Awakening Who "I Am": Two Words to Ignite Your Transformation

“Intentional living is the art of making our own choices,before others’ choices make us.” — Richie Norton

I AM INTENTIONAL Proactive, Patient, Industrious, Innovative, Opportunistic, Committed, Purposeful, Vision-and Mission-Driven

Yes, Mitzi proves it! But here’s the deal: Beyond this week lies either another one just like the last or a new week patterned after your affirmations. The trick to living a Whole Life is to bring the best of your past—your true and authentic self—forward with you into your future and leave the rest (the dead weight) behind.

We sense the abundance of life when we engage in creation. We all want to look back on life and feel that we have created something of value—and left others better because of our influence and made the world into a better place.

“I Am creating, and you are creating every day, and God is part of you,” said Mitzi. “I thought God was this being in the sky that I pray to, but no. I Am one with God. I Am part of him. He’s part of me, and through him I Am creating, showing up and able to do things.”

Benjamin Hardy writes: “The point of no return is the moment of full commitment, wherein your identity and energy shift from avoiding what you fear to fully approaching what you most deeply want.”

Affirm that starting today, nothing will be the same—not your finances, your lifestyle, your work, your relationships—all of it will change. The only question is: Will you be coauthor (with God and others) of those changes, or merely one who is impacted by them? You have the capacity to create your future. In spite of your conditions and conditioni

James Clear, author of the bestseller Atomic Habits, outlines a clear process for being creative and connecting ideas: 1) gather material, 2) intensely work over the material in your mind, 3) step away from the problem, 4) allow the idea to come back to you naturally, and 5) test your idea in the real world and adjust it based on feedback.

In contrast, proactive people accept responsibility: response-ability is the ability to choose how we respond to stimuli and to situations. We focus on the Circle of Influence that lies within our Circle of Concern by working on those things we can do something about. Positive energy expands our Circle of Influence.