A confession

I have been asking The Universe for something very specific with a specific deadline for a couple of months now. I was doing this after I had watched a webinar suggesting that.

While I agree with being specific in what you want, I'm not so sure about the whole deadline thing.

My deadline passed at the end of the day on December 1st. My request did not come to fruition. I am confident that I will receive what I have asked when the time is right. However, having put a timeline with my request left me dealing with the disappointment  when it didn't come to pass. 

It's hard to feel gratitude when you're busy feeling disappointed.

But, I fianally realized that I can still have what I asked for.....my timeline just might not be the right one. I always try to ask largely and to ask for my highest good and the highest good of everyone that will be involved in my receiving. I don't know the bigger plan or if something even better than what I've asked is what I'll really receive.

I have learned that giving The Universe a deadline isn't the right way for me to do this. I feel like I set myself up for disappointment, and there was no point and no need for that. I don't think I'll be doing that again.

I guess sometimes I need a reminder.....even when I don't want it. It just might bee part of what all of this growing stuff is about.

I hope that my sharing helps someone else and that you all have a wonderful day.

It finally hit me......gratitude

I read a lot of law of attraction books & articles and listen to a lot of interviews and lessons. And I get the whole gratitude thing. Changing my focus, remembering to be grateful, looking for new things to be grateful for.

I even keep gratitude journals.....currently I'm keeping one that is devoted solely to the reasons that I love my husband. I'm doing it for a year and will give it to him on our anniversary next year. It keeps me focused on his good qualities, which means that I don't start focusing on the things that drive me crazy.

I get it.

So this morning I realize that even though I think 'I get it', I didn't realize just how valuable and important gratitude really is. And just how little of it I am actually giving.

Here's how my Ah-Ha moment happened:

My children's birthday is today. So, for a good part of the week I've been running around like a crazy person trying to make sure that things are ready for their birthday......not to mention all of the running around that also happens at this time of year because Thanksgiving is next week and then the day after that my husband and I leave town for work and will be gone for 10 days. There's so much to do at home and the office......so I've been busy to say the least. Going to bed late, getting up a couple hours before anyone else, and trying to squeeze things in where I can.

Last night I wanted to blow up balloons so that I could sneak them into the kids' rooms so that their floors would be covered this morning when they woke up. Well, as it turned out, I didn't get 5 minutes to myself last night to get anything done. There were cupcakes to be made and frosted (two of them promised to bring them to one of their classes) along with dinner and other things....and I'm fighting getting the crud that my daughter had that kept her sick for over a week.

This morning when I got up I blew up as many balloons as I had time to but it didn't amount to much so I just put them in the hallway that all of their rooms open onto. I also had to get their presents wrapped, cookies baked for their lunches, and breakfast made.

Because one of our daughters will be out of town starting right after school today, birthday festivities had to happen this morning before school. That made things even more frantic. But, I'm getting it all handled.........and then someone complained. And then another. They weren't big complaints, mind you, but they cut me to the core.

As I was getting all of the cupcakes into the box to be transported to school, I was thinking about all of the craziness I had been through while everyone else was relaxing or sleeping. How I had gotten up early in order to keep the presents a secret (some of them I made) and how I had not once run anyone off when I could have been working on the other stuff. I thought about how I had put them before my own needs and desires because I wanted them to be happy.

I wondered if it was too much to ask that one of them say thank you.

You see, all I wanted was a little GRATITUDE.

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks!!

If I wanted to be recognized and appreciated for the little bit (in the whole scheme of things) that I had done, what must our Creator think about our lack of gratitude for the unending things that have been and are being done for us? How must it hurt that we, as a population in general, aren't grateful? The thought of it in that context is just heartbreaking. I don't want to contribute to that kind of numbed thinking and ungrateful expectation anymore!

So, now that I have this different perspective, gratitude and the giving of it has taken on a whole new meaning. If I think that I need appreciation for what I've done, then I owe so much more appreciation to other people for what they've done. But, even more than that, I owe a world of gratitude to the Creator.....for this world!

A Quick Read

Lets get this week started off on a high note.

Here's a resource for a quick little read called The Come Back. It's only 15 pages and it's yours for free - no commitments or anything. :0)

I read through it and then re-read some parts.  I find that when I read something like this, certain things stand out for me. I think it's answers/inspiration for things that I'm currently trying to work through. And, later when I re-read it something different will stand out that I hadn't taken any notice of in the prior reading. I'm always grateful that one source can hold so many lessons. Then when I realize just how many sources are available it's just mind boggling.

