If you have kids, you know firsthand that they want certain clothes—
—so they can fit in with the crowd at school.

But perhaps you still remember your youth, when you did things simply because that’s what everyone else was doing.
Why did you want to smoke? Were you ever pressured to drink more alcohol than was good for you? “Don’t be a wimp!” “If you want to be a real man, then….” I’ve been through it, and I went along with it back then, too.

What haven't we done to please others!
What were we later able to let go of, and what are we still “carrying” through life as a result?

These days, we have such a strong longing to be okay. To finally be allowed to be exactly who we want to be.
But do we really dare to do it?

Try it out for yourself the next time you're in a group where you have the opportunity to discuss topics.

When you say, “I want to be completely healthy,” how do others react?
When you say, “I want to take good care of my garden”?
When you say, “I want to be a good father, a good mother”?
When you say, “I want to be happy”?

Good health, good relationships, a beautiful garden, a nice boss—these are all things you can genuinely wish for.

But what if you say from the bottom of your heart, “I really want to be rich, truly independent”—what happens then?
Will people laugh at you, or will you receive support?

Are you ready—perhaps in a different way than you were in school—to stand up to peer pressure and truly pursue your own interests? And that doesn’t mean being against others, but only against what isn’t good for us!

If you want to live a long life, are you really willing to be the last apple on the tree, or is the “peer pressure” from the fallen apples so strong that you, too, would rather fall?

If you really want to be rich and financially independent, do you dare to take the plunge?
Or are you still acting like you did in school?

Anthony Robbins:
I'm not in it just for the money, but I'm simply done with poverty.

Abraham Lincoln:
It doesn't help the poor if we ourselves remain poor.

Marianne Williamson:
Our greatest fear is that our light will shine!

Enlightenment has something to do with letting go of fear and shining from within.

Wouldn't you say it's a shining example?

Take care of your garden, your finances, and—most of all—yourself.
Be kind to yourself!

I wish you much light and prosperity.

Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg
winning for life
www.win-win.ag

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