Epiphanies

Okay, so I've become much more conscious of my excuses. And it's liberating because now I see how they have lead to self-imposed mental limitations. I now admit my mistakes without making excuses for them.

I feel liberated. I now have the opportunity to change beliefs and behaviors that weren't working for me.

My confidence and self-acceptance has increased and my overall energy as a result.

I now feel I can do anything! Anything I want to do and set my mind to!

I also had a wonderful epiphany about my purpose in life. I witnessed someone express a similar purpose and it was like a light bulb went off and I felt at home and at peace. It was like "This is it!" I saw the different domains of my life converge. It was illuminating and empowering to see, feel, and know with such clarity.

Success

Yay! I finally got two new students - other than my friends! Yay!!!!! I'm so excited to be teaching this dance I love!

And the universe cried, "Thou shall teach dance!"

I took the plunge girls! No more excuses! Turns out my temporary teaching job - which I had hoped would become permanent - is really temporary and thus ending in one week. So I'm about to have a lot of time on my hands - it's as if everything is conspiring to get me into the dance studio. Check out my cute flyer:

http://carolinamoxley.blogspot.com/

I posted it on facebook and craigslist - now I'm off to distribute flyers. I'll keep you posted on how everything goes!

I need a push!

Hi Ladies,

I'm psychologically preparing to start teaching dance for $ by teaching at the local dance studio. So far, I've been teaching some girlfriends for free.

I'm shy and a perfectionist so I often feel I need to "be better" before I do anything - I've always had this cautious tendency - where I feel I need to be really good at anything before I take on any type of risk or responsibility.

Can you guys give me a push? Maybe I need to set a date and stick to it! I've already set one for the new moon in August - but now I want to start in Sept. - but I fear that I'll keep putting it off till "I'm good enough" and this could go on forever! Is this just another excuse - to avoid taking risks - to avoid my fear of failure?

Carolina

Ditch an excuse this week: Testing out a new belief system

Okay, so I'm super shy when it comes to performing. I have considered myself a dancer and choreographer but never really felt comfortable "performing." However, I love to dance and teach dance so when my friend Estrella asked me to choreograph a saiidi number for her troupe - I jumped on it because I loooove to choreograph.

I worked hard on the piece but feared the day I would have to dance for the troupe. I've never really performed as a soloist, especially not for fellow dancers.

Today during dance rehearsals, Estrella asked me to show them my piece. I was ready with all my excuses "I haven't rehearsed it in a while...I don't know if I'll remember it...I hope it's okay....We'll see what I can remember..." but I still danced for them and even taught them beginning of the piece. The important thing is that I survived and while I still had all my excuses in hand - I decided not to let them stop me from trying.

I felt like this small act helped me to overcome a huge fear of mine. Which gets me thinking, what other fear-based excuses can I abandon this week?

By telling myself I can do anything I set my mind to - I can release a lot of energy that's normally wasted in the form of anxiety. Today I can begin doing all the things I've been planning to do on a day "when I felt ready." My new motto is "I'm ready and well equipped to handle anything life hands me."

I realized that I was full of excuses because I was scared of failing. Think of an excuse you can abandon this week and tell me how you feel when you ditch the excuse and go for it.

Our thoughts change our DNA

This was what my logical mind was needing to hear. Research indicates that our energy and thoughts actually change our cells and DNA. This has revolutionized my self-concepts. I've just started reading - but today when someone told me "maybe it's genetic" when talking about my behavior - I felt liberated from the self-limiting concepts we adopt when we assume some traits are hard-wired into our DNA.

I felt really free - not just in an idealistic philosophical way - but in an out right positive (in both senses of the word) way - that I could change anything about myself that I so desire.

How books change our lives

I've just begun reading Excuses Be Gone by Dr. Wayne Dyer, the new age guy you often see on KPBS. Anyhow, I love to read spiritually inspiring books and decided to document my meditations, insights, and experiences as they relate to what I'm currently reading. So this is where real life meets the spiritual truths and advice presented in inspirational and religious books. It's about the epiphanies and stuggles we encounter as we make our way along our spiritual paths.