Aloha,      

The quality of our lives really depends upon the questions we ask ourselves. I have a very dear friend who has been on welfare for many years. I was talking with her the other day and was very aware of her inner dialog. We were talking about an issue she was having with her landlord and as she explained the situation she kept saying, “I don’t know why he is like that and I don’t understand why I keep creating situations like this.” Not once did she seem willing to explore solutions. Because of her filter system she is convinced she is a victim and her life reflects that belief.

If we want to get different results in our life we have to be willing to let go of our old beliefs and be willing to ask ourselves new questions. I knew about beliefs for a long time, but it took me a while to realize what a profound effect our internal questions have on our life.

Luckily I realized long ago that ‘why’ only gave me a lot of excuses and rationalizations that helped me stay the same. So when one of my students ask me why I at times answer why not or because why is a crocked letter. Those answers are often more useful because they stop the useless pursuit.

When I play with these questions I enjoy the results I get:

What DO I want to create?

What other choice can I make right now?

Is this a familiar response and do I like the outcome it creates?

Do I want to be right or do I want to be happy?

How can I see this through the eyes of love?

What would love do?

And at times the simple act of taking a long, slow, deep breath allows me to reconnect with myself and let go of my old, limiting perspective.

So what do you want? I enjoy having this blog and would love your feedback. As with my podcast I love it when people send me questions. Quite often the questions people invite me to explore are extremely helpful in my life so I get to benefit as well. Feel free to e mail me at

susan@susangregg.com with any questions.

The latest episode of my podcast Food for the Soul was just posted. I recorded it in England shortly after I had done a series of powerful ceremonies in Stonehenge, Avebury, the Abby and the Chalice Well. I was sitting in a circle of trees outdoors and the wind created a lot of background noise. My wonderful producer Zack spent WEEKS cleaning it up because he felt the information was useful. I hope you enjoy it. In it I talk about questions. Click here to listen to my podcast.

Here’s where I recorded it:

With love and aloha,

Susan 

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Aloha,

We just had our first winter storm of the season here in Hawaii. I love watching mother nature. Yesterday we had very heavy rains and thunderstorms while just a few miles away, on the top of Mauna Kea it was snowing. It was quite a storm, but today the sun was shinning and the air smelled so fresh and clean. On Oahu, at the other end of the island chain they are still having serve weather.

It reminds me so much of life. I watch some of my students struggle and so tenaciously hold onto their limitations. On numerous occasions in the past I would hurt myself in a convoluted attempt to be happy. Thank goodness I have realized it is so much easier to ask myself, in the moment, what I want to create before I act. At least most of the time!

As I write this I am sitting in a tank top and shorts. If I drove for half an hour I would be surrounded by drifting snow. When I am surrounded by my fears the best I can create is more fear. When I am reacting to life based on those fears and not consciously choosing how to act I seldom if ever get the results I really want.

The quality of life really is dependent on how I make my choices and what questions I ask myself. I am either listening to my habitual inner dialog or consciously directing my thoughts.

What do you do most often? Love or fear, habitual or conscious, a life of my dreams or more of the same old same old.  It is all up top me, thought by thought and action by action.

What do you want to create in your life today? And are you willing to begin consiously directing your thoughts?

With love and aloha,
Susan

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