What's your bottom line today?

Envision the kind of day you will have.  Joyous? Peaceful?  Love-filled?
Let this be your goal.  This doesn't mean that life will magically supply you with joy or peace or love.

To set this vision means that you will seek it in everyone and everything. It means that this will be your response to every person and event. It means that this is your bottom line for today--you will accept nothing less than joy, or peace or love, or whatever vision you set.

It's not about what the world will give you today--it is about what you will give to the world. And what you give you will receive.

William Frank Diedrich, author of
Beyond Blaming, and Adults at Work,
http://noblaming.com

What do you want?

What do you want?

Most of us are clear about what we don't want, because we spend so much time thinking (and blaming and complaining about it.)

Do you want joy?  Then stop focusing on everything that makes you hurt, or sad, or angry.

Go inside and find the joy there, and let yourself feel it. True joy, love, happiness do not come from other people or circumstances. You must find them in your own heart and mind. Find it and feel it.

In life, the inside creates the outside, not the reverse. You cannot change the world, but you can give the world someone different to respond to. It will then respond to your joy. You are a center of influence.  It's not about what life is giving to you. What are you giving to life? Give what you want to receive.

William Frank Diedrich
author of Beyond Blaming and Adults at Work.
http://noblaming.com

Choose Who You Will Be

We see the world as a series of causes and effects.  If you blame someone, you see yourself as an effect.

You are the creator of your own experience, so you are cause.

You want to be cause. Cause is the only way you have any power. Take reponsibility for your experience in each and every circumstance. Responsibility, not blame. Own it. Ask yourself: Who am I being?  How does that make me feel? How does it make me act? Is this who you want to be?

You can choose who you will be.

Beyond Blaming, by
William Frank Diedrich
http://noblaming.com

We are just too damn wimpy!

As I stepped into the lake this morning, it felt cold. I hesitated, not wanting to feel the discomfort. As I was hesitating I asked "What is my intention?" I want to to go in the lake. Then why am I waiting? Either go in or don't. I moved quickly into the water. It took several minutes for my body to adjust, but when it did, I enjoyed the water for over an hour.

If we don't enjoy life or live our purpose, it isn't because people or situations stop us. We are just too damn wimpy! Make your intention crystal clear and then align your thoughts and actions. There may be discomfort as you leave the "comfort zone" and move forward. What do you want?

Whatever your dream is, do it. Accept your calling. Totally immerse yourself in the effort.  There are no excuses and whining is unbecoming of you.  You can do this!

William Frank Diedrich
Beyond Blaming
http://noblaming.com

Do you really want that?

Sometimes we tell ourselves that we really want something, but we are scared to actually have it.

Then things don't work out and we blame someone, or something, or ourselves.

Secretly we are relieved to have failed, and to have someone or something to blame for it. That becomes your story. These kinds of stories are boring. You are better than that.

If you say you want something, ask yourself if you REALLY want it. Then go for it and don't look back. Trust the Universe to open up to you.  You can't control what actually happens, but you can control what you intend and how you respond to opportunities when they appear.

Hold the vision and act.

William Frank Diedrich,
author of Beyond Blaming at
http://noblaming.com

Disinfect

Disinfect your workplace, home, or community from blaming and complaining.
Stop doing it!
Love others as they are, and speak always from your true voice.
Others will be inspired by you.

William Frank Diedrich
author of Beyond Blaming,
http://noblaming.com

Attend one of Bill's workshops, For Adults Only,
in September in Grand Rapids, East Lansing, or Kalamazoo.
Click on the link above and then click on "workshops."

Vision

Your opinion of yourself is your vision for yourself.
How do you see yourself?  Not good enough? Then that is your vision--that you are not good enough in your life.  Someone who has value?  Then that is your vision, that you have value to offer.

Your opinion of another person is your vision for that person.

To envision greatness, or love, or success in yourself or another, you must see that it is already there.
It's a seed ready to sprout. Just as the oak is already inside the acorn, the butterfly is already inside the caterpillar, so your success/wealth/love/creativity is already within you.

Nurture yourself, and nurture your vision.


William Frank Diedrich
author of Beyond Blaming,
http://noblaming.com