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Karmic Law #4: Change what is needed in your heart and state of mind, and your life will change, too. Stay positive no matter what.
How do you know what needs to be changed? If it makes you happy, keep it in your life: if it makes you miserable, lose it. Sounds simple, but it’s true. Your gut will help you figure this out. State the problem and sit quietly and listen; meditate on it. A solution will soon come to you, and it might be an easy one. Never overthink, but follow what your gut tells you to do. If it works for my favorite TV character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs of NCIS, it will work for you, too. Leroy (played by Mark Harmon) follows his gut and always seems to have the edge over the bad guys and gals. That little voice inside might just be what you have been ignoring but need to listen to now more than ever. (It took many of us years to figure this out.) I have a pastor friend who calls this little voice in your gut “the voice of God.” Who really knows what that voice is? And yet, we are always wise to follow it.
Stay positive no matter what.
This can sometimes be difficult for many of us and we may really need help to pull it off. We are all hard at work every day being more optimistic. It is so difficult when things in our world seem to go from stupid to stupider (a word I invented and take full credit for). The daily news is often bleak, deplorable, and extremely depressing in content and scope. It seems that another disaster is on the horizon every time we turn around. Some days we should just turn off the news, but the problem reappears the next day anyway. So how do we feisty ladies handle this? We contact the nitwits who are responsible for the problems, by phone or email and leave them a strong lecture, even if it is only on their voicemail.
My philosophy is, “If you do not speak up, you had better just shut up.” Some people don’t know or care that they are on the wrong track if you do not tell them. Let them know what you think. It may not matter to them but it does matter to us, and to those facing injustice, so stay positive by advocating for positive change. When we have done all we can, no matter the outcome, we feel good about ourselves and should remain positive because we did something. Does this sound like you? If you are a feisty woman like me, it will! Not quite there yet? Try something small to get you closer.
Let me know how it goes!