Thanks for subscribing to the newsletter for LiveOnPurpose.info. Live On Purpose is about helping you become conscious of your thought patterns, so you can make better decisions in your life. Don't live an accidental life! Live on purpose. This month's focus is on focusing on what you want.

But first, an On-Purpose maxim:

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.. ~James Allen

This month's wallpaper in five popular screen resolutions has been archived on the main wallpaper page. It says,
"Energy flows where attention goes.
Focus on what you want.
Focus on energy and abundance."

This wallpaper was made from stock photography courtesy of Adobe. I have been following the trends on LiveOnPurpose and found that many people are searching for "Energy flows where attention goes" wallpaper. This is the second wallpaper featuring this theme, but this time I have added two more popular phrases meant to help you overcome negative thinking habits.

The "Focus on what you want" phrase is meant to help you remember to also NOT focus on what you DON'T want.

The "Focus on energy and abundance" phrase is meant to help you when you are feeling blue or broke! Turn it around and focus on what you really want: to have energy and abundance. Then take the steps you need to take to make it happen.

Here are some sources for further reading on the subject.

Abundance and The Universal Law of Circulation
This is a short article at Bella Online talks about how the more of something you circulate, the more it will come back to you.

Manifesting Abundance
This short article at About.com is like a primer on the difference between focusing on what we don't want versus focusing on what we want.

The Positivity Blog
The article is titled, "Think about what you want, not what you don´t want." It explains how your mind actually brings about what you focus on.

I searched for some scientific studies on the law of attraction, but beyond the experiments with the random number generator, I didn't find much. I found one abstract for a psychology paper that seems interesting, though.

Wilco W. van Dijk, Not having what you want versus having what you didn't want
Cognition & Emotion, Volume 13, Issue 2 March 1999 , pages 129 - 148
(abstract below)

Two types of negative outcomes are distinguished: The absence of a positive outcome and the presence of a negative outcome. It is argued that disappointment, because of its close link with hope, desire, and promise, is more associated with the absence of a positive outcome than with the presence of a negative outcome. Disappointment is also expected to be more associated with the absence of a positive outcome than related negative emotions, such as sadness, anger, frustration, and regret. The results of four studies, using different methodologies, confirm these predictions. In Study 1 and Study 2 participants recalled an autobiographical emotional episode, and appraisals concerning two different types of negative outcomes were assessed. In Study 3 a scenario methodology was used in which the type of negative outcome was experimentally manipulated and ratings for different emotions were assessed. Finally, in Study 4 on-line emotional reactions to the two different types of negative outcomes were assessed in an experiment in which real money could be won or lost.

If disappointment is linked in with our failure to produce a positive outcome, could that explain why we humans so easily overlook the fact that we keep on manifesting the things we don't want? It's automatic, isn't it?

That is what Bill Harris of Centerpointe explains in his latest blog post, It's all about awareness. "Exercising choice involves becoming more aware of exactly how you’re creating the way you feel in each moment." There is a lot to read at Bill's blog, as always, and it's a great investment of time to either listen to his podcast or read through his blog posts.

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States! If you happen to be experiencing family tension and Thanksgiving is more stressful than joyous for you, then take a breather and install my newest wallpaper; remembering to focus on what you DO want, not what you don't!

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Thanks for reading,

Jessica A.
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