be asking yourself, “which habits are most useful for me to develop?” Let’s list some simple life-changing habits that you can start today below.

Simple Habits That Will Change Your Life

Here are some very beneficial and healthy habits that you can incorporate into your life so that you can begin living your best life that you dream of sooner.

Daily Meditation

The practice of daily mediation has many health benefits. It improves your immunity, gives you the ability to focus, connect, and communicate with your creator.
 
It helps you create the time and space to hear your intuition which is the loving guidance from your creator. 
 
When you learn to sit in silence and meditate, you learn to control your thoughts and start experiencing inner peace. I would highly recommend everybody to start meditating even if it’s just for a minute. 
 
Ideally, you want to meditate for 20 minutes or more both in the morning and evening. The longer you meditate the better it will be for your health and wellbeing.

Next, read: “what does meditation mean?” and pick up a book by Jack Kornfield, Meditation for Beginners to help you start your meditation practice if you are new.

Practice Gratitude

A daily practice of gratitude is known to have amazing benefits. It changes your vibration, mood, and how you feel instantly.
 
We all have so many things to be grateful for. Smile and be grateful as soon as you wake up and open your eyes for the new day that you have been blessed with.
 
Also, practice gratitude and raise your energy as you are falling asleep instead of focusing on all the negative things that have happened during the day. It will calm you down, make you feel peaceful, and help you fall asleep quicker.
 
Gratitude is the best way to make yourself feel better throughout the day when experiencing difficult moments like feeling sad, bad, or hurt.
 
Practice and drench yourself in it at every opportunity you get like when you are stuck in traffic, stopped at a red light, in a lineup, and keep yourself at a higher vibration which is what you are by nature. 
 
Remember you are love, peace, joy, compassion, and abundance by nature which are higher vibrational qualities.
 
The more you can stay at this vibration and connected to your creator, the easier it will be for you be not to be triggered and affected by others.

Get Enough Sleep

It is important to get sufficient hours (7-9) of sleep every day so that you can function optimally to do the work that you were born to do and fulfill your purpose. Try to go to bed early at the same time, and wake up at the same time every day.  
 
Establish a pre-bed routine where you are off any electronics at least an hour before bed. Make sure your room is as dark as possible so that you can have an optimally restful sleep.
 
Reading and meditating before bed would be a good idea. It will help you go to sleep faster and peacefully.

Have A Morning Routine

Wake up as early as possible, experience the peace, and dedicate the first hour to your morning routine. Hydrate, meditate, pray, listen to and watch positive, inspirational and motivational messages and learn something new.
 
Have a healthy nutritious breakfast that gives your body energy and vitality. Review your goals, set your intentions for the day, and visualize your day ahead going well.
 
This routine will help you start your day proactively and will help you respond to people instead of reacting to them.

Practice Social Media Detox

Learn to be the master of your technology instead of the other way around. Do not go on social media first thing in the morning and fall into someone else’s agenda and let your emotions be controlled by it. 
 
Learn to be fully attentive to your family after work and put your phone away. Live on your terms, proactively and peacefully.

Declutter Your Environment

Tidy up, organize and declutter your desk, house, and car. When you have clutter around you it will affect your focus, increase your mind chatter, and affect your peace of mind.
 
Donate all the things that you no longer use and give them to others and let them experience joy as they use it like you once did.

Exercise Daily

Learn to move your body and exercise every single day. Your soul, which is here to fulfill a purpose is currently housed in your body so it is important to take care of it and keep it healthy. 
 
If you do not enjoy exercising on a treadmill or an elliptical then just put some music on and dance to get your heart rate up.
 
You can also do yoga, go for a nice walk out in nature, or go up and down the stairs if you have stairs in your house if the weather does not allow you to go out. 

Have An Evening Routine

Have an evening routine before you go to sleep. 
Journal everything that you learnt today, moments of joy experienced, all the people you impacted and served.
 
It is good to focus on the positive and feel good instead of thinking negative things as you fall asleep because you marinate in these thoughts for the whole night. 

Be Generous

Learn to incorporate generous acts in your life. You can give your time and money. Donate your time to help others by volunteering somewhere or calling and talking to someone that needs your help. 
 
You can also donate money to your favourite charities and causes so others can benefit from your good fortune. Remember you can contribute and help others with your money in an unlimited capacity unlike with your limited time.

Practice Positive Thinking

Learn to stay positive and think positively because it is very important for healthy self-esteem and a positive mindset. Your identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, and habits create your destiny. 
 
What you focus upon and think about will expand and come to being so be careful and intentional about what you are attracting into your life.
 
Know that everything in life happens for a reason and there are no accidents. The universe always has your back and life happens for you not to you.

Do what You Love

Take a break every day and do something that you love to do because you deserve a moment of joy for yourself. You can dance, sing, listen to music, read, watch a movie, talk to, visit, and spend some time with your friends and loved ones.

Practice Good Hygiene

Incorporate good hygiene habits into your day like brushing your teeth twice a day, taking a bath, washing your hands frequently, brushing your hair daily, moisturizing your body, wearing deodorant, etc.
 
When you practice good hygiene, you will feel, look, and be healthier.

In conclusion, I hope after reading this article, you know why habits are very important and matter. They give us a sense of normalcy, comfort and security. They are very important for us to live our intended healthy, meaningful, fulfilling, and best life on our terms.
 
Our habits determine our destiny, how successful we are in achieving our goals, and the overall quality of the life that we lead. 
 
Next, read: “what are the principles of living a happy life?” for some more helpful tips as you build your best life one habit at a time

Why Self-Love Is Not Selfish

We are always told to put our oxygen masks on first in case of an emergency in an airplane so that we can be well enough to help others.
 
Why are we not given this same advice when it comes to loving ourselves? Instead, we are conditioned and lead to believe that it is selfish to love and care for ourselves.
 