So, I am sharing with you this short article. It is me giving, from right where I am, and I hope that it brings great things for you and for the person from whom I received it. So go. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Have a wonderful and prosperous week!

Just What I Needed

I don't know who did this originally so I don't know to whom I owe the credit.

I saw this today and it spoke to me. I have some relatives that in (or out, at this point I'm not really sure) of my life. Their actions have caused a lot of hurt and anger to my family. Not so much to me, but it hurts me to see how it makes my husband and children feel. More often than not I get tangled in the emotions and let them run free. And, as we all know, if I let those negative emotions just continue on their spiral, I'll just wind up with even more of what I do not want for me or my family. I needed to be reminded to be thankful. ALWAYS!!! Even if the only reason I can find is because it shows me what I don't want, then that's the reason I need to go with. Either way, it's important to find the gratitude and to hang on with both hands. I know I'll be better off for it.

My hope today is that by sharing this it will help someone else and continue and multiply the gratitude.

Have a great weekend, y'all!

New Resource

As I've stated before, I really like Margaret Lynch. I use a lot of her tapping videos from YouTube and overall like the way she teaches on attracting abundance into your life.

The good news is that she has a new book out TODAY! on The Five Kinds of Money.

If you click here you can see a video talking a little bit about it.

I for one, can't wait to get my hands on this book. I should have pre-ordered it, but things have been so busy at home and at the office that I just let time get away from me. I think in the LOA world, it's important to take action before opportunities are lost.

So don't wait! LOL

If you order the book, let me know what you think of it and of Margaret. I'll be interested to hear some other points of view.

Have a great day!

Creating Abundance in Your Life Now

Creating abundance isn’t always done with savvy business decisions, wise investments or betting on the right horse at the track. While those things can be part of making financial gains because they show belief in the act of attempting to get more money, it’s not necessary for you have money to begin creating abundance.

 

If that goes against most teachings when it comes to money, especially the cliché that it takes money to make money, then it’s time to start viewing money and prosperity differently. In those examples, each act required money to start with. But if you look closer, they have something else in common.

 

Each of those acts has the person basically acting on the faith that they can benefit from what they’re doing. The person betting on the horse has faith that his horse can win and give him a financial gain. The person investing into a business or the stock market has faith that the decision can make him money.

 

Each one is aware that there is a risk in using these methods of creating abundance. Yet they do it in the faith that it can work for them, and in the hope that it will. It’s that act of faith and that belief that’s much more important in those examples than the fact that they had money to lose to start with.

 

Not everyone who makes a risky business decision will see financial gain. And every horse cannot win. So there’s no way that every person, no matter how much belief they have, can make money in this way. Yet creating abundance in your own life is possible, and it doesn’t require, like in the case of the horse better, than others lose so that you may win.

 

First and foremost is the belief that the universe provides abundantly. There is more than enough for everyone. No one has to go hungry so that another can eat; no one has to lose so that another can win. There is enough for everyone, but everyone does not know this and this is why so many have too little. You must know this as reality and not believe appearances as reality. There is a story behind everything you see that you may not know.

 

Once you start to believe that there is enough for you without it meaning that there will be less for someone else, then you free the way for yourself to start creating abundance in your life. And once you believe that it’s not necessary to spend money to make money, you’ve cleared another hurdle that holds many back.

 

By simply allowing yourself to view money and prosperity differently, and choosing to believe that what you think can affect what you have, you can change your life. If you think positive thoughts, you will attract positivity. If you let yourself believe that you can have what you want, you open the door to achieving it.

 

Practice every day deciding that you can have the things that you believe you can have. Using positive thought and this type of belief are the most important steps in creating abundance in your life.

 

Sticking with it

I'm sorry I've been absent. A late summer bug has run through our house and it's been my turn to have it this past week.

Have you ever noticed that things happen to get you side tracked?

Since the beginning of the year, I have felt like this year had something big and wonderful in store for me. I started the year out with tapping and concentrating on living in the 'certain way' (as Wallace Wattles puts it). And then I got sick. I thought it was just a cold but I hadn't felt that miserable in years. It lasted for a couple of weeks.

Well, during that time all I wanted to do was sleep. Aside from taking care of my family, that's all I did do. I let the tapping and working towards the life I wanted fall by the side. As I felt better, I got back into the self improvement things I had been doing but not with the fire I had felt before.

Then recently I've felt the fire come back and the feeling of something big and wonderful happening has returned. And here I am sick again.

