A Solid Foundation is the Bridge to Success
The path to happiness doesn’t start with a great job, the right spouse, or material objects – although these things do add to your enjoyment of life.
“Happiness is an inside job.”
Happiness is ONLY possible when you feel good about yourself from the INSIDE…when you feel worthy, deserving, and are accepting and compassionate with yourself: When you take CARE of yourself first and foremost and make choices that respect and honor you.
This means building a foundation upon which everything else becomes meaningful – including extrinsic rewards.
Without a solid foundation, life falls apart. You struggle. You have more stress and sleepless nights. You worry and are anxious. You experience more problems and have more difficulties. You wonder why life is so hard and why things are not working the way you want them to. You are pushing rather than enjoying.
And inside you know there must be a better way to live. You are often waiting for the “shoe to drop” so to speak.
When you build your life on a house of cards, then that is exacly what you will experience: FEAR and worry that any minute the house will come tumbling down.
Much like building a house, there are several elements required before you would go out and buy furniture or paint. You first need to build a strong foundation without which it would be pointless to attempt to put up walls and a roof.
The same is true with we humans. We first need to build a solid foundation upon which everything else is added.
Our foundation begins to develop when we reach adulthood. But it doesn’t stop; we often just forget to pay it the attention it requires. You have a strong foundation, when you:
- know and live your values
- live on healthy energy sources and give up your addiction to adrenaline
- give up your addiction to drama and to problems – raise your personal standards
- manage your needs and make direct requests to get them met
- create strong boundaries
- live in integrity
- eliminate what you are tolerating
- clear unresolved issues – including key family relationships
- live in the present
- have a positive attitude about life
Whenever you find yourself stressed or are dissatisfied with or stressed about something in your life, often if you go back to the basics, you’ll discover that your foundation that is weak and requires attention.
How can you strengthen your foundation? Choose one area and start making changes to improve.
I have several assessments on the website to assist you or you can contact me for more.
Integrity is a great place to start. Identify where you might be out of integrity and start fixing that. You’ll feel so much better and you’ll be able to sleep at night! Which helps you to think more clearly…
As you improve one area, you will start to see how other areas are connected.
In our quest for change including the quest to lose weight, or whether you are seeking employment, getting promoted – whatever change you want to make, come home to your foundation and seeks ways to strengthen this first.
By taking responsibility for your personal development, you start to build a foundation that is strong and that can withstand life’s challenges. You stop looking outside yourself for love and acceptance; you start to respect and honor yourself.
And this is where TRUE happiness is found: by knowing that you are doing the right things for yourself and taking care of the basics, you lay a strong foundation upon which you can build great things.
Your partner for success,
Coach Julie, RN ~ Nurturing Your Success
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