Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite number is 11. For so many fabulous reasons…too many to mention here, but nonetheless, the number is very profound to me. My hope is that it will be empowering to you as well.
What I like most about the number eleven is that it is twice the number 1…Who wouldn't like #1 times 2? Twice the fun, twice the victory, twice the strength, twice the celebration!
What I also like is that 1 and 1 speaks volumes because it is exponential. You see, 1 and 1 is not 2, but it's 11!
There is infinite power when two come together…especially in agreement. One can set one thousand to flight, but two can set ten thousand to flight (or should we say, eleven thousand to flight)! Imagine what would happen if a bird tried to fly south (which it is innately designed to do), but tried to do it alone? Not only would it be painful, but I believe it would be impossible! And that's not a word I like to use!
So often we go through life trying to do it on our own, trying to make our way. When all along, there are people (other Ones) who are there to help us! I call them Divine Connections. Why? Because there is nothing more divine than a true connection!
We were never meant to do it alone! We are programmed to believe that we need to look out for number one. But what if you go through life and have 100% of very little, when you could have had 50% of a whole lot!? Well I've got news for you, when you share what you have…what you have multiplies…exponentially! Eventually you end up with 100% of 100! Everyone WINS! It really is that simple!
It's not even about giving and taking, but it's about sharing and receiving. When we begin to focus on what we can share, instead of what we can receive…what we have to share GROWS! When we begin to focus on what we have, instead of what we have not…what we have GROWS…and more importantly, who we are expands exponentially!
Accountability, someone to share ourselves with, is absolutely vital to our success…and more importantly, whether or not we will make the journey! A goal that is written is so much more likely to be realized, but a goal written and shared is achieved and multiplied…by 11! I don't know about you, but I want to be a goal-achiever, not just a goal-setter!
You being your best is not just about you! It's about everyone else on this planet being better because they are sharing this ride with you! If you do not share the greatness that is on the inside of you, than someone else is not going to be able to receive it…and therefore, they too will have less to share. What I'm saying is that we all need each other…to be our best!
The problem is that most people think they need to be more, to give more…so they don't give. Then worse yet, they do not share what's inside of them. When the truth is, unless you share what you've got, you won't have more to share! Am I making any sense to you? It's not an "if…then", but an "i…when" experience! You will be all that you will be, when you realize that you already are, and you celebrate what and who you are!! Do yourself a favor, read that again please…slowly.
Someone once told me, "Eating well and exercise are not a guarantee for great health; they are merely an expression of the great health that is already within you"…
Are you expressing that greatness? Are you sharing your Oneness (your uniqueness) with other Ones? Are you waiting for your partner to give 50% before you give your 50%? Well, I've got news for you…two halves don't make a whole. One and One wholes do! How about giving your 100% so that no matter what anyone else gives in your life, your experience is 100% full…and full-filling? How about celebrating you and your life…and those in it...because what we celebrate GROWS! One and One really can equal 11!
You see, I do not want a cup that is half empty or half full…nor do I want that for you! I want a cup that is FULL…and when we drink of and share from that cup…our cup runneth over! That is true Power…the Power of 11!
Dr. Shannon
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