I've decided that this is some kind of self sabotage. Do I allow my body to become sick to stop me from something big and wonderful happening in my life because I'm afraid of the changes it might bring? Or do I feel like I am unworthy of something that good? Is it a test from the Universe to see if I mean it when I ask for wonderful things?

This time around, even though I have felt terrible, I have continued with my tapping and I have continued in my inspired action. If it is a test, I've decided that I am passing with flying colors and that I am worthy of wonderful things and I am open to receiving them.

Has anyone else noticed this type of thing? I wonder, also, if my body is clearing itself as I clear the clutter and unwanted/un-useful paradigms in my conscious and subconscious mind.

You Are Worthy

I've been struggling with my own worthiness for some time now. I think it's a feeling that we all struggle with at some time or another. I finally did some tapping on it this morning and had a big break through.

I tapped along to this video by Brad Yates.

I really felt a shift after tapping through this. I look forward to seeing the new and wonderful changes that this shift will manifest in my life.

If you're questioning your worthiness right now, give this tapping a try. If you've never tapped before, just follow along with what he's doing in the video. It's so simple yet so effective.

Concious Creation

Conscious creation is the process of making a conscious effort to create the life you want. It's more than just changing your life. It's creating your own reality. We each have our own reality that other people don't really know or understand, and we each have the ability to create that reality into anything we want.

Every morning when we get out of bed, we set into motion the creation of our reality, good or bad. And through conscious creation, we can shift that reality in either a better or worse direction. It's a choice that we make...daily, sometimes even by the hour or minute.

At the heart of this was of living is the belief that we all create our own reality, even if we don't realize it. So that when something bad happens to you, it was actually your choice to have that thing happen. Even if it was an unknowing choice. That IS the Law of Attraction.

If you suffer serious illness, you have brought that into your life though choice, whether you know it or not. This is where many people have a problem with the LOA. However, what occupies your mind is what you bring into your life, good or bad. Like I've said before, if you are afraid of having cancer and worry about it often, and that fear causes you to make certain choices in your life, like the things you eat, etc., then that fear is occupying your conscious mind AND your subconscious mind. It is in this way that the very thing you fear, you are bringing into your life/reality. But, by gaining control of your thoughts, you can change things and bring what you truly want into you reality, whether it's health, prosperity, or overall happiness.

The first step in creating your own reality is through your beliefs. Let's say that right now you believe that most people are selfish and only out to get what they can for themselves without regards to other people. Your belief is creating that reality in your life, so most people in your life will be just this way.

If you shift your belief to one that says that most people are good at heart and want to do the right thing, most people in your life will fit that description. If you belief that you will never get out of debt, you probably never will. But, if you wake up each day using conscious creation to believe that you will have financial freedom, you can make it happen, thus shifting your reality.

It often helps to make a visual representation of your goal. For example, if one of your goals is to own a certain kind of car, then find a picture of it and place it where you will see it often, like on the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, or cabinet door. Looking at it daily and feeling the true feelings of having it now will help to keep this goal active in your mind, thus keeping it coming to you. To work with several goals at the same time, you can use a presentation board or a photo album to organize your goals and keep them present in your conscious thoughts daily. The 'system' you use doesn't matter. It only matters that you use what works to keep your focus positive and on the life you truly desire.

Letting go of Procrastination

I know that for me, all too often I fail to act. I'm full of great ideas. Sometimes they keep me awake at night as I work them all out in my mind. I decide on each step that should be taken along the way and how each action should work.

And that's where it ends. I think about it and think about it until a new 'great idea' takes its place and the whole process repeats. There is far too little inspired action.

Sometimes I do take action, but those times are too few and much too far between. I get stuck somewhere between fear, laziness, and overwhelm.

I've tapped along with Brad Yates on several different things, but I've recently started following along as he taps through letting go of the fear and procrastination. I started doing it in the mornings before work and then in the afternoon on my way home. It has really helped to be more motivated and to get things done. And when you're taking action and getting things done, even if it is cleaning your house, that action matters. There isn't one grand action that will bring your desires, but there needs to be action. Even if it doesn't make sense to you and you can't see how it relates to your desires, still take action. You may need other things in your life in order before the good you want in your life is able to come to you.

So, here, give it a try:

And if you have the time, look at his other videos. I love his soft spoken style, the way he often includes a little humor, and especially how I feel after a round of tapping.

Now, don't put it off. At least take this one step of action. Who knows where it may lead you next.

