Is There Really a “Reason for Everything?”

"Make no apologies for pursuing your greatest life. Take ownership of your life, and make it a conscious choice to align your words, feelings, and actions to make your dream a reality. Life is calling you up higher. Continue to stretch yourself and rise to the occasion. Develop the mindset that this is your time, and good things are supposed to happen to you. Stay encouraged. Your belief in yourself is more important than what anyone else thinks. Live a big dream! You deserve it!"

~ Les Brown

They say that "there is a reason for everything". I'm not sure I believe that anymore.

There is NO "reason" for abuse, cruelty, shaming, or blaming of any sort – regardless of whether it is self directed or directed towards another person, organization, corporation or being of any sorts. There isn't ever even a "reason" for illness or disease.

I do, however, believe there is a cause for everything. And I do believe that we make "reason" and meaning out of our experiences in order to heal and move forward in our lives. It is how we find better ways for Living and Being.

Knowing the difference is really importance. Let me give you an example to show you what I mean.

The cause of many illnesses can be traced back to our habits (most commonly diet, exercise,  how we take care of ourselves, and even our thoughts and belief systems).

  But because we don’t want to take full responsibility for how we have created these situations, we often create “reasons” for why things have happened. These reasons can take the form of blame such as blaming our jobs for taking up too much time to exercise.

Or we can create empowering reasons for why something has happened, reasons that can propel us forward.

For example, one of my client’s child died a week after it was born. The cause of the death was organ failure, but that didn’t provide reason and meaning for her. So she could have stayed in pain and anger, but instead, through our work together, she was able to address her own grief and anger. And she made the decision to see the situation as a reason to become a coach and help others move through their own grief after losing a child.

In both cases the reasoning is what can bring us either pain, or understanding and peace to accept what has happened and move on.

So when you look at your experiences take a close look at your reasoning. Are the “reasons” you make up blaming others and covering up the real causes? Is your reasoning solution-oriented?

In the end, regardless of what has happened and “WHY” it's happened, YOU still have the power to influence what happens next with your decisions and actions. It is your response that then influences and Causes the next outcome you experience.

Be-Cause: Just the nature of the word let's you know there is something that is Be-ing the Cause of your life experience.

So the next time you find yourself saying..

“This is happening because…”  just think about the word really: Be-Cause.. and Ask  Yourself:

How are YOU "Being" the "Cause" of what is happening?

BeCause is about Self Responsibility. What are you "Being" the "Cause" for?

Be real now. Are you thinking this is for somebody else? Not You?

Gratitude, Appreciation, Success, Joy and Being Solution Oriented help you "Be-The-Cause" of the outcomes you want.

I've put together a short audio that includes a meditation on how you can Be-the-Cause you want to be in your life and in your health.

It’s my free gift to you.

To get it, Just go to: www.InTouchInLife.com/Be-The-Cause

It's all about You and your Be-Cause. And It's all about Being In Touch In Life.

If you know are ready to move forward and create empowering outcomes in your health and life please contact me at teresalea@intouchinlife.com or 336-623-9138.