Beyond Survive, Thrive

Excitement plays an important part in creativity and success. Excitement is what can bring our energy up a level. Excitement is what stimulates us to research and think of new ways to do things.

As one of the critical factors in helping us get more of what we want out of life, excitement is all about our aliveness.

Look at how it works. If we say that something is a goal of ours, but we have an attitude "it's OK with me if I get it, and it's OK with me if I don't" then how much fuel is there in the engine to drive us toward that goal?

Look at how much excitement a person has when they are showing their new product or service. Doesn't that excitement alone often inspire you to try that new product or service?

When a person is working on a project and they are totally focused on it, and happy to be creating, notice how the excitement fuels their work.

In the metaphysical world, it was excitement of rediscovering the value of ancient ways that led some people to embrace the renaissance of interest in paganism, tantra, shamanism, herbalism, feng shui, tarot, and many other subjects.

When you are deciding which career path to pursue, notice the energy attached to your choices. If one is simply a way to make money and the other is something you would really like to do, which one do you think will be more successful? Which one contains so much energy that you would want to excel at that?

Excitement is the sign that we are in touch with the elements of life that are most invigorating, most conscious, most alert and most in touch with our desire to not only survive, but thrive.

To get more of what you want out of life, notice how when you choose the path you are most excited about that you make greater progress. Excitement, inspiration and creativity travel hand in hand.

This is why when you do what you love, the money follows. The thing is to do it consistently. It is one thing to set your goal at the threshold of survive, but it is so much more intensely satisfying to set it at the level of thrive. And isn't that exciting? Go for it. Squeeze the juice out of life and drink it!