It is very important to accept, appreciate, and love yourself unconditionally and it is not at all selfish. If you do not love and care for yourself then you may eventually not be around or be able to love and serve others fully from the overflow and be able to receive love from others like you deserve to.
 
Loving yourself is not selfish or narcissistic because it does not mean that you are obsessed and preoccupied with your pleasure, profit, and lack love, respect, and consideration for others. 
 
So, you may be wondering, what does self-love mean? Let’s find out the answer to that question next.

What Does Self-Love Mean?

Self-love means honouring and prioritizing your self-care, needs, joy, and wellbeing, instead of sacrificing it to please others.
 
Also, to have the confidence, self-belief, and positive self-image to not settle for less than what you deserve and are worthy of.

What Are Some Ways To Practice Self-Love?

So many people do not know how to love and take care of themselves. We are taught to be kind and take care of other people, however, most of us are not taught to love and be kind to ourselves.
 
You may feel guilty when you first start taking some time to love and prioritize your care since you probably do not have any role models who have been doing that for themselves. Guilt is a waste of energy. 
 
Here are some tips for you to practice and start loving and taking care of yourself and improve your mental and physical health immediately.

Know Who You Are

Spend some time to get to know who you are and how valuable and special you are. You belong and are here in this world for a reason. You are a individualized expression of your creator. 
 
You are a powerful soul. You are connected to and always have access to your creator’s intelligence, mind, and strength.
 
Remember you are a soul with a body and you’re multidimensional and by nature, you are love, joy, compassion, peace, and abundance. Learn to value and love yourself unconditionally as your creator does.
 
Focus on yourself and learn to live in the moment without any distractions. Spend some time being alone in silence, connect with your creator, and reflect on yourself and your life.

Know You Are Enough

Know that you are enough and do not believe someone else’s opinion about you not being enough. Be aware of all the negative self-talk and habitual thoughts that do not serve and empower you. 
 
You have been created exactly in the right body, colour, and sex to fulfill your purpose and function here on earth. Accept all your mistakes and imperfections. Do not compare yourself with others. 
 
You are complete and whole and nobody else can complete you. Your partner does not complete you. You are complete and your partner is complete as well.
 
Your creator did not make an incomplete person. You are complete and possess all the wisdom within you to live your very best life. 

Know You Matter

You matter and you deserve to take care of yourself because if you don’t take care of yourself then you will not have the energy to take care of anybody else including your children, spouse, parents, other family members, friends, and other members of the society. 
 
 
 
Please take good care of yourself, spend some quality time with yourself, treat yourself often, and do things that give you joy. Start your day proactively with a morning routine that feeds your body, mind, and soul.
 
You will be able to handle situations better that arise throughout the day and respond to them rather than react.
 
Rest and sleep for enough hours. Hydrate and Eat nutritious food that fuels your body. Exercise and take care of your body which is housing your soul currently.
 
When you remain healthy you can serve others in a bigger and better way.

Have Healthy Boundaries

Learn to respect yourself, do not be afraid to say no, prioritize your needs, and have boundaries for yourself.
 
Remove toxicity from your life as much as possible. Stop consuming news, movies, documentaries with negative messages. 
 
What you consume will inform you perspectives, identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, and destiny.
 
Remove or reduce (if family) your association with disrespectful and toxic people. Seek and surround yourself with like-minded positive people.

Forgive Yourself And Others

Learn to forgive yourself and others. When you do not forgive you only harm yourself. The stuck negative energy in your body can manifest into a health issue in the future. We often forgive other people faster than ourselves.  
 
Do not be so hard on yourself. You were meant to make mistakes and learn from them so that you can help others avoid these mistakes or learn to handle them in a better way.

Trust Your Intuition

Learn to trust your gut and listen to your intuition. Praying is you talking to god and your intuition is god talking to you and guiding you.
 
Spend some time in the quiet listening to your loving guidance. The more you begin to listen to it the more powerful, stronger, and louder it will get and continue to serve you.

Be Authentic

Be the real you at all times. Don’t compare yourself to others. Let your soul whisper and guide you instead of always listening to your ego’s screams.
 
Listen to your soul and let it guide you to become who you were meant to become here and serve others. 
 
The more you love yourself, the more energy you will have to serve and love others and that is who you are by nature. You are love, compassionate, peaceful, and kind. 

Practice Gratitude

Practice gratitude every day and focus on all the good things in your life. It will raise your energy and unlock happiness and well-being in your life.
 
Write down all the things that you appreciate and love about yourself, people with whom you have relationships, and all the other things in life that you have been blessed with to enjoy by your creator.

In conclusion, I hope you have now realized that self-love is not selfish at all even though our society has trained us to think that it is. In fact, It is very important to accept, appreciate, and love yourself unconditionally. 
 
If you do not love and care for yourself then you may not be around or be able to love and serve others fully from the overflow and be able to receive love from others like you deserve to.
 
Loving yourself does not necessarily mean that you are obsessed and preoccupied with your pleasure, profit, and lack of love, respect, and consideration for others. 
 
Good luck with your self-care and love practices. Please share this article with anyone else that you know who needs to start loving and taking care of themselves for their well-being.
 
Next, read What Are Good Morning Habits article for ideas to incorporate into your self-care morning routine. Enjoy!

What Does Rejection Feel Like?

You are not alone if you have ever felt rejected. It is fairly common for all human beings to experience a feeling of rejection and not accepted for who we are by others at one point or another.
  
It does not feel good and causes you to feel a sensation of pain, sadness, shame, grief, hurt, anger, jealousy, anxiousness, depression, unworthiness, and a general sense of not belonging.
 
It is self-inflicted and brought on by our perspective, the stories we tell ourselves, and the meaning that we give it which then leads to our beliefs, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, and an unwanted destiny that we create for ourselves as a result.

