It is YOUR life, and only YOU can live it.

It seems everybody is looking for the answer to their questions outside themselves. You want the next book, the next program, the next course. This is all fine and well, but you have to realize the information you get from all of these sources is simply that: information. You can use the information to make a better decision, and hopefully you will. But the decision still rests with you to make.


Many people buy books with the best of intentions, only to let them collect dust on the shelf. Look, I believe in buying books. I have just over a thousand books in my personal library. But you have to actually use them to get the benefit of them. This means YOU making decisions.


Making the decision to live your life doesn’t have to be a difficult one to make either. It really comes down to thinking about where you are now, where you want to be. Do these two places match? If not, are you willing to do what it takes? Then, do it.


Other people, books, programs, etc. may be loaded with excellent tools that can make your way much easier, but even the best tools in the field will not operate themselves. They need an operator. In this case, that would be you.


Am I beginning to sound a bit redundant here? Good! It really is you who has to do the footwork. And it doesn’t really take a whole lot of information. In fact, you’ve probably noticed when you do read books on making a change for the better in your life, that most of the information you read rings true for you even before you put it to the test. Am I right?




Two very GOOD reasons




This is because you already have the answers inside of you, all those necessary to live a life on purpose. What good then are the books and programs? Well for starters, they inspire. They make you hungry enough to, hopefully, actually get up and do something with the information.


Secondly, they clarify. This can be vital for you if you’ve lived a typical life up until now. What I mean by typical is that you’ve likely been loaded down with a great deal of false information or misinformation throughout your life. Sadly, this has become the norm.


It seems the average person who buys and reads self-help books is well into adulthood. I guess this has a lot to do with our upbringing where so much faith is based on getting an ‘education’ that teaches us next to nothing about what really makes us tick. We grow up cramming an immense amount of knowledge into our brains, yet, we aren’t taught how to use that very thing. The brain!


So instead of focusing on how to better use our brain and thinking process, we find ourselves going back to school to get more knowledge, or attending work related workshops and seminars.


It usually isn’t until later that we begin to sense that there is something more than just seeking more knowledge. There seems to surge an understanding that what is missing is to be found inside ourselves. Bingo! We find ourselves picking up self-help books or signing up for a seminar.


Personally, I’d like to see more emphasis on this sort of thing for teens and young adults. Just think how much more effect this could have on our society as a whole? In any case, there does seem to be a common shift on the consciousness of humanity in recent times. This is a good thing. But let me say this; don’t wait for the shift as if it will change you personally. It won’t.


Only you can make this shift for yourself. Only you can control what goes in in your own mind. Influence from outside, yes, but even then, only because you have given your express permission to be affected in this way. Always remember: it is YOUR life, and only YOU can live it.



Lots of love,

Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way: A Guide to Discovering Your Higher Self.










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