Everything is a matter of perspective. We know this. The issue is that we are not always conscious of the perspective in which we carry about ourselves or life as a whole and hence we find ourselves making decisions from a place of unconsciousness, which in turn perpetuates a cycle we've been stuck in unknowingly.

I'd like to share a story with you about my experience this New Years Eve at the local grocery store.

the streets are packed and store isles buzzing as the sound of carts scooter past each other; everyone in an excited, stressful haze as we all continue to "human" into a New Year.

I began to browse the isles, trying to remember all of "the little things," I put on my mental list of things to buy when I'm in town. Living off grid, 45 minutes away from the nearest grocery store adds a level of urgency to make sure Ig et the things I need while I can.

I noticed I was walking down the pet isle and I decided, "You know what? Leo (our dog) needs some healthy treats. Let's see if I can find him a nice late Christmas present."

The world has most definitely changed as I had no problem finding boogie bacon bit dog treats. Without much thought, I said this is the one!

I continued on with my shopping and then proceeded to check out. The woman ringing me up did a double take of the dog treats. In my mind, she was going to be just as excited as I was but instead, she began to form a very disgusted look on her face and said, "Wow. Some dogs are just too spoiled its ridiculous." Now, her gaze was down which led me to believe she was referring to our dog, Leo, being, "too spoiled."

I was honestly taken aback. Not going to lie... a bit shocked at the mindset she must be embodying around wealth. It was also a bit of culture shock when I realized what I have done to get myself into the position I am in financially speaking. There was indeed, once a time in my life where I wouldn't have even thought possible, me having the ability to spend money on anything but the absolute essentials.

So I get it. But this experience left me pondering the whole 45 minute drive back out to the homestead, the correlation between how we react to the success of others is a reflection of how we feel about our own success.

If I was this woman, I would have been thinking about the joy the dog was going to have upon receiving the treats! I would have smiled and laughed with whomever was making the purchase, inspired by the idea of maybe being able to be in that position at some point in MY life!

You see, the problem is not that we can't have success. The problem is that we don't believe ourselves worthy and capable of accomplishing success. The fear of failure running so deep in our blood, we cannot see past the horrendous "what if's" and decide it's easier and more familiar to stay stuck in jobs that we don't actually like.

We need to make change. We need to make peace with change. Now.

You know, I used to think that it was a disadvantage to grow up in a middle class family who lived paycheck to paycheck. But I was absolutely wrong.

Because I didn't have family money to fall back on, I realized that the quality of my life was entirely dependent upon my ability to make something of MYSELF and build my own financial empire. I only came to this realization after coming into awareness of how miserable it was to continuously feel sorry for oneself and that holding a victim mentality was creating unbearable resistance as I opposed change against all odds... I was pushed to my limit before I finally said I am willing to be uncomfortable trying to do something I loved and desired rather than staying uncomfortable in energies and mindsets that I really don't want.

This realization changed my life.

I mean, after all, the only constant is change. So why NOT choose to change into things that we want... things that feel GOOD!

SO, what the woman at the grocery store demonstrated unconsciously was how she felt about her own worthiness to have wealth and abundance. What I experienced was a deeper understanding of how success happens.

It takes belief, determination, dedication, devotion, and ACTION to make anything happen.

As long as you have a target your aiming for, you can surrender yourself freely to the journey you are embarking upon, knowing that it isn't really about hitting the bulls eye, but about the process of transformation that you undergo as you eventually... hit the bulls eye.