Gratitude

Gratitude.

 

What do you have to be grateful for? 

 

Maybe you are going through an ordeal right now.  Perhaps a loved one has passed, or a family member is dealing with an addiction.  Maybe you are facing a divorce or your partner is separated from you by time and distance.  Maybe society had treated you unfairly, or worse, you feel as if you have no one to turn to.

 

These situations make it very difficult to find things to be thankful for, but I would like to challenge you.  Each one of us has had times in our life when we felt alone and like we just couldn’t go on.  This is part of life.  However, the faster you recover and begin to believe that there is something beautiful to look forward to, the faster something beautiful will come.

 

It is important for us to feel good as often as possible.  If we feel good, our health is better, our relationships are better, and our outlook is better.

 

The more grateful we feel, the better we will feel.  Let me start with a list of things that I am grateful for and let this be a starting place for you. Read my list then list all of the things that you are grateful for.

 

Here is the beginning of my list.

 

I am grateful for:

 

The amazing love that has entered into my life.

 

The wonderful family I have, and my friends, who I consider family as well.

 

For the ecstasy I have known.

 

For my bed, pillow and blanket at the end of the day.

 

The ability to dance, read, sing, speak, and play.

 

My health and my friends and family’s health.

 

Twizzlers and Chocolate.

 

Music.

 

Wine.

 

The ability to be able to work.

Modern technology (my computer).

 

Flowers in the spring.

 

Poetry.

 

Harry Potter, Johnny Depp and the movies they are associated with.

 

Halloween and Christmas.

 

The ability to find things to be grateful for even in the face of tragedy.

 

This is only part of my list.  Do you share any of the above?  What do you have to be grateful for? 

 

I would love to hear from you if you care to share them with me.

 

Be Blessed and Be Grateful!

 

Tags: Thankfulness, Gratitude, Friends, Family, Health

Excuses are like...

Excuses are like….

 

rear-ends, buttocks, everyone has one and they all stink.

 

So you have your dream.  You can see it and you can feel it.  You know what you want.  You may not know how you are going to get it but you have done the work that we talked about and you know what you want.

 

Lets pretend for a moment your dream doesn’t come true.  What’s going to be your excuse?  What happened?  Whose fault is it?  Why aren’t you were you want to be?

 

Take some time to write down all of your excuses.  Include as much detail as possible.  Use names, places, circumstances and anywhere else you imagination takes you.  Include especially any worse case scenario’s you tend to imagine.  Write it down! 

 

Please feel free to e-mail me any questions or concerns you may have.

 

Tags: Excuses, Dreams, Believe, Hope, Promise

About Me

 

About Me.

 

Rather then the usual statistics that are listed on my web site I will tell you a little bit about who I am.

 

Last week I explained that I define myself by my friends, so I will start there.  I have found that by describing my friends, I describe myself as well.  I have had the most unusual and wonderful blessing that anyone could be blessed with.  My friends have become friends.  People, who didn’t know each other before and met because I introduced them, have become friends.  They do things together, they share with one another and stay in touch because they enjoy each others company.

 

My friends are open minded and warm.  They enjoy variety in ideas and people.  They are loyal and dependable.  They feel comfortable speaking the truth when they know you need to hear it and are confident you will continue to love them even still.  They have faith in the human spirit and understand people make mistakes.  They offer forgiveness quickly and qualify it with a warm embrace.

 

“A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail no matter what time of night it is, A GOOD friend is someone who will be sitting there next to you saying “damn that was fun”.

 

My friends are always there for me and if they aren’t sitting next to me there are only two reasons for that.

 

1. Its because I am not sitting there because they had the good sense to talk me out of doing whatever would have landed me in jail.
2. They just weren’t with me at the time and they will come to bail me out. (with the stern warning that they better be invited next time.

 

(Disclaimer: For those of you who don’t know me, I have never actually been arrested, and to my knowledge neither have any of my friends this story is just and analogy)

 

Most importantly my friends let me, be me!

 

Things I enjoy:

 

1. An empty church or a quiet corner.  I have tea with God ever morning.
2. Watching my kids do something that makes them truly happy.
3. A long day at work that ends with a feeling of accomplishment.
4. Parties with all of my friends
5. A ride out to the vineyards with the top down on the convertible
6. Sitting out side with a glass of wine or Lemoncello and a good cigar.
7. Reading.  Almost anything and everything.
8. A quiet night, dinner by candle light, soft music, good conversation, maybe a dance in the moonlight, and then…
9. Poetry, I love poetry!
10. My Heritage.  I love to learn about it, talk about it and I especially love the music and the dance.  I’m Irish.

Tags: Friends, About Me, Poetry, Reading, Dance

Soooo You THINK you are an optomist?

How do I know if I am a pessimist?

 

You may be a pessimist and not even know it.  Many people are pessimists, yet they believe they are optimistic.

 

When you are driving, do you think to yourself “I hope I don’t get into an accident.”

 

How about when you get a new appliance do you think “I hope this one doesn’t break to quickly.”

 

When you start dating someone new do you think “I hope I don’t get dumped or hurt like I did the last time.”

