Living Your Dream

By now, you've probably heard about the incredible performance by Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent. What an amazing display of allowing your soul to fly.

Watching the video, you realize that not only the judges but the audience as well were prejudging her before she started. They were sure she would make a fool of herself. Some were even laughing.

And boy did she surprise everyone. A standing ovation and 3 Yeses…… a record for the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Susan is a perfect example of someone being willing to come forth with their dream and regardless of what others think, going for it. How much courage did it take for her to stand on that stage, watching the judge's faces (especially Simon's) and then sing?

We can learn much from Susan about expressing our passion and letting our soul fly high. Before going onstage, Susan said, "I am going to rock the audience". So not only does she have courage, she has a deep faith in herself.

How about you? Are you allowing your soul to fly?

What would happen if you decided to act as if you could reach your dream? As if you did have courage and faith within yourself? How much could you change your life?

Some of you might be saying that if you had the courage or faith, you'd be living your dream, so now what do you do? Both of the characteristics can be enhanced by small actions we can take on a regular basis.

To begin to develop courage and faith in yourself, put these six things into practice for a week and notice the difference in yourself.

1. Begin by taking small steps. Do a little something each day toward your dream. It can be as simple as making a phone call to someone about how to get started. Or start a business plan.

2. Say No when you don't want to do something or don't have the time to do it. Oftentimes, we give in to others and agree to things we don't want to do out of fear of them disliking us or of confrontation or that we'll appear selfish. You can say no politely and tell them maybe next time. Each time you honor your own commitments, you build faith in yourself.

3. Think back over your life and make note of the times you made the right decisions or actions. Many of us have a tendency to only notice what we've done wrong and to emotional berate ourselves over it. Switch that over to being aware of the times when you "did it right"!

4. Acknowledge when you do something well or a decision you make works out as you wanted. The more we notice ourselves doing what we consider to be "right", the more we can begin to hear that small still voice of intuition.

5. You know that one thing you keep putting off because of anxiety? Tomorrow morning, first thing, do it. Like Nike says, Just Do It. Bite the bullet, take a deep breath and go for it. Whether it's a call you've put off or going for a run. Tell yourself you can do this one thing. And then Do It. You'll have so much more faith in yourself for accomplishing that one thing.

6. When you find yourself using self-limiting language…..things like, "I can't do that" or "I'm not good enough"…….change it to a positive. Come up with the opposite statement and then run it like a mantra. Say it over and over to yourself. After awhile, you'll automatically say the positive statement.

My suggestion is to do each one of these for the next week and notice what happens.

Taking small steps everyday, will over time, build up your courage and belief in yourself. Then you too can, like Susan, proclaim that you are going to "rock their world" and let your soul fly!