But what if my life really isn't that great?

I'm often asked, what can someone do if their life isn't really all that great? How can they be positive, and use 'conscious language'? Well, the first thing to do is to disconnect from perpetuating the negativity. It's something that occurred to me one day, some years ago, and I tried it when I wasn't feeling the greatest about where my life was at. The result was awesome! The lift I got, and the shift I felt in my energy were fabulous. All I did was state that fact in the past tense. E.g. instead of saying 'my life sucks', try saying 'my life used to suck - now it's gotten better/now it's OK/now I'm fine! When I ask people to try this, they literally choke on the words - it feels so weird to them to state the negative idea in the past tense, so identified are they with it! Being able to actually rephrase the same thing, and speak of it as a situation that's over, instantly frees you up - and you feel light and liberated. Try it - you'll see!

Someone countered with 'But, it's a lie for me to put it in past tense - the reality is that my life isn't that great.' Well, it's a lie if you've irrevocably accepted that your life isn't great - but what if you focused on the things, and the parts of your life that DO work, and consider THAT your reality. Now would be a good time to look into the 'Gratitude Journal', and the things you've written there :-)! I was telling someone today, that so long as we're here, living the human experience, there's a part of the glass that's going to be empty - there always IS the half empty part to every glass (of course there are moments when we feel our 'cup runneth over', but this is always transient) - the trick however, to experiencing your life as a success is to be grateful for the half that's full. And how well we succeed in doing this, I believe, is the true measure of who we are!

May the wind be at your back - and the road rise up to meet you,

Kiki ;-)