Joyfull Living – Dec 2015/Jan 2016

It’s the season for us to celebrate and evaluate the year that is about to close. How many things from your list of “intentions” for this year did you accomplish? If you feel disappointments or frustrations, those are clues that something needs your time and attention. I often hear people say they haven’t been able to implement with consistency or even start a self-care practice because of one situation or another. There is a wonderful bumper sticker quote I love: “BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.” This has been attributed to Gandhi but what he actually said was:

We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.

As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.

What is driving your life right now?— Is it giving you results that make you feel good? There are so many things that pull our attention away from what we desire to experience. I know for sure that feeling worried, anxious, angry, fearful and frustrated wasn’t on any of your lists of “intentions” for this year, yet we invest so much time into creating and maintaining this state of being. The minute we wake up, when we take this potent time and engage our mind with emails, Facebook, news or other external stimuli, we are supporting what other people want us to focus on. When we don’t take control of our thoughts, life can feel out of our control. This can make us feel like a victim of circumstance and powerless. When we automatically react to the loudest crisis in our life with fear and worry, we are living in survival mode. From this state of being it’s almost impossible to listen to our intuition and create our desired results. This can also feed the habitual feeling of failure and overwhelm us which causes us to feel disheartened—disconnected from the possibility of peace, love and joy which is truly why we are here.

The best gift you can give yourself and the people in your life is to claim the first 15 to 30 minutes of your day. Give your inner-self, your spirit, your full attention. Learn to activate your power to be the co-creator of your life. Focus on what you can do to activate your experience of JOY in your day. When you feel good, the chemistry in your body changes to enhance your health and well-being. “Joy to the world” starts with you. You don’t need to wait for circumstances to change and you don’t need anybody else’s approval or support. You just need to decide to take actions that support your higher good.

Regardless of your cultural and spiritual background, this season brings the element of Light all around us. It instills a magical feeling in our hearts. We get to experience the power of what a light in numbers can create. It takes effort for it to come together and likewise, it takes effort for you to experience a magical, inspired, joy-full life.

Your life can change in this moment. Invest some time into feeling what you desire to experience in your life and activate your power to live by design and not by default. It’s not easy. I know, which is why I am so excited to share a system with tools and support for you to make that possible. It’s been awesome to hear all the feedback from those who registered for my video series of Living by Design Not Default last month. It’s so inspiring to see so many people responding to the call of their spirit to break out of old patterns and behaviors. The extended online program, Foundation 4 your LIFE, is a system designed to help you maintain, support and strengthen those positive changes. I have received so many requests from those who missed it that I am re-opening access to the video series for a short time. Go to www.louiselavergne.com.

These classes offer you some great tools to start recreating the blueprint of your Foundation to live a life that is Loving, Inspiring, Fearless and Empowered. There is still time to register until December 15, 2015.

You can make this coming year your year to create and en-joy the quality of LIFE your heart desires. May you remember that your are Amazing! Be the Gift you’re here to BE.