We all think we value ourselves.

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And we do, to a point.

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This is reflected in the material world around us.

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What we have, what we receive, and what we earn each day.

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While these markers are all external, they indicate something deeper.

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Something that goes beyond the physical world and the trinkets we have accumulated.

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For while having nice things does make us feel good, that is a backwards way of looking at them.

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We may feel we've worked hard for what we have, and that is certainly true, yet many people have a lot more and worked a lot less.

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So what is the difference between them and you?

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Are they any smarter? Do they work any harder?

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Or does it just appear that they have good luck.

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Maybe you believe in Karma and you feel they must have done something in a prior life to deserve all they have.

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You might be thinking that it is because they were born into a wealthy family.

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Yet there are many stories of people born into great circumstances who lost it all.

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The thing that separates all we want from all we have is really quite simple.

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How much do you value yourself?

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Do you truly feel, deep down inside, that you are worth the things you desire?

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It is quite interesting how people who have a sense of entitlement often get what they want.

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This is not to say that entitlement is the key.

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Yet it is certainly a clue.

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For what entitlement is really about is a sense of worth.

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Are you worth a million dollar salary or business?

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Our conscious minds will answer "of course!"

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But that may not be how you really feel about yourself deep inside.

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For our energy and how we show up in the world is what really shows the universe how we feel about ourselves.

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Who we are speaks so loudly that the universe can't really hear the words we are saying.

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Or the goals we write down. Or the vision boards we create.

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To truly bring to us what we desire is not an outside job.

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It is all an inside job.

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And it goes deep.

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Back to our childhood and any traumas we might have experienced as we grew.

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Unraveling them and process the energy that we are holding on to around them is more important than anything else when it comes to bringing our dreams to us.

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This path is not easy.

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It is not for the faint of heart.

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Yet the rewards are beyond our imagination, and well worth the price.

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Being open and willing to face our fears is essential on this path.

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And we grow and shift our energy around our own deserving, so many things in our lives will change.

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Are you up to the challenge?

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Is it worth it for you to face your demons to have your dreams?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour