‘Are you WORRIED? Do you have many ‘WHAT-IF thoughts? You are identified with your mind, which is projecting itself into an imaginary future situation and creating fear. There is no way that you can cope with such a situation, because IT DOESN’T EXIST.’ taken from an excerpt from ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle ******************************************************************************************
‘The Sad…and Harsh Reality’
Yesterday a friend of mine, Misty, was a victim of domestic violence and was violently murdered by her fiance. I live in a bubble where things like that don’t happen. Domestic violence? It wasn’t anything that was expected. No one really knew what was going on behind closed doors. As her friends and family start to cope with Misty’s loss, I think we are all taking stock in our own lives.
Sadly, through tragedy, comes a our own reality check into our own lives. Should I change anything to make my life better? The more I thought, the more I realized that there wasn’t anything I’d change. That’s because, only two years ago, I suffered a life event that turned my world upside down. As I worked through it, it gave me the opportunity to take stock in what was making me unhappy. My job was #1. I lived in the ‘poor me’ syndrome. ‘Boo hoo, I don’t like my job and I’d rather be building my own business.’ ‘Boo hoo. I drive this stupid company car that I don’t like.’ ‘Boo hoo, I don’t have this, or I don’t have that.’ It’s exhausting just thinking about my mental attitude that led up to this life event, and in some ways, caused it.
‘The Powerful Healing Process…’
In order to heal, I delved into self-development. I absorbed everything I could and the more I read, the more I learned about why this event happened, how I could work through it, and what I could learn from it. It turns out, the most painful time of my life turned into the most enlightening experiences of my life.
‘I Finally Rid my Life of It’
I’ll give you the abbreviated story: I quit my job, cold turkey. I didn’t really know what would come next. I just had faith. I would NEVER had had that mindset before self-development. The old me would get caught up in ‘What if I can’t help pay the bills,’ ‘What if I don’t make my network marketing business happen and I can’t get another job,’ etc.
‘What if?’
Because of the path I have chosen, those ‘What if’ scenarios never surfaced and my life has just worked out. Because of the belief in myself and my CHANGE IN MINDSET, I have been led to an amazing team with Agel, I have been led to mentors who have truly taught me transformational life lessons, I have been led to business partners that truly have what it takes to succeed in this profession, I have been led to future JV partners who I know will be wonderful, lifelong partners, I have been led to learn how to heal. All of these things have been life-changing events and I couldn’t imagine my life without any one of them.
‘The Lesson’
I had always read to set goals, visualize them, see them everyday. I made vision boards and posted them in my bathroom. I still do. However, strangely enough, I wasn’t achieving them and it was frustrating. That was, until I read the most powerful book I have ever read and discovered the ‘ultimate lesson!
Vidette Vanderweide reveals the ultimate lesson in the extended article, ‘The Meaning of Life in Network Marketing?‘ She is a network marketing veteran and coaches other network marketers to utilize a cutting-edge online marketing system to rapidly build their network marketing businesses.
