By Myself

If you examine your life closely, you'll notice that you arrived where you currently are by your own hand. Find out more in this mini podcast from John Morgan.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

By Myself

The most freeing moment in my life was when I discovered “I got here by myself.”

It was also a very sad moment.

It was sad because I had no one to pin the tail on the donkey on anymore. That’s a sobering realization. It all came together in a phrase for me a few years ago – “I created this.”

It’s very difficult to take responsibility for what we’ve created especially if it doesn’t match up with our hopes, dreams and aspirations.

It’s so easy to find someone to be your foil, your nemesis, fall guy, or scapegoat. It’s so convenient to come up with a story replete with the facts and the figures that support your claim that it’s someone else’s doing, but at the end of the day it’s fictional no matter how factual.

If you just said, “But my story is different,” you are trapped in an excuse that will buffer you from finding your creativity.

The upside to the downside of “I created this” is the realization that you are a creator.

“If I created this, what else can I create that serves me better?” is the question you may want to ask in your moments of quiet reflection.

It’s a possibilities question that illuminates the way out of the victim box.

If you can adopt the idea that you have created everything that shows up in your life, you will begin to notice lights shining on paths that you’ve never noticed before. That’s the light of creativity encouraging you to take a walk.

If you hang on to the notion of being a victim of circumstances or worse, no amount of clapping will bring your Tinker Bell light back and you will remain shuttered in impenetrable darkness.

Light only needs a tiny crack to shine through. Take a crack at pretending “I created this” and see what real light shows up.

All the best,

John