She Had Arthritis–Check Out What Her Doctor Told Her!
I had a conversation with a nurse today, who told me about one of her friends. This friend was very overweight, crippled with arthritis and had several other health problems.…
Do You Have A Dream?
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday.
I’m sure you’re familiar with his famous, “I HAVE A DREAM” speech…(as I type the words I can hear his impassioned voice saying,
Dr. King was one of those rare people who had a vision so big that it didn’t just serve him or his family or a city or a state or a country…It was a vision so powerful that it served (and transformed) humanity.
What Do You REALLY Want in Life?
Where do you want to eat tonight? It’s the question that I dread. Because it always starts and ends the same. “I don’t know”…”I don’t care”…”Wherever you want…””Anywhere is fine…””Just pick a place…”
Then someone speaks up…”How about Chipotle?”…which is quickly answered with…”Uggh… it’s too spicy”
“Olive Garden?”… to which I’ll hear…”I eat too many breadsticks so I leave with a stomachache!”
“Outback?”…which is answered with…”Ummm… there’s nothing there to eat anymore so I’ll just get a drink while you guys eat.”
Did You Let The Sunshine In?
Many people dream of a vacation to Florida. Other’s think it must be so wonderful to live in Florida, where it is almost always warm, and spend days on the beaches, in the resorts and theme parks. I am a Floridian—born here and lived all my life in Florida. I can’t imagine living anywhere else. When my northern friends are freezing in the winters…and having huge heating bills…we are often using little to no heat. Some winter days we will even use our air conditioning during the middle of the day. My husband and daughter have been known to go in our pool on Christmas Day!
Is A Locked Door Keeping You From Your Dreams?
We’ve all heard the hype about “making money in your underwear”, right? Well, here’s what happened to me…
I’ve done the whole office thing–big conference room with a huge table and lots of chairs around it, fancy furniture, offices full of staff–the whole 9 yards. Been there, done that for MANY years. Now I work from home. We still have an office and we also have team members working remotely from their homes.
But that’s not what this story is about. It was this last Saturday. I don’t work on weekends but something came up and I needed to make a quick tweak to one of our websites. No big deal. Like I said, I work from home.
Except my “office” isn’t in my house.I live on 10 acres and I’ve got a couple offices on the property (in separate buildings) PLUS a really cool treehouse (with AC, electric, etc). My office is down a little stone path about 30 steps from the back deck entrance off my bedroom. It’s a really big property– the house is found down a tree lined driveway, far from the road. My point is, it’s very private.
So, when I realized I needed to run out to my office to make a few quick tweaks I grabbed my keys and headed out the door…Yep, you guessed it…IN MY UNDERWEAR. Long boxers– not tighty whiteys 😉
Like I said– it’s very private here.
Anyway, I got the work done quickly and back to the weekend. No sweat.
Then came Monday morning. I was headed outside to start my day and opened my drawer to find…NO KEYS.
Your Miracle Moments are Waiting for You Now!
There’s a simple story in the Bible that best illustrates what a Miracle Moment really is.
Peter asked Jesus to allow him to step out of the boat and join him by walking on the water.
THAT WAS A MIRACLE MOMENT.
In those few short moments, Peter taught us a lesson that holds within it the SECRET toall success in life.
Let’s look at what happened.
Peter saw Jesus standing out on the lake. He thought it was totally cool that Jesus could do that and he wanted to do it, too. (He KNEW what he wanted!)
I imagine that in the few moments preceding his request to Jesus, that Peter envisioned himself walking across the lake. He could see himself standing out there next to Jesus–defying all sense of reality or what was “possible”. (He created a VISION in his mind.)
When he asked Jesus to call him over there, he was making a bold statement of FAITH. He believed it was possible.
At the same time I imagine that the other guys in the boat with Peter had a few remarks to make of their own (even if they were made quietly). Peter chose to ignore the NEGATIVE and envision the positive outcome.
So what happened? Peter stepped out of the boat, started walking on the water and within a short time, sank.
What You Think About You Bring About
You must guard your mind from negative thoughts and emotions.You are in control of your thoughts. You can put a stop to a negative thought the moment it enters your mind. Is this easy? No, but it is absolutely critical to your ultimate success.
One effective tool for you to use is to REPLACE worry with a positive vision. Worry brings fear, nervousness and frustration. It distracts us and keeps us from operating at our optimum level.
Worry stems from FEAR. And in 90% of all cases, FEAR is negative. Yes, there are times when fear can be healthy–like choosing not to walk too close to the edge of a cliff. But for the most part, FEAR is nothing more than FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL (F.E.A.R).
The p
roblem with allowing your mind to obsess and worry over something you fear is that by doing so you can actually manifest the very thing you fear into your reality. Remember, our subconscious mind works hard to bring about the thoughts we focus on the most.
So here’s the plan: when you start to worry over something, instead of doing what most people do and imagining the worst possible scenario as being inevitable, begin to imagine that BEST possible outcome you can think of. Instead of obsessing over “what could or might” happen that is bad, begin to vividly imagine that what WILL happen is a good and positive outcome. If you’ll do this, I guarantee that you’ll begin to see GOOD things happen and you’ll eliminate the bad.
I Want It Now and I Want It My Way!
We live in that kind of society, don’t we? We have all become accustomed to getting things 
(or expecting to) quickly. Remember when we used to cook rice for 25-30 minutes? Now we have instant rice! We can microwave a frozen meal and be ready to eat in less than 15 minutes. Potatoes used to take one hour to bake—now are microwaved in a flash! Mashed potatoes? The younger generation might not realize we actually used to peel the potatoes, boil and mash them.
I remember typing papers for the Old Timer (that’s my husband Larry—our grandson affectionately calls him Old Timer). He got his Bachelors Degree and then his Masters Degree and I had lots of practice typing all those long papers for him. Back in those days the footnotes had to be on the bottom of every page. Oh, the problems I had in typing the body of the page and knowing how much room to leave for the footnotes. And what about typing errors (no, I am far from perfect!)? We had white-out which looked terrible. Finally we had erasable bond paper and I thought I had ‘arrived’! The good news is Larry did very well and obtained both degrees. Me—I guess I learned to type more accurately and not scream when I had to re-type a whole page.
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Secrets to Success from a Millionaire-Part 5
Today is the day we tie it all together. I’m about to unveil the final “A” in the C2A3 formula for getting what you want in life. But before I do, I’d like you to stop for just a moment and consider what I’m saying here. This is the precise formula you can use to…
GET WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE!
For real. and it’s not just something I “dreamed up” last week. This is THE FORMULA that we have followed for OVER 20 YEARS.
To say IT WORKS is like saying Niagara Falls is a nice waterfall. 😉
Secrets to Success from a Millionaire-Step 4
Are you pumped up and ready to make this your best year ever? I have shared three steps in the C2A3 formula. It is IMPORTANT that you read and follow the first three steps before moving on.
Today we’re going to talk about the second “A”. Winston Churchill described it as, “A little thing that makes a BIG difference.” He was talking about…