If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got.  So with that being the case it's obvious that to improve your lot in life you need to Change, so embrace the change, and say to yourself the line from Elton John’s song “Honky Cat”;

“Oh, the Change is Going to Do Me Good.”

The song is about a guy who grew up on the farm with dreams of moving to the big city … (it's in the playlist below)

When I look back, boy, I must have been green

Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream

Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign

Until I saw your city lights, honey, I was blind

And the push back he gets from the people around him…

They said, get back, honky cat

Better get back to the woods

Well, I quit those days and

my redneck ways

And, oh, the change is gonna do me good

If you’ve ever attempted to change ... your life, your circle of associates &  friends, your surroundings... there’s a good chance you can relate to the character in Elton John’s song needing to fuel his own motivation and push past all the resistance.

You better get back honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at

It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine

It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine

Well I read some books and I read some magazines

About those high class ladies down in New Orleans

And all the folks back home well, said I was a fool

They said oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule

They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods

But I quit those days and my redneck ways

And, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good

They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods

Well, I quit those days and my

And, oh, oh, the change is gonna do me good

They said stay at home boy, you gotta tend the farm

But how can you stay, when your heart says no

How can you stop when your feet say go

You better get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods

Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways

And, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good

You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at

It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine

It's like trying to drink whisky, oh, from a bottle of wine

Oh yeah, get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat, get back

You see; when you have the courage to make changes, you’re setting an example to those around you that you have choices in life, and that you’re willing to take risks to get what you want.

But the idea of choice and change scares a lot of people. So, while they may mean well, they fight to keep you from proving by example that change is possible by knocking your ideas and trying to put you back “in your place.”

The place where THEY feel comfortable.

Because, for most people, it’s easier to shrug and complain than it is to accept responsibility and push forward. But that ain’t you if you really want to improve your lot in life.

Our society is rapidly becoming one of "entitlement" which is the dark side of expectations. We have heard some prospective Associates complaining that they are just as good, talented, knowledgeable or experienced as someone who is very successful in their field. They feel "entitled" to more success and expect that simply by being good at what they do, they will reap the rewards.

We live in a belief-driven universe. The beliefs we have, most of which are unconscious, determine what we see. We are interpreting everything around us through the lens of our own individual Personality Filters, which are really your filters of belief.

Once you become aware of your filter and beliefs you can change. You will see an abundance of everything you are looking for and realize it was there all along. Everything you want is available to you, but you won't see it until you turn on the perception that allows you to see it.

The problem is if you think that way you are not engaged in the active pursuit of success. Successful Associates are fully engaged. They read one new book a week, take classes, experiment, take risks and take action every day.

They don't THINK about getting on the ride. They GET on the ride. They don't THINK of getting in the game, they GET in the game. They don't HOPE for or THINK about expanding their business. They become fully ENGAGED in the process of expanding their business.

You don't do this by just using positive thinking or affirmations like "I know I can". You are not the little engine that could. You are the little engine that DOES! If you don't do, you don't go anywhere or accomplish anything.

The tendency for most people is to get into a comfort zone and build a nice little nest there. The comfort zone is made up of all the thoughts we've had and all the things we've done often enough to feel comfortable thinking or doing them. Anything that threatens to push us out of our nest makes us feel uncomfortable.

"Uncomfortable" is a catch all term that encompasses many emotions; fear, unworthiness, doubt, anger, hurt and distrust, to name a few. Since we have labeled these emotions as "bad", we don't want to feel them and so we crawl back into our nests.

It can be argued that there are really only two human emotions, fear and love and that all other emotions are variations on these two themes. Any negative emotion is a spin-off of fear. Except for rare occasions, most of the fear that we experience is over imagined circumstances or consequences. But, since fear keeps us from doing things, we never really check out the validity of the fear itself. A feedback loop of fear is not doing + ignorance which causes more fear to develop.

When something pushes us out of our comfort zone we feel some variation of fear. The bodily sensations that go along with fear are something that we have come to label as "bad" and we want to avoid them at all costs. Let's look at what happens when the body feels fear; adrenaline, glucose and other energy producing chemicals are released into the bloodstream. Our senses actually sharpen when non-essential fears such as, "Did I remember to TiVo my favorite show?", pop up and we gain an instant ability to focus on the task at hand.

When we are outside of our comfort zone, most of the time, the only thing we are in danger of is learning something new. What is helpful in learning something new? Energy, clarity and the ability to focus - all available to you via your friend, fear.

Now, am I saying that fear is the best motivator? No, but I am saying that you can change the way you look at the sensations that fear produces. Do you realize that, at a somatic level, excitement feels pretty much the same as fear? So what I'm suggesting is that the next time you get pushed out of your comfort zone and you feel the adrenaline of fear, instead of crawling swiftly back into the safety of your nest, change the way you look at it. Choose to experience the sensations of excitement and use the clarity, energy and increased focus at your disposal to say "YES" to the experience and learn something new!

Stories are untested, non-investigated theories or assumptions that tell us what things mean. The problem is we don't seem to realize most of our stories are just assumptions.

I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought or story.

Rather than understand the original cause, we try to change our stressful feelings by looking outside of ourselves. It is easy to get swept away by some overwhelming feeling so it is helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate messenger that says - "you are caught up in your story".

Depression, pain, fear, doubt and worry are gifts that say "take a look at what you are thinking right now. You're living in a story that is not true for you. When we get caught in the dream or the illusion, we try to alter and manipulate the stressful feeling rather than deal with the thought behind it. That's why I say that any negative emotion is an alarm clock that is designed to wake you up to the fact that there's a thought that you may want to investigate and get rid of. Inquiry and investigation of any thought that is untrue will always lead you back to happiness and who you really are.

If you put your hand in a fire does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No! When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don't have to direct it. The hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand through inquiry and investigation of any thought or story that is untrue and realize it is causing you suffering, you will move away from it.

It is simple logic. Before the thought you were not suffering. With the thought you are suffering. When you recognize the thought isn't true, you will go back to not suffering and return to happiness.

Self inquiry is the way to end all suffering and to experience peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, self inquiry is about realizing that all the answers you will ever need are inside of you and are always available to you if you are willing to give up your story.

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