Thoughts to Ponder

Dear Potential Recruit,

Something you said yesterday and something you did recently have been weighing on my mind. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you.

First off, yesterday you had mentioned that if you were not successful or perhaps if you did not see the outcome you had anticipated you would be “disappointed.” To that I must let you know that part of being successful is learning to discipline your disappointment and beyond that is realizing that “Failure is your teacher. Regret is your enemy.”

Most people think that failure is on one side of the equation, success on the other, and that they are in the middle. But it doesn’t work that way. You must blast through failure in order to achieve success… failure is an integral part of the process. Furthermore, “There’s a big difference between what’s lost by not trying and what’s lost by not succeeding.”

Secondly, when you filled out the recruiting sheet you annotated the following in the income categories:

Income last year: $20,001 - $30,000

Income goal: $40,001 - $50,000

In the short time I’ve spent with you I know you are worth more than that! We are infinitely more capable than we give ourselves credit for. As Christopher Reeve once said, “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” Don’t sell yourself short Potential Recruit! You are a walking, talking, breathing miracle and don’t ever forget it! 

I want to leave you with a quote from Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

To Your Success!

Laura Ceville