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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As if on cue, life decided to throw some curve balls ~ or, because it&#8217;s not uncommon for life to do that, maybe I&#8217;m just aware of them in a slightly different way. That doesn&#8217;t make them any more fun, but now that I&#8217;m consciously armed with an unrelenting turn-lemons-into-lemonade approach,...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-2-super-powers/">Outrageous Happiness #2: Super Powers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com">saxtonstudio blog</a>.</p>
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<p>As if on cue, life decided to throw some curve balls ~ or, because it&#8217;s not uncommon for life to do that, maybe I&#8217;m just aware of them in a slightly different way. That doesn&#8217;t make them any more fun, but now that I&#8217;m consciously armed with an unrelenting turn-lemons-into-lemonade approach, I&#8217;m thinking I might be handling them with less angst. And less angst = more happy.</p>
<p>And yet, when staring down a sidetrack that clearly did <em>not</em> feed my happiness quotient, I almost went off course. I felt somehow responsible, put myself down, and got a little stuck there. Life lessons, all that. But I rallied. Because rallying is better than being miserable.</p>
<p>In fact, just this morning, I felt my super powers kicking in. And man, do I love them! (You have them too. It&#8217;s where you&#8217;re strongest, and truest. Where you&#8217;re lifted up.)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing though, before they kicked in, I sat down and had a serious conversation with the Universe. And I made sure to not just talk, but listen.</p>
<p>You might talk to God, you might talk to Divine Intelligence, or to Angels, or your Higher Self, your Spirit Guides, your mother or father, sister or brother, a trusted friend, a counselor. Guidance is available in many forms, and none of us, no matter how wise or experienced or content, is outside the realm of needing some now and then. It might be brief, or it might take a few goes, but in the process it&#8217;s key that you listen – you have to hear not only what you&#8217;re saying and thinking, but what you&#8217;re hearing in reply. Then, listen to your heart and find what&#8217;s true.</p>
<p>And <em>then</em>, by all means, gather your super powers and don your cape!</p>
<p><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="19420" data-permalink="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-2-super-powers/attachment/1410915326371/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1000,666" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343417830&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="1410915326371" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&amp;ssl=1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19420" src="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?resize=1000%2C666" alt="1410915326371" width="1000" height="666" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1410915326371.jpeg?resize=700%2C466&amp;ssl=1 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>
<p><em>How&#8217;s your <a href="http://blog.saxtonstudio.com/2016/08/25/outrageous-happiness-1-the-kick-off/" target="_blank">Outrageous Happiness</a> going?</em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-2-super-powers/">Outrageous Happiness #2: Super Powers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com">saxtonstudio blog</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Seeing as the Outrageous Happiness Experiment has just kicked off, thought I&#8217;d check in with a quick update. As if on cue, life decided to throw some curve balls ~ or, because it&#8217;s not uncommon for life to do that, maybe I&#8217;m just aware of them in a slightly different way....</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-super-powers/">Outrageous Happiness #2: Super Powers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com">saxtonstudio blog</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seeing as the <a href="http://saxtonstudio.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/outrageous-happiness/" target="_blank">Outrageous Happiness Experiment</a> has just kicked off, thought I&#8217;d check in with a quick update.</p>
<p><a href="https://saxtonstudio.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="17126" data-permalink="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-super-powers/outrageous_superpowers-orange/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png?fit=648%2C461&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="648,461" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="saxton.outrageous_superpowers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png?fit=648%2C461&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17126" src="http://saxtonstudio.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png?resize=480%2C341" alt="saxton.outrageous_superpowers" width="480" height="341" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https://i0.wp.com/blog.saxtonstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/outrageous_superpowers-orange.png?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></a></p>
<p>As if on cue, life decided to throw some curve balls ~ or, because it&#8217;s not uncommon for life to do that, maybe I&#8217;m just aware of them in a slightly different way. That doesn&#8217;t make them any more fun, but now that I&#8217;m consciously armed with an unrelenting turn-lemons-into-lemonade approach, I&#8217;m thinking I might be handling them with less angst. And less angst = more happy.</p>
<p>And yet, when staring down a sidetrack that clearly did <em>not</em> feed my happiness quotient, I almost went off course. I felt somehow responsible, put myself down, and got a little stuck there. But I rallied. It was yet another lesson learned (gotta love those lessons&#8230;) In fact, just this morning, I felt my super powers kicking in. (You have them too. It&#8217;s where you&#8217;re strongest, and truest. You&#8217;re lifted up.)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing though, before they kicked in, I sat down and had a serious conversation with the Universe. And I made sure to not just talk, but listen.</p>
<p>You might talk to God, you might talk to Divine Intelligence, or to your Higher Self, your Spirit Guides, your Mother or Father, sister or brother, a trusted friend. Guidance is available in many forms, and none of us, no matter how wise or experienced or content, is outside the realm of needing some now and then. In the process it&#8217;s key that you listen; you have to hear not only what you&#8217;re saying and thinking, but what you&#8217;re hearing in reply. Then listen to your heart and find what&#8217;s true. (And <em>then</em>, don your cape.)</p>
<p><em>How&#8217;s your <a href="http://saxtonstudio.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/outrageous-happiness/" target="_blank">Outrageous Happiness</a> going?</em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com/outrageous-happiness-super-powers/">Outrageous Happiness #2: Super Powers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blog.saxtonstudio.com">saxtonstudio blog</a>.</p>
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