new perspective on 2009

[Guest guest]

Penny Jensen & I will be guest speakers on Healing the Universe radio show

with Joe Rumbolo on Thursday, Jan. 14

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joe-rumbolo. Time is from 5:00-6:30 pm PST.

We'll be talking about how your perspective & your values color your world

and how a simple 6 step process, The One Command, empowers you to shift both

your values & your perspectives so that you can have more of what you want

in 2010-and enjoy the process of getting it. As we were talking this

morning about what topic we want to discuss on the radio show, our own

perspectives about what kind of year 2009 was for each of us shifted. It

was so exciting for us that I want to share that thought with you as well.

All through 2009 I kept saying " I don't know anyone who will be sorry to see

this year end. It's been a tough year for everyone, including me. Nothing

seems to be going right. " That was my perspective...and that became my

experience. Then after Christmas, one of my daughters mentioned she was

sorry to see 2009 end as it had been a wonderful year for her. Hmmmm.....I

thought....so I asked for specifics. She reminded me that it was the first

year that both of her children had remained healthy. No surgeries, scary

births, broken bones, hospital stays. It was true; since 2004 when her son

was born with a heart defect that required 3 open heart surgeries before the

age of 3 and then 2008 when her daughter was born and needed 2 blood

transfusions immediately, there had been trauma & drama every year.

Gratefully, both of my grandbabies are in excellent health and are

delighting their parents & grandparents. You couldn't find more wonderful

kids than these-especially my grandson, with what he has experienced in his

short life.

That started the wheels turning in my brain---it's really all about

perspective isn't it? Yes, the economy was upside down. Yes, their income

was affected. Yes, my daughter faced other challenges during the year. But

her highest Value is her family---so based upon that, she had a marvelous

year didn't she! Her perspective instantly shifted my perspective.

Was my 2009 really as bad as I told myself it was? What criteria was I

using to judge the year as good/bad or myself as succeeding/failing?

Your values determine your expectations and your beliefs determine your

values. My 2 highest values are spiritual connection and my family. I did

not realize that career/income was not even on my list of values until last

fall! (Oh dear! I changed that immediately!) When I look back at last year

from this new perspective, I had a fabulous year. And instead of feeling

down because I did not hit my financial goals, I now celebrate that 2009 was

a year filled with spiritual awakenings and lots of time with my family,

especially the grandkids! I am not who I was last year this time and the

time I spent with my family breathed life into me. That makes all the

difference in how my body feels and how I look at my life. It wasn't that I

failed at anything, because I didn't. I succeeded in achieving from my

highest values. The disconnect was that consciously I was pushing my career

while subconsciously living from my highest values. Because those were in

conflict with each other, I experienced conflict.

Since redefining my values and placing career/income within my top 5 values,

I am already noticing a difference. My business is picking up; I'm enjoying

the hours I give to my career and I still honor my other values as well. I

am less attached to specific career choices and stay focused on the outcomes

I desire. Because I KNOW what my values are, I know when I am honoring

them, ignoring them, fulfilling them or stepping on them. It is the

difference that makes the difference.

Bonnie

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