If you’ve seen these posts before, then go ahead and revisit them – most of what I write is timeless. If you haven’t, then here is a chance to see some great content from the past that you missed the first time around. Enjoy!

• Everybody’s been the dog… – How do you turn science fiction into a lesson about your own infinite potential? Read the post to find out!
• 50 First Dates… - A life lesson about living in the moment learned from watching a very funny and entertaining movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
• How was your Day? – How much difference can a single 24-hour day make in your long-term success? How about all of the difference in the world?
• Did you feel that Tapping? – For you die-hard people who think that having a plan is the “end all, be all” of success, this post might make you think twice about living by that philosophy.

Somewhere along the line in history, human beings have lost track of the very real, very important, very self-centered fact that each of us is 100% responsible for our lives. Our happiness/sadness, wealth/poverty, vitality/ill health, opportunity/despondency – and any other polar opposites that you can imagine – are the responsible of exactly one person, and that is you.

No matter what your circumstances are in life, there is a way for you to create happiness and success out of those circumstances, because when all is said and done, one of the truths of existence is that each and and every one of us is the center of our own universe. Our thoughts, feelings, and actions create the very axis on which our entire existence spins, and that process is 100% within our control.

Yes, yes – I can hear your “insert excuse here” arguments already:

I was born this way, so I don’t have a choice. – How you were born or raised is completely irrelevant. As Jack Canfield says, “That’s the ‘so what’. The ‘what’ is what now?” You can live in the past, or you can create the future.

This health condition runs in my family. – For one, that doesn’t mean that you can’t take every conceivable step to ensure maximum health despite that condition. For two, that doesn’t mean that you can’t consciously will better health into your life. For three, that health condition is a circumstance of your life, not the definition of your life. Realize the difference and quit whining about it.

Other people are involved in whether or not this can happen. – No, you allow other people to be involved in whether or not something can happen. People only effect our lives to the extent that we allow them to affect our lives. No matter how much you perceive someone else as being a positive or a negative part of your life, their impact on your life is totally in your control. If someone else is making your life miserable, you’ve got no one to thank for it but yourself.

It’s out of my control. – In other words, you aren’t willing to take responsibility for it. Henry Ford used to tell his employees not to bring him problems, but instead to bring him solutions. If something is “out of your control,” all that means is that you haven’t found a way to take control of it. If you are not willing to find that way, then you’re right – it IS out of your control. How does that make you feel?

Whatever other excuses you can come up with, they all boil down to exactly the same thing:

That word “victim” is funny to me, because I think it should actually be elongated in order to more clearly demonstrate what being a “victim” is all about. Perhaps a vote on a better definition?

• Willing Participate
• Drama Lover
• Negativity Junkie
• Responsibility Avoider
• Blind Follower
• Commitment Challenged
• Selectively Ignorant

Oh, the list could go on and on, and no matter how long the list got, every phrase would describe the very same fact:

There are people who believe in and consistently act upon their ability to create wonderful lives for themselves, and there are people who realize how much easier it is to play the victim card, thus avoiding any real responsibility for their own happiness.

On that same note, there are people who will read this, and become empowered, and there are people who will immediately start coming up with reasons excuses about how these concepts don’t apply to their lives because ________________ (insert lame excuse here).

Do yourself a favor and ask yourself which type of person you are. Then do yourself an even bigger favor and give yourself an honest answer to that question.

If you’ve been a blind, drama-loving, commitment-challenged, selectively-ignorant, negatively-charged, willing avoider of responsibility, then just ask yourself one more question:

How’s that been working out for you?

First up is the 6-week teleconference that Edward Mills is about to launch entitled Basic Energy Awareness Skills for Deliberate Creators. Ed is one of my mastermind partners, which means, quite frankly, that I don’t cut him much slack. When he tells me about something he is working on, I look at it from the consumer’s point of view, and I grill him with those types of questions:

• What are people getting out of this?
• Is this going to be something that people can actually do?
• Is there plenty of content for the price?
• Is there enough value?

In this case, Ed has definitely brought some great stuff to the table, and in a format that will be both understandable by “regular” people, and also delivered in multiple formats so that people can take it in using whatever systems work best for them. Definitely worth taking a look at, and here’s the link:

Basic Energy Awareness Skills for Deliberate Creators

Next up is a reminder about the very cool Conscious Creation Retreat that Debra Moorhead is holding on May 30th in Maysville, KY. I wrote up an informative post about her retreat back in March, and the event is definitely something worth looking into.

Debra is a stand up gal, and I have no doubt that anything she takes the reigns of will be worth taking a look at. Check it all out over at her blog:

Conscious Creation Retreat

And finally, James Arthur Ray has come out with a new book called Harmonic Wealth that has been getting some great reviews.

I haven’t read it yet myself, but I am a fan of James’ philosophies, and he has been talking about ‘Harmonic Wealth’ as a concept for quite a long time. I’m sure his recent experiences since starring in The Secret have added to his teachings quite a bit, so the book should be worth checking out. There is also a a DVD edition that (at the time of this writing) is out of stock, but for those of you who don’t like or want to read, that is another option for you:

Harmonic Wealth – Book ~ Harmonic Wealth – The Movie

That’s it for now! Enjoy your Conscious Creation efforts and create something worthy of you!

In fact, unlike many bloggers, Ed actually shares his wisdom “offline” as well as on the ‘net, and he has been coaching people one-on-one about the Law of Attraction concepts for a long time. I have personally had the privilege of talking to Ed on the phone many times, and his character and integrity are even more evident in real time than they are on the Internet.

Edward Mills
Creator of The Energetics of AttractionEd’s latest project is a teleseminar series called the Energetics of Attraction. In short, the Energetics of Attraction combines a person’s individual energy patterns with classic Law of Attraction practices, and the end result is a level of control over your life that the Law of Attraction alone has trouble delivering for a lot of people.

After all, how many times can you be told to visualize, say affirmations, and just generally feel good about life? Yes, those things work, but the Energetics of Attraction takes it to a level that standard Law of Attraction teachings don’t deliver.

The teleclass is 100% free of charge, but it is also coming up quick, so if you want to get a slot, cruise on over to register right now: Energetics of Attraction

On the call, Ed promises to deliver all of the following:

• How to simply AND easily separate your personal energy from other people’s energy (OPE). This one simple technique can literally change your life overnight.
• Why sending your intentions “out to the Universe” is not enough and how to GROUND those intentions into the physical Earth!
• How to instantly shift your perspective and increase your personal vibration. 

Overall, it sounds like great stuff, and it doesn’t cost a dime, so why not check it out and see what Ed has to offer?