Work at Home Business

It is so very easy to get into the habit of "doing" for everyone else and forgetting to take care of ourselves. Sometimes, it needs to be put into our schedule, so we don't forget. For many of us, the weekend is the only time we have to take care of our personal needs. This is the only time we have to clean house, do laundry, shopping, and this list can actually extend several miles. Actually, the most important thing that should be on that list is doing something for ourselves, something that makes us happy.

I remember when I worked outside of the home. By the time I got home at night, I was too exhausted to lift a finger. I would try to do the week's cooking during the weekend. That way, I would only have to heat the meal and do the dishes. Even that seemed, at times, to be an impossible task. I wasn't living during these days, I was merely existing, eeking out a living. Fun was not a part of my life. In a prolonged time period, I became sad. Sadness led to despair, and despair to apathy.

One can be apathetic and not realize it. They might even think that they have adjusted to their life situation quite well, not realizing that what they have truly done is shut down. The apathetic person has buried their emotions to the point that they just don't care about anything anymore, whether good or bad. They are in a robotic state and merely keep going. From my own experience, I do believe that apathy is a way of one's protecting themselves against any further sadness or hurt. If they shut down and withdraw within themselves, nothing can hurt them anymore.

In today's world, it is just too easy to become apathetic. I believe that we live in an apathetic society. Otherwise, we would not stand by so willingly while our freedoms are taken away, one by one. We no longer have security. Our work environment is not secure, those of us that are lucky enough to have medical insurance find ourselves paying more and more each year, only to find out that if you get sick enough, insurance coverage is not enough. Most companies no longer provide retirement benefits, the fear of being laid off is experienced daily. We are so concerned trying to make ends meet, that we lose our focus to what is really important in our lives. Not being fulfilled, after a period of time we reach apathy. We are faced with too many issues that are beyond our control.

It is time to realize what is really important in life. Everything that I have described is merely an outward reflection of who we are inside. We have the power to change it all, by merely changing who we are. By becoming a new person, no longer trapped in our meager and negative existence, we open the doors to new experiences and new possibilities. While we envy people who have broken these chains of bondage, we do not realize that it is very possible for us to follow in their footsteps. This is called the Law of Attraction which is so very popular today, and rightly so. People are finally waking up and changing the circumstances in which they live.

How does it work? I don't have a clue. It is all energy. Life is energy, positive and negative forces, and they all work so very well. Once we realize that we are entirely responsible for where we are in life, we have taken a great step. Stop blaming everyone and everything for your circumstances. Take full responsibility.

By changing your thought pattern from society's accepted norm, to someone who is vibrant, caring, and positive, you will find that your life will take an immediate turn. You will first notice that people react to you differently. The positive forces start working and you will notice your life change. How does it change you may ask? Simply by new opportunities presenting themselves in front of you. Then the choice becomes yours. Some recoil in fear and go back to their old patterns. Others let their family and friends talk them out of it, giving them every reason in the world why they won't make it. They are told, "You? You can't do that!" They will tell you that you are not good enough. Unfortunately, too many will believe them and go back to their old lives, letting go of that dream that was so very close.

We must get past that decision process and go ahead to realize our full potential. Leave those nay sayers behind. You will notice that once you are successful, they will still be saying that you can't make it. Let them go. Focus on the positive and realize your dreams.

Meditation, relaxation, taking care of yourself, doing something fun on a regular basis, all these will give you a new focus on life. Life will once again be worth living. You will make better choices, meet positive people and go on to the life that you were intended to live all along.

Life is truly what we make it. It can be monotonous or a new daily adventure. It is all in how we perceive it.

©Luella May 2006

Luella May is currently the co-founder and editor of "The Corner 4Women.com" http://thecorner4women.com and writes exclusively for her blog http://thecorner4women.blogspot.com and Luella's Corner http://oakwoodgrafix.co.uk/blog/LuellasCorner/
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