So, you may be wondering, how does rejection change you? Let’s discuss that next.

How Does Rejection Change You?

We will now discuss some ways rejection changes you no matter what type you experience.
 
Some examples of when we may feel rejected are after a significant other ends a relationship, a child may feel rejected by their peers when not receiving an invite to a party, and when we do not get a deserved promotion.

It Can Make You Have A Low Self-Esteem

Constant rejections can make you have limiting beliefs, think negative thoughts about yourself which then lead to feeling like you do not matter, are not enough, do not belong, and are not worthy.
 
This can also lead to the urge to pull away from others and experience problems in relationships.

It Can Cause Insecurity

Your confidence can be affected by constant rejections and you might start experiencing physical symptoms associated with it like sweating, shaking, fidgeting, avoiding eye contact, and inability to communicate effectively.
 
The lack of confidence also leads to a lack of ability to fulfill high standards set for oneself and not being able to perform well on difficult intellectual tasks.

It Can Make You Feel Angry

You may feel angry and experience poor impulse control when constantly rejected. It is okay to acknowledge and feel this anger.

It Can Make You Feel Depressed And Anxious

Constant rejection can make you feel sad, hopeless, depressed, and anxious especially in social settings. You may feel tired, and unmotivated to do anything.
 
You may feel like staying in bed and sleeping all day long.  It is also probable to worry about the future possibility of rejections which then can heighten your anxiety.
 
You may not feel like leaving your house and seeing anyone. This can also lead to the urge to pull away from others, experience loneliness, and have problems in relationships.

It Can Make You Feel Jealous Of Others

You may be inclined to compare yourself to other people who are accepted and experience jealousy towards them. This is a normal reaction due to constantly being rejected.

How To Handle Rejection

Always remember that we are on this earth for a short time and so we should live our very best life. It is very important to acknowledge, validate, accept, and process how you are feeling after a rejection. 
 
Let’s now discuss how to better handle rejections that are inevitable in life, bounce back from them, and not let them have control over us.

Know That You Are Always Valuable

You are whole, worthy, enough, and valuable regardless of your life experiences.  All the pain that you go through in life is necessary for you to learn from and grow.
 
When you become a better and stronger person, you can fulfill your purpose and serve others in a bigger and better way. So not be afraid to live your life to the fullest and know that you will never lose your value.
 
You are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. Your soul is changeless and it is not affected by anything.

Be aware of the meaning you are giving it

Do not give rejections power over you. Stop suffering by making up stories and giving them meanings that are not true.
 
Catch and be aware of your resulting beliefs, thoughts, feelings, negative self-talk, and actions that do not serve you.

Remember Hurt People Hurt People

Hurt people are not happy on the inside and therefore hurt others. It is very common and natural for most human beings to judge one another.
 
These opinions are not necessarily true and are therefore none of your business. What matters is your opinion of yourself. Learn to love your-self unconditionally and practice self-love and self-care regularly.
 
Aim to live your true life despite other people’s judgement and opinions.  You are here for a purpose and are only accountable to yourself and your creator.
 
Nobody else has to understand that. If you need support find a loving, accepting, and supportive community of like-minded people to associate with regularly.

Know that your environment does not control you

Learn to live your life from the inside out and do not let the environment control you. Don’t give other people and outer circumstances power over you and affect what path you take in life.
 
Follow your inner wisdom and guidance (intuition) to fulfill your purpose and live your best life. Spend some time in silence so you can receive loving guidance from your creator.

Know Life Happens For You

Everything in life happens for you including the painful, unpleasant, and challenging moments. The universe is an intelligent system and everything that happens is in divine order.
 
Know that everything that you’re going through you are meant to grow stronger and learn lessons from so you can fulfill your purpose and serve others in a bigger and better way.

In conclusion, since we all go through rejection in our life at one point or another, it is important to know what it feels like and how to handle it.
 
It does not feel good and causes you to feel a sensation of pain, sadness, shame, grief, hurt, anger, jealousy, anxiousness, depression, unworthiness, and a general sense of not belonging.
 
It is self-inflicted and brought on by our perspective, the stories we tell ourselves, and the meaning that we give it which then leads to our beliefs, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, and an unwanted destiny that we create for ourselves as a result.
 
We also discussed how it can change you and can cause you to have low self-esteem, feelings of insecurity, depression, anxiety, anger, and jealousy.
 
You also learned some ways to handle rejections. Hope you found this information helpful and empowering. Please share this article with someone that you may know that can use this information to better their life.
 
Next, continue your empowering journey and read How Fears And Self-Doubts Keep You Stuck And How To Overcome It.

Is Starting A Small Business Worth It?

Recently, a lot of people have realized life that is so precious and can be short. They have been asking themselves what changes they need to make in their life so that they can live their very best life. 
 
One such change is finding a more flexible, meaningful, and fulfilling way to make a living. One of the ways to do that is to start your own business. Is it worth starting your own small business?
 
Yes, it is because you get to design a business that you love, which transform people’s lives for the better, is aligned with your best life vision, values, purpose, and soul’s calling and has the potential to earn an unlimited income which you can then use to make an infinite impact in the world.
 
So, you may be wondering what small business you can start. Let’s discuss some questions you can ask yourself to help you decide that.

What Small Business To Start

We have been going through really tough times in the last couple of years and as a result, more and more people are exiting from their jobs and want to start their own business.
 
They want to build a business that they love instead of working for someone else, building their dreams, and begging for days off.
 
People want to be in control of their life and they want to consciously design a life and business that is in alignment with their soul’s calling and purpose.
 
One of the hardest decisions that you will face once you decide that you will start your own business is what business to start.
 
Here are some questions to help you decide what business would be good for you to start.
 
Make sure to write down the answers to these questions so you can review them later and find clues, themes, and breadcrumbs that may lead you to a business idea for you to start.