You don't always know why

When I am asking the Universe for something, I like to conclude with 'this or something better' because we don't always know how things with work out for us if we limit our asking to only what we know. I like to give the Universe the chance to do what is really best for me.

There are many situations in our lives where we are left wondering 'Why did that happen to me? I don't understand.' Sometimes we may get an answer, but so often we are left with no explanation and no clue as to why something has happened. It's at these times that we just have to depend on our faith and fall back on the belief that all things are happening for our highest good.

But, sometimes we get an answer and we get to see why something happened the way it did.

Many years ago, we were heading out of town with our children for a long weekend. From the very beginning, our kids have sat in the same car seats in the same spot in our car. Well, on this particular weekend two of them switched seats. (Note: They had never done it before and they never did it afterwards. They only did it this one time on this particular weekend.)

Well, we all got loaded up and headed out. About two hours into our drive, Abigail opened her car door. We usually had the back doors on the child safety setting so that those doors have to be opened from the outside. However, we had recently had company and had changed the setting and obviously overlooked putting it back on the safety setting.

So, we were driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour and she opened the door. Not all the way, but it was enough that the door wasn't closed tight anymore. We exited the highway and stopped on the side of the access road. I jumped out and closed her door and then we got back on our way.

Not two minutes down the road we came upon a pretty bad wreck. It had just happened. The police and ambulance hadn't even arrived yet. The people involved were still trying to wrap their brains around the fact that they had just had this wreck.

I know with every fiber of my being that if we hadn't stopped to close that door we would have been the ones involved in that wreck. The Universe had been at work hours before putting things in motion so that we would be stopped before that wreck happened and our children wouldn't have to be involved.

My point here is that there is a reason that things happen the way they do. Unfortunately, we may not always get to know what that reason is, but there is always a reason. Now, the people that were involved in that wreck may wonder why it happened to them, but maybe it was to spare my children since they were all adults. Or who knows, maybe one of them wanted a new car and that was how they got it. I don't know, and the truth of the matter is I don't need to know why. I only need to believe that it was for the highest good of everyone involved.

So the next time you're asking the Universe for the things that you most desire, remember that your desires involve countless people along the way. It's like a ripple effect in the water. Be sure to include a request for things to work for the highest good of everyone involved. And thanks for doing it, because it affects us all.

What the world needs now is love.....

Do you remember that song? It's going through my head right now.

But really, isn't more love a good thing?


I came across a site - again, I don't remember all the links that got me there - that is all about leaving more love in the world. It's called More Love Letters.  And it's so very easy to do.

It's all about leaving love letters. Now, these aren't love letters as in romance and soul mates and all of that. These are letters to complete strangers that are in need of love and encouragement.

You can do it in two different ways. You can write love letters that are from your heart but addressed to no one. You write the letter (or several copies of the same letter) and you leave them to be found by someone that needs to hear what your letter is saying.

Other people have left them in the shelves of bookstores or libraries (the self help section is a sure place to leave a letter for someone that is needing help) or even at bus stops or on park benches. Just leave them anywhere for someone to find them and be touched.

The other option is to write them to specific people. There is a place on the site for love letter requests. The requests is where I started. In general, friends/family of someone writes in to request letters and explains why they think the person would benefit from them. Like maybe some issue has come up that they are struggling with.....divorce, illness, shyness, etc. It felt so great to write that first letter. I didn't know what I was going to say, but once I got started it all just poured out. The love and support for a total stranger.

In the world of LOA giving away your love and gratitude is a great way to receive more of it in your own life. It makes you feel good to help others, it helps you to remember what is going right in your own life, and it raises your vibration. All ways to enhance your own experiences in life.

Anyway, if you're looking to spread the love, here's a great place to start. All you'll need is a pencil, paper, envelope, and a stamp. Go on. Give a little love!

A Great Opportunity

I haven't yet gotten to the point of mentioning one of the people that I follow named Margaret Lynch. She has a great opportunity coming up soon for Stand Out Like a Rock Star classes. You can click on the link here or in the sidebar to find out more and go sign up.

I can't tell you how I found her. I have found that when I am led to things that are good for me, I often don't really know how I got there. You know, I click on a link for someone that I follow and something catches my attention in a sidebar so I click on it. That happens a few times and I don't remember where I've been, or how I got there. lol

I view that as divine guidance getting me to what I need to read, see, or learn. Sometimes when I don't pay attention in the first place, I find myself routed back to that place again and again. Funny how that works.

Anyway, if you're not familiar with Margaret, you can also find several videos by her on YouTube. She has all kinds of great information, insight, and tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) videos both on YouTube and on her own website. Go check it all out. You'll be glad you did.

