Two ~ Learning to Listen

Yesterday we took a moment to ourselves to try to find that inner voice.  Today we touch bases again and learn to listen.


How did it go yesterday?  Were you able to find your voice?  With all of the holiday noise going on, I struggled a little.  It seems that there is always something to do and even when its quiet, the noise in my head is so loud.  I was able to escape into a quiet inner moment and my inner voice was so happy to see me.   I could literally feel the joy inside.

Learning to Listen

..."Money, power and prestige are not synonymous with happiness.  (what?!?!?)  However, as we all know - it doesn't mean we live in bliss if we DON'T have them, but it also doesn't mean we ARE happy if we DO have them - they don't bring us lasting happiness ON THEIR OWN.  Money, power and prestige are like cars that we can use to drive us towards happiness.  But if we are just driving around, not knowing where we are supposed to be going then we won't arrive at our destination, and we might get very frustrated and lost.  It is a bit ointless spending all our time and effor in upgrading and improving our cars, without actually knowing where we are planning to drive them.

By learning to listen to our inner voice, we'll be turning on the GPS navigation system in our car.  Our deep reflective quiet voice will lead us towards happiness.  Listening to our quiet voice is not escaping into our thoughts; it is bringing our thoughts out into the open.  The quiet voice is always there, and is talking to us - we just need to tune in and it will guide us towards a life of bliss."  (Warren, 2010, p 333 KV)

 Steal a quiet moment today and find your inner voice.  "What can I do today to increase the levels of joy I feel in my life?"  now wait...

Write down your answer!

This is about learning to listen.    We really do know what we need, if we can take time to listen.  

"In order to develop our creativity and ability to think outside the box of current problems and existence, we need to free our mind from the humdrum routine of life that we constantly preoccupy ourselves with.  When we take the time to teach ourselves to slow down, relax and reflect, we can then start using that amazing gift of our brain to help us.  With deep reflective thought we can actually come up with most of the answers to all of our problems.  So instead of suffering our problems we can use our brain to solve our problems."  (Warren, 2010, p 355 KV)

Today is a brand new day.  Go knock its socks off!  See you tomorrow!

 Warren, S. 2010, 7 Ancient Keys To Happiness, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform