Hi! The first time I logged onto the SOGR network, I read something very helpful and inspiring, but I can't remember where I read it, or even which forum it was part of. It was written by someone who didn't have a definite idea of what he wanted, yet by using the principles outlined in SOGR, things unfolded in the most amazing way and he found himself living a greatly improved and satisfying life. I would really appreciate if someone could help me find who wrote it, because it is something I am working with too. MAny thanks

Try using the 'find' button at the top of the frame.

Maybe it's the story below:

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When I stumbled across The Science of Getting Rich, it came in direct response to a frustrated and desperate plea to that thinking substance (if it really existed) to help me understand what life was all about and what my specific purpose is.

Like many of us, I had read loads of self-help stuff and tried many different methods, all to no avail. And the reason they didn't work, as I now understand, is that I had no idea what I wanted.

I knew what I *didn't* want, but in answer to the burning question "If you had all the money in the world what would you do?" my mind was a complete blank. Well, not actually blank, but none of the ideas that occurred to me seemed to have any particular spark.

I am one of those people that do a number of things well, ranging from art to science so I had plenty of scope for my imagination, but no one thing really turned me on.

You know what I mean: "If I could do anything at all, what would make me want to leap out of bed every morning to get back at it?"

The answer seemed to elude me completely. More frustration, more guilt, more thinking I must be stupid or weird or something.

Much envy toward those people that had "always" wanted to be a doctor or an artist or a teacher or a nurse. I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about here.

So what happened? Well perhaps I could show you rather than try and explain it.

After reading SOGR every day for the first month and referring back to it constantly during each of those days here is what I did.

1. I accepted that it was OK not to know.

2. I made my vision all about seeing myself discovering my true purpose and I experienced it as fully and with as much feeling as I could manage in my imagination.

3. I decided that the key was having "faith" but until I met Rebecca and Wally D. I was completely unaware that one can develop faith through "gratitude." So I got very grateful -- for everything I could think of every night before I slept, each morning when I got up, and every time I thought of it every day.

4. I memorized the credo at the end of the SOGR (Chapter 17) -- meaning that every night I would try to say aloud a little bit more without looking at the printed copy by my bed until finally I could say the whole thing from memory.

5. I got to work -- meaning that I did every task I needed to accomplish each day with as much focused effort and as efficiently and perfectly as I wanted everything in my new life to be.

6. I tried at every opportunity to share the advancing thought with everyone I met during each day whether via email, by telephone or the waitress in the coffee shop: I smiled a lot more and tried to make everyone else around me feel good in some way, and I remembered to be grateful for it all.

Here is what happened:

1) Doubled my income -- a direct result of my right action.

2) Formed a new company doing what I really love to do -- a result of having my true purpose made clear. This took just over a year.

3) Formed an ebook publication partnership -- because I needed to help others achieve success online and had the knowledge to share. And again, right action: I actually wrote a book on it, and

4) I developed a personal friendship with a fellow Sogger (SOGR enthusiast) from which we have created and are building another business that helps others grow and change ...

Not bad for someone who just over a year ago was wallowing around in self-pity and confusion and totally unhappy and frustrated with my life in general and myself in particular.

--CHRIS in Comox, British Columbia, Canada
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From: http://snipurl.com/more_successes

Thanks, Karin, for sharing that great story! My challenge has been that I get deterred so easiliy by seeming negativity or blocks. I am going to use this forum to keep me on track!

LauraR
http://athomeyoga.typepad.com

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Originally posted by Nirakia:
Maybe it's the story below:

Thanks Karin, that story is very inspirational! The steps he took are very clearly articulated. That's very helpful, thanks for sharing that.

Paix, Carolyn

Thank you, Nirakia, for the reminder this morning that it is "OK not to know"! What a release point this was! I realized that by accepting "unknowing", I am better able to let go of trying to control the process and find the learning. I can also see that by not be at acceptance, I would only be creating/manifesting more resistance instead.

Clarity is a beautiful thing! Thank you for the great post!

Pleasure to share...and I'm in that same boat too but I also have relaxed into it's OK not to know!

Ha ha ha.... ME told you to use the 'find' button - and look what Karin produced!
That was a great story Karin, thanks for digging it up!
ME and METOO