“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” ~Buddha

Are you happy where you are in life? If so, congratulations - you have received what everyone strives for. True happiness is the simple connection to the divine. Is there anything you would like to be different? If not, I applaud your creation. Your current moment is the residual effect of all of your past thoughts and actions. Where you sit now is the creation of your beliefs.

Are you less than happy where you are in life? Are some areas of your experience frustrating or difficult? Maybe they are just not fun. These feelings are a direct result of your belief. It is your belief that creates your experience. If I were to walk through life believing the words of my father, in this moment I would be on the streets living as a "bum," having a frustratingly difficult time of life, because my belief would be supported by my creation.

Take this moment right now to assess all areas of your life. Assess each area one at a time: Relationships, finances,  home environment. When you focus on an area what is your first feeling that comes over your body? That feeling is the signpost of your belief system. Does the thought of your relationships feel great? Does the mere mention of finances bring fear to the forefront? If you feel a negative (ie-anything other that a joyful happy feeling), then you have a belief that is keeping you in place and creating more of the same in the next moment. What is it in that negative experience that is the core of your belief?

Say I have my negative feeling surrounding finances. If I examine it closely I realize that the relationship I had with finances is a direct result of my parents' belief passed down. This is not to blame them, they came by thier belief system honestly from their parents. The question is what would happen to my finances if I changed this belief?

"It is your faith that heals you."~ Jeshua Ben Joseph

The responsibility of your experience falls solely upon your shoulders. If you believe that life is a struggle, then a struggle is what you will receive.  If you believe that life is easy and fun, then an easy and fun life you will receive. There is a statement I hear all the time that I think needs to be revisited: "Perception is reality." What we perceive we believe is the tenet of this statement. This statement and the belief in the truth of it, will perpetually keep us creating the same experience. What we are currently perceiving is the end product of our belief. Believing in that end product creates more end product and thus a dead end in our creation. The truer statement would be "what we believe we perceive."

Find the beliefs that have you feeling stuck or stagnant is all areas of your life, that have held you in place. Break that belief and set a new more positive belief. Hold that belief until you perceive the results in your experience. The life of your desire is a byproduct of faith.

“When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world.” ~Scout Cloud Lee