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I know I’ve talked about Gratitude in a previous post, but it deserves a revisit.

I want to talk about it in relation to your future.  Most of us look for things to be grateful for in our present or past experience.  But what about the future?

The energy we emit to the universe around us directly affects what is attracted to us.  When you are grateful and thankful for what you want you attract it to yourself.  It’s like having faith.  You ask, then thank that you have recieved it…that the process of “it” being drawn to you is in motion.

Here’s an example

“I’m so happy and grateful now that I am a Millionaire”

“I’m so happy and thankful now that I have a fulfilling and positive relationship with ____________”

You get the idea.

So this thanksgiving try it out…be thankful for what you will have.

Love and Peace,

John Westbrook

Yesterday I said it’s “easy” to do.  

Okay, it’s easy but difficult.  Let me explain.  Most of us have been conditioned to think on and focus on negative things.  I don’t know why exactly, but these thought patterns are what keep us in our ruts.

If you want new results in life you MUST focus and train your mind to have new patterns.

So since we are discussing Poverty Consciousness versus Prosperity Consciousness, let me give a specific example.

You get to work and the person next to  your cubical, or the guy working across from you in the shop, or your supervisor who takes you to lunch…says something like, “Did you hear about Circuit City?  I guess they are declaring bankruptcy due to the economy.  And what about Starbucks?  95% down in sales?”

That kind of focus is Poverty Consciousness.

What about the gas prices dropping?  That’s GOOD!  Yet many will even turn something prosperous like this into poverty thinking with a comment like, “Yeah, it’s not going to last though.”

WHY!

Why do we tend to be negative?

Whatever the root cause is, let’s at this moment focus on the solution.

The first step in thinking prosperity is to surround yourself with likeminded individuals.  You tend to talk and focus along the lines of the company you keep.

Second, make a list of all the things you are thankful for that are directly related to prosperity in some form.  It doesn’t have to be financial prosperity, it can be relationship prosperity…maybe people find you fun to be with or don’t like going to lunch in groups when you aren’t there.

Thirdly, check yourself in the morning and at the evening, take your “Prosperity Temperature” to see where you are.  Realize you are a magnet and as you grow your prosperous thinking the things that you want are moving toward you.  Picture that.  See the new car, the home, the money, moving at a steady pace toward you, gaining momentum as you clear your mind of negativity and focus on what you do have now and how prosperous you are now.

And finally, spend at least 10 minutes a day with your eyes closed, visualizing all the prosperity in your life and then see it grow and expand out from you.  If you got some money unexpectedly, visualize it happening again only double.  

Have fun with it, don’t stress over it, and begin to think prosperous.

It’s challenging because of the preprogramming, but it’s easy to follow some simple steps to keep your mind on track.

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

P.S.  I’ve noticed, coming from a Christian background, that many times Christians are worried to think in prosperous terms.  They think they should be suffering.  But I remind you of the Bible text that says, and I paraphrase, “…what ever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are good and holy, think on these things…”

Even the Bible admonishes us to think positive and prosperous thoughts.

There’s a little murky pit people fall into all too easily and once there it can be very difficult to get out.

It’s the mindset that says “I’m the victim”.

The “poor me” mindset is one that focuses on powerlessness and a belief that you are at the mercy of “it”…whatever it is.

“Poor Me” only produces one thing: poor me.  In other words, poverty.  It’s being conscious of poverty.

Being grateful helps keep you clear of this mindset and it’s important to train ourselves to think in the lines of prosperity.  Afterall, I’ll say it again…you get what you focus on and spend energy on.  If you focus on “poor me”, in other words, poverty, you will only attract what?  You got it!  Poverty.

If, however, you focus on Prosperity and become actually CONSCIOUS of prosperity, in other words it’s on the front of your mind, in your sights all day, you will attract…Prosperity!

So how do you focus on Prosperity?

It’s easy!

And it’s the topic of tomorrow’s post, see you then!

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

Ok, so you are now realizing that you are 100% responsible and have the power to choose your life and the direction in which you want to go…so now what?

Now be full of gratitude.

There is incredible power in this universal law.  Gratitude is one of the many laws of attraction and by simply having gratitude for your CURRENT life, and all the good things you NOW HAVE, you will attract to yourself more of those things.

