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Nancy Polites' Forward Action E-Zine In This Issue Dear <Greeting/>, Hello to October 2009. Here in South Florida, we have made it through hurricane season with just one month to go! Yay! The weather has gotten less humid, almost cool. Well, not really cool – how about down to 86 degrees? Meanwhile I managed to enjoy the heat in as many ways as possible: walking early in the mornings, loving the warm waters of the ocean and the gorgeous beaches so nearby, appreciating each little breeze that would waft over me and appreciating how moist my skin stays from the humidity. Well we can have gratitude for the small things, can't we?... The theme this month is LIMITING BELIEFS, which I truly love. No, I do not love the pain-in-the-neck, annoying beliefs we have, but I enjoy the process of finding out what your limiting beliefs are, working to help change them, watching them disappear and getting a move on with Your future! I'm going to be explaining more thoroughly what they are, how they inhibit our progress and movement forward in our lives, and how they have kept many people from succeeding to what they truly desire. Conversely, having No belief about what you can or can't do could enable you to go wherever you desire. Wayne Dyer says when you believe it you see it (compared to most people say "I'll believe it when I see it.") Remember Roger Bannister? A British runner, he became the first person to break the 4-minute mile. At the time, in 1954, it was seen as astonishing in the face of what was a strongly held belief. But within the following 12 months of his race, dozens of athletes went on to break the 4-minute mile that had been broken. Bannister broke the belief in the limit of a human's ability to run at this pace - and then he opened a floodgate. Bannister's record stood a scant six weeks before John Landy of Australia ran the mile in three minutes and 58 seconds. At present, the current world record is three minutes and 43.1 seconds. What was once thought to be impossible is today commonplace. FEATURE ARTICLE :: An Explanation About Limiting Beliefs
One last thing: You might wonder where did all these thoughts come from... how in the world did they ever get into your head, and how were you so sure they were right? Possible places: your family is typically the first place you learn "rules" of the world and sometimes your extended family - grandparents, aunts, uncles - passed down what each of them learned and believed. We might recall unconsciously what people said to us and about us when we were growing up. Other sources might be teachers, classmates, coaches, instructors, church or synagogue classes. Being around negative people, watching television news - always bad news, scary news, threatening stuff, listening to talk radio (nearly always provocative and negative), reading negative books, newspaper articles, song lyrics — the list goes on!
Setup Statement (tapping on karate chop place or sore spot)
Round 1 (inner eye, outer eye, under eye, etc.)
Round 2
Well, hi everyone. My hind right knee has been cut and stitched up and stapled and unstapled and I've taken my drugs, and been lying around for a month now. Poor me. I'm so sick of it all, but I'll be the Bionic Dog very soon once I get to jump into the ocean, fly to catch tennis balls... and generally have fun again! I'm visioning all of this, using the Law of Attraction, of course. I've had my second TPLO and will be good as new in about a month more. All my canine and human kid friends in my neighborhood have promised to wait for me. Meanwhile, Simi has been doing not so fine without me... Remember, she is now an 8-month-old CCI puppy that Nancy is puppy-raising and she continues to get into her troubles and mischief. For instance, the other day she had 4, count them, 4 "hair scrunchies" in her puppy mouth. There she is, running around the house with the look that says: "look what I have", which no one particularly cares about. She's just a silly show-off and I can't play with her, which I hate a lot. Nancy says Simi depended on me to play and run in the back yard and we both got lots of exercise that way. Now she has more puppy, naughty energy because we don't play. Nope, not for another month or so... Oh! I get to go for my physical therapy - swimming in the pool two times a week — Big deal. It's NOT the ocean, for sure. SO, not much else is new around here and as you can imagine, I'm a pretty bored Labrador. But wait! I am reminded of how grateful I am for all the dog abundance in my life! And I choose to release all these 'poor me' limiting beliefs!!! For the wonderful dog food I'm fed twice a day, for the really great treats I'm offered often, for the silly dog that I am and for all the love that I am able to offer being as sweet a dog that I am... (smile) © 2008-2009 Nancy Polites. All rights reserved. |
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Limiting Beliefs — What are they? They are the self-limiting things you believe about yourself that ultimately put limits on your abilities (Beliefs are sometimes defined as thoughts you think over and over again until you convince yourself they are true!) These can be conscious or unconscious thoughts. This basically says that what you believe about yourself is what makes your life become what it is. The Law of Attraction comes in here. What you focus on is what you attract. So… "I can't possibly earn $1,000,000 ever!!!" "In our family, we don't have that kind of wealth..." " I'm fat, so no one will marry me..." These limiting beliefs put brakes on your progress. You stop dead in your tracks. And you cannot move beyond them. If you believe you'll be struggling, you will. BUT… guess what? You can rid yourself of these limiting beliefs! Four preliminary steps you can start right now:
