{"id":493,"date":"2014-03-18T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2014-04-03T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T16:26:50","slug":"creating-a-new-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"CREATING A NEW REALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Expressions-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-494\" alt=\"Expressions-11\" src=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Expressions-11-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Expressions-11-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Expressions-11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>All of life transformation and self-renewal is embodied in the process of relieving the tension between the reality we have now and the reality we aspire to. For instance, if we are overweight, we feel the tension between our current self-image and a projected self-image. If we are not happy in our job or career, our anxiety tells us that something needs to be done about it. If we are feeling tired and physically unfit, we sense the need to exercise, sleep more and improve our diet.<\/p>\n<p>In virtually every aspect of our lives, there is a perceived gap between where we are and where we want to be. This gap is a void we must fill to make life more significant and meaningful. If we let the gap widen, we feel more tension and frustration. By not attempting to close the gap, we are<i> <\/i>passively allowing<i> life to happen to us.<\/i> But by taking action to bridge the realities of what we have versus what we want, we are taking charge and <i>making life happen<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This process of closing the gap brings our behavior in alignment with our purpose and our values. By knowing what we are here for and what is most important to us we gain clarity of our current reality. We can see exactly what is missing, what expectations are not being met, and we will become compelled to take action and redraft our future reality. We can then\u00a0literally make our life what we want it to be! <b><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" id=\"sharing-facebook-493\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=twitter\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" id=\"sharing-twitter-493\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=linkedin\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" id=\"sharing-linkedin-493\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=pinterest\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-stumbleupon\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-stumbleupon sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=stumbleupon\" title=\"Click to share on StumbleUpon\"><span>StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=google-plus-1\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\" id=\"sharing-google-493\"><span>Google<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=email\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-64841909-493-69e36970f09c1' data-src='\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=64841909&amp;post_id=493&amp;origin=ourlifepurpose.com&amp;obj_id=64841909-493-69e36970f09c1' data-name='like-post-frame-64841909-493-69e36970f09c1'><h3 class='sd-title'>Like this:<\/h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height:55px'><span class='button'><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading...<\/span><\/div><span class='sd-text-color'><\/span><a class='sd-link-color'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of life transformation and self-renewal is embodied in the process of relieving the tension between the reality we have now and the reality we aspire to. 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If we are not happy in our job or career, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" id=\"sharing-facebook-493\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=twitter\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" id=\"sharing-twitter-493\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=linkedin\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" id=\"sharing-linkedin-493\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=pinterest\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-stumbleupon\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-stumbleupon sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=stumbleupon\" title=\"Click to share on StumbleUpon\"><span>StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=google-plus-1\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\" id=\"sharing-google-493\"><span>Google<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=493&amp;share=email\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-life-of-values","category-mastering-the-difficult","category-rational-thinking","category-renewal-and-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}