Listen To Your Heart - Trust Your Instincts

There is no doubt that one of the major problems in our society is that people do not know who they are and never seem to be able to find themselves, continue to struggle through life playing the role of the victim, searching for whatever will make them feel better or give them temporary relief from the struggles, heartache and pressures of daily living.

One of our greatest emotional needs is to be accepted. Loneliness is so painful that people will try anything to relieve it. They take drugs, they get drunk. They go through long lists of short-lived dating relationships. Another reason is that our society teaches the philosophy that happiness comes from whatever product is being marketed or you have to look a certain way; that our problems are the result of what others are doing to us; and the programming we internalize through the media, songs and other means tell us that "Life Ain't Easy" and you "Can't Always Get What You Want", You can't be happy until you get.....whatever.

A few years ago, Dr Phil wrote a book, about the time his TV show first aired. The book was entitled, "The Self Matters" A book designed to help people figure out who they were and discover their authentic self, and use that information to overcome underlying obstacles and self sabotaging behavior.

I have also studied work from Dr. Bill Ferguson, a Houston family counselor and therapist, especially his book's "Heal The Hurt That Sabotages Your Life" and "Miracles Are Guaranteed" along with his workshop "Return To The Heart." All designed to help you get in touch with your inner self, identify those things that are giving you a distorted view or perception of reality based on your own personal interpretations of life as you perceive it, then help you differentiate between those beliefs that are only a belief and not a fact, and the truth.

In a recent television episode of Oprah, her guest, Dr Marcus Buckingham, conducted a workshop with Oprah and several other selected participants, in using your own instincts to figure out how to identify and develop your own strengths and talents to enhace your life, instead of society's manipulating you into spending enourmous amounts of energy to identify and correct flaws while your strengths and talents lie dormant. Marcus Buckingham's book's First, Break All The Rules" and "Now, Discover Your Strength's" focus on programming techniques to think outside the box and start identifying and developing your own unique talents and strengths.

During my lifetime, I have had moments where my instincts were screaming, telling me of impending doom, that I needed to take action to avert some unfortunate occurance, sometimes I listened and sometimes I didn't.

As part of my own personal growth, I have learned the importance of regular timely meditation so I have started a daily routine of prayer and meditation where I focus on getting clear, calm, centered to be able to listen and hear what my inner self and or heart is telling me.

Dr. Joe Vitale, in his book, The 'Attractor Factor", stresses the importance of meditation and using it in getting clear of those things that your inner self is telling you, in the way of an excuse or other limiting belief disquised as a reason standing in the way of your success. Also listening to your inner self and taking inspired action or acting on those inner nudges directing you to do things that may seem outragous.