If you would like to start seeing answers instead of problems, you must first understand that everything you experience is filtered through your perception. In other words, your perception determines your experience, not the event itself. For instance, if you had a hundred different people who have the same experience, there would be a hundred different reactions, depending on individual perception, which is based on past beliefs and feelings.

Look at your life and determine what percent of your life is peaceful and joyful, and what percent is problematic or chaotic? Now observe your thinking: What percent of your thoughts are focused on happiness, love and joy, and what percent are focused on worry, anger, fear or resentment? How often do you have little inner conversations where you argue your point and try to prove that you're right and they're wrong? Notice there's a direct correlation between the percent of what you're thinking, believing or feeling, which is positive or negative, and the percentage of positive or negative experiences in your life.

A Course in Miracles says something to this effect, "You either learn through love or fear. If you learn through love your lessons will be joyful, if you learn through fear your lessons will be painful. Either way you're going to learn." So the question is this: Do you want to continue having painful experiences or would you rather learn through joy?

Most people believe in some sort of a Higher Power or God. Even those who say they don't believe in "God," may very easily embrace the statement from the Bible which simply defines God as "Love." Or they may think, "I only believe in myself." God is defined as "I AM" in the Bible. So if you believe in your own existence, you are, by definition, believing in God. This may not be how religions define God, but this is the broad definition for our purposes here. So when I say the word, God, please apply whatever definition will allow you to hear the message!

All modalities and therapies recognize that what we're really dealing with are patterns in consciousness. So if you want your life to change, you have to change the way you're thinking. In other words, if you are focused on your problems and feeling stress, worry, anger, resentment...you will continue to create those experiences in your life. If you want a life full of abundance, joy, love, peace and harmony, you can create it by FEELING abundant, FEELING love, FEELING joy and FEELING gratitude! It's as simple as that.

If you doubt your mastery in this area, just realize that you've already powerfully "mastered" your ability to create painful experiences by focusing on fear and negativity, so you can just as powerfully create something joyful by focusing your full attention on Love! Do this powerfully and do it with great joy!

I assure you that if you feel like you're in the pig-pen, or you're battling depression, or you're experiencing lack and limitation, or wondering when God is going to answer your prayers or give you the love-of-your-life, you will only continue to experience more of the same. If you want out of the pig-pen: FOCUS YOUR FULL ATTENTION ON GOD, ON DIVINE LOVE, PASSIONATE LIFE, THE TRUTH OF YOUR BEING! Do you want the love of your life? BE the love of your life!! BE the Love you ask for!

It is through LIVING passionately, joyfully and with an abundant heart that you will draw these experiences to you! There is no other way! Say to yourself over and over, "I Love My Life," no matter what the appearances may be: Because you created it! If you deny that what's happening to you is a direct result of your own thoughts and feelings, you're stuck with that creation. If you love your creation, then you can create anew.

Truth is a subjective thing. What's true for me may not be true for you. So I'm not here to tell you The Truth. I am here to tell you what WORKS! And, based on results, does your life work? Is your life filled with joy, abundance, peace, and harmony? Do you love your life? If there's something missing in your life, I can absolutely guarantee, I can give you an uncomplicated process that will change your life, if you simply apply the principles. Use all of these ideas, or just pick what works for you. It is impossible to apply the following ideas without experiencing positive change!! So if you do not experience a positive change, it's because you are choosing the same fearful, worried, stressful thoughts and experiencing the same painful results. It's as simple as that! You can create joy or pain, "...either way you're going to learn."

Make a commitment to yourself that you will listen to the tape daily for 60 days and diligently apply the information. Doing this for 60 days will create a solid basis for a new way of thinking and feeling. Even if you only listen to a small portion of the tape, it will remind you to realign your thoughts, which will in turn begin to re-pattern your thinking.