Louise Hay and Wayne Dyer share some secrets of life with you. Enjoy...

Louise L. Hay

The Power of Affirmations

Today is the day for you to begin creating a joyous, fulfilling life. Today is the day to begin to release all your limitations. Today is the day for you to learn the secrets of life. You can change your life for the better. You already have the tools within you to do so. These tools are your thoughts and your beliefs.

Every thought you think and every word you say is an affirmation. All of our self-talk, our internal dialogue is a stream of affirmations. You're affirming and creating your life experiences with every word and thought. A lot of what we normally say and think is quite negative and doesn't create good experiences for us. We have to retrain our thinking and speaking into positive patterns if we want to change our lives. An affirmation is a beginning point on the path to change.

People often ask, "How do I begin to affirm my good? Where do I start?" I suggest that you begin by making lists. Make a separate page for each topic, such as love, family, health, prosperity, myself. Write at the top of each page, "What I Believe About Love" (or another topic). Then, write down every thought that comes up about these subjects, both negative and positive. You'll see a very clear picture of your belief systems. The next step is to take each negative statement and turn it around into a positive affirmation. Once this is done, add this affirmation: ALL MY POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS COME TRUE FOR ME!

Doing affirmations is consciously choosing to think certain thoughts that will create positive results in the future. They create a focal point that will allow you to begin changing your thinking. Affirmative statements are going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now. When you choose to say "I am very prosperous," you may actually have very little money in the bank at the moment, but what you're doing is planting seeds for future prosperity. Each time you repeat this statement, you're reaffirming the seeds you've planted in the atmosphere of your mind. That's why you want it to be a happy atmosphere. Things grow more quickly in rich, fertile soil.

When you change your thinking process, then everything in your life will also change. You'll be amazed and delighted to see how people, places, things, and circumstances can change. Don't waste time arguing for your limitations: poor relationships, problems, illness, poverty and so on. The more you talk about the problem, the more you anchor it in place. Learn to turn your negative affirmations into positive ones. For instance: "I never have enough money" becomes "Money flows into my life in an abundant way."

Affirmations are solutions that will replace whatever problem you might have. Whenever you have a problem, repeat over and over: "All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe." This simple affirmation will work miracles in your life!

Wayne Dyer

Living Your Life on Purpose

A sense of purpose is at the very top of the pyramid ofself-actualization created by Abraham Maslow more than 50 years ago.Through his research, Dr. Maslow discovered that those who feelpurposeful are living the highest qualities that humanity has to offer.During the many years I've been in the fields of human development,motivation, and spiritual awareness, this is the topic that more peopleinquire about than anything else. I'm repeatedly asked questions suchas: How do I find my purpose? Does such a thing really exist? Why don'tI know my purpose in life? Being on purpose is what the mostself-actualized people accomplish on their life journeys. But manyindividuals feel little sense of purpose, and may even doubt that theyhave a purpose in life.

The very fact of your existence indicates that you have apurpose. The key question for most of us is: "What is my purpose?" And Ihear that question in as many forms as there are people wondering aboutit: What am I supposed to be doing? Should I be an architect, a florist,or a veterinarian? Should I help people or fix automobiles? Am Isupposed to have a family or be in the jungle saving the chimpanzee?We're befuddled by the endless number of options available to us, andwonder whether we're doing the right thing. I urge you to forget thesequestions. Move instead to a place of faith and trust in the universalmind, remembering that you emanated from this mind and that you're apiece of it at all times.

In response to the question What should I do with my life?, Isuggest that there's only one thing you can do with it, since you cameinto this life with nothing and you'll leave with nothing: You can giveit away. You'll feel most on purpose when you're giving your life awayby serving others. When you're giving to others, to your planet, and toyour Source, you're being purposeful. Whatever it is that you choose todo, if you're motivated to be of service to others while beingauthentically detached from the outcome, you'll feel on purpose,regardless of how much abundance flows back to you. Allow yourself to be in the feeling place within you that'sunconcerned with such things as vocational choices or doing the thingsyou were destined to do. When you're in the service of others, or extendkindness beyond your own boundaries, you'll feel connected to yourSource. You'll feel happy and content, knowing that you're doing theright thing.

I get that feeling of inner completion and contentment that letsme know that I'm on purpose by reading my mail or hearing the comments Iso frequently hear when I'm walking through airports or eating atrestaurants: You changed my life, Wayne Dyer. You were there for me whenI felt lost. This is different from receiving a royalty payment or agreat review, which I also enjoy. The personal expressions of gratitudeare what sustain me in knowing that I'm on purpose. Outside of my chosen occupation, I feel purposeful in a myriadof ways virtually every single day. When I extend assistance to someonein need, when I take a moment to cheer up a disgruntled employee in arestaurant or store, when I make a child laugh who sits otherwiseignored in a stroller, or even when I pick up a piece of litter andplace it in a trash can, I feel that I'm giving myself away and, assuch, feel purposeful. Stay focused on giving and your purpose will findyou.