What did You Enjoy Doing As A Child?

There are lots of clues in your childhood that will help you determine what unique gifts you have been given by your creator. These are the skills and gifts that will help you decide what business to start and fulfill your purpose.
 
As a child, you remember and know exactly who you are, where you have come from, and what you are capable of.
 
You know and believe that your life has infinite possibilities.There is nothing you cannot be, do, or have. You have not been conditioned and acquired limiting beliefs from society yet.

What Do You Love Doing?

What do you love doing, get into a flow, and always lose the track of time? Think of a time when you were immersed in an activity because it gave you so much joy and you had no idea how much time had gone by.
 
This activity has to be aligned to your soul’s true nature which is love, joy, compassion, peace, and abundance, and not something that is not good for you and is misaligned.
 
Your emotions serve as a good compass for you to follow and know whether you are on the right path or not.

What Problems And Hurdles Have You Overcome

What problem or hurdles have you overcome for yourself that you can now help others with? It could be some kind of health issue, the end of a relationship, or grieving over a lost parent or child.
 
You were perhaps meant to go through that life experience so that you know how to help others and decrease their suffering.

What Complaints And Frustrations Do You Have

Think of all the areas in your life where you have complaints, frustrations, and have not been able to find a solution. You are probably meant to have these frustrations and come up with a solution for yourself and others.

What Are Your Natural Talents And Skills?

What do you love doing and find easy to do in comparison to others? This is a big clue for you. What comes naturally to you is part of your purpose because you have ease and joy when doing it as it is aligned to your soul’s calling and purpose.

What Makes You Different

What do people tell you that you have a very unique perspective about or way of doing? You are meant to do this type of work, using this skill and that is why you have been given a gift that is so unique and different from others.
 
It is good to share your gift with others by utilizing this skill and starting your purpose-driven business.

What Compliments Do You Receive Often?

What do people compliment you on? Can you use those skills to serve others and start a purpose-driven business? What you are good at has been given to you as a unique gift by your creator and it could be a part of your purpose to share with others.

What’s One Thing People Ask You With Help

What do people ask you to help them with? Can you start a business and use these skills to help others? This skill could also be your unique gift from your creator and you are meant to utilize it, start a business, and serve others.

In conclusion, I hope you agree with me that it is worth starting your own small business especially because you get to design a business that you love, which transforms people’s lives for the better, is aligned with your best life vision, values, purpose, and soul’s calling.
 
It also has the potential to earn an unlimited income which you can then use to make an infinite impact in the world.
 
The bliss, fulfillment and joy that you will experience from starting your own purpose-driven business and serving others are not possible to get any other way.
 
It is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and others. You can use your purpose and unique gifts to create solutions to people’s problems and create products and services to transform their lives for the better.
 
Your work becomes service and it becomes a part of your purpose fulfillment. You experience joy, love, peace, and abundance every day and when you stay in that energy, life’s journey becomes wonderful.
 
Anyone who has a burning desire, commitment, and belief in themselves can start a small business for themselves and transform their and others’ lives. It is a journey, however, that will have many challenges and growth.
 
Download the below the three secrets to starting a business that lights you up to help you gain further clarity with what business to start.

What Is A Spiritual Awakening

Spiritual awakening comes about either through insights from one’s search for answers to questions like who am I? and why am I here? 
 
Or as a result of a breakthrough after some kind of breakdown and difficult phase of life like the end of a relationship or some kind of health issue.
 
I am very grateful for the spiritual awakening journey that I have been in in the last decade. I would not be where I am today if I did not go through it. 
 
Spiritual awakening is very necessary for us to remember who we are and why we came here. You may be wondering, what exactly is spiritual awakening?

It is a personal experience and journey an individual goes through and begins to understand that their existence goes beyond their Ego (I), limited sense of self to encircle a wider, limitless sense of truth and reality that is part of the unlimited universal consciousness, the divine or their creator.
 
So, what are some signs of a spiritual awakening? Let’s discuss that next.

What Are The Signs of Spiritual Awakening? 

Remember you are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. The more you align with your soul and let it lead you through life, the better it will get. 
 
You are here for a purpose and your soul knows exactly why you are here.
 
The more you connect and listen to your soul, the more you will be able to be crystal clear as to whether you are on the right path and your soul will continue to guide you and let you know when and if you veer off your path.
 
Spiritual Awakening is necessary for you to fulfill your soul’s calling and purpose. Below are some signs that you are going through a spiritual awakening.

Desire To Connect To Your True Self

You will feel the desire to figure out who you are and why you are here. You will want to connect to your true authentic self which is your soul and let it guide you through life.
 
Remember your soul is eternal and you are only here for a short period. When you die, your soul is still going to remain intact. It will not be in this world anymore yet it will still exist in a different realm.

Have Heightened Intuition

You will have a heightened sense of intuition which is loving guidance from your creator. Your questions will be answered when you sit in silence, connect to your creator, and ask. You will be able to see signs and be guided.
 
Some of the guidance will be in the form of signs that you see which are the same messages appearing three different times or you will have a gut feeling guiding your decisions.

Have Vivid Dreams

You will start having vivid dreams and remember the messages, guidance received from your soul, and your creator towards the fulfilment of your soul’s calling, life vision, and purpose which is another sign of spiritual awakening.

Feel Inner Peace And Contentment

You will begin feeling inner peace and contentment regardless of what is happening on the outside. You are going to be able to live your purposeful life by being authentic.  
 
You will not fear other people judging you. Your purpose is between you as a soul and your creator and no one else needs to understand or approve of it.

Aware Of Reality Beyond Senses

You will be aware of your reality beyond your senses and know and understand that you are multidimensional. You are currently on this earth and your body can only use your five senses.
 
You are a soul which is capable of so much more than your body and five senses that you’ve been given to use while on this earth. 
 
