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Gina Mollicone Long | The Blog
27 March 2007
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVERLEARNING How many times have you heard the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining"? Have you ever given it much thought? Probably not.
Instead of a silver LINING, what if every cloud had a silver LEARNING? It makes you think more about the value inherent in your failure, doesn't it. The fact is that each and every one of your failures holds valuable information as to what is standing between you and anything you desire. Really!
My upcoming book, The Secret of Successful Failing, is dedicated to showing you that hidden inside every failure is exactly what you need to get what you want. I can show you how to reframe failure so it can become a powerful force in your life. Every time you are confronted with failure you have an opportunity to discover the "silver LEARNING". Everything that happens in your life serves you. Everything Every time!
A powerful reminder of how our perceptions directly influence our outcomes. What metaphorical "blindfold" would help you go twice as far as you thought you could?
"IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, YOU HAVE TO BE IT" You can quote me on that. This quote popped into my head today on an airplane while I was experimenting with creating "presence" within "the chaos". Anyone who knows me knows that I simply do not enjoy flying. Today was no different except today I decided to make a different choice.
I chose to try some techniques to help me create stillness WITHIN myself. You probably know what I am going to say next? Yep! You got it. Once I created some stillness within myself then the physical reality of stillness appeared in my reality. The turbulence stopped, the children calmed down. You get the picture.
During this brief experience with stillness that quote came into my head. I like to think that it came straight from the source itself. The quote came into my head because there was finally some SPACE for it to arrive. "If you want to see it, you have have to be it". I think I'll put that in my quote of the day. Have fun with it!
REAL ATTRACTION There is a LOT of confusion about HOW the Law of Attraction really works. There has been a great deal of publicity about the Law of Attraction and everyone ran out and tried to "attract a million dollars". Many of them failed at this attempt and did NOT attract the money.
This doesn't mean that the Law of Attraction isn't working. In fact, it is brilliant proof that it is working EXACTLY. Here's why...
According to the Law of Attraction, you will attract into your life the physical things that exactly match your energetic vibration. Every time. If you don't have something that you desire then you have not created the energetic vibration yet. Your failure is just feedback to this point.
You need to change your inner vibration FIRST.
But wait, there's more to understand.
You must be CLEAR on what it is that you REALLY want. The clarification on this is that what you REALLY want is NOT A THING, it is ALWAYS (always always) a FEELING. Always! Remember that energy attracts stuff and not the other way around. Ask yourself, "what do I really want when I say that I want money"? Is it happiness? Is it security? What is the underlying FEELING that you are craving when you state your physical desire? Identifying this FEELING is the key. You must identify the FEELING that you are wanting, not the physical thing.
Then, you must go inside yourself to find this FEELING. IT IS ALREADY THERE right inside of you. You have just been disconnected from it (at some point in your life). That is why you desire to have it in the first place. But you will never find it on the outside, you have to reconnect with the feeling on the inside. Once you reconnect with it, your physical environment will change to match your newly discovered vibration. That's the real Law of Attraction.
HAPPY AND... Yesterday, I got hit with a cosmic two by four. I learned something about BEING happy. It comes from the inside. No joke! I know that I have been saying that for years but yesterday, I finally understood it in a tangible way. My perspective of my life yesterday was dim. I was focusing on everything that was wrong and it kept getting worse. Finally, I got the two by four (right across the metaphorical forehead). Crack!
My husband Andrew pointed out that I recently wrote "happiness is a choice" in my upcoming book. Duh! I wasn't CHOOSING happiness yesterday. Instead I was choosing to empower my interpretation of my life situation.
Here's the thing: there were a lot of unpleasant circumstances in my life yesterday. The "story" was dramatic. But, I learned that I can be HAPPY AND... still have all of those unpleasant circumstances. I can choose to find happiness inside of me despite the unpleasant circumstances. It looks something like this:
I AM HAPPY AND... my kids are fighting with each other I AM HAPPY AND... I feel overwhelmed with all I have to do I AM HAPPY AND... my knees hurt I AM HAPPY AND... I feel money pressure
PERFECT REFLECTION Everything that enters your awareness is a perfect reflection of your inner world. Perfect! Every time. No exceptions.
This is very useful if you begin to use everything that happens to you as feedback. This feedback indicates to you how clear you have been in your intention. If you do not have what you want then you have some clear feedback as to where the signal got mixed up. Start to view your failures as perfect little messages from the Universe as to exactly what you are sending out.
Likewise, if you find yourself in the presence of greatness then recognize that this too is a reflection of your inner world. You can only experience greatness on the outside if you possess that exact same vibration on the inside. Everything that you experience in your physical world is in direct correlation to the vibrations that you ALREADY HAVE on the inside. If you are around greatness then you too POSSESS GREATNESS. Never ever forget this!
