Affirmative Prayer: Self-Love Devotion

Clear Mind.
Open Heart.
Strong Body.
Radiant Spirit.

I have found that using these self-love affirmations in a repetitive, meditative way quickly brings me back to a calm peace when I feel stressed or out of sorts.

Try them for yourself or write your own and use them as a self-soothing balm as needed!

Excerpted from my forthcoming book, “Thriving Work: 90 days of daily practice for transforming you and your small business.”  Copyright 2011.

Transformation: Divine Commitment

As I breathe in,
I become more present to
my Divinity.

As I breathe out,
I drop into my power
In the center of my being.

Slowly, fully, and deeply
I breathe.

Allowing my mind to clarify,
My heart to open,
And my Divinity to speak.

I feel, sense, and know
My body aligning,
My heart aligning,
My mind aligning,
My Spirit aligning,
with what is true for me.

I feel, sense, and know
the truth for me
as I commit.

I give myself to this
Divine Commitment.

Excerpted from my forthcoming book, “Thriving Work: 90 days of daily practice for transforming you and your small business.”  Copyright 2011.

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Transformation: Who Would I Need to Be?

Once you are committed, one of the most powerful ways to ensure your commitment involves asking yourself, daily or in a new moment, “Who would I need to be or become to bring this into reality?”  Some of your answers to this question will change daily and moment-to-moment.  Some of the answers will remain constant.

For example, when my coach Jeff, committed to reaching the summit of that 23,000-foot mountain in Argentina, he knew he would need to be the person who “showed up” for the training in the nine months before he climbed.

My coach, Jeff Patterson, has hugely inspired me in my devotion to clear commitment. 
Transformation: My coach, Jeff Patterson, inspires me as I commit to my own transformation.

On summit day at one particularly challenging point in the climb, he asked himself who he would have to be to reach the summit.  As he took one step and then ten or twelve breaths and another step and ten or twelve breaths, he heard the answer, “patient.”  That is how he made it to the top of the mountain that day: patiently.
Read more about his amazing journey.

When one of my clients asked herself who she would need to be to be a great mom and wife, get a new job and start a new business, she realized she would need to be “ a grown-up.”  As she continued to check in with herself about who she needed to be in individual moments, she received guidance that she’d need to be truthful, calm, resolved.

When I changed my investment structure for working with my private clients from having them pay monthly to paying up front for the year, I intuitively knew I would need to be clear and confident. As I talked with the first clients about the purpose of this structure, I recognized I needed to be present and slowed down.  I also found that who I needed to be varied with the person in front of me.  I had to be soft and clear with one person and direct and challenging with the next.  

The shortest route between you and all you desire involves asking yourself daily or moment-to-moment, “Who would I need to be to bring what I am committed to into reality?”

Excerpted from my forthcoming book, “Thriving Work: 90 days of daily practice for transforming you and your small business.”  Copyright 2011.

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Transformation: Committed, Considering or Is It a “No”?

Author’s Note:
Three months ago, in the January 11, 2011 issue of Sacred Space Notebook, I introduced the concept of Committed or Considering.  In that issue, I also publicly declared my commitment to writing two hours each day for 40 days to get my new book written so that it could be published in 2011.

If you missed that issue, read it here.

I am proud and happy to announce that it goes to the editor today!  Now that’s the power of commitment!!!  This is after starting to write the book in 2002.

Commitment works.

Here’s your next installment about Commitment from the book:

Committed or not committed: either is valid for any decision in any area of your life.  Where it can get tricky: being muddy or fudging on which is actually true for you.

Transformation, spiritual growth of committing.
Transformation: Sometimes commitment requires prayerful contemplatation before you commit . . .

Considering works in the short-term, as you determine what you will or won’t commit to.  A life or lifestyle of considering tends to be ineffective.

As you are making decisions, big or small, begin to get real with yourself about what is true for you.  

Maybe you’d like to schedule two speaking engagements each month.  If you’d “like to” then you are considering.  If your coach asks you to state your commitment, maybe as you are contemplating your commitment, you realize that you are committed to scheduling one speaking engagement each month, and two would be great.  So there it is: you are committed to scheduling one speaking engagement each month.  You would consider a second a bonus.  

Or, you may decide you are not committed to scheduling any speaking engagements right now.  So the answer to speaking engagements is “no.”  Maybe that “no” frees you to commit to attending two networking events each month.

On a daily basis, start to notice at least one decision a day to determine: committed, considering or “no.”  As you get crystal clear on small decisions in the moment (committing to the turkey sandwich, no on the roast beef), you tone your muscle for bigger, scarier commitments.  Give yourself some time to contemplate big decisions.  Prayerfully contemplate and then commit to “yes” or “no.”

Excerpted from my forthcoming book, “Thriving Work: 90 days of daily practice for transforming you and your business.”  Copyright 2011.

Post your own transformation insights in the comments section.