Raising Our Awareness

I believe that raising my awareness has lead me to the success I have in life right now. Everybody has accumulated a lifetime of experiences which has developed our perception of our own reality. As we move forward in life, naturally we will continue to have new experiences and as we have new experiences, both positive and negative they will effect how we perceive our world. We all have these stories that continue to cycle through our minds, some of these stories serve us and others keep us from our own happiness. As people we are all delusioned in different areas of our lives and until we are willing to drop our pride and take an honest look at ourselves, we cannot begin to let go of those old stories. Being wrong, making mistakes and having failures in our pursuit of happiness is all part of the process! My goal here is to share with you how being open to a higher level of awareness can serve your life and others, through sharing my own insights by applying a techinque from Benjamin Franklin. To explain it simply, I have chosen 13 areas in my life that I believe to be most important for me to continue to learn and grow throughout my lifetime. To list them quickly they are: (1)Listen (2)Integrity (3)Specialized Knowledge (4)Lighten Up (5)Belief (6)Spiritual Connection (7)Building Relationships (8)Vision (9)Intimacy (10)Service (11)Gratitude (12)Cleanliness (13)Enthusiasm. Each week will be a new focus, beginning with number one. Once I have cycled through all thirteen, then I will begin back at one which will allow me to focus on each topic four times each year. Benjamin Franklin has claimed this to be the key to his success!