Choices. Choices. Choices.
Sometimes it feels as if we have too many choices and at other times that we have no choice. It really does help to move up above a situation so that we can gain a bigger vantage point and see that there are always choices to make. When we focus so narrowly on only one possible path, seeing only one possible choice, we limit ourselves and can feel powerless over our lives.
The first step in improving a situation like this is to pause and breathe. Taking a deep breath actually moves our internal state into one that can see beyond the tiny perspective we have when we are holding our breath or breathing in a shallow manner. So take a deep breath now to remind yourself how it feels.
Then allow yourself to metaphorically step back from the situation and look for the list of all possibilities, include those you might laugh at because they seem so outrageous. Go ahead and laugh but put those outrageous possibilities on the list. Then keep listing options until even the outrageous ones are exhausted. This keeps you moving beyond feeling powerless and into a bigger energy.
How do you make a choice from among the list of possibilities? Do you have a system that you have been using? How is that working for you? Do you feel confident in your choices?
For some people, the best choice is to delay making a choice. Some people need time and space for decisions to percolate within them. Others need to discuss the options because they process better by talking than by sitting alone and thinking about them. Some might flip a coin or ask a trusted advisor. What is your system?
If whatever you’ve tried in the past doesn’t give you great confidence in the decisions you make now, try a different system. If you’ve relied on the past in working it out by yourself, why not try discussing a choice you have to make with someone else? If you’re used to asking for advice, why don’t you try examining your choice from every angle by yourself first? If you’ve never tried dowsing, why not get out a pendulum or consult oracle cards or try some other divination tool?
The point is to try a new approach to bring you into a consciousness about making choices in your life. You are always at a point of choice if you allow yourself to see your life that way. Learning to see your choices and to get in touch with your own empowered inner self leads you to become stronger in making those choices.
Find the Confident You by practicing your decision-making skills from a place of empowerment. Notice how many choices you make in a day and then become conscious of every choice. Are you ordering the same thing for lunch every day or can you make a different choice? How about that Starbucks order – are you consciously choosing that latte or are you doing it out of habit? What about the route you are driving – is it the one your intuition is leading you to drive or are you ignoring that inner signal to go a different way today? Follow that inner guide. Make each choice count today.
You will find that confidence depends on the skills you exercise in making choices, big and small. Practice different skills to build your confidence. Make conscious choices starting NOW!
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MUSE-INGS: “Practice Making Conscious Choices!” by Rosemary Bredeson
December 7, 2010 — RosemaryChoices. Choices. Choices.
Sometimes it feels as if we have too many choices and at other times that we have no choice. It really does help to move up above a situation so that we can gain a bigger vantage point and see that there are always choices to make. When we focus so narrowly on only one possible path, seeing only one possible choice, we limit ourselves and can feel powerless over our lives.
The first step in improving a situation like this is to pause and breathe. Taking a deep breath actually moves our internal state into one that can see beyond the tiny perspective we have when we are holding our breath or breathing in a shallow manner. So take a deep breath now to remind yourself how it feels.
Then allow yourself to metaphorically step back from the situation and look for the list of all possibilities, include those you might laugh at because they seem so outrageous. Go ahead and laugh but put those outrageous possibilities on the list. Then keep listing options until even the outrageous ones are exhausted. This keeps you moving beyond feeling powerless and into a bigger energy.
How do you make a choice from among the list of possibilities? Do you have a system that you have been using? How is that working for you? Do you feel confident in your choices?
For some people, the best choice is to delay making a choice. Some people need time and space for decisions to percolate within them. Others need to discuss the options because they process better by talking than by sitting alone and thinking about them. Some might flip a coin or ask a trusted advisor. What is your system?
If whatever you’ve tried in the past doesn’t give you great confidence in the decisions you make now, try a different system. If you’ve relied on the past in working it out by yourself, why not try discussing a choice you have to make with someone else? If you’re used to asking for advice, why don’t you try examining your choice from every angle by yourself first? If you’ve never tried dowsing, why not get out a pendulum or consult oracle cards or try some other divination tool?
The point is to try a new approach to bring you into a consciousness about making choices in your life. You are always at a point of choice if you allow yourself to see your life that way. Learning to see your choices and to get in touch with your own empowered inner self leads you to become stronger in making those choices.
Find the Confident You by practicing your decision-making skills from a place of empowerment. Notice how many choices you make in a day and then become conscious of every choice. Are you ordering the same thing for lunch every day or can you make a different choice? How about that Starbucks order – are you consciously choosing that latte or are you doing it out of habit? What about the route you are driving – is it the one your intuition is leading you to drive or are you ignoring that inner signal to go a different way today? Follow that inner guide. Make each choice count today.
You will find that confidence depends on the skills you exercise in making choices, big and small. Practice different skills to build your confidence. Make conscious choices starting NOW!
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