[CCU] Practices Make Perfect

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2006!

So, where did 2005 go?

I hope it was everything you wanted it to be. But, maybe
like my life yours had some rough spots. And, maybe that’s too kind a word for
the crappy, sucky, bloody awful things that happened.

Sometimes shit happens. There I said it!  Let’s face it, as much as I’m an optimist and
as much as I can be a little Polly Anna, the fact is bad things happen to good
people. It’s happened to me and I’ve no doubt it’s happened to you.

Yet, it’s a new day and a new year and I’m hopeful and
making plans.

Why?

Cause if I don’t make plans, 2006 will just zip by and I
really won’t achieve any of the stuff that’s important to me.

New Year’s is traditionally a time for making resolutions
– which we break by January 2nd!

But, instead of making resolutions I want to talk about creating
practices.

What do I mean by practices?

I chose the word partly to create a pun on the phrase “practice
makes perfect”, as in this definition, “an
action done many times over in order to gain skill.” But, I mean a bit more
than that.

When I think of practice, I think also about those ‘rituals’
or habits of a spiritual/metaphysical nature that one does or needs to do.

For example, I KNOW that a big part of the reason I have
been able to eliminate pain from my life is because I have created new beliefs
and new practices. Let me give a specific example. This morning on my daily
walk/meditation I asked my self (my inner guides), “What is the most important
practice I can follow this year in order to improve my health”?

The answer that immediately popped up was, “Listen to your body!”

That’s what I have been doing and now my inner guides were
reminding me that I needed to do more of it, more often!

The irony was that the inner voice that responded was
very, very quiet and soft and I had to listen really, really hard to hear it.

So, that’s my Best Health Practice: Listening to my Body!

Simple, yes! Easy, no!

More in a moment…

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PRACTICES MAKE PERFECT – continued

Once I got the answer to my question about health I
figured I may as well go for broke. I then asked about what practices would ensure
improvements in My Work and My Relationships.

And, I got answers. Interestingly, the answers to the two
questions were almost identical. Essentially I was advised that success in both
My Work and My Relationships would result when I practiced this: “Be Who You
Are. Be Open. Be Honest.”

Simple, yes! Easy, hell no!

Yet, I KNOW, because there have been moments and times
when I have been able to do this, that this practice works! That’s it’s the
best thing for me.

But, I don’t always do it.

Why?

Cause I get scared. I’m afraid. I get blocked. I get
stuck. I get paralyzed. I hold back. I don’t speak out. I don’t stand up.

And, this year I commit (even more) to get past those
barriers.

Please join me here in the pages of this newsletter and
in my Blog as I make 2006 the “Year of Practices Make Perfect”.

I’m going to focus on the practical how to’s:

– how to identify the practices that will make
your life better,

– how to create those life affirming practices,

– how to sustain the practices that sustain you, and

– How to deal more effectively with barriers, fears,
demons, and all the stuff that gets in the way!

 See you January 15th with a SPECIAL EDITION of
this newsletter. 

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Copyright 2005 Turning Point Strategies and Lyle T.
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