Birgit's Journey

Happy 2016 to all my online friends and followers … I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and a great start to the New Year. Let’s hope 2016 is going to be a peaceful year, full of love, happiness, joy, health, wealth, abundance, prosperity and freedom for all living beings around the globe.

My birthday is also in January, I am in my late 40ties by now and I can’t believe that I am approaching “half a century” soon … It’s official, I’m in the second half of my life now. I believe I will live into my 90ties … so far I always felt that I still have plenty of time left to do all that I want to do. I always felt that my “real life” will start at some point in the future (maybe when I retire or win the Lotto) … but now I do start to feel a sense of urgency to make my dreams come true. So far I still felt like “my life hasn’t even really started yet” and now I feel “it’s time to start to live life to the fullest and fulfill my life’s purpose” … I don’t want to end up on my death bed with (as Dr. Wayne W. Dyer puts it) “my music still in me” …

I lived a pretty good life so far, so no complaints, but I don’t think I have fulfilled my life’s purpose yet … in the second half of my life I do want to be a writer in the field of personal growth, working from home, improving my own life, living a positive, fulfilled life, inspiring others and making a difference. To hear from others “you inspired me, because of your writings I made some changes and my life is now so much better” would be my ultimate dream. So I do hope to see my books in the bookstores and online in the (near) future to reach as many people around the globe as possible.

I’d love to see a world in peace, full of love, happiness, joy, fun, laughter, health, abundance, prosperity, creativity, freedom, community and unity … without any war, violence, aggression, abuse, cruelty, greed, etc. to see a peaceful planet for all would be my ultimate dream. I do understand that I won’t be able to make it happen by myself, but I hope to be that drop in the ocean that sends ripples around the globe and inspires others … and it all starts with everyone of us … we all can do our part in making the world a better place … but first we do have to love ourselves, be happy, peaceful and fulfilled within us … and then we change the world for the better “one random act of kindness at a time” as Morgan Freeman puts it.

I know what I want, but I am not in the full swing of it yet. I do still feel burnt out after my last job and times are challenging. So what will 2016 bring? Will it be a good year? Will the universe push us into the right direction? Will my husband get a good job here? Will we sell up? Will we move to Austria? Will it be the right decision? Will I allow fear to push me back into something I don’t want to do? Or will I have the courage, drive, creativity and inspiration to move out of my comfort zone and into a completely new, scary but exciting future? … Only time will tell … I see friends around me starting to paint, starting to write, getting self-employed and I feel like I just talk about it and they do it. I am very happy for them and they are my inspiration of getting out of my comfort zone and following my dreams, like “feeling the fear and doing it anyway” … so I hope the universe will support me this year in getting there.

2015 … brought a lot to be grateful for, but I did not move much further in my goals and dreams from January to December.

I am determined that 2016 will bring lots of positive changes into my life. Fingers crossed.

I’ve been asked lately “what do you do for yourself” … and although I heard that question before, although I asked myself that question before, although I am the one telling all my friends to take better care of themselves … it has a new meaning for me now too … realizing that I am in the second half of my life now and feeling a sense of urgency to making my time left in this life count … I do realise that I have yet to learn to fully love myself … I have yet to learn to make myself a priority … I have yet to make more time for my spiritual practices … and I have started … I am eating a lot better in the last 12 months or so … I am exercising more now … I started a daily meditation practice in the morning and evening … I started my Gratitude Journal in December … I started my Happiness Jar in January … I started with Mirror Work and the UI (Universal Intelligence) exercises … I am updating my vision board and my goals … I focus on gratitude and on what I do want and how it will feel when I am there … but most of all I am learning to live in the Now, in the present moment instead of the past or for me especially worrying about the future (I was a pro in that) …

So I am sowing the seeds to become more of myself, more of my true self in the hopefully near future.

So what do you do for yourself?
What do you do that is just for you?
What makes you happy?
Do you know who you truly are?
Are you making yourself a priority in your life?

… We can not give from an empty cup … we can not make this world a better place, if we are depleted ourselves … and only if we live a truly fulfilled, positive, happy, healthy life, are we able to be a positive role model and an inspiration to the people around us …

Happy 2016, may it be your best year yet!

Lots of love from me to you and to the world …

And for now I am enjoying summer, sun and ocean …

Life is good. I am happy and grateful and look forward to summer, which is fast approaching here, although the weather here is perfect, at least 10 months per year. We are blessed here with probably about 300 wonderful warm and sunny days most years and I love to spend as much time as I can outdoors, by the beach, especially in summer.

I love, love, love, love, love the ocean and wish I could spend all my waking moments by the water. I live about 45 minutes from the coast, but I go there as much as I possibly can. I wish I could live right by the water.

