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CHANGE YOUR

EXPECTATION FOR

APPRECIATION

AND YOUR WORLD

CHANGES INSTANTLY.

TONY ROBBINS

MOVING WITH MAGIC

In my moment of gratefulness, changes began to occur as if by magic. Seconds after my revelation my legs took me over to a rather crumpled edition of the Yellow Pages (yes, it still existed in those days). I flicked through, looking for a local college. It seemed to happen instantly without a thought. Was I in control? Was I out of control? What was happening to me? Confusion set aside, I called the college straight away, knowing that for me to find myself something needed to change. I sobbed into the hand-set as I spoke to the receptionist. I told her my story with tears pouring down my face, and snot leaking from my nose. I doubt that therapy was in her job description, but I didn’t really give her much choice. Through sniffs and wails, I explained to her that I needed something new to focus on, other than myself. I told her that I thought that learning something new would give me that focus. What I had totally failed to do prior to this call was decide what I actually wanted to learn. When she asked, I didn’t have a clue. I was lost, hopelessly lost. Sensing my confusion, the receptionist asked me one very specific question that opened the door to change a little wider:

“What have you always enjoyed doing?”

Giving myself a short time to sort my thoughts, my life flashed before my eyes. In a split second I recalled secondary school memories of blasting up the hockey pitch as team captain with a huge grin on my face. I remembered how good it felt to run, and to run a long way. Memories of swimming, football, and athletics came flooding back, in a moment of inspiration.

“Sport,” I said immediately, “I’ve always enjoyed sport.” I was informed that there was a fitness instructor course starting in two weeks. Knowing nothing else other than I was moving forwards, and praying that I had enough money in my depleted bank account, I booked onto the course there and then. Putting the phone back on the hook and taking a deep breath, I let out a sigh of relief. Sensing movement replacing stagnation, I became aware that a shift had occurred, but was unaware that I’d stepped deeply into the changing room.

CHANGING ROOM TIP

Use Magic To Move

When the word ‘sport’ shot from my mouth whilst I was speaking to the receptionist at the college, it was powered by joy. Joy creates movement because we are naturally drawn to move towards it. We experience many moments of joy as a child, but as we grow our joys can become less of a priority. Daily commitments seem to take our time, and we think we have less time to connect with what makes us happy. This isn’t who we were meant to be. It’s not who YOU were ever meant to be.