Pattypositively Principles
I picked up the nick name positive patty around Coventry several years ago. Thankfully it replaced the previous, which was Prozac Patty. The connotations of latter worried me a bit. I don’t mind being a Pollyanna but chemically induced nirvana is not my style, but I digress. As a positively poised person who specializes in helping people create their own reality I got really jazzed when we resurrected an old favorite for our employee enrichment project.
My dog-eared, yellowing copy of The 7 Habits of Effective people lay open to a page that defined and outlined the meaning of Stephen Covey’s guiding principles for his seven habits. As I read through them I made a connection between adopting positive principles and creating the life you love. This was foundational work for the law of attraction, Coventry magic and any spell work authored by the many talented pagans’ out there.
Here’s a quote from the book that really grabbed me by Cecil B. deMille
“It’s impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.”
What I think Cecil is telling us is that if we go against the principles of civilized society, such as fairness, honesty and human dignity we will experience sadness, poverty and exclusion because no one in their right mind would feel safe with us. Principles are natural laws and they are uncompromising and unyielding. This is why Cecil said that you cannot break the law. These laws control the consequences of our choices. We will break ourselves long before the law comes even close to giving way.Let’s take trust as an example. When we are consistently lied to and treated unkindly, we no longer believe we are valued. The principle of trust was not broken, but our faith in the other person has. The other person has broken themselves against the principle of trust and consequently they no longer enjoy the privileges being trustworthy would bring them.
Whether designing your vision board or crafting a spell you’ll be happier with the results when you create a reality that speaks of the authentic you. Pick positive principles to define the perimeter and contents of your reality bubble and your life will closely match who you really are. I won’t consider creating my reality without positive guiding principles ever again.
Defining your own principles will help you stand by our decisions and guide your choices when interacting with other people. I personally believe we do a much better job with the details of our lives when we have a solid grasp on what we are all about. If you are still sorting that out, start modeling yourself after the sterling qualities of positive principles until you get there.
I have practiced and honed my principle of being patient. It has helped me become a 360 degree listener and has been invaluable to me as a mother, spouse, boss and healer. When I calm my need to be the smartest person in the room and listen with all my senses to all that is being said and unsaid I learn much more about the person and the situation than when I listen with my mouth. This has made me a more compassionate person and really improved my ability to help people solve their problems.
When selecting your positive principle you may want to put them to the test. Think about living without your principle or its opposite. Visualize your goal of creating financial success and happiness (99% of you have this goal so just play along). How does being deceitful, useless or unfair fit into that equation? You may be able to gain some success and that may provide some happiness, but the consequence to these choices will put a time stamp on that joy ride. The ultimate outcome of your goal of long term happiness and success will suffer great limitations, disappointments and paybacks. Eventually karma’s gonna get you.
I invite you to write out your own personal principles and consider letting them be the foundation of your magic.
Here are the Principles from The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People to help you get started.
The Principle of Continuous Learning and re-education. Continuous learning keeps us feeling empowered in our relationships and accomplished in our work.
The Principle of Service or giving of ourselves to others and helping to facilitate other people in their endeavors.
The Principle of Staying Positive and Optimistic and avoiding criticizing, complaining, comparing and competing.
The Principle of the Affirmation of others by treating people as individuals who have great potential.
The Principle of Spontaneity and Serendipity is the ability to experience life with a sense of adventure, excitement and fresh rediscovery instead of trying to find a serious side to things that have no serious side.
The Principle of Consistent Self-renewal and Self-improvement in every area of your life; physical, mental and social/emotional and spiritual.
The Principle of Fairness is the ability to recognize that all people are created equal and deserve to be treated with dignity and justice.
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Patty Shaw is VP Candle Goddess of Coventry Creations, Author of Healers Almanac, Journey into Health with Wisdom from the 21st Century Goddess and Teacher.
I have the honor of working in the Akashic Records with many
clients as a healer and reader and helping them change their lives. When we work there are lots of spiritual
tidbits to fix, release and rewrite.
From past life bleed over to family legacy; from soul parts to repeating
traumatic experiences, each person’s experience is unique and teaches me so
much about how this whole thing we call spiritual evolution works. It also shows me that we have only scratched
the surface on learning about the spiritual world.