Success in life is not about striving for goals,

but aligning with and tuning into

your Divine Life Plan.

As I see it, if you have doubts, fears or dilemmas about a way forward in your life then here’s a fail-safe way to throw light on the subject. This will lead to clarity as an intuitive nudge that lights up the way forward.

I thought about this last night as I was listening to a close friend sharing his concerns and options with regard to work and life. In the past I would have tried to “give advice” and steer him in a particular direction or ease his inner conflict.

Life and my own experience going from what I call “mess to success” has taught me differently.

Everything I write and teach now starts by clearing the blocks to reconnecting with Source, Soul or Divine Life Plan or Purpose. I have proven for myself and others that once you get clean and clear – miracles follow. And I know that each of us has a unique soul journey of growth and happiness. As long as we feel good in our own skin and aligned with Source, then the challenges merely become a way of triggering what Abraham-Hicks calls “rockets of desire” to expand our life and bring our highest good.

Let me share with you a prayer or declaration which has been a compass in my own life when the way forward seemed dark and murky. It comes from 1940s metaphysical teacher and author Florence Scovel-Shinn from her classic book: “The Game of Life and How to Play it”.

“Infinite Spirit, open the way for the Divine Design of my life to manifest; let the genius within me be released; let me see clearly the perfect plan.”

You could also say this to Source, the Universe, your Higher Power – all names for something bigger than your personality or ego Self.

Once you “say the word” or make the declaration” follow up by giving thanks that it is “already so”. After that, simply expect and await a nudge or insight for the right action or next best action step. It can come from a chance remark, a passage you open randomly in a book or an intuitive flash.
The important thing says Shinn is to “speak the word and then don’t do anything until you get a definite lead”.

The result – you feel good, authentic

and in the flow or swing of

well being and happiness.

I relate to him. As a journalist who many years ago committed my life to “uplifting and inspiring” rather than dishing up the sensational and sickening I have had to pursue my dream doggedly through many years of challenge with only the imagined outcome guiding me.

As Winston Churchill once said: “Never, never, never give up.”

You first need the soul seed of desire and inspiration – a clue to your Divine Life Purpose. And after that to keep hot and committed you need Persistence.

It’s about keeping your goal on track like a guided missile.

It’s about breakthroughs and break-free-ahas when you get nudged, supported by forces seen and unseen.

It’s as much about the times you feel like giving up and chucking it in as about the days you are truly “in the flow.”

For me it’s been mainly about cleaning and clearing out the noise and negative patterns keeping me from flying and eventually breaking free. Plus being guided and mentored by others – the authors and teachers I worked alongside to publicize their books and workshops.

Of course, as I learned from Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way – a brilliant book and 12-week program about releasing your creativity which I have run for groups with astounding results – we often “shadow” those we most aspire to be.

BIRTHING A BOOK

As a journalist I’ve written thousands and thousands of articles and interviews. But nothing can compare with holding the first copies of my book. As I get ready to launch on Amazon in July – my heart is enthralled by my new book as lovingly as a new mother holding her newborn.

Author of “The Power of Persuasion”, Kevin Hogan in a teleseminar with internet marketing guru Rich Schefren, reinforced this feeling of your book being like a precious child. He said “you don’t trash your child because he or she is not performing… so value your book and don’t give up on it…ever!”

I like that.

So don’t ever give up on your book – or dream. Persistence pays off.