Today I Enter a New Life - Meditation

By Richard Kent Matthews - Coach | Author | Speaker

A New Life

Lots of bad news these days. From Washington DC to Moscow to North Korea; from Brexit to Paris to Turkey. Still, you can create within yourself a place of peace, no matter the appearances.

This meditation can help. Read it, record it, repeat it daily. 

“Today I enter a new life. The many paths of opportunity are open wide before me. Something within me is alert and aware. My will, my thought, my imagination feel and sense new possibilities for expression. New ideas and new ways of doing things come to me. 

I recognize opportunity when it presents itself. I know what to do under every circumstance and in every situation. There is a deep feeling within me that all is well. I am ready and willing to give my best to life and life gives its best to me in return. 

I believe Divine Power indwells every positive, powerful thought and feeling. I live in the Divine Presence, which flows through everything. I am guided by Infinite Intelligence and I live this day in complete joy, light, and love. I know that every tomorrow is alive with the Good that is eternally available to me and to everyone.”

You are a spark in the Eternal Presence. As you open your mind and heart to that Exquisite Reality, your daily life unfolds in new and exciting ways. And as you remain available and receptive, the gifts of the universe pour into your experience as miracles and you, in turn, share them with the world. 

You are truly blessed. No matter the appearances.

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You: Authentic, Independent, Living Out Loud

By Richard Kent Matthews - Coach | Author | Speaker

What, then, is an authentic, 
independent person?

“If you ask me what I have come into the world to do,

I will tell you: I have come to live out loud.”

Emile Zola (19^th C. French writer)

Authentic people speak their truth. They act from both head and heart. They walk their talk. They are courageous and have a sense of community. They are dreamers and have great imaginations. They take care of themselves. They prefer excellence to perfection, significance over material success. When it comes to what others tell them, they take only what resonates and leave the rest.

To be authentic means to be independent. Today, in this seemingly shaken world, independence means more than ever. You are no one's fool. You are able to spot the phonies, the manipulators, the jokers. 

If not, you can be. Here's how.

Simple steps to independence:

• Recognize social conditioning. Cultural habits can be difficult to spot or break.
• Expect hidden agendas, even from your closest companions.
• Watch for flattery. Somebody wants something from you.
• Ask more questions. Questions keep you in the driver’s seat.
• You can always say ‘no,’ which can bring an abrupt end to manipulation.
• Retain your own identity; it’s OK to be different.
• Remain the eternal skeptic while maintaining your optimism.
• Be kind. It comes back to you.
• Do the least harm, the most good.
• Smile. It'll make them wonder what you're up to!

By implementing the above suggestions, you do not separate from others. In fact, the more you retain your own and true identity and the less you allow yourself to be taken in, the more others are drawn to you. You bring the real you to the banquet of life. 

Rarely can anyone resist that kind of authenticity. 

“Wayfarer, there is no Way. We make the Way by walking.”

Machado

Spanish Poet

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