There is a whole magical world that you are connected to that is beyond these five senses that we use while here.

Aware Of Spiritual Energy

You will begin to gain awareness of spiritual energy and realize that you are an energetic being. You are vibrating and we are connected to the world that is beyond this earth. We can tune into that world by raising our energy.
 
The higher our energy the more we can vibrate at what our soul’s natural vibration is and the more you can tune in and connect to that world of magic and access divine mind, intelligence, and strength.
 
You also begin to realize that you are in this world but you’re not off this world. Someday you will leave your body and will go back to your true home which is where you came from.

Aware Of Creator’s Beauty Creation

You begin to see the beautiful gifts that your creation has blessed you with. 
 
You begin to notice the beautiful sunsets, sunrise, white perfect clouds, oceans, lakes, mountains, nature and have reverence for all the other creations and living things.

You are in “aah” at what your creator is creating and your connection to your creator which is where you have come from and will return to someday. There is a whole magical world that you are connected to.

Feel Compassion And Sadness

You begin to feel compassion and sadness when you notice all the challenges and suffering people are experiencing in this world. You want to serve and help others because you feel compassionate and connected to them.
 
You know it is people’s conscious collective energy that’s causing all the suffering and so the desire for you to be of service is very natural. 
 
One of the ways you can help others is by guiding them to awaken and tap into their inner superpowers, so they can discover and fulfill their purpose.
 
You feel compassion towards all living things that live in different environments like oceans, forests, lakes and will want to look after everything on this earth that you have been blessed with and trusted to look after.

Know How Powerful You Are

Know how powerful you are. You have been blessed with the inner wisdom that you always have access to. You are also connected to your creator and can always access the divine mind, intelligence, and strength.
 
You also know that you are responsible for your life. You have been granted free will and you create your life from your identity, beliefs, thoughts, words, behaviour, actions, and habits that create your destiny.

Increased Inspiration

You will begin to experience increased inspiration and creativity. Inspiration is being in spirit. 
 
The more you connect to your spirit(soul) the more you will receive guidance, be inspired, and want to create amazing experiences, products, and services to help transform people’s lives for the better. 
 
Starting a purpose-driven business is one of the ways you can serve others.

Experience Depression And Anxiety

You may experience depression and anxiety as you awaken. Your ego begins to lose its power as you spend more time in silence, and begin to hear your soul’s whispers.
 
It is also possible to feel isolated because you do not feel comfortable hanging out with the people you once got along with and had things in common with. 
 
The universe may remove these people from your life. Other Awakened and like-minded people will be attracted to your life.

Need To Cleanse Your Body

You will have a desire to cleanse your body. Your soul is housed inside your body so the healthier you keep your body the better it is for your soul. It can function and do the work that it’s here to do within this exact perfect body.
 
You will want to eat clean, nutritious food, sleep enough hours, and move your body as much as possible to keep it healthy and fit enough to enable your soul to fulfill its purpose. 
 
Meditate every day because it has a lot of health and other benefits.

In conclusion, now you know that spiritual awakening is a personal experience and journey an individual goes through and begins to understand that their existence goes beyond their Ego (I), limited, sense of self to encircle a wider, limitless sense of truth, and reality that is part of the unlimited universal consciousness, and their creator.
 
Spiritual awakening happens either through insights from one’s search for answers to questions like “who am I?” and “why am I here?” 
 
or as a result of a breakthrough after some kind of breakdown and difficult phase of life like the end of a relationship or some kind of health issue.
 
Next, read what does meditation mean? to begin your spiritual awakening journey and receive your insights, connect with your creator, and begin hearing your soul’s guidance.

What Is The Meaning Of The Word Reflect?

Everybody would benefit from spending time alone, in silence, and reflecting on different areas of their life. It is one of the most useful and valuable ways to spend time that I found so that I can live my best life consciously by design.

I also always take time to reflect upon my last year as I sit down to plan my new year. One of the questions you may be asking is what exactly is the meaning of the word reflect?

It is to pause, focus, think deeply and bring awareness to particular areas of life so that you can gain insights and lessons that can be reused in the future.

So, at this point, you may be wondering: why is it important to reflect on last year in particular? Let’s discuss that next.

Why Is It Important To Reflect On Your Last Year?

It is important to reflect on the last year so that you can gain confidence by celebrating and honouring all of your accomplishments and also grow, gain insights, learn lessons, and receive feedback from all of your failures and mishaps before.

Reflection will help you decide what worked and could be repeated in the new year and what needs to be tweaked and improved for a better new year. It also gives you the confidence to plan and set goals for the new year.

Without reflection, you would repeat your mistakes and not move forward in life and your new year as a better version of yourself.

How To Reflect On The Past Year

As we established earlier, it is an extremely important and necessary exercise to do this exercise for yourself every year so that you do not repeat your mistakes and forget to do what worked well in the new year.

Start reflecting on things from last year to gain clarity and awareness by asking yourself the following questions.

What Are You grateful For?

Even though we have had a tough few years, we all have had some moments and things that we can be grateful for. What are those for you? Recall and write them all down so you can review them again and again.

Write down all the special experiences that you shared with your family, friends, customers, team members etc that you are also grateful for? Did you see amazing sunsets, sunrises, whimsical clouds?

What Are Some Highlights Of Your Last Year?

Write down some moments that you experienced that you are proud of. Did you create something new like a new program to transform people’s lives or did you start a valuable ritual with your family?

Remember all the highlights of your last year? What did you experience last year? Did you serve someone? Did you compliment people? Did you give to charity? Did you make someone smile? Did you make someone laugh?

Recalling these highlights will give you joy, raise your energy, and vibration and help you start your new year with a lot of confidence and with a focus on positivity.

What Lessons Did You Learn?

Write down all the challenges, failures you experienced, overcame and lessons that you learnt. We go through things in life so we can continue to grow, learn and be more compassionate, wiser and stronger.

