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.