The final chapter of "Unshakeable" - the must read financial book from Tony Robbins is about emotional wealth...
The incredible importance of your attitude and outlook when it comes to your overall "financial" success and happiness.
Among many very powerful thoughts he shares,
"Grace and Fear DO NOT coexist."
He goes on to describe the thought in more detail, but it struck me, and strikes me daily...
He says that if you are truly grateful you do not fear. If you are truly grateful you do not get angry.
I notice that in my life as I continue to grow and evolve, it is harder and harder for me to feel anger, and I do not feel afraid of anything (almost).
Now - please understand the difference... it is not that I do not GET angry, it is that I don't FEEL anger. I get angry at things, and frustrated with things and concerned about things... and then I work to develop plans and behaviors to deal with them.
I see people around me anxious, insecure, fearful, frustrated and angry... AND I see them feel the feelings of those mind states. It's normal and human... and ultimately A CHOICE.
First, I understand every day more and more how truly blessed I am, and to not be aware of that would be ungrateful.
Second, I think to myself, will the feeling SERVE ME? If feelings don't SERVE me and my goal (in most cases of influencing others or feeling more peace and joy for myself) then why would I choose those feelings (realizing as I do that it is a choice)? Using my feelings to SOLVE my problems and remain grateful instead of worrying about my problems SERVES me and others much more.
I see the weight of anxiety, fear, stress and concern on people I care about, and it makes me sad (and those feelings won't help either).
I can't wait to share with you the 1% / 99% concept from Kabbalah that hits on this same point from a different angle...
So... think about it... don't just talk about it.
Do you want to BE grateful... not just acknowledge gratitude but feel it and own it?
In fact, we deal with gratitude in a similar way.
We THINK gratitude.
We RATIONALIZE gratitude.
We SPEAK gratitude.
But, we don't commit to it... we don't FEEL it...
because when you do,
it takes the place of so many feelings that are less desirable.
If we know and accept that gratitude, and thus joy, cannot coexist with fear and anxiety and stress...
then WHY would you not work tirelessly,
day in and day out,
to embrace it more deeply and profoundly?
harmony and disharmony
don't
coexist
either
;-)
Nestor