Pastor-Genève Advice

By David Bohl

Have you become too comfortable in a life that is not yours? Thinking about breaking up with your girlfriend, your job, or even your lifestyle? Find your true path. These 6 indicators can give you insight on whether to stick it out or throw in the towel.

You’re unhappy.
Seems to be a no-brainer, right? And yet, sometimes we’re so used to being unhappy in a job or a relationship that we never even realize there is any other way to feel.

Do you dread Monday morning by the time Sunday rolls around? Do you find that you have nothing positive to say or even think at your meetings during the week? In your personal life, do you choose to go out with friends because you don’t want to be alone with your wife or girlfriend? These are all signs that you need to either figure out how to improve your situation, or work on getting out of whatever you’re stuck in, and creating something new.

You’re bored
Through the ebbs and flows of life, you can definitely find yourself complacent in your daily routine. Like the changes of the seasons, these periods are worked through as the years go by. In your professional life however, boredom can be a definite sign to look at the other side. When your job not only bores you to tears but also fails to challenge you, it’s more than likely time to reevaluate your career path. There are many rewarding careers out there, and none of them have to leave you feeling like a rat scrambling for the cheese, day in and day out.

You’re stressed out
“Normal” stress occurs if you’re dealing with a major life change, like sending your daughter to college for the first time. Such things can be managed and dealt with. Real, damaging stress has to do with situations that feel like they’re beyond your control.

For example: let’s say you have a boss who’s never satisfied and seems to undermine you at every turn. It’s getting to the point where you’re sick to your stomach at the thought of facing him each day. Your anxiety is affecting your sleep, which in turn is affecting your performance. You’re becoming the very thing your boss is trying to unjustly pin on you.

If you’re in a situation like the one I just described, that’s abnormal, unhealthy stress. All signs point to that it’s time to find a position in a different department, or perhaps a new field altogether.

You’re unfulfilled
When you’re unfulfilled, you’re more than likely also bored. But in addition to a lack of enthusiasm, you may also be feeling that whatever you’re doing now matters little if at all to you or to anyone else. Do you experience emotional lows over the idea that your life’s work has no impact on the greater good? If you’re financially secure, now might be the perfect time to give up that unfulfilling job and go help a third world country! It sounds “out there,” but good people get involved in humanitarian causes every day, and are all the better for it.

You’re neglecting the important things in your life
It’s one thing to feel unappreciated, bored or unfulfilled in your career. But when such feelings interfere with the things that you love to do and the people that you love to do them with, there is a definite problem. The most common deathbed regret is not enough quality time spent with loved ones. If you work yourself to the bone to *barely* enjoy that extravagant vacation that you could not take otherwise… well, that’s the choice you choose to make. But what if you could trade some of your “ambitions and acquisitions” for more quality and fulfillment? You may just find, you’re all the richer for it.

By Russ Sutton

I’m not quite sure why we do it to ourselves but it never ceases to amaze me just how much abuse people are willing to take from their jobs! The stress, the time away from family, the money spent just to be able to work a full day on gas and daycare…and for what? A paycheck that barely allows you to even enjoy it because once you have it in hand, you sign the back, make the deposit than send off every penny to pay the few bills that it actually covers. You pray that the electric company won’t cut you off this week and swear that next week’s check will go straight towards the balance! If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone, pretty much everyone ion in the same boat which is why I’m able to tell it so well. Unfortunately it’s the rule, NOT the exception.

There are some people who will continue on to live like this and hate it every step of the way, then there’s some of you who will heed the call, get the message and finally see how easy it is to get off this roller coaster we call the daily grind! With determination, effort and the faith that something bigger than yourself is easily accessible enough that it flows within you… The Universe.

Sounds like a bunch of hooey right? Hear me out because I’m going to let you in on a little “Secret”.

If you have ever dreamed about branching off on your own and making your own way financially instead of depending on some corporate guy in a white collared shirt who doesn’t even know your name to sign your check, you could very easily make it happen. our world is built on the foundation of regular people who had dreams and believed in themselves enough to see them through, to make them happen! What they may not have known, and yourself as well, they’ve always had the power of the Universe conspiring to assist them to achieve their dreams and this was initiated by a simple act…THOUGHT. They THOUGHT their lives into existence, they THOUGHT their dreams into fruition and I’m here to tell you, they were not the only ones who held such power, we ALL have it!

You may not have known it as it has been tucked deep down inside to the very core of us but it has always been there and has been working behind the scenes since you took your first breath. How is that possible? It’s the law, the Law of Attraction. No one knows of it’s origin but it is very real and has been selfishly kept from the eyes of everyday persons, until now. This law has secretly been in use by the worlds most powerful people but recently has been been brought to light so that EVERYONE can benefit from it. Simply stated, the Law of Attraction is based upon the principal of like attracts like, you get what you give, you reap what you sow. The mind is such a powerful thing and combined with the soul, it is virtually unstoppable when it’s owner truly believes in the things they are thinking, and with those thoughts manifests the life for which we believe we are meant to live, good or bad. In other words, we really do create our own reality. You think about great things and great things you shall have, same with the bad. You DO have to put forth effort to achieve it, this is true with any worthy venture but once it is coupled with a dream, there is no limit!

You can free yourself from this bondage, believe in yourself enough to do it. We know believing in yourself is only a part of it, you also need a plan. With the right system, a network of people who truly believe in the power of positive thinking and believe in your success just as much as you do, well, then you’ve got more than most. The Universe heard you, it brought your wishes to this page, it’s up to you to recognise and follow it…