People are so happy and proud of themselves when they are experiencing success in their lives.
They even believe that they were the source of it. People think it was them who created every success in their lives when really, they were being GUIDED all along.
People are guided to real success when they are open to it, which is what allows it to happen in the first place.
However, although they are always guided, they may not think about it or even believe it. The belief that it was their own efforts and talents alone that led them to success makes it all the more difficult and painful when they experience failure, have a setback, and can’t recreate that success on their own. What happened?
They assumed it was their own genius that brought about their successes in the first place. True genius is when people realize they are being guided. Like listening to the radio, they tune into their guidance all the time through their intuition. Intuition is the gift that never stops giving. By accepting this guidance, they are granted access to the successes it brings. If a person realizes that they are guided to success and not the cause of it, they won’t try to hold onto any specific moment in time. These people always leave some room in their lives so they can respond to this guidance while it’s valid because all guidance has a shelf-life. Truly successful people listen, trust their guidance, and themselves, while moving in that direction without hesitating. This is the highest way of living your life.
A major hurdle to overcome is judging anything that happens in your life as good or bad and assigning the worth of your life to this judgment.
This is where things start to go wrong. The test comes when the easy ride of success comes to an end. At this point, if you are really being honest with yourself, you will admit that you were tired of that old life, that job, and the people anyway. Think back – you were being guided to make this shift long before that success came to an end.
Here’s how you position yourself to live a guided life no matter what. Never overextend yourself; not financially, or personally by allowing the people in your life to keep you stuck by demanding that you be and do the same things you always have. Don’t allow your ego to take over, worry about what others will think or do, or be afraid to do new things. If you have overextended yourself in any of these ways your first priority is to deal with it by facing it head-on.
Don’t worry about the consequences because there will be consequences no matter which way you go. The goal is the get you back on track so you are not being strangled by past obligations that no longer fit and will only lead you into a life of regret. Look all around you, you will see people who sink into this as they become resentful.
When you are guided, you are free to follow your urges and experience the full spectrum of living your life. This is not derived out of selfishness, but taking the high road by allowing yourself to move into what is right for you, as you perfect living in the moment and going with the flow. This is not something anyone has ever shown you. There are no role models for this, so don’t look for them.
The opposite of living a guided life, is when you believe that you alone, are the reason for your success and that success is all about making money at any cost.
You live every day of your life by a scorecard and a bottom line. You will feel overwhelmed by any kind of change when it affects your money machine and your ego takes a hit. You believe that something happened “to” you that stopped your success, and the blame and shame begins.
This is where people freeze up and are no longer open to the natural flow of life, where the pure source of guidance comes from. Instead of going with the flow, they stop listening, become sour on life, and constantly talk about their past success stories. These stories are now the glue that keeps them stuck in the past, unable to tap into the guidance that originally brought them those successes. That original success has now become a curse instead of a stepping-stone into future successes. They have based their entire self-worth on past successes and material things.
Now, all the stuff they bought to show the world how successful they were, has become a trap. Focusing on how they will continue to pay for all that stuff, they commit themselves to a life of debt slavery instead of listening to how their guidance is showing them how to reinvent themselves. Their guidance is telling them that their old life is over and to let go so they can gracefully move into what they are being guided to do next, building on their experiences to become more than they ever imagined. This is by far more exciting than the life you had planned. This is the excitement of living a GUIDED life. ~ Linda Deir
All of my books are available in Audiobook, Kindle, and Paperback formats…
Click Here to see all my books
RELATED ARTICLES:
- What is Real “Success”? – Real Live
- The Not-So-Secret Helpers: Spirit Guides in Therapy – Self Led Solutions
- Finding our life’s purpose with the help of spirit guides – Wellspring
There has been two times in my life where I recognized the guidance of spirit. Once when I was in my darkest of days. For many years I was a single mom trying to raise my kids alone in the lap of poverty and loneliness.I was driving to work at 6:30 in the morning, while my children lay sleeping at home. It was winter and the roads were icy.I came to a bend in the road and lost control of my baby blue bronco,I could see that the left side of my vehicle was going to the car in front of me and then through my rear view I could see the car behind me was following suit, they were gonna hit me from behind.I remember saying “God” and then I saw the front of my bronco lift and move out of the way of collision.As though someone picked it up and moved it from harms way! The second time was when I heard someone say “we love you Sara” and there was no one home but me. Today I am a practicing Angel Therapy Practitioner and Healthcare Instructor.Angels have always guided me but I didn’t always listen. Thank you for writing this book. In love and light. Sara
Sara…you are always Guided. You have experienced it and remembered it, as you described in your comment. In my book Guided, it helped you recall even more times in your life that you were Guided. For your Guides to come through and verbally reaffirm their love for you – you are very special indeed. Guided available on Amazon. Thank you for sharing your experiences when you recalled your Guided moments. Live a Guided Life, Linda
This was a great post, Linda. I kept reading and waiting for you to say God was your guide.
Contrary to popular belief by a few, I personally believe spiritual guidance does come from angels on high sent to us by our Father.
The devil is busy, and sometimes his attempt to over take our faith does get in our way.
I enjoyed reading your post. Your book sounds very motivational.
Take care – Cherrye
Thank you for your comment. With your background in education I believe you will get a lot out of my book Guided. At different times, this true story will touch your heart, break your heart, make you cry, and make you smile and laugh. Enjoy, Linda Deir
How well do I recognize the difficulty of focusing again on guidance once I got a taste of success! I have a relapse of my medical condition because the doctor and I decided to stop the medication. Guidance already came through me that I probably would have another pericardial inflammation once stopped with medication and I expressed that to the cardiologist. So, after running a marathon (!), I stopped the medication and 2 weeks later I felt the bloody pains again and tests showed that I had pericarditis again. I know I only need to focus on what is coming through me but right now I have difficulties with that as I think of all the (half) marathons I ran last year and think of how nice and liberating that was.
I am back on medication but things are improving soooo slowly so I will need to find my balance again in writing.
Yes Viola, matching the guidance you receive with what makes you feel successful is not always in sync. Your physical setback is pointing you in another direction. You are right about finding your balance again by going back to doing your journal writing. Once you start doing this you will begin to see where you are being guided to go at this time in your life. The heart represents the center of love and security. Since running marathons is working against your wellbeing, in your journal writings ask yourself where lack joy persists in your life? This will return you to long-term emotional issues that need your attention again. You are directly experiencing that you can’t run away from this (your marathons). Write about WHY running felt so liberating to you. Describe it in detail because that’s where you will see the hole it filled in your life and what you have been running away from.
This is all happening now because the time perfect for you to figure this out, along with the ablitity to take action.
Linda, the advice that you receive from your guides to share with us is ALWAYS timely and spot-on for me! My intuition tells me it is time to move but I’m getting a lot of resistance from the people who care about me. Thank you so so much for this!
You’re welcome, Jennifer. To have steady assurance your actions are both correct and timely start journal writing. Here’s an insight on the Guided Journey that will help you understand how this works: https://lindadeir.com/the-purpose-of-journaling/