Faith: The precursor to a life well lived.
All you need is love, right? Love is the most powerful force on Earth. Yet, if one had faith, then probably all one’s problems could be solved. Is it that simple? Yes and no. The great master Jesus Christ taught that if one had the faith of a mustard seed, then one could say to a mountain, be moved and it would move. Many of us don’t experience many mountains moving, but wasn’t that a metaphor? The mountain could stand for any huge, difficult or seemingly insurmantible problem in life. Whether it be money, health, relationships; faith could be the answer to how to solve the problem.
Faith is my ally and through how I navigate life.
I am inwardly focused, not outwardly dictated. This makes everyday choices ridiculously easy. Add focused concentration and you have the recipe for a life changer. The so called “news” of the day, shouted to us from the media has little place in my life. It's the details that matter and negative reinforcement produces negativity. I choose to listen and look at things that can make a positive impact in my world. I look for the news of my yard, what's growing, chirping or blowing past. I choose to listen to the news of my friends, what's good going on with you? I choose to listen to inspirational recordings, how another’s life is impacted and how do other positively motivated people make the world a better place. I choose music that makes me feel good. I choose good literature. I choose to express myself in writing, drawing, creating.
How am I inwardly focused?
I am motivated by what makes me feel good so I can wholeheartedly serve others. I make time for solitude so I can mediate and have an impact on my subconscious. Through correct knowledge I grow in understanding and this leads to transformation, a metamorphosis into a new me. I am free from prior conditioning that keeps me limited and stuck. I am free to choose what truly makes my heart sing.
What makes my heart sing?
Freedom, abundant time to follow my passion. What is my passion? Encouraging others to live free and follow their passion. Why? Because that makes a beautiful world filled with beautiful news.
What we focus on becomes our world.
Our world can be bright or dark, it's our choice. It can be easy or painful, it's our choice. One thing it can't be is lazy. Because lazy equals poverty and poverty is a companion of the dark and painful. Productivity is a momentum builder and when you build momentum change occurs and when change occurs new things sprout like: Ideas, friends and funds for living. These things don't occur because we are using people, but because we are adding value to another's life. This is the world economy. This is also a universal principle of ‘value added’. The result? I get rewarded. I have the necessities of life: food, shelter, good relationships and I'm happy.
Be well and live a live full of faith my friend. Next week please visit again and learn some great resources for developing and maintaining a life of faith.
“Over time I have come to believe less and less that biology is destiny. It is not primarily our physical selves that limit us but rather our mindset about our physical limits.” ~ Ellen Langer Counterclockwise, Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility,BY ELLEN J. LANGER · BALLANTINE BOOKS © 2009 · 215 PAGES
Julia Parsell is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor with an emphasis on the intersection of science and the sacred. She writes from experiences and transformative understandings that have led her to an authentic and peaceful life. She goes by these names: wife, grandmother, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend. As home educator of her three children, she also developed/ran cafes, and maintained various leadership roles within her community. Her greatest desire is to encourage others to live life fully. Her passions are family, writing, and trail blazing. She is happily married in Western North Carolina. Please visit her blog here.
