{"id":5030,"date":"2014-01-07T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=5030"},"modified":"2014-01-07T21:49:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T02:49:46","slug":"law-of-attraction-in-action-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2014\/01\/law-of-attraction-in-action-limits.html","title":{"rendered":"Law of Attraction in Action: Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Self-Love<\/a><\/p>\n

Today is Day 7 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate Self-Love Month<\/a><\/strong> with suggestions for jump-starting your own self-love and joining The Self-Love Movement<\/strong><\/a>\u2122.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"LOAlogoBLOG\"<\/a>This is post 266 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires.. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series<\/strong><\/a> to see how.<\/p>\n

I recently had a client, Sara, who wanted to switch careers but was told she was too old; that it was too late for her to really reinvent herself at forty-three. And she believed it. She didn\u2019t want to spend the rest of her years earning a living running errands for her boss in an office. She was bored and wanted to do something that would allow her to travel, which was her passion.<\/p>\n

Sara was desolate that she was too old to change careers. She was putting feelers out for other jobs but believed she wouldn\u2019t get the ones she really wanted because of her age. Limiting what you can do keeps your vibration for doing what you\u2019d truly like low. In that case YOU are the block to getting what you want. People limit themselves by believing a factor will keep them from reaching their goal. Some common ones are:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m too old to try that.\u201d
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cEveryone says I\u2019m not old enough to expect to get a senior position at work.\u201d
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s unusual for a woman\/man to do that so why bother?\u201d
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think I have enough experience to be considered for that job.\u201d
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Old messages like, \u201cpeople like us can only go so far in life.\u201d or \u201cNo one in our family has ever made that kind of money so I won\u2019t either.\u201d
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Etc.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard it all and have limited myself too. When I was a DoorMat, I set limits on what kind of man I could go out with. I thought I wasn\u2019t thin enough to get a really good looking one and expected to dste average ones, and that\u2019s who I met. I didn\u2019t feel school prepared me for an interesting career so I remained a teacher, which wasn\u2019t what I wanted to do. And like Sara, when I finally decided I needed to leave DoorMatville and find a satisfying career, I was told it was too late for me.<\/p>\n

At first I felt sad and disappointed, but thankfully I loved myself enough to decide not to embrace that belief. If I had, I wouldn\u2019t be writing my sixteenth book! Limits do what the word says, they limit what you\u2019re capable of attracting. It\u2019s YOU telling the Universe that you can\u2019t do or have something, no matter how much you want it. And that keeps you from attracting what you\u2019d love. I told Sara to choose\u2014continue to limit what she believed she could do or let go of those limits and free herself to go after the career she wanted. I suggested she affirm out loud\u2014even scream it:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can do anything I choose!\u201d You can!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two months later Sara got a job as a wealthy entrepreneur\u2019s assistant. One requirement for the job was she was willing to travel with her boss who sometimes went to foreign countries and other parts of the country. The woman hired Sara because she loved her enthusiasm, and because she wanted a more mature person for the job. After getting her vibration high by letting go of limits, Sara happily accepted her dream job.<\/p>\n

When you feel no limits, anything is possible! Having limits is self-imposed blocks that keep the Law of Attraction from helping you get what you want. Free yourself by accepting there are no limits unless you put them on yourself.<\/p>\n

See all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series HERE<\/strong><\/a>.
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Join the Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! Take the 31 Days of Self-Love Commitment<\/strong><\/a>—\u201cI commit to do my best to do something loving for myself, however big or small, for the next 31 days.<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and get my book, How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 2013 31 Days of Self-Love Posts HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Join the Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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