 

When you meet new people, do you think “I hope they are not snobs.”

 

When you are driving to work do you think any of the following thoughts;

“I hope my boss isn’t an idiot today.”

“I hope I don’t get laid off today.”

“I really hope (insert name) doesn’t start in with me again today.”

 

These are all pessimistic thoughts.  Here is what you are really saying:

 

I know I am going to get in to an accident on my way to buy my new appliance.  Which I hate having to buy because the last one broke down and this one is just going to break down too.

 

And that date I made for later, he/she is most likely going to be like all the others.  It will start out great and then BAM a few weeks later they have me hook line and sinker. Then they will dump me.

 

To make matters worse that’s when work will blow up and that big lay off will hit, then I will be out of a job on top of having to pay for the banged up car and the new appliance I just bought.

 

Now, I know what you are thinking, you are saying, “Rosemary, Rosemary, that is not what I said, I said I DIDN’T want these things to happen!”

 

And my reply:  Yes I know, but you are still focusing on the getting in the accident, having your appliance break, meeting someone who will hurt you and losing your job.

 

A more powerful way to create what you want would be to focus on the things you DO want.

 

For example; “My trip will be safe, I am buying a quality piece of equipment that will last a reasonable amount of time, He/She will be different because I will be different. 

 

Find the positive things about your work situation.   Perhaps co-workers you enjoy, or even the work itself.  Focus on the positives and the things you DO want.  Give THEM the energy and the negatives will slowly fade away to a very manageable level.

 

BELIEVE AND LIVE LIKE IT IS ALREADY YOURS!!!!!

A Day of Rest

Thank you for taking the time to stop each day and read my blog.  I hope you find some inspiration, motivation or a laugh.  I feel blessed and thankful for your visit.

Sunday, a day of rest.  If you are able, sit back and enjoy.  Breath in the fresh air, find as many things as you can to be thankful for.  This will help prepare you for your week ahead.

My plans for my blog this week include:

Please join me each day this week as we further explore "Your Miracle to Come" and how you can achieve it.   I will also share a bit of my story with you and discuss ways to decide if you are an optimist or a pessimist, and how this can directly affect the out come of your dreams.

 

If you have not done the assignment for Tuesday June 5, 2007 and would like to be up to date with the coaching assignments ahead, take the time now to read back and spend some time doing that particular assigment.

No Doubt!

 

No Doubt!

 

Have you ever heard of the “Law of Gravity?”  It goes sort of like this, “If you fall off of a 10 story building you will hit the pavement."  It doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, saint or sinner.  You are still going to plummet to the ground and smack against the pavement.  It isn’t the fall that kills you, it’s the sudden stop! The law is just a law.

 

I am a bit of a rebel however and believe that laws are meant to be broken or bent.  There are ways to soften the blow or defy gravity.  Choose your weapon, hang glider, parachute, hot air balloon, plane, I could keep going but you get the picture.

 

In previous Blogs we have been speaking about believing in your dreams.

 

There is another law, its called “The Law of Attraction”.  It goes sort of like this; "If you wish it, if you ask for it, if you believe it will happen, then the law is applied and your desire will manifest itself to you."

 

However, rules, can be broken and so can this one.  There is a very quick and easy way to break this one.  In my opinion it is the EASIEST law to break.  This law is broken by doubt, pessimism, or negativity.  Like the pavement, your doubt is the brick wall that your dreams will smash against.

 

There is no room for doubt.  If you already believe it is yours, then LIVE your life like you have it.  FEEL how good it is to have it.  Be THANKFUL that it has been given to you. Do whatever you can to squash any pessimism.

 

It’s all in your ATTITUDE, so have NO DOUBT!!!!

 

For more information on this read "The Secret"   http://thesecret.tv/home.html

 

Because I know a few of you out there are a bit "slothful" here is a video of the first 20 minutes of the MOVIE "The Secret".  There's a book AND aMOVIE! 

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Tags: The Secret, No Doubt, BELIEVE, Attitude

Who do you think you are?

When someone asks you the question “who are you?” what do you answer?  I’m a mother, a father, an accountant, a gardener.  How do you define yourself? Do you define yourself by your job, your vocation, your passion, your hobbies? 

I define myself by my friends.  I am blessed to have the most amazing group of friends that anyone could imagine.

 

Last October I felt like my life was a drawing in an Etchasketch and God turned it over, shook it up and handed it back to me and said “do over!”

 

There wasn’t much anyone could do except, they all knew exactly what to do!  They were there.  They called.  They stopped by.  They wrote letters.  They took me out for burgers.  The brought me over fruit.  They called.  They listened.  They said they loved me. 

 

The abundance of their love was humbling, yet it filled me with a strength that can only be found in true love.  My friends truly love me and I truly love them.

 

There are no words adequate enough to thank my friends.  When I try to thank them, it’s almost like they get insulted.  This is because they know the secret. 

 

The secret is, where there is love, that is all that one needs, and the more you give it away, the more you get back.

 

Who do you think you are?  Oh, you know who you are, and you know how much I love you, and how thankful I am to have you in my life!  I love you and I will always be here for you!

 

Tags: friends, blessings, love, forever, believe