Even if you can’t think of anything good in your life right now, you are alive aren’t you? (let’s hope right otherwise we have stranger problems)  You have air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink.  These “everyday” things may seem small, but if they are the difference between life and death they really aren’t so insignificant are they?

So be thankful and grateful for them!

As you exercise gratitude you’ll invoke the laws of attraction to bring more abundance…

And that really is the keyphrase…abundance.

Be grateful for the abundance, at whatever level, that you have now.  What this will do for you is create more abundance in greater and deeper levels.

it’s easy.

Sit down and say to yourself, in your mind or outloud, “I am grateful for__________”

Another way you can do this is by saying everyday, “I am so happy and grateful for __________”

Don’t just say the words, feel the emotion attached.  As you allow your emotions of gratitude for your current abundance to manifest, they will create the energy to attract more.

Remember, you get what you focus on.  By focusing on the good things in your life you will multiply them.

So today’s “assignment” for all of us to be grateful.

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

It’s not always easy to take responsibility.

But I never promised and never will promise that the journey of self discovery and personal growth will be easy or painless.

But I can promise that it is extremely rewarding.  Kind of like exercise, sometimes it hurts and sometimes it’s not easy to do, but it’s always rewarding and you always feel great about yourself when you do it.

So what does it mean to take responsibility and why is it so necessary and even powerful?

To take responsibility means very simply to look at your life and say, I did this.  I’m at this juncture in my life because of me.

Don’t try to over analyze and segment out what is and isn’t your personal responsibility.  It’s YOUR life isn’t it?  So it’s all your responsibility.

Now here’s why this is so important.

By taking full responsibility for your life right now you are simultaneously empowering yourself with the truth that because you are 100% responsible for your life now, if you choose to make it different you will have 100% control over it changing.

That is powerful!

You lift your mind and thinking out of the mentality of being a victim and empower yourself with the realization that you are only the victim of your own devices.  When you choose you are no longer victim but victor.

I’m not just talking about theory or concept here.  I’m speaking from personal experience.

Back in 2005 when I was fired from my job I chose to think as a victim of the company who fired me.  But looking back I can now see that I created that reality…I am 100% responsible for losing that job!

I can now pinpoint exact moments where I could have done things differently that would have changed my path.

Now, my desire for you is to feel empowered out of this whole taking responsibility thing, not to feel regret.

See, when I look at my past I see what I did to get me here.  But I’m also grateful for the experience…because above all else it’s why I’m writing this today.  Sure I could have gotten here another way, but I love my life and the experiences that have come before now.

Don’t look at your past with regret.

But rather look back and learn.

But you MUST take responsibility.  When you realize you got yourself here, you will be empowered to get yourself ANYWHERE you want to go.  You will realize that YOU hold the key to your life!

Those who deny responsibility and want to blame others are saying essentially that their life is not in their control…they have no control…so how could they possibly ever believe that they can change?

Begin today to change your approach to responsibility by taking time to be personally 100% responsible for your life.  Believe that you hold the power to create the experiences and the life you want, as much as you have the power to create the life you don’t want.  It’s all in what you are focusing on and believing in.  But that’s for another day.

I highly recommend the book “Zero Limits” by Dr. Joe Vitale, my favorite author on the subject of the Law of Attraction and a hero of mine.  You can pick it up at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc.

Zero Limits deals with the power of responsibility and tells the true story of an acclaimed Doctor from Hawaii who healed an entire ward of criminally insane patients without ever sitting down and counselling with any of them…it’s an awe inspiring and incredible story.  You can also get the book from Dr. Vitale’s site at www.MrFire.com

Talk to you soon!

Love and Peace,

John Westbrook

So I want to update everyone on the new direction LifeEmpowered.com is moving in.  Beginning this November my primary focus is shifting from a “make money” site to helping others understand and discover how to implement the laws of attraction…and discovering new “laws” in our universe that directly relate to this. 

My focus and passion has always been primarily on how to live a positive and fulfilling life, and I want to bring the Life Empowered System into alignment with this. The money making training will be completely dropped.  I don’t like teaching it and I’m going to follow my passions.  If you want to learn how to do specific methods and techniques in making money online, I would recommend “Commission Blueprint”.  You can find the link to the right of this post. 

I’ll keep you all updated as to what this new site will form into and what services I’ll be offering.  For now, this blog will serve as a way to not just update, but to share powerful and practical ways to invoke the laws of attraction in your life.

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Talk soon!  

John  

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