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Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical teacher and the bestselling author of 27 books, including You Can Heal Your Life, Empowering Women, and Letters to Louise. Since beginning her career as a Science of Mind minister in 1981, she has assisted thousands of people in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. Louise's works have been translated into 25 different languages in 33 countries throughout the world.
Dear Louise,
Since 1972, I've wanted to be a writer of fiction. For years I suffered from devastating writer's block. I eventually gave up until my father died in 1993. After his death, I suddenly wanted to write again. I've since written three novels, all unpublished. However, despite affirmations and action steps, I have been unable to achieve publication of any sort in seven years. I'm ready to let go of my dream, but something inside me keeps pushing, despite the anxiety and depression I feel.
I know that rejection is part of the writer's life, but my zest for my craft is waning. Can you offer support or advice?
-- D.Q., Boston, MA
Dear D.Q.,
I admire your ability to write fiction. That is something I could never do. Now please be very clear on this: Artists and performers of every description must understand and believe that rejection of their work has nothing to do with their individual self-worth. It only means that the person evaluating the work did not feel that it met their own needs at the moment. Richard Bach's classic Jonathan Livingston Seagull was rejected more than 100 times before a publisher decided to take a chance on it.
Don't write unless you love it. If you do love it, don't listen to anyone else. Please stop pushing; instead, allow the Universe to find the perfect place for you. Have you considered self-publishing? That is what I did. I did not feel that anyone else would publish my work the way I wrote it, so I printed it myself.
Affirm: I WRITE FOR THE JOY OF IT AND ALLOW THE UNIVERSE TO BE MY PUBLISHER.
*****
Dear Louise,
For years I've had an internal conflict between the waste-not, want-not philosophy that I grew up with, and the you-deserve-only-the-best notion stemming from my more recent beliefs. There's always a mental struggle whenever I throw something out or don't eat all the leftovers, and so on.
On the one hand, I feel that I do deserve the best life has to offer, and on the other, I feel that I should recycle and be environmentally frugal. I know that there's peace in there somewhere. Help!
-- N.D., Hartford, CT
Dear N.D.,
When you no longer have a use for an item, pass it on, give it away, recycle it, or in the case of food, add it to the compost pile where it will fortify the earth.
You deserve the best you will allow yourself to have. You have been playing a little game with yourself, with a good round of guilt involved. It is time to stop that. You can be environmentally aware without having to be penny-pinching and frugal.
Affirm: MY SOUL GUIDES ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I AM AT PEACE.
*****
Dear Louise,
I am a woman who is experiencing professional and spiritual challenges. I have a tendency to stay on a job only about three years. I see people who stay with companies for 10 or 20 years at least, so I'm a bit puzzled. I am young, have a very pleasant personality, and really like to keep the peace.
My other challenge is that I don't like other women at all. Metaphysically, is there a problem? Spiritually, I just don't know what God's plan is for me in life. Thanks for the help.
-- G.S., Detroit, MI
Dear G.S.,
Oh, dear one, you take me back many years when I, too, was afraid of other women -- so naturally, I disliked them. It took me many years to discover that the hatred was really for myself. Because I was so badly treated as a child, I believed that "I" was a bad person and could never be forgiven.
You would benefit a great deal from some therapy. You need to forgive yourself and your family, and you need to learn to love yourself on a very deep level. In my case, the more I learned to love myself, the more comfortable I became with other women. Now I have lots of wonderful female friends. Whether you spend three years or twenty at a job doesn't matter if you're happy and content inside. My book You Can Heal Your Life has lots of good exercises that will bring you inner peace. Affirm: GOD'S PLAN FOR ME IS HAPPINESS.
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