A warm and sunny day by the water, at the beach, by the ocean is my happy place. I just love nature and especially being by the water, taking in the blue sky, the ever changing blue and green colors of the ocean, feeling the wet sand under my feet and between my toes, hearing the waves rolling in and crashing on the beach and having the soft water gently playing around my ankles … HEAVEN … and if the beach is firm and flat I can walk for hours and just taking everything in, the sky, the ocean, the beach, the clouds, the wind, the birds and the peace …

The beaches here are never crowded and everyone seems to be happy, couples walking the beach, families enjoying a day out, kids playing in the water and building sand castles … and happy, healthy dogs, off the leash, running around, playing with other dogs and overflowing with joy …

This is the time when I feel most alive, most present, most in the here and now. Nature, and for me especially the ocean, is a most meditative state of consciousness and being. I absolutely love it. I am always happy, calm, relaxed and present when I am there.

The view to the horizon and the ocean breeze clears the mind and blows out the cobwebs, so to speak. I am most present in mind and therefore clear and focused when I spend time by the ocean, sea, or any water for that matter.

Being present in the here and now, out in nature, by the water, just seems to relax and calm the body, mind and soul. It is so peaceful and nothing soothes the soul better than spending time by the water.

Peaceful, quiet time by the ocean is the time where I am most connected with myself, that’s when I remember who I am, what I need and where I want to go in life.

Of course not everyone is a water and beach lover like myself and back home in Austria I also didn’t have the ocean. We will be moving back to Austria at some point and I know I will miss the weather and the ocean and beaches here and wish I could take it with me. But who knows, what is around the corner, hopefully we will be able to travel and still spend heaps of time by the sea or even live between two places, we’ll see what the future holds. Back home I spent a lot of time by the lake, which is also beautiful, relaxing, calming and soothing. My husband, as well as my parents, are also nature lovers and they especially love the mountains.

All Nature is perfect, whole and complete and has a special calming and peaceful vibration, if it is mountains, forests, fields, rivers, lakes or just a walk in the nearest park, enjoy nature and feel the difference in your own being.

Quiet time in nature is the best therapy. Do you agree?

… I wish I could get paid for walking the beach! …

( … any suggestions? please let me know *smile* …)

A few pictures from some recent beach walks below. Enjoy and I hope the pictures will help you to relax …

I had a wonderful holiday with family and friends back home in Austria in August / September. I got back to work mid September, just to find out 3 days later … that I have been made redundant. … A shock at first, I did not see it coming, beside the difficulties that the company and the industry are currently facing … it was a bit emotional … it was and still is a bit scary too … but … most of all I feel relieved and grateful, I do look at it as a blessing, a gift from the universe and an opportunity to finally focus on my writing …

I took some time to let it all sink in and recover and had some lovely long walks at the beach by the ocean, enjoying spring. Also got my “spring clean” out of the way and enjoyed time with our visitors from Austria. And I attended a wonderful and inspiring Philosophy event earlier this month.

And now I am ready …

I am ready … to focus on my self-love, my self-belief and my health and wellbeing …

I am ready … to seriously work on overcoming my own limiting beliefs …

I am ready … to focus on my blogging and writing in the field of personal growth …

I am grateful that I am able to take summer off and focus on what my heart desires, my life’s purpose, focus on my writing, improving my own life, inspiring others, making a difference, being present in the here and now and being grateful and fully appreciate the gift of life.

And to quote Oprah Winfrey: “I don’t know what the future holds – but I know who holds the future” … I have faith that all will work out for the best.

And I am very excited that Oprah is coming to Australia this December and that I am able to attend the event. I am sure it will be an all-inspiring evening.

I am ready to learn, grow, write and evolve … and enjoy summer!

Let the next chapter begin! …

It has been a while again since my last post, my apologies, life just seems to be busy and up and down, but I am working on making more time for my writing, as after all, that is what I’d like to do …

I currently look at life as, the past is over, the future is going to be awesome, the only time is now. I cannot control anyone or anything outside of myself. All that I have control over is how I live my life today. I can only control how I think, feel, talk and act and what I vibrate out in the here and now in the present moment. What I vibrate out will come back to me (that is the universal law of attraction). So I focus on vibrating out being happy, perfect health & weight, wealthy, a writer, working from home, living back home in Austria, travelling and enjoying life. Vibrating out comes from how I subconsciously feel and not from what I consciously think. But constantly thinking consciously positive things will create subconscious positive feelings.

I focus on loving myself, believing in myself, taking good care of myself and making time for my spiritual practices, as well as for sleep, good diet, exercise, meditation, time in nature, time with family and friends, reading inspirational books and writing.

Work, housework, daily chores are necessary but only the façade and not the essential for my core spiritual being and growth.

I know 80 % of the people on this planet are not as well off as I am. I know my life is 90 % very good and I am blessed and grateful. I do take it for granted though and I do focus on the area’s I’d like to see improved (wealth, career, weight) … and that is what keeps me locked in with what I don’t want (not enough money, being stuck in an unsatisfying job, overweight) … that is what I vibrate out, so by the universal law of attraction I am getting more of that, if I like it or not.

I have now decided not to talk, write or think about what I need to improve and what I don’t want and instead focus only on what I do want. (I know I said that before, I know I fell off the wagon in the past, but I am working on it).

