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How Heavy is YOUR heart?

Written by: Lisa Phillips

Article Overview: Is your heart as light as a feather? Or is it heavy, weighing you down?

How Heavy is YOUR heart?

Often, we all have one or two areas in our life where our hearts feel
heavy. This could be any area which is important to you. Your heart
could feel heavy with regards to relationships, finances, career or
perhaps family issues.



What if, for the next 4 weeks, we all took responsibility for this heavy
load and took some radical action to take responsibility for what is
making our hearts feel so heavy?



Remember, we must give up the person we are today, in order to become
the person we wish to be tomorrow!



Let's take the area of relationships as an example.



If this area is not working out as you had planned - and it is making
your heart heavy - What radical action could YOU take to make your heart
lighter? Where could YOU take responsibility for this shifting this
load? Do you need to get out of a relationship which is not making you
happy? Do you need to put some firmer boundaries in place? Do you need
to tell someone exactly how you feel? If you are feeling stuck in this
area - what action could you take to shift things and start to move you
forward?



When we chose to take responsibility for our heavy hearts - we are
reclaiming our power and taking responsibility for our own lives.
However, if we continue to resent or blame other people for our current
situation, we are giving other people the power to run our lives and
actually, we are being irresponsible!



The longer we sit with our heavier hearts, the more stuck we will become
and the more likely we are to feel hopeless or resentful. So, if you
really want to move forward and move ahead in a certain area of your
life, make a decision to move forward and take some action - Get
yourself unstuck!! Take the bull by the horns and feel the fear and do
it anyway!



This will also work if you are feeling hurt, angry or blameful of
someone who may have hurt you. Often these emotions cause our hearts to
feel heavy. Make a decision today to become responsible for your own
happiness and not to be tied to hurt and pain from the past. Let it go
- for your own sake. Just because you choose to forgive someone, does
not mean you have to agree with their actions. Just make a decision to
not allow the actions of another person to keep you stuck or make your
heart heavy. Take the lesson with you and release yourself from the
pain.



Is your heart heavy because it is not doing what it desires? Then again,
take action to fulfill this desire and move towards something which
makes your heart sing! This does not have to mean changing your life in
a huge way; just take some baby steps to make your heart lighter. If
you are unclear what you desire, take a moment to fall quiet and just
ask your inner wisdom what it desires and also what actions steps you
can take to make your heart lighter. Then listen with your heart and see
what comes up!

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Re: Quote of the Day - "Have the courage to follow your heart an - [quote="GT Bulmer":102twzd2]Hi, Evan: I haven't yet managed to capitalize on the longings of my heart as successfully as Jobs did[/quote:102twzd2] Hi GT - I woke up thinking about this post and I have a challenge for you for May if you're up to it. Here it is: Write the blog post / article you were born to write. Write something that you can pour your heart and all your passion into. Write something where you can change the life of the person reading it. Write something where if you look back in 10 years you'll be really proud of what you created. Can you do that? I'd love to read it (and I bet a lot of others will too!)
Re: Books You Wish Had Been Written - How did I miss this topic for so long!! haa haa I love it. Ok - procrastinate constructively - I'd probably buy that but then put off reading it...haa haa Hmm...I think someone should write a book about being a sometimes reluctant entrepreneur, or perhaps the reality of business ownership and PMS as a woman in business. kidding aside...I have an extensive library but I would love to see a book that really lays out the emotional side of business ownership. What to prepare for etc. I get the tools and information from reading a lot of biographies but somedays, I would love to go to my library and pull out a reference for 'one the days you dont feel like being the Boss etc..."or 'how to keep your game face on for your staff when stuff doesnt go right. I had a meeting today with a prospect and he was really candid, he said "i want my business to be doing better but I'm not sure if I have it in me today...." Instead of a sales meeting - we went for a heart to heart entrepreneurship coffee. Best 'meeting' I have had in forever!!
The Virgin - Richard Branson is the one that always comes to my mind and I know there are loads of others. Well done - where your heart is is where success is - in whatever shape or form it takes. You'll do well - even if we all have to hold you to account now that you've told us! Regards
Re: Quote of the Day - "Have the courage to follow your heart an - GT - congrats on following your heart and making that courageous decision after so many years - the longer you stay entrenched in something the harder it is to break free. And we're so fortunate that you did because your support and great ideas are so valuable to this community! Thanks for sharing your story!
Re: help wanted in u.k. - Thanks David and everyone who took an interest in my little project, It is a real ignored lost stray puppy dog of a project, but its got a great heart and soul, only God knows whats going to happen ,but its got a foothold in the states now and I am satisfied with that or anything really. cheers Brendan


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