Have you ever imagined what you would have been able to achieve if you have acted on every ideas that come to you? Have you ever imagined what your life would have become if ACTION had been your watchword earlier? Have you ever imagined the kind of state you could have been now if you have been a person of action?

There are so many times we have an idea that would have changed our lives, can your remember? There are so many times we have seen somebody do some things and wonder: “I have thought of that before.” There are so many times we have felt we could do some things but somehow, we couldn’t or wouldn’t.

Action is a wonderful word we all need to get used to. You never can tell where you will get to or what you will have without acting on your inner longings. The whole development we have in the world today wouldn’t have been possible if those who conceived the ideas didn’t stand up to act. If they had decided to wish those things come to pass and NEVER bother acting, I’m sure we would still have been in the stone age.

The truth of the matter is that there are no substitutes for action. Prayer, fasting, wishing and day dreaming are NEVER going to displace action in our lives. Prayers have the part they play in our lives, but they are no substitute for action. The earlier we understand this, the better for us all. If you ever want to achieve anything meaningful with your life, you need to get up and ACT! Nothing will fall on your laps if you are not willing to stand up and go get it. If things just fall from heaven, the whole world would have been filled with lazy people who will just wake up and pray that things happen to them on their bed.

In the last two months, I have had several encounters with this powerful word. I couldn’t just believed all one can do when you decide to act. It has always been ringing in my brains where ever I go. If you are to emulate me, you won’t believe all that will be happening in your life immediately you decide to act on your dreams or any idea that you have.

If you think action is not important in our lives, when you wake up tomorrow, just stay on your bed and begin to pray that food will prepare itself and it will automatically walk up to you while still in bed. Do this for one hour and spice it up with tongues and see what happens. I’m sure hunger will descend heavily on you that nobody will teach you to stop wasting your time and get up.

If you don’t get your food by this means, why do you think something Big, a miracle or whatever, will just happen to you by just sitting down on your butt? Why do you think you will be able to achieve anything important with your life by just wishing and hoping. How many times have you thought of that lucky break happening to you which never does?

I want you to know this, NOTHING will ever happen to you if you don’t act. Get up, sop WISHING and start doing something! That is all you need to live a meaningful life. You have wished enough, prayed enough, fasted enough, you have even shared your vision(s) enough. . Please add any form of action to your life. No matter how little it is, you will still know you have done something at the end of the day. When you act consistently, on your ideas, you will be surprised at the power you will have at your disposal. You will also feel good about yourself.

What is that thing that has been distracting you from acting, let it be a thing of the past TODAY!

This is to your success as a person of ACTION!

My journey of self-discovery continued, and I was expanding my sense of
myself and my own identity. In many ways, I thought that I was finally
starting to feel successful and happy.

I had a growing sense of well-being and satisfaction, and I adored being
a mother and taking care of my son. I was enjoying my life as a single
woman and investing plenty of quality time in my relationship with my
son Michel. In addition, I bought a lovely, beautifully decorated four
bedroom home in a wonderful neighborhood. I was making a good living,
earning more and more each year. I sensed that I was on the path to my
destiny of helping others.

I was feeling optimistic about life and more secure than ever as I
consciously worked on developing a sense of worthiness. I was bravely
facing my difficult negative emotions, learning what I could from them
and actively choosing to replace them with more positive feelings.

However, there was still something missing. As much as I was making
progress, I knew that I had the power within me to create so much more.

Financial worries, and fears that I might not find love again, gnawed at
me. I didn’t know why I was so restless and was experiencing a sense of
lack. It didn’t occur to me that my emotions were causing me to feel
vaguely dissatisfied because they were so subtle that I often didn’t
recognize them. My positive feelings were there, but it was as if many
of them were barely audible and I had to strain to hear them.

I felt that if I tried harder, I could “force” success and take my life
to a whole new level, but I quickly found that I wasn’t getting where I
wanted to go, no matter how hard I worked.

Consequently, I held tightly to everything that I achieved while still
being consumed by negative thoughts and feelings about what I didn’t
have. The success I enjoyed led me to want more - I believed that if I
just made additional money, I’d be less anxious and more at peace. But
the harder I worked to keep what I had and grab for more, the greater
the fear I felt.

Then my income began to drop, and I frantically tried to figure out what
I was doing wrong professionally. I took some necessary risks to boost
business, but what I didn’t realize was that by focusing on what I
didn’t want to experience (namely, fear, anxiety, and lack), I was
holding myself back from achieving what I did want - contentment, calm,
and abundance. I tried to believe the spiritual teachers and self-help
experts who said that prosperity would be mine if only I’d accept it,
but it felt as if I had no control over making more money. I was
terrified of losing my business and my home, and I was getting sucked
into a whirlpool of negativity. I questioned my self-worth and wondered
how I could have the nerve to teach others about being successful. I was
dangerously close to losing everything that I’d worked so hard to
achieve.

Fortunately, that led me to my fourth epiphany:

“To have it all, you have to be willing to give it all up.”

I needed to let go of the fear that I would lose myself if I lost my
“things.” I realized that if I did so, I’d truly be able to stop being
so afraid. But did I have the courage to surrender it all?

The truth is that I didn’t necessarily have to give up everything I had
(I didn’t have to relinquish my house, for example), but I understood
that I had to be willing to give it all up. I had to be prepared to
detach from what I owned, because by being attached to situations, I was
creating powerful negative feelings. I didn’t have faith that no matter
what happened around me - regardless of what I might lose - I had the
power to control my anxiety and fear and create happiness for myself. I
was afraid that if I lost what I had, my destructive emotions would take
charge of my life.

I realized that there was no reason to be possessive when it came to my
material wealth if I could just have faith that everything in my life
could be created again, because I’d created it in the first place. If
you have the power to build, you have the power to rebuild. In my head,
I trusted that money is just an outward manifestation of the abundance
and wealth that’s experienced within, but I had to be convinced of that
in my heart. I finally understood that laboring to create the things I
wanted for myself wasn’t nearly as effective as focusing on creating my
desired emotions. I didn’t have to work or think harder; I needed to
forge the positive feelings that were associated with my goals.

If I wanted to be confident, I had to create the feeling of confidence,
and the universe would respond by helping me succeed. If I hoped to be
wealthy, I needed to create a feeling of richness and abundance, and the
universe would bring me prosperity. I understood that what I co-created
might not come in the form I expected. (For instance, maybe I’d draw in
new clients, but it would be through an unexpected avenue - or I’d get
the money I was seeking not by acquiring additional business, but
through another source.) Of course, I had to work to make the most of
the opportunities that the universe presented to me, but I now knew that
I didn’t have to continue to frantically struggle to achieve my goals. I
could attract the situations that mirrored my feelings of happiness,
abundance, and confidence.

When I began to genuinely believe that I’m more than what I have - that
I’m not defined by what I’ve achieved, and I don’t have to point to
material goods as evidence of my worthiness - my life started to change
dramatically. I created the emotions that I wanted to feel, and the
newfound power within me allowed me to grow and prosper as I’d never
done before in my life.

Peggy McColl

Peggy McColl is a New York Times Best Selling Author and an
internationally recognized expert in the area of destiny achievement.
She has been inspiring individuals, experts, professional athletes, and
organizations to reach their potential for the past two decades. She is
the president and founder of Dynamic Destinies Inc., an organization
committed to delivering sound principles for creating lasting and
positive change. To contact Peggy in response to the story, you can
reach her via her website: www.destinyswitch.com