It is important to acknowledge lessons learnt so that you do not experience them again.

Do You Regret Any Decisions And Mistakes You Made?

It is important to forgive yourself and let go of any regrets you feel in relation to all the mistakes and decisions you made that you are not proud in the past year. We all make mistakes however we are often very hard and unforgiving towards ourselves.

We forgive others for their mistakes however have very high standards for ourselves. Holding on to your regrets can lead to other health issues in your body. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, let the regret go, and help someone else avoid this mistake if possible.

Do You Have Any Resentment Towards Others?

Did someone fail to meet your expectations and are you holding on to the resentments? Let go of these resentments before they turn into bigger health issues for you.

Always remember not everyone is meant to stay in your life forever. Forgive them and let them go from your life if possible or minimize your interaction with them.

Everything that happens in your life is in divine order. Holding on to these resentments will only harm you. There are no accidents. We live in a very intelligent universe.

What Beliefs Do You Need To Let Go Of?

Do you have any beliefs and thoughts that are keeping you small and not serving you to live your best life and fulfill your dreams? Practice self-reflection and figure out what they are and replace them with beliefs and thoughts that are aligned to your vision and purpose.

How To Plan For A Best And Successful New Year

Now that you have completed your reflection, let’s create a plan for your best and most successful new year. Clarify and decide what you want to focus on creating by asking the following questions.

What Is Your Word For The Year?

Ask yourself what area you want to focus upon and accomplish in the new year. What word would you give your year? For example, Is it the year of breakthrough, year of growth, year of health, year of joy, year of compassion, year of contribution, etc?

It is good to have goals for all areas of your life, however, which area do you want to focus upon the most? Which area do you feel requires your most immediate attention?

How Do You Want To Grow This Year?

What are your growth goals for this year? How are you planning to grow? The more you grow the more you can serve your purpose in a bigger and better way.

How many books are you going to read? Courses you will invest in? Communities you will join? Videos you will watch? Podcasts you will listen to? Equipment you will invest in for your health?

What Kind of Experiences Do You Want To Have?

What kind of experiences do you want to have with your family, friends, customers, the team in the new year?

How Do You Want To Contribute And Help Others?

What are some types of contributions you want to make this year? how do you want to serve other people? how do you want to help others?

is it through financial contribution? Is it with your time? Do you want to help someone and volunteer somewhere? Is it that you want to speak to someone in your family/extended family?

What goals Do You have?

Review your life vision, values, purpose and write down all your goals in the different areas of your life like family, friends, work, financial, health, physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional that you would like to accomplish.

What Actions Do You Plan To Take?

It is important to plan the exact steps and processes to accomplish your goals. Your outcome goals may not be in your complete control, however, your process goals are.

It’s always okay to plan the actions, but always remember to never get attached to those plans and goals. In the end, what matters is the fact that you have grown as a person because you had those goals. Your goals should stretch you and bring you out of your comfort zone.

In conclusion, you now know what it means to reflect. It is to pause, focus, think deeply and bring awareness to particular areas of life to gain insights and lessons that can be reused in the future.

I hope you recognize the importance of reflection so we do not repeat all the things we did not like about our life and past year. Join me and begin to incorporate this practice into your routine more frequently, especially at the beginning of a new year.

Plan and create your best year. Decide what you want in each area of your life, set goals, and start taking the actions required. Good Luck!

It would be helpful for you to read what are life goals article next for further insights and knowledge.

I hope you experience and feel lots of love, good health, happiness, and prosperity in the new year! Happy New Year!

What Is Positive Thinking And Living?

We think 60,000 thoughts every single day. The majority of our daily thoughts are habitual, repetitive, and negative. 
 
I found learning to reframe, redirect, and change my negative thoughts to positive ones was life-changing for me especially since we create our lives from our thoughts and beliefs. What exactly is positive thinking and living?
 
It is being aware of your thoughts and consciously choosing to think beneficial thoughts that serve and create a joyful, healthy, peaceful, abundant, meaningful and fulfilling life in alignment with your values and soul’s mission and purpose.
 
Positive thinkers have an optimistic attitude, focus on the good, and know and trust that everything in life happens for their benefit. They look for the lessons and blessings in every situation, even the negative ones.
 
So, you may be wondering how do I reprogram my mind for positive thinking? let’s discuss that next

How to reprogram your mind for positive thinking 

It is not difficult to re-program your mind for positive thinking provided you are consciously aware of your thoughts and implement some of the suggestions mentioned below to help you along your journey. 

Remember Who You Are 

You are a powerful soul that is having a temporary human experience. You are an individualized expression of your creator. Your life has infinite possibilities.
 
Catch, redirect, and change any negative thoughts that are not aligned to your real self (soul), which has the same qualities as your creator which are love, peace, joy, compassion, generosity, and abundance.

Be Aware Of Your Thoughts

Since your identity, beliefs, and thoughts create your life, make sure you are only thinking thoughts that are aligned to what you want to create and manifest into your life.
 
Change and redirect any thoughts that are counter to what you want to create in your life. Find proof that matches the beliefs and thoughts that are aligned to what you want and against the beliefs and thoughts that you do not want.
 
Repeat the aligned positive thoughts and beliefs to yourself and form a stronger and positive thought pattern into your brain that eventually becomes automated and natural for you.

Mind Your Body Language

Your negative thoughts often lead to you feeling sad and walking around with your shoulders drooped over or any other posture indicative of someone who has given up on life feeling hopeless and is not confident.
 
Your body will respond to that and will release stress hormones into your body causing you to have an adversarial physiological response to these negative thoughts.
 
Instead, redirect and change your negative thoughts and stand tall with your shoulders back signalling to your body that everything is okay. Know and trust that you are bigger and more powerful than any problem out there.

