You are what you repeat…whether it’s what you think, say, feel, and do.  Believe it or not I saw this on the lid of my breakfast the other day, which, for the record, was a really nice way to start the day.  As we’ve been working through some changes in the house that we unexpectedly had to tackle (now instead of later), coupled with the changes (very unexpected changes) at work that I’ve shared, I feel like we need this reminder that our thoughts determine our reality.  How many thoughts do we repeat day in and day out?  When looking at our current circumstances, what do we see?  Do we see the positive manifestation of what we have done or do we fixate on what isn’t how we want it?  So here’s the thing:  I’ve been begging for changes in both my work and home for a really long time.  These have come about in ways I wouldn’t have chosen myself but the events have still brought the changes that I ultimately asked for.  The universe responds to energy—it doesn’t care about the how, it just responds to the frequency and it brings about the result. 

So when we look at the picture of our life as it is right now, what do we see?  How do we feel about what we see?  And what do we want to see?  There is a saying that what we have around us we thought about years ago.  What we have now is the result of our thoughts we used to think.  Sidenote, I feel like this is why we have a tendency to dismiss the present because we are so used to instant gratification that when we recognize we received something we wanted a long time ago, it has sort of lost its luster because we are no longer in that moment.  Anyway.  It’s like the light of the stars—we aren’t seeing that real time, we are seeing echoes of what used to be.  The universe takes time to catch up with our dreams.  It isn’t a wishing well.  Sometimes we are more tuned in and we are able to bring about our desired results more quickly, but usually we have to give it some time.  The universe doesn’t offer one-click results. 

The point is this: the universe will answer, always and without fail.  The universe responds to our thoughts.  And while the catchy phrase of our youth, “You are what you eat,” still sits with us and we refuse to change our habits, we need to recognize that the same message applies to our lives: we are what we repeat.  Everything in our lives is the result of a thought and an action (or inaction, or half-action).  We get what we give, we receive the energy we put out, and our results are based on the effort we put into something.  When we fixate and focus on something, the universe will pick up on it even if it takes time to deliver—but we are the ones responsible for our lives and what we see around us.  So.  If we aren’t getting the results we want, it’s time to look at our habits and what we are thinking and to make the changes.  We have control and the ultimate say in our results.  Take some time to evaluate.