Probably the biggest stumbling block to success is the "against" energy. Success moves forward. Success is being for something. Most people want success in many areas of their lives. They want success in their jobs, their relationships, their parenting, their health, and their wealth. Still, they fill up their thinking and feelings with what is or could be against them. This is using "against" energy. It doesn't compute, does it? You cannot hold a clear vision of what can support you when you are focused on what is against you.

There is such a large contingent of "against" users that there should be a support group called A.U.A. - Against Users Anonymous. We use this against energy to keep us from going into bigger spaces by filling our minds with such thoughts as "I can't" or "I would look foolish." Of course, our emotions also support this cause by bringing up fears and dissatisfactions. For instance, you may be very careful not to do anything that doesn't feel safe or comfortable such as doing something new.

It's no wonder people stay in jobs that do not fit who they are. It's no wonder they stay in relationships that bore them to tears. It's no wonder they live in the same city even if the air and water are polluted. It is no wonder, because their thinking and their feelings are against them. There is no space left in them to draw in anything good and new.

The question is -- how do you convince your feelings and thoughts to be for you?

First, you must give up taking care of other people's against energy. If they have bad feelings against you or are judging you, let their restriction stay with them. You will have your hands full dealing with your own against energy. You don't need to deal with theirs too. Sometimes others' against statements aren't directed at you but to you. Don't listen. Don't participate even a little bit!

The second step is to exist for you. This doesn't mean that you will become selfish. It simply means that your focus will change. Look for places to express yourself that are supportive of your greatness, rather than the small against places. By changing this focus, you will begin to lead your life not for the purpose of comfort or safety, but for the purpose of growth. You can only move forward by growing, by bringing the best of you to the best of places.

As your thinking changes to "for" thinking rather than "against" thinking, you will no longer look to see if your _expression is better or less than another person's. This way of thinking breeds competition and judgment. With your new focus, you will begin to see how everyone's gifts can work together. You will realize that another person's bigger gift can actually support your gift to the world. It will become a "for," rather than an "against," situation. You will begin to look for ways that people can work together instead of compete.

Success is yours once you trade in the small, negative energy, or against energy, for the bigger, positive energy. However, you cannot keep a foot in both worlds. This is an "either-or" decision. If you back your car out of the driveway and then drive it back up the driveway, you won't go very far. The same is true with positive and negative energy. One takes you backward and the other forward. Success, or going forward, may not always be comfortable, but it is always fulfilling.

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Jackie Woods is an author, lecturer, and Life Teacher with an extraordinary intuitive gift. She gives tools and direction to people who want real answers to life’s common problems. In 1998, her intuitive guidance directed her to leave her individual practice and move to Columbus, North Carolina where she founded the Adawehi Healing Center. At Adawehi, she works with students and healers who are also dedicated to making a difference in this world.