About my children

So here's what has been the most important manifestation in my life. It is actually a great example of first manifesting what I didn't want, and then manifesting what I did want. Frankly, I think that a lot of LOA information glosses over the part of how easily we manifest that which we don't want because our focus is so often on what we don't want instead of restating that into what we do want.

Well, as far back as I can remember I wanted to grow up, get married, and have a lot of children. Of course as time went by there were different career goals that came and went, but the desire for a husband and children never left.

Somewhere along the way, the thought crossed my mind that I might not be able to have children and then what would I do. Unfortunately, instead of letting that thought just come and go I held it a little to long and gave it the chance to start to take root. For some reason I started to believe that I could never really have something that I wanted so much. And that belief grew deeper roots and eventually I guess I just accepted that. I didn't dwell on it, but it was always there in the back of my mind.

And do you know what was happening? The Universe was busy lining things up to make my belief a reality. But it wasn't what I wanted at all!!

I started my period when I was around 13 and within a couple of years I stopped having them altogether. It's really hard to get pregnant if your reproductive system isn't working at all.

So years later when I met and married my husband, I was still having the same issues. I had been to different doctors who told me all kinds of different reasons for my problems, but none of their solutions worked to get things back to normal.

When my husband and I decided it was time to have children, we both went through all kinds of tests. I spent a couple of years injecting myself with hormones and drugs that were supposed to help. And month after month, nothing changed. Then, somewhere along the way, my focus changed from being afraid of not being able to have children to simply asking FOR children. And honestly, once I let go of the fear that I had been holding onto and changed my focus, things happened rather quickly.

Here's a little word of advice to you....try to be specific when you are asking the Universe for what you want. It makes a difference.

You see, I asked for children. Over and over again I asked for children. And I got exactly what I asked for. I got 'children' in the form of quadruplets! I never asked for 'a baby' even though that's really what I expected, because who would ever think that I would need to be that specific. I knew that I wanted several children, it just never occurred to me that I should have to say that I expected them one at a time. But, the Universe answered my request in the most wonderful way and I wouldn't change a thing. The pregnancy was not an easy one--I spent 7 weeks in bed in the hospital. Not allowed to get out of bed, and not allowed to even sit up.--but I was certain from the start that I would have four healthy beautiful babies. I would not even entertain thoughts of anything being wrong and I wouldn't let other people talk about it around me. I only wanted positive attitudes. And it all worked out better than we could have ever imagined!

(This is an old picture -they're teenagers now- but it's one of my favorite.)

And, it's funny, because I didn't even know about the LOA back then. But my heart must have known, because that's what got me through it all. And when I did find out about the LOA it was my heart that told me that what I was reading was true.

Think about where your focus is. Is fear of what you don't want your dominant thought? Can you re-frame your desires into a positive form? Are you being specific? Because it all matters!

Get it free....

I wrote a little article on the LOA and published it on Amazon Kindle. It is available for free to borrow for the next few days on your kindle if you are an Amazon Prime member. Go here to get it.

A good place to start

If you are unfamiliar with the Law of Attraction (LOA) then it all can be a bit overwhelming and crazy. A great place to start is by reading The Science of Getting Rich. It is one of many books written by Wallace D. Wattles. His book explains the concept and the law and gives examples of its application.

Even if you have read other stuff or are more familiar with LOA, if you haven't yet read The Science of Getting Rich, I urge you to do so. You can download a free copy here. I think it's a must read. While you're there, you can also sign up for the newsletters (which are great) and follow the boards. She also offers a course on the book and applying it to your own life. I've taken it and it's a big help. I do recommend the course, but I think maybe you should read the book through at least once to get a feel for it before you jump in.

For me, when I read the book there was just something about it that 'just felt right' to me. It was far from so much that I had been taught but it felt true to my core. I hope that you read it and that it helps you in your journey.

Well, Hello!

I have been intentionally living my life in the spirit of the Law of Attraction for quite some time now. I say intentionally because we are all subject to the Law of Attraction, but not everyone is aware of it. Once you become aware of its presence in you life, you can begin to live with intention and use the Law of Attraction for your highest good.

I have recently become certified in the Law of Attraction and have felt an urge to help others so I decided a good place to start would be this blog. I'll tell you about my own personal experiences, starting with the past and letting you know how things are going currently. I will also be sharing sources that I have found to be valuable in my learning adventure.

I look forward to this and hope we all learn wonderful things along the way.