I have been contemplating my list of goals recently……. I have so much that I want to accomplish and decided that the only way to really get going on things is to write them down and concentrate. So I brainstormed and came up with approximately 50 things I want to do. So now I am really stressed. So just when I needed it the most I received an email in my inbox from Travis Johnson from iLearn2Win. He is a motivator and speaker and teacher all in one as well as a really funny and energetic guy. So I registered for his class yesterday and to my surprise one of my friends said she would love to go as well. Well what an awesome three hours I spent with Travis and about 10 other individuals. We received amazing strategies on focusing on what we want, implementing a plan, and really looking at what it is we are trying to do and how to get there. I seriously recommend any one of his many sessions if you are struggling or need to refocus on where you are going and what you want to do with your life. You may contact Travis at www.ilearn2win.com you will be glad you did and you will come away with steps to take today.
THE CHILDREN, THATS WHAT…. I CANT EVEN BELIEVE HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE SO MANY AWESOME KIDS IN MY LIFE. I HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND AM STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO ENJOY THEM ALL. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TWO OF THEM CLOSE BY AND THE OTHER FIVE ARE NOT SO FAR AWAY AS WE GET TO SEE THEM ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS. I AM THANKFUL THAT LITTLE PEOPLE KEEP COMING INTO MY LIFE. AFTER HAVING RAN AN IN HOME DAY CARE IN THE PAST WHICH LASTED FOR OVER 18 YEARS, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THEIR LIVES, OVER 150 OF THEM AT LAST COUNT. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME AND WHO I AM TODAY. I STILL GET CARDS AND LETTERS FROM SO MANY OF THEM AS THE GRADUATE AND GO TO COLLEGE. IT IS ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES.
Do you know how some days you get up and you know you are going to have a bad day? You can even try to restart your day with some great thoughts and meditation but you still have one thing after another happen and you can hardly wait for the day to be over with. That was yesterday! I woke up after a bad nights sleep, feeling restless and tired. Too many cups of coffee later and I was even more aggitated and uneasy. I then continued on trying to ignore the feeling of doom and tried to concentrate on an online marketing course I was enrolled in only to have one thing after another go wrong. After several hours of perseverance and an even worse headache I decided to take a nap. That was the wrong thing, I got up even more tired than before. Needless to say the day continued on at the same pace of anxiety and tension. So I decided to go to bed early and try to meditate on a better day tomorrow.
So today is a much better day. Thank goodness some days dont last forever. I got up with a fresh and new perspective on my goals and tasks that I need to tackle. Sorted through them and decided to just pick through them one at a time and even took a break for a breakfast out with my sister.
So enough of the ranting …. off to accomplish some great things today. Its even sunny and warm and the sky is blue. I feel like I am much more ready to seize the day.
I am reading an amazing book about the Laws of the Universe. All of the laws are are simple and direct. We can choose to use them for achieving our potential if we wish. The one that gave me inspiration today was the Law of Cause and Effect. That when you take a small step towards what you want, what you desire will take a step towards you. As the author, Leslie Householder states in “Hidden Treasures” she believes that then you only have to go half as far because what you desire then meets you in the middle. What an awesome way to look at reaching for your desires. We must continue though to reach for what we want and to do it by taking small steps and gradually increasing our awareness while also getting closer to what we desire. More later, Alana
I was invited Friday night to a networking get together with 30 or so women who I had never met. I jumped at the opportunity as usual. I never miss a networking opportunity and was so glad that I did go. Some women brought wine, some brought appetizers and some brought themselves and a friend but most of the women had never met. Almost all of them were from a different home based business and we were all there to share our business opportunites, products and services with those around us. I am so excited about my business that when I talk about it I can hardly contain myself and have to practice real control. We had a glass of wine if we wished, some food and then had a 30 minute style speed networking practice. It was a real chance to get your business model out there in a short and concise manner. Afterward the other women could ask questions and ask what a good customer or partner would be for you. The sharing was amazing. No competion, no stress, just relaxed fun with other business woman in the home based business industry enjoying networking and the fun of being in the company of other like minded women. We also had a guest speaker there who was amazing in getting us to really think about what you want out of life. What are you looking for, what is your purpose. How do you attract what you really want? What an amazing evening it was. Her name is Treasure Milinovich, she is an Independent Life Success Coach, www.treasurelifesuccess.com and I will be connecting with her again soon. Till next time,
I am so enjoying working from home in my own office. Things are where I put them and I can multi-task as much as I wish. I have the convenience to manage my time and schedule as I need to and also work around family schedules. I am lucky to be able to sit at my desk and view a beautiful area out my window of green trees and palms. I tell everyone that I am working from my tree house. I dont feel like I am enclosed at all. Its almost like working outside. I see children playing and heading to the pool or off to school and neighbors heading to their offices first thing in the morning and late into the evening returning home in a rush. All from my perch way up high in my tree house office. I know what birds feel like watching all of us scurrying off to our different destinations.
One may ask why do we suffer in life?Because in the big scheme of nature we are being forced forward in evolution and we may lack the spiritual illumination that alone can light the way and enable us to move safely among the obstacles that lie before us.Usually we do not even see or suspect the presence of trouble until it suddenly leaps upon us like a concealed tiger.One day our family circle is complete and happy.A week later death has come and gone and joy is replaced with agony.Today we have a friend.Tomorrow he will be an enemy and we do not know why.A little while ago we had wealth and all material luxuries.There was a sudden change and now we have only poverty and misery and yet we seek in vain for a reason why this is happening to us.There was a time when we had vibrant health and strength; but they have both departed and no trace of a reason why exists.Aside from these greater tragedies of life innumerable things of lesser consequence continually bring to us little miseries and minor headaches.We most earnestly desire to avoid them but we never see them until they strike us, until in the darkness of our unknowing we stumble upon them.The thing we lack is the spiritual illumination that will enable us to look far and wide, finding the hidden causes of human suffering and revealing the method by which they may be avoided; and if we can but reach illumination the evolutionary journey can be made both comfortably and swiftly.It is as though we pass through a long, dark room filled with furniture promiscuously scattered about.In the darkness our progress would be slow and painful and our bruises many.But if we could press a button that would turn on the electric light we could then make the same journey quickly and with perfect safety and comfort.
It is the natural right of every human being to be happy. To escape the miseries of daily life. Happiness is the normal condition, as natural as the landscapes around you and the coming and going of the seasons. It is unnatural to suffer and it is only because of our lack of knowing that we do suffer. Happiness is the product of wisdom. To attain perfect wisdom, to comprehend fully the purpose of life, to realize completely the relationship of human beings to each other, is to put an end to all suffering, to escape every ill and evil that afflicts us. Perfect wisdom is unshadowed joy.
There are so many opportunities to achieve financial freedom. We are literally bombarded by adds and emails and phone calls offering multiple choices for finding our way to financial freedom. Working in the home based industry has given me the freedom to research and sift through the amazing choices we have in this country. When you find the right company or product it is a great feeling. When I first heard about the botanical which was used for centuries in various parts of the world I was intrigued. Further research showed the integrity and science behind this company. I felt in my heart that this was the company I wanted to bond with and to help others to find success and financial freedom.