Recite Daily Affirmations

Recite daily empowering affirmations like: “I am a powerful soul, I am a loving soul, and I am a peaceful soul.” 
 
These will serve as daily reminders about how powerful you are and your accessibility to your creator’s power, strength, and intelligence and will cause you to be less likely to think negative thoughts.
 
Take the time to affirm and program thoughts and beliefs aligned to things that you want to manifest in your life because when you affirm negative things, that is what will be created and attracted into your life.
 
What you focus upon expands and attracts to you, so make sure you are affirming things that you want and reflect that you are a powerful limitless soul because that’s who you are by nature.

Choose Your Words Carefully

Words carry a vibration, and you speak things into creation, which will then manifest into your life. 
 
When you start thinking positive thoughts which will lead to you speaking words with a higher vibration that are true to your nature like: “absolutely, I will for sure.”
 
Don’t use words like, I am not sure, or maybe, which arise from negative thoughts, have weaker vibrations, are not aligned to your true nature and infinite possibilities.
 
Speak the words that serve you and help you live the life that you want to live which is your very best life while you are here on this earth.

Seek Out Positivity

Consume positive information instead of focusing on and consuming negative news and messages. 
 
The negative messages lead to you thinking negative thoughts more habitually and make you feel like the world is a negative place to live in.  
 
Read books, listen to podcasts, watch videos, documentaries, and movies that are inspiring and have positive messages to make positive thoughts naturally default for you in your life.

Have An Emotional Outlet

If you are currently experiencing challenges and frustrations in life, then it is very easy to think negative thoughts. 
 
It is helpful to have a few options and ways to release these feelings and prevent the energy from getting stuck in your body and causing further health issues.  
 
You can tell yourself: “I will experience this frustration for a set amount of time, and then let it go for good” and immerse yourself in a different activity to distract yourself.
 
You can scream if that helps you let it go. Picture your creator’s love and light filling the area where there is pain and frustrations once resided.
 
Dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument, or listening to music, speaking to a coach or a friend and borrowing their courage are other ways to deal with it. 
 
Remind yourself that everything in life happens for your good, reframe your thoughts and stories, and look for the lessons and blessings in every situation.

Create Positive Environment

Create a positive environment in your home by displaying messages all around you that are inspiring, and lead you to think positive thoughts. 
 
Wear clothing with inspiring messages that also signal and remind you to think positive thoughts in alignment with your true nature.
 
Reduce or eliminate your interaction with all the people in your life currently who are toxic, and negative. You are going to be like the five closest people that you hang out with regularly. So, choose those people very wisely.

Look After Your Body And Mind

eat food that drains your body and is not good for you like sugar and flour, then you will experience negative thoughts and adversarial health consequences.  
 
Your body is your soul’s abode and so it should be looked after well so the soul can fulfill its mission, calling, and purpose. 
 
Make sure you drink enough water that is optimally required by your body, get enough hours of sleep and rest, exercise, be energetic.
 
Think good thoughts and be healthy so that you can fulfill your purpose and have a positive demeanour and outlook for your life.

Meditate Daily

Incorporate a daily practice of morning meditation in your schedule. It will ground you and help you better handle and respond to the challenges of the day rather than reacting. 
 
You will be better able to live your life from the inside out and utilize your inner wisdom. You will be able to hear your inner loving guidance that is only possible when you connect to your creator via meditation.
 
The more you meditate, the more you will begin to experience and feel inner joy, peace, wellbeing, and bliss which is your true nature and you will be less likely to experience and think negatively. 

Practice Gratitude Daily

A daily practice of gratitude will help you raise your energy and make you less likely to revert to negative thoughts automatically. 
 
Drench yourself in gratitude every time you recognize yourself spiralling into habitual negative thought patterns and you will be able to very quickly change your state to a more positive one.

Help Others

Whenever you feel stuck in frustration and negative thought pattern take the focus off yourself, reach out and be of service to someone else. 
 
This will raise your energy and make you feel positive and better because compassion and service are aligned with our nature and purpose.

Forgive And Heal

If you are feeling hurt and holding on to resentment towards someone else, remember it will harm you and not the other person. Forgive, heal yourself, and let the hurt go from your body before it turns into a health issue.

In conclusion, now you know what positive thinking and living is and how to re program your mind for positive thinking.

It is being aware of your thoughts and consciously choosing to think beneficial thoughts, that serve and help you create a life in alignment with your values and soul’s purpose, instead of having the habitual negative thoughts patterns.
 
Also, positive thinkers have an optimistic attitude, focusing on the good, and knowing and trusting that everything in life happens for their benefit, looking for the lessons and blessings in every situation, even the negative ones.
 
Remember we think 60,000 thoughts in a day every single day. Most of these thoughts are habitual, repetitive, and they are negative. It would be more beneficial for you to learn to change these thoughts to positive ones since we create our lives from our thoughts and beliefs.
 
You are now well equipped, empowered, and know ways to reprogram your mind to think positively even when you are experiencing frustrations and challenges in life while on earth school. Good Luck!
 
I recommend the next helpful article to read would be what does meditation mean

What Does Meditation Mean?

It is very hard for us to stop thinking. We think around 60,000 thoughts every day and most of these thoughts are automatic, negative, habitual thought patterns that we repeatedly think.
 
These thoughts then lead to our identity, beliefs, feelings, actions, words, habits, destiny, and unconsciously create a life that we might not have intended to create.
 
Meditation is one of the best practices to stop those negative thoughts and create the life that you want. My regular meditation practise has improved my life drastically.
 
I feel a sense of peace, serenity, and contentment on the inside no matter what is going on the outside. I highly recommend everyone to start meditating every day even if it is only for a few minutes.
 
