Seven Steps to Designing the Life You Deserve

<h1>Seven Steps to Designing the Life You Deserve</h1>

<p align=right>by Mary Nerburn</p>

<div align=justify>Feel something’s not right in your life?  Feeling stuck?  Not sure where you’re headed?  Are you simply searching for more?
No need to swim against the current of your life, engulfed in frustration.  You can take steps today to release what’s holding you back, reshape the direction of your life and sail forward in an effortless flow.

Here are seven steps to transforming your life by design:

1.  Accept yourself and your life as they are now!  Where you are in your life today right now is precisely where you are supposed to be.  Think about it.  Your life is your story and it is meant to inspire others to achieve their own personal greatness.  Lovingly embrace yourself and your amazing, unique story with open arms.

2.  Be grateful. Express gratitude daily for who you are, what you have, and what you do.  Start your day with words of thanksgiving.  Share your gratitude for others through your words and actions.  Let the people in your life know how important they are to you.  Remember:  being grateful first is a non-negotiable prerequisite for attracting into your life all that you desire and deserve.   So give thanks daily.

3.  Name your pain. Identify it. Isolate what has you stuck.  What is blocking the flow of your life?  Relationship issues?  Regrets?  Anger?  Pluck them from the  core of your emotional being.  Line them all up on the table.  Get ready to face your foes.  The key is to be completely honest with yourself.

4.  Forgive yourself and others.  Thank yourself and the others for giving you such  powerful life lessons.  The act of forgiving is intended to make you a whole person again regardless of the response of the other person.  Forgiveness frees you and allows you to embrace with hope the promises of tomorrow.

5. Release the pain and move on.  Journal your feelings.  Write letters and tear them up. Scream into your pillow.  Most importantly, breath through the pain.  Life’s lacerations will always be a part of your story but they need not obstruct you from living the life you so bountifully deserve.  Stop being a victim.  You have only one precious life to live.  Let go of what does not serve you and make the decision to move on now!  Strive to thrive.

6.  Design what you intend to do with your one life.  Visualize the reality you know  you deserve. Create your vision board.  Fill it with pictures, words, and symbols that draw you forward to fulfill the purpose for which you were created.  Give yourself permission to dream and dream big.  We are meant to live abundantly!

7.  Take action daily. Prioritize your daily activities, focusing on those that move you closer to your goals.  Be accountable to yourself and others on a daily basis.  A willingly and purposefully set high standards for yourself.  Joyfully move forward in the direction of your vision.  Savor the fine flavor of inner peace and fulfillment that come from actively working the purpose for which you were created.

So step through what stops you.  Walk with a definite purpose and work with a definite purpose, offering hope and inspiration to others through your story of success.

Colorize your life by transforming the basic black and white of everyday living into the vibrant, colorful spectrum of possibilities that awaits you.

Choose to change.  Choose to be unstoppable.  Choose to live a life brimming with abundance.  The choice is yours.</div>

<p align=center>Article source: <a href="http://www.ArticlePros.com/self_improvement/motivation/article-75606.html">ArticlePros.com</a></p>
 
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		<p align=center><b>About the author</b></p>
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Businesswoman, Friend, Collaborator, and Team player, Mary Nerburn fulfills her Entrepreneurial Calling by offering a great service that enriches the lives of others. Together with other fellow BraveHeart Community members, her goal is to empower Women to be multi-dimensional success stories and<br />
inspiration to others.  Be sure to Visit :  <a target="_new" href="http://BraveHeartWomen.com/joy">Be a BraveHeart Woman</a></p>
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