I do believe this planet can be paradise if we all (7 billion people) come from a place of love, understanding, compassion and kindness. If too many people come from a place of fear, greed, disconnect, etc. we destroy this planet … Unfortunately I can’t control 7 billion people, but I can control my own feelings, thoughts, words and actions and my vibration.

And I believe if we are happy, healthy, financially secure, positive and live a meaningful, purposeful, fulfilled life we are all a positive role model and an inspiration for others by default … and that is what I strive for. I want to be that person and I want to be an inspiration and a positive role model for others, for my surrounding and for the world through my blog and books.

I believe the universal consciousness is improving and rising. People are getting more conscious about that everything is energy, that we are all connected, people want to improve the world, people are against any negativity on this planet, against war, violence, cruelty, abuse, injustice etc. and speak up. The power of the people is getting stronger than ever before through the world wide web and social media, let’s all use it for the greater good.

We are all getting more and more aware that we have control over our own lives and experiences.

If it is Reiki, Hypnosis, Psychics, Family Constellation, Universal Intelligence, Psycho Cybernetics, books like; “The untethered Soul” by Michael A. Singer, “You are the Placebo” by Dr Joe Dispenza, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne, “The LOL2A Principle by Rene Egli, and many more … too many great books out there to mention them all, as well as the teachings and books from Abraham-Hicks, Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, Wayne W. Dyer, Louise L. Hay, Stuart Wilde, etc. and very powerful are Meditation, Prayer, Visualisation and Affirmation, The Healing Codes, the UI tools, etc.  … it is all about taking good care of ourselves, realising we are all energy, we are all the universe, we are all connected and that our circumstances in our life (happiness, health, wealth, career, positive relationships, peace, etc.) (or the opposite) is all created by what we subconsciously vibrate out.

We are the creators, the masterminds of our own life and experiences.

And I believe that the rock that was in my way for my perfect life at my first family constellation is exactly that. Realising that, working on it, practicing it, and shifting it, so all my dreams can come true.

I do believe we are all on this planet to be happy, healthy and live a positive, meaningful, fulfilled life and make this world a better place. And it all starts with eliminating subconscious limiting beliefs (mostly formed in our early childhood) and being aware that we are the creators of our own life experience, that we are all the universe, that we are all connected and that it is vital that we love ourselves, believe in ourselves, take good care of ourselves, that we all become more loving, kinder, more compassionate and understanding and that we embrace our differences and that we are aware and mindful of what we vibrate out. I am a dreamer; I do believe we can create a peaceful, happy, healthy, sustainable planet for many more generations to come. I hope and I have faith that that is what we all want and that we will make it happen.

So what is my mission? What is my goal? Why did I start this blog? What do I hope to achieve?

I hope to improve my own self-love and take better care of myself. I hope to find a way to improve my life, to find inner peace, my connection, my purpose, so that I am able to live a happier, healthier, more positive, more fulfilled life.

I hope to make people think. I hope to be able to help, inspire, uplift and make a difference. I hope to give hope and inspiration.

I believe there is so much more to life than just work, paying the bills, mortgage, rent, taxes, etc. … sure if we want the comforts of modern life, and we all do, than work, job, money, income, etc. is part of it, no question about that … and yes, making sure we have a solid foundation (income, home, food, comfort, securities, etc.) is important … but I think we are so busy creating the outer circumstances in our life’s that we completely forget that we are so much more and that there is so much more to life. We seem to forget what is important (health, happiness, joy, family, friends, inner peace, connection with ourselves, with other living beings, the universe, etc.) and we seem to get more and more detached, living a more and more disconnected lonely life. We seem to have more and more stuff, but less and less meaning and fulfillment and less and less connection with ourselves and other souls.

Life is precious. We are a miracle, each and every one of us, we are here for a purpose, and we are all here to learn and grow and enjoy life and help each other. We forget, that we are all energy, that we are all connected and that everyone’s most basic desire and need is to be loved, accepted, respected and validated.

Every morning, when we wake up, we have another day, another precious gift, another chance to heal, learn, grow, love, laugh, live, enjoy, help, be kind and make a difference.

I’m no different to everyone else, I also forget, struggle and get side tracked with daily trivialities …

I started this blog, because I strive for a meaningful, more connected life. I want to improve my own life, but also want to make people think, want people to question their voids in their life’s and I want to connect with people. Together we can improve our lives and get back to a more basic more connected world.

And if I can find my inner peace and joy and fulfillment and if I am able to reach a few souls out there and if we help each other to live a more connected, meaningful life, than maybe I have achieved my purpose in this life? …

Hello again to all my Followers, Visitors, Viewers and Online Friends …

First of all I’d like to apologize to you all for my silence over the last 6 months or so … life was busy and somewhat challenging and I found myself thrown back into my “old default thinking” … and as I want this blog to be positive, inspiring and uplifting, I felt I didn’t really have much to say … but in reality everyone’s journey has its ups and downs and its challenges, it is all part of the journey and path to growth to a truly fulfilled life.

I am back now and I vow to write on a more frequent basis.

So thank you all for your patience and understanding and

“Welcome back again”

and a belated Happy New Year 2015 and Happy Easter.