Daily Gratitude: This idea came from one of my hotline callers and I thought it was so good that I’ve started to use it.

I bet most of you have to do lists that are long enough they could be used as fire ladders out your window. All that does is put stress on your system.

I am not saying not to write things down. Geez, I’d never remember anything if I didn’t write it down. But there’s a difference between a list and a todo list.

Take some time each morning (or even the night before) and list the 3 things that you need to do for today (or tomorrow) to be successful. I have gone up to 4 but will not allow myself to go higher.

Try this for a few days and see how it goes for you.

Daily Gratitude: This takes a bit of practice, thinking of things how you want them to be. We’re so used to accepting and focusing on the bad (we’re not that good at doing it with the good though) that we get stuck there.

How about stopping yourself when you see or think of something you don’t like and reshaping it in your mind. Become a design artist. Redesign your life that way.

Not happy in your job? Create the job you want in your mind. Some people will say this is like creating a vision board and that is true but you can create the whole thing in your mind.

Remember the details. And when and where. Let’s say you come up with the job that’s your dream job. If you’re not completely specific you might end up in Kalamazoo (no offense to anyone who lives there).

Try this with simple things to start. So you can practice AND you can have fun. Having fun raises your vibrations and that is the best way to create the changes you want.

Sounds simple? It is simple. It’s just not easy because you have to guard against falling back into old habits. But once it becomes a habit you won’t want to revert.

Daily Gratitude: Letting go in any shape or form is extremely difficult for humans. And this type of letting go may be one of the worst, ranking right up there with letting go of a relationship.

It’s important though. When I was 4 I decided i was going to be a doctor (God told me I was and who was i to argue). Within the next few years I professed to the world that I was going to be a neurosurgeon just like Ben Casey (a TV show starring a neurosurgeon for those of you too young to know this)! That was it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Fast forward to the age of 21 where I was diagnosed with epilepsy. It wasn’t the diagnosis that bothered me although that was bad enough. It was that i knew I couldn’t become a neurosurgeon- or any kind of surgeon for that matter.

I had to let go. Did I want to let go? Heck no but I didn’t have any choice. Facts were facts.

You’ve heard me say this many times before – my ultimate career choice was so much better and I ended up doing more good in the military disability system than I ever would have as a neurosurgeon. My life and that of many others was positively impacted by that one diagnosis and my letting go.

What is really bothering you right now? Can you let it go and trust the universe? How will that look for you? Not your future but the actual letting go? It’s nebulous but can you embrace this