Meditation is a practice where you turn your awareness from the outer world of noise and activity to your inner world, engage in contemplation or reflection, concentration, focus on your breathing, repetition of mantra, thoughts, feeling and perceptions, and reach a heightened level of spiritual awareness.
 
 
You learn to focus and observe your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions non-judgementally, slow them down, and eventually stop them, so you can alter how you perceive and respond to the world around you.
 
So, now that you know what meditation means, you may be wondering… Why you should consider starting a meditation practice and what are some other benefits of Meditating?
 
Let’s discuss that next

What Are Some Benefits Of Meditation?

Meditation has been practiced in many cultures all over the world for thousands of years. 
 
It can be used as a psychotherapeutic technique as well as for a religious purpose. Many people also use it independently of any religious or spiritual practices and beliefs. 
 
While the experts do not yet fully understand exactly how meditation works research has shown that meditation can have a range of positive effects on overall health.
 
Some of these benefits are a deep state of relaxation, tranquil mind, emotional, and psychological well-being and many others
 
Let’s discuss these and all the additional benefits of meditation in more details.

Benefits of Meditation On The Brain

Meditation slows the ageing of your brain and improves memory. Various studies done have also shown an increase in the physical size of certain areas in your brain from meditating regularly.
 
A Harvard study by Dr. Sarah Lazar in 2011 showed after just 8 weeks of meditation, a physical increase in the size of the Left Hippocampus which is responsible for learning, memory, and retaining information. 
 
Posterior Cingulate Cortex also grew which controls the ability for your mind to wander and Temporo-parietal junction which is responsible for empathy and compassion.
 
The same study also found that there was also a noticeable decrease in the brain cell volume in the amygdala which is responsible for fear, anxiety, and stress which matched with the self-reports of levels of stress. 
 
Meditation changes our subjective experience, perception of pain and feelings, and overall psychological well-being.

Benefits Of Meditation Before Bed

Meditation improves sleep especially if it is done right before going to bed. It is easier to fall asleep when you are in a calm, peaceful state and not focusing on the negative things that have happened throughout the day. 
 
Sleep is very important for us so you’ll be able to function better if you sleep better and wake up with gratitude and excitement to start your day which will allow you to focus on and fulfill your purpose, grow, and serve others.

Benefits Of Meditation on Health

Reduces Stress

Meditation helps better manage stress and reduce the side effects of stress, especially with mindful meditation. It helps you slow down your thoughts or control your thoughts and quiet your mind and which leads to you feeling calm and peaceful. 
 
It reduces automatic habitual negative and stressful thoughts which unconsciously create a life that you do not want.

Better Management Of Symptoms Of Depression And Anxiety

Mindfulness meditation helps you to be in the present moment right now and not worry about the past or the future. 
 
You are better able to manage the symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. Anxiety is fear of the future and depression is resentments from the past.
 
A recent study published in Jama Internal Medicine by Professor Willem Kuyken showed that Mindful meditation was just as effective as commonly prescribed drug anti-depressant drugs when it comes to treating depression and had a 31% less chance of a relapse.

Improves Immunity

Meditation improves your overall immunity. We are energetic beings and meditation raises your energy which makes less likely to catch germs and diseases which exist at a lower vibration. 

Reduces Your Blood Pressure

Meditation reduces your blood pressure. You are less likely to suffer from high blood pressure and all the other health issues that result from this condition. 
 
You instantly feel calm, peaceful, and less affected by the challenges that arise in your life. 

Experience Of Bliss And Happiness

Meditation leads to a feeling and experience of internal bliss, contentment, and happiness that cannot be compared to anything else. 
 
You feel internal joy, peace, and love as you connect and align with your creator through meditation and a knowing that you can access the divine intelligence, strength, love, compassion, and abundance which is your true nature. 
 
When you are fully present you can enjoy moments of your life’s journey rather than worrying about the past or future. 

Improves Your Self-Esteem

Meditation improves your self-esteem and confidence. When you connect and align with your creator, you get to know your higher self and realize who you are which is a very powerful soul. 
 
You are an individualized expression of your creator. When you come to know this truth and realization you will feel more powerful. This will lead to you having an increased self-esteem and self-confidence and be less affected by bullies. 

Improves Focus And Productivity

Meditation improves your focus and attention. You will be able to stay in the present moment, control, slow your thoughts down, focus, and not get distracted. 
 
Your productivity, concentration will increase, and you will be able to get into a flow state more often. 

Makes You More Grateful

Meditation makes you more grateful. You realize who you are, where you have come from, and how much you are loved unconditionally by your creator. 
 
You will be able to notice and be in “aah” of all the things in life, including nature, that you have been blessed with. 
 
Your Relationships will also improve as you will value and become more grateful for all the people in your life.

Increased Self-Awareness

You will be able to live like your higher self and who you are by nature. You will radiate love, peace, compassion, joy, abundance, and kindness. 
 
Meditation will help you connect and align to your creator and receive guidance about your purpose and path. 

In conclusion, Meditation is a practice where you turn your awareness from the outer world of noise and activity to your inner world, engage in contemplation or reflection, concentration, focus on your breathing, repetition of mantra, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and reach a heightened level of spiritual awareness.
 
You learn to focus and observe your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions non-judgementally, slow them down and eventually stop them, so you can alter how you perceive and respond to the world around you.
 
Meditation is a wonderful practice for every-one to start. It has so many health and other benefits. It is worth starting to add to your schedule every single day. Even if it is only for a few minutes.
 
The sooner you start the sooner you will experience feeling a sense of peace, serenity, and contentment on the inside no matter what is going on the outside like me. 

I wanted to mention a great resource to help you in case you were wondering how exactly to start your meditation practice.  I recommend you read a book by Jack Kornfield called Meditation for Beginners

I wish you the best of luck with your meditation practice! You may not feel competent in the beginning however remember it is a journey and you will get better as you repeatedly practice meditation. It is definitely worth a try!