Recipes for a Healthy You That Don't Involve Cooking: Clarity

Have you ever wondered why things happen? For example, your dog woke you up in the middle of the night and you couldn't fall back to sleep. Your phone rang and you ended up being late to wherever you were going, or you decided to drive a different way to work today.

I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and that you may not have clarity as to why when you feel you should. I read one of those copy and paste comments on a friends wall on Facebook today that was all about why everything went wrong but in the end this person found out why their car didn't start or why they overslept. Everything happens for a reason!  

Since everything happens for a reason on the flip side, some things don't happen without clarity and without knowing what you want in life.  

Do you have clarity about what you want to do with your life? Do you know where you want to go and where you want to be? How many of you use positive affirmations?  

I have this really cool sticky note on my bathroom mirror. ;) Yes, it's THAT cool! I even drew a neat stick figure of a girl with a dress on. She weighs a lot less than I do! I put my desired weight on the note right above my cute little stick figure lady. Every time I walk into the bathroom, I see it! Every day, I read what I want to weigh. I focus on my ultimate goal weight and I have a vision of what I want to look like.  

But let's take that a step further. Do you have a goal? Do you want to find a job, go on vacation, buy a new car or a new house? Whatever it is you want to do, do you have CLARITY? Do you know what the job entails? How many hours a week, how your boss treats you, specific hours you want to work? Do you have a picture of the car you want or a floor plan of a house you want? What about where you want to go on vacation? Do you know exactly where it is you want to go, what hotel you want to stay in or cruise ship you want to be on?  

People who envision where they want to be, what they want to do, or where they want to go find themselves getting what they want! They have CLARITY!  

When you leave your house and you get in your car and drive down the street, do you know where you are going or do you have NO idea where you have to drive to and you are just getting in your car and driving aimlessly around town? Doesn't it work better when you know where you're supposed to go?  

That's how goals and dreams are. You need to know where you are going to get there. Trust that once you put it out there, you'll find what you need! Be specific in your goals and make sure you get as detailed as possible. Details are very important and being as specific as possible is the best thing you can do.  

Last summer, I heard a wonderful motivational speaker at a conference. She brought up something I hadn't thought of. But since I heard it, it has made a profound impact on my life. She said that when you get in your car and you know you have to get to a certain place, you can type in the address into your GPS and it will tell you how to get there. Well, as you're driving you find that there is a road closed or construction and you have to take a detour, that GPS finds you a way to still get to your destination but you just might take a bit longer to get there. The bottom line is that life sometimes throws you some detours, but you always end up at your destination.  

So, do you know where you are going? Have you been thrown into a detour? Do you have CLARITY as to where you are going? Goals are wonderful to have but you must write them down. Written goals will find their way to fulfillment! Goals that are not written down rarely happen.  

Have you found CLARITY?