There is an Alternative

Can we ever achieve true happiness? And what, indeed, is that? In my view it is feeling real contentment, without any lasting anger to anything or anyone and knowing that you have stopped worrying about any regrets, since you acknowledge that even if you do have them, you can do nothing about them anyhow. It almost sounds like a comatose state of mind when you think about it! Or having put yourself into a trance, meditative or hypnotic perhaps! But in reality, it is having come to terms with life, I believe; it is becoming who you really are and marrying those two immensely important factors together so that you are as one.

Some people never get there—some do—but with such little effort they have no idea how lucky they are... and then there is the vast majority of us. Most of us in this latter group either settle for less than we maybe should, but a few do take control of the situation and achieve their goals.

I am a woman who did just that and in this publication I have written about what happened during my own empowerment process and the conclusions it brought home to me, thus I have tried to outline them as an encouragement to other women with the idea that if I can do it then they surely can too.

Basically, I now really believe that only your personal fears are holding you back from doing whatever it is you really want to achieve you know—overcome those, that is, the FEARS, first and foremost, and you will find you are able to tackle the problem(s) behind them. You do NOT have to carry on doing anything that conflicts with your principles or makes you uncomfortable. Please believe that.

So many of us end up with little or no respect for ourselves, doing something or being in a situation which is demeaning to our real capabilities and we usually just accept it as 'our lot'. It becomes a destructive cycle because somehow, it is easier to do nothing about changing things, even when you recognize that your true potential has not been realized and when you know in your heart that you are not happy. For one thing you possibly don't know who to turn to, or don't have a suitable friend to talk things over with—and then a dozen other excuses come to mind why you should just stay put, even if you have thought of getting out of your present unsatisfactory circumstances, I know all too well.