DON'T LINGER AT THE CROSSROAD............

So, you have come to a crossroad - metaphorically speaking; a fork in the road and you find yourself in a position requiring you to make a choice between two paths, a choice of direction.

• Which way?
• What road or direction should I take?
• What if it isn't the right decision, right direction?
• OMG, what do I do?

You find yourself agonizing over the fact that the choice you make might fundamentally alter your life - and it might not be the best decision, the best choice, the best path. 

You find the weight of having to make a decision or choosing between two paths, very difficult.

Does this sound familiar??

I would be surprised if it doesn't. There would not be one person reading this that has not been in this position - AND if you haven't yet, you will at some stage in your life.

• You wait - waiting buys you time and you hope it will all go away, perhaps solve itself.
• You think it over....and over....and over; time passes. You become ambivalent;  ambivalence creates inner conflict.
• You weigh up the options.

Fear sets in AND that's another whole story, another BLOG!!

KNOW THIS:
When a path presents itself - however frightening it might be to follow - it may be the best path to take. YOU WON'T KNOW unless YOU TAKE SOME ACTION.

AND KNOW THIS:
The action you take WILL BE THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION, THE RIGHT DECISION.

I read just recently that "in Medieval times, crossroads - intersections of ancient highways and by-ways - were places to fear, to move through quickly; places not to linger for too long."

I also read just recently that "in Irish folklore, crossroads were between worlds where witches met and spirits passed."

SO AVOID LINGERING AT THAT FORK IN THE ROAD - AVOID LINGERING AT THE CROSSROADS.  If you allow it, ambivalence will keep you down, immobilize you.  SO MAKE A DECISION; TAKE ACTION!

Here's to helping you at that fork in the road, that inevitable crossroad!

Lilly
www.lifecentric.biz
www.nitts.biz
Authoring forthcoming book - "How to Get the Most out of Me"

DO YOU REALLY LISTEN.......& HEAR?

I received this in my email inbox just recently. It was from a person called Amish Shah to whose newsletters I subscribe. It relates his wife's interaction with their daughter and it explains VERY WELL how so often in life, we listen to respond \ react rather than listen to hear............Do you agree?

Enjoy the read!!

"My wife Puja is really into Buddhist and Zen philosophy and I recently overheard her telling our daughter a story that was told by a Zen master.

She said, "Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era, received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served his guest tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then just kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in! Stop!”

“Like this cup,” Nan-in said, “you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

Like this story depicts, we often approach life situations with our own views and ideas, without taking off our opinionated lens. How then can we truly live life if we don’t release judgments?......"

When we judge something as either only positive or only negative, we are blocking ourselves from understanding the complete picture. No situation or circumstance is ever only positive or negative - however, each individual may have a PERCEPTION that it is.

Your perception then is KEY in understanding that every negative has an equal and opposite positive and every positive has an equal and opposite negative. 

An intellectual understanding of this concept is one thing; applying it to your life is another!

Where are you seeing something ONLY as positive or ONLY as negative?

Who are you seeing as ONLY positive or ONLY negative?

To living life fully,

Lilly