Look What’s In Your Hand | Inspired Fitness, Inspired Soul

How often do we sometimes find ourselves thinking that if we only had this or that, we could do so much more with our lives, finances and abilities? How many times do we remain stagnant because we believe that moving forward requires something we don’t yet have? How many lost opportunities have we let slip away because of this thinking?
Inspired Fitness includes working on an Inspired Soul.

Sometimes, just changing the perspective of how we view something can make all the difference. Begin by looking at what you already have instead of what you are lacking. What do you have in your hand, right now, in this moment?

Start by looking at your life. Everyone has something good and worthwhile in their lives even if it is something as simple as having a good sense of humor. Imagine what more you could do to enrich your life or the life of another with that good sense of humor. There are people who may benefit from a healthy dose of laughter through a phone call, letter or visit. In giving of your sense of humor, perhaps you will be the one more greatly blessed.

Maybe other things are not going well in your life, but changing your focus onto the good that already exists can make the difference as to whether or not you approach the difficulties with an attitude of defeat or as an opportunity for growth.

Look at your finances and once again ask the question, “What do I have in my hand?” Could you be doing more with what you have by learning how to invest it wisely, develop better spending habits or even just keeping better track of things? Perhaps finances have intimidated you for lack of knowledge. This may be a good time to study, read and learn things that could take the management of your finances into a whole new direction and open doors that you never realized were available.

Perhaps you are experiencing a financial set-back due to the economy. Focus on what is in your hand rather than becoming overwhelmed and stressed. Maybe the very thing that will pull you through a financial hardship is already within your grasp. Changing your perspective will help you to find it. Your value and worth as a human being is not measured in terms of your bank account or job title, and realizing this is one of the lessons that life brings in times of hardship and can benefit you when the crisis is over. As difficult as it is to do, change your focus so that you can embrace these changes in your character and circumstance as a good thing and allow those changes to be worked in a positive way. This is a time for holding out your hand and releasing what you were once holding in order to embrace something new.

Most importantly, look at your friends and family and take the time to recognize the valuable relationships that are already in your hand. These are people whose lives you will most likely influence in one form or another — and whose lives will most likely influence yours. Learn to nurture and treasure the relationships you’ve been given particularly if you are taking them for granted.

In all of life’s situations, the very things we need to get through each day are usually right there in front of us, but our tendency is to look elsewhere for the solutions or resources or to look to someone else to answer our questions or meet our needs. There are times when we have true needs, but not so often as we think.

Ask yourself today, “What is in my hand?” Then, discover all the ways you can take that handful and create something more.

Susan R. Blaske Williams is author of “Making It Home: How to Run Your Household Like a Business… And Find Your Heart Along the Way” and editor/publisher of “Making It Home” Magazine. She owns a full-time family-operated home based service company in addition to several part-time home based businesses