Karen: "How can I be the best I can be and make the most of helping others?"

Astrid: "You must have faith in yourself and in us. If you know that you are worthy of great things, then they will come to you. All must realise that they have the power to manifest great things in their life if they have faith and perseverance. This is one of the great things about the mind – it can help you plant the seeds of success. If you picture yourself achieiving good things and believe it will happen, then in time it will. But you must continue to have faith.

Happiness is available to everyone if they believe. Too many store up examples of bad things that have happened to them as "proof" that they have "bad luck". This is simply a way to continue to be a victim and give up responsibility for their own happiness. They continue to believe that their happiness is dependant on others and situations tha they have no control over.

However, if a negative experience does happen, an optimistic person will see it as a way to learn something from it. they will not put it down to bad luck but will realise that there is something positive to come out of the experience. They see everything as a lesson and do not give up and say that they cannot be happy.

In order to be the best you can be, you must continue to have faith and take this responsibility seriously. In order to help others, people must be able to help themselves first. How can someone give love to others if they are not giving it to themselves first?

Oftentimes people don’t want to be "selfish" but this have nothing to do with being self-centred, but is all to do with being self-loving. Some people give so much of themselves to others that they ignore their own needs. It is a very good thing to give to others, but only if you are giving to yourself the love you deserve too.

Most people begin to doubt themselves and their path when setbacks occur. However, this is a natural part of life and will help people to grow to reach their highest good."

Karen: "Why do people hold back from their dreams?"

A: "It is through fear of not succeeding. If they do not have enough faith in themselves or their circumstances then they fear failure. As a result, they begin to convince themselves that their dreams aren’t as important as they really are. They deny their dreams and continue in their comfort zones."

Karen: "How can we push ourselves out of this comfort zone?"

A: "Through facing fears. The fear is often of the fear rather than the situation itself. Humans are brought up in a harsh world where they have been taught many negative beliefs. The news on television almost always shows negative stories, we are told that the world is a very dangerous place, money has taken over and people fear being poor. There are also many young souls (souls who haven’t incarnated many times so have not awakened much to the spiritual side of life) who are hurting inside and lashing out at others.

People remain in their comfort zone because it is safe. Coming out of the comfort zone and pushing for greater achievements means dealing with the anxiety that goes with it. But, what people fail to realise is that anxiety is a natural reaction to expansion. It is not a bad thing, just a natural reaction. The anxiety is only dangerous if one allows it to swallow them up and take over.

In order to expand past the comfort zone, one must simply accept the anxiety as a natural stage and push through it. Meditation and continued faith in their spirit guides and life path will help to ease this anxiety greatly and eventually they will see there was nothing to fear. This is how we expand ourselves."

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