{"id":1742,"date":"2009-04-28T07:20:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T07:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2009\/04\/anne-naylor-10-tips-for-being.html"},"modified":"2009-04-28T07:20:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T07:20:35","slug":"anne-naylor-10-tips-for-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2009\/04\/anne-naylor-10-tips-for-being.html","title":{"rendered":"Anne Naylor: 10 Tips For Being the Best You Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed Anne Naylor’s “10 Tips for Being the Best You Can Be” on The Huffington Post. To get to the article, click here.<\/a> Below are excerpts.
\nWhat do Susan Boyle, Paul Potts and J K Rowling all have in common – apart from they happen to be British? Their success did not come about overnight, or easily. Not for any of them came instant fame, and recognition in the spotlight.
\n“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,
\nor the luster of it will never appear”
\nDaniel Defoe
\nNo matter how frustrated, troubled or dispirited on the surface, deep down everyone I have met is truly extraordinary. However hidden, the human spirit, the diamond is always there; in you, in me.
\nFor many of us, these times are rough. Perhaps now we can come to know and appreciate more fully our capacity for endurance and the brightness of our human spirit. What is more, we can take the polishing more into our own hands.
\nHere are some tips you might like to consider:
\n1. Know what you want<\/strong>
\nMaybe you have a talent you have longed to express and develop. If not, you probably know how you would like to be experiencing your life – perhaps with more happiness, better communications with the ones you love, greater fulfilment in your work.
\nKnowing is deeper and stronger than wishful thinking or hoping. It is a conviction so solid that you can base your life on it.
\n“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
\nBenjamin Franklin
\n2. Engage with your intention<\/strong>
\nDaily nurture your vision – see, feel, hear how you will be experiencing the fulfilment of your the life you want, both inwardly and in the world. Use your imagination.
\n3. Practice your passion – take action<\/strong>
\nIf you have a talent, keep working with it. If you would like to be happier, do things that make you happy. Better communications? Be willing to learn, practise, improve – and make mistakes from time to time. Your intention will speak volumes. Fulfillment? Adjust your attitude.
\n“Nothing will work unless you do.”
\nMaya Angelou
\n4. Raise your energy – turn up the heat<\/strong>
\nLove yourself and be grateful for all you have in your life, right now. Pay attention to your blessings. Look up. Learn to forgive and laugh at the mistakes you make along the way. Each day, feel the enthusiasm for your vision, as if it has already happened. Stay open for the remarkable to take place. It will.
\n“There are two ways to live your life – one is as though nothing is a miracle,
\nthe other is as though everything is a miracle.”
\nAlbert Einstein
\n5. Gather positive people around you<\/strong>
\nAt the very least, spend time with people who are supportive and for you. Enrich yourself by getting to know others who are actively creating the best for themselves, and learn from them.
\n“If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm.
\nLife does give back in kind.”
\nNorman Vincent Peale
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