"Good Enough" is NOT good enough

The law of attraction works this way:  whatever you think about (concentrated thinking), becomes the situations and circumstances in your life.  The law of attraction is about love...loving and showing love.  If we wish for the things we love, we must act with love to receive them.  When it comes to love, "good enough" does not have ANY place in it.  If you look for a Love who is just "good enough", you would be sadly disappointed.  If you got a job review and your boss told youthat your work was "good enough" , how would you feel?  If you prepared a meal for your family and then they said it was "good enough", would this reaction make you feel motivated to keep producing anything for anyone?  The answers of course are obvious...you would throw in the towel.  The best thing you can do for yourself is to look closely at your life...your methods...your ways...your choices...and ask yourself honestly:  Am I just doing what's good enough to get by?  Why not trying truly excelling?

I have been rethinking my behavior and my personality.  I realize I cannot change that I am outgoing or that the sun makes my face freckle...but there are many things I CAN control about my life.  I love having choices, don't you?  Think about how you would feel right now if you were deprived of the privilege to choose where to live or what to eat or what your profession would be?  I am grateful that I have freedom.  I am thankful to the women who struggled and battled and lived as outcasts in order to acquire it for me.  Thank you Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony!  It is good to live by ideals.  Have you lost yours?  Do not worry...they are still there somewhere.  If you feel you have gone off the track you were supposed to be on, take heart and go find it again.  I DID!  And that has made all the difference for my life!

In my career, as in my personal life, I desire to influence change as I provide service.  It is a blend of passion and humility.  I have so many talents and I am sure you do to.  Look at yourself.  Consider your abilities for a moment.  How many gifts and skills and abilities do you possess?  How many do you actually put to a good use?  I read about this lady who works for a company called Plan International.  She is a lawyer.  In her employee profile it stated that she was a singer and that she performs concerts to raise money to then donate to the organization she works for: Plan International.  Their purpose is to offer care and support to children all over the globe who are in need.  I thought to myself, what a wonderful person she is!  If indeed she is a good singer, which we must assume, she went through many years of college to attain her lawyer status and then associated herself with an organization whose mission was of charity to children.  She took her passion one step deeper and puts on performances to raise the money to support this organization personally!  I am very inspired by her.  She does not live a life that says "good enough".  SHE lives a life that says, "I give and give", and that is what I want to do!

My daughter is aspiring to make a career as an Actress.  She loves to Act and Perform and Entertain.  Truthfully she is somewhat timid in front of an audience.  She wills herself each and everytime to push past this fear and perform as she knows she can.  I will never let her say, "I know I can deliver the Act but I cannot overcome my stage fright".  As her Mom and Manager (Momager?), I look for ways to get her in the spotlight and to give her opportunities to establish the comfort level.  In time, with instruction and repeated practice, she will acquire the level of confidence needed to excel beyond her present status.  I support her dream because I too have always been a performer and entertainer and was timid when I began.  I was literally BOOed off the stage the first time I attempted to sing for an audition.  My high School Drama Coach told me I sang like a mouse.  Many years later, a dear friend from my church congregation would tell me about the first day he met me and heard me sing in church.  He was so far in the back that he could not see me but could only hear my voice singing.  He said, "you were so soulful that when I met you and discovered you were this little petite white girl I could NOT believe it!"  To this day, the best compliment I have ever gotten from a fan.

Singing good enough was never going to be enough.  I knew I had to take it to the next level.  Annika will need to take her Acting to the next level too.  Most of us in our daily lives could take a few things to the next level.  I could use some improvements in my wardrobe, finances, diet, exercise and approach to family life.  Honestly, I reevaluate my Work often.  I rearrange, reorganize and revamp my activities constantly (necessary in the type of work I do).  Believing that doing what is RIGHT should be the foundation of each of our lives.  I am at this point in my life and I see so many blessings from it.  It is hard work, but well worth the effort!  Good Luck to you.  By the way:  Luck is when Preparation meets Opportunity...something to think about.

~Namaste