A WEEKLY WORD by Cenita Johnson

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2010-11-23T23:44:00.000-08:00

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LIFE IS A BANQUET

2010-11-14T23:42:00.000-08:00

Remember the last celebration banquet you attended?
You entered the party with an expectant smile.
The room was filled with laughter, conversation and dance.
You stand before the BANQUET TABLE....
      Mmm... tasty foods, sweet treats and drink.

Life is like a banquet. Life is a feast.
Put some joy and laughter on your plate and cup.             Fill up on the tasty treats of life.
Celebrate each day as if its a banquet party.

Feast on the love of family and friends.
Feast on the joy of learning.
Feast on helping others.
Feast on your hobbies.

              Celebrate daily!
              Life is your Banquet!
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SOMETHING NEW

2010-11-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

Each day you wake, shower, dress and eat.
We all have a daily routine.
Daily patterns are necessary so the day moves smoothly.

Yet, life needs a little variety. A little spice.
So MIX IT UP!
Cook a new recipe. Get a new hairstyle.
Call a relative to babysit and have a night out with your mate.
Start that hobby you've put off for so long.
Or take up a hobby you never considered; painting, tennis or golf.
Browse a new store. Take a new route to work.
Buy gardenias instead of your usual roses.
Reorganize the cupboards. Take the family on a picnic.
Go to a movie alone. Meet a new friend each week.
Do something NEW every week.
'LIVE IT UP!'
Add a little SPICE TO YOUR LIFE!
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WHERE'S YOUR MAP?

2010-10-31T22:46:00.001-07:00

A traveler on the wrong road came upon a small town.
After a fill-up at the local gas station, he said to the attendant. "I think I'm lost."
The attendant asked, "Do you know where you are?"
"Yes", the traveler replied, "I saw the sign a few miles up the road."
The attendant asked, "Where are you going?"
The traveler told the attendant his destination.
The attendant answered, "You're not lost, you just need directions. I'll draw you a map."

Are you like this traveler? You know where you are.
You know where you want to be.
You just need directions to get there.
A MAP.

Here's a proven technique for creating your MAP.

(1) WRITE DOWN YOUR DREAMS.
       Writing your dreams activates them into goals.
       When you are specific about what you want, it becomes real.
       Your clarity and determination builds. You are activated.

(2) DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN.
       Your action plan reveals productive activities vs. time wasters.
       (a) What actions are needed to achieve your goals? Write it down.
       (b) What additional skills are needed? Write it down.
   (c) Write the probable time-frame (a month, 1-5 years, etc) for your goal.

(3) BREAKDOWN LARGE GOALS INTO SMALLER GOALS.
A journey is not arrived in a leap, take one consistent step at a time.
   Each month write a Goal-focused To-Do List.
           Each week write a Goal-focused To-Do List.
           Daily write a Goal-focused To-Do List

(4) SET A DEADLINE FOR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
       This deadline date must be specific for each goal.
       Use deadlines to stay on course to your desired result.
    Remember, life brings delays and detours, be flexible and rewrite.

NOW you have your MAP to get you where you want to be.
Enjoy the JOURNEY!.
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24 Hours, 7 Days a Week

2010-10-25T18:51:00.000-07:00

Wherever you are...
                   The Creator is present.
Whatever you are going through....
                    Spirit is within reach.

Don't let life mislead you.
You are never disconnected from your Power Source.
You are never separate because the Creator, who is Spirit, is within.

The plug is always plugged into the socket of your great electricity source.
Simply flip the switch to ON to release the electricity and let it flow through the cord into your life.

   Belief and Knowing is like electricity, you can't see it but you can see the light
                                                                                                        (unknown)

The energy of LOVE is your electricity. Send love to friends, family and enemies.
The energy of GRATITUDE is your electricity. Find gratitude for what you have.
The energy of PRAYER is your electricity. Take a moment daily to pray.
The energy of JOY is your electricity. Have joy for the little things in life.
When you fill your life with powerful electrified emotions, your life receives POWER.

These energetic fields of power connects you to your Power Source.
                         24 Hours, 7 Days a Week

WHAT'S YOUR LEGACY?

2010-10-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

Take a moment and think about the END of your life.
Imagine your family and friends giving their final respects.
What will they say about you?
Their words and memories is the legacy you will leave.

"Legacy" is defined as something handed down from an ancestor or predecessor.

Your legacy consists of gifts, talents and character traits that positively affects others.
It's instinctual, sets you apart, is your personality and the 'inner core' of 'You'.

                                  WHAT'S YOUR LEGACY?

Do your friends and family come to you for trusted advice?
                          The wisdom and comfort you give is your legacy.
Do you love to make people laugh?
                          Your legacy is the laughter you give.
Are you a great cook?
                          Your legacy is the delicious hot meals you prepare for your family.
Are you a loving parent?
                          Your legacy is the well-rounded adult you will send into the world.
Does your boss trust and depend upon your hard work?
     Your legacy is given to a business providing jobs, service and product for generations.

                          Your legacy are your natural gifts and talents.
Your legacy will reign for years in the hearts of those you touch with your presence.
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LABOR PAINS

2010-08-03T16:47:00.000-07:00

Are you bored and unfulfilled with your life? Are you depressed, confused or bitter?
Has life become hostile or has it dried your spirit from lack of nourishment.

                                                LABOR PAINS.

                       Your REBIRTH is calling you.
                                    PUSH THROUGH the labor pains!

Labor pains signal that the child has outgrown the womb and is ready for its new environment.

You have outgrown your old life. The old dramas have lost its appeal. The old antidotes don't work.

You can't stay where you were. If you don't have the courage to move, life will move you.

                                          You must be REBORN.

Let go of the past. TRUST.
Let go of past mistakes. TRUST

    "Run for your life. Don't look behind you or stop anywhere." (Genesis 19:17)

Run towards the new blessed experiences waiting for you!

Bless the old situation and be thankful for the lessons. You have outgrown that womb.
You have evolved to new blessings. Fear not for greater things are waiting for you.

Look forward. Move forward.
Allow your mind, body and spirit to experience your REBIRTH.
   Push through the LABOR PAINS.

Prayer:
I bless and release all worn-out conditions in my life. I forgive myself for not having the courage to move forward.   Spirit, give me the strength to run towards the life that I dream of. Never looking back with regret. Not stopping along the way from fear. Thank you Creator that I am now moving forward to the highest good for my life. Even when I don't understand why change has come, I trust you Spirit. I know that I am guided and protected. I am prospered. I thank you.

MOUNTAIN WON'T MOVE?...BOOM!! TUNNEL THROUGH

2010-07-15T10:48:00.000-07:00

Mountain are life's rocky terrains.
Mountains are troubles that don't pass quickly.
Mountains are divorce, unemployment, foreclosure, bankruptcy and illness.

Spiritual teachings tell us that we have power over life's MOUNTAINS.

'Command the MOUNTAIN to move and it must.'      (Matthew 17:20 Bible)

Yet, despite your command...your MOUNTAIN did not move.
                                 It Grew.

Mountains are a part of life and are sometimes physically immovable.
What won't move physically, can be moved spiritually.
Meaning, the Mountain (trouble/problem) cannot block you from your abundant destiny.

To do this you must discover your dynamite --TNT!
When life throws obstacles in your path, you can ignite change with TNT!

TNT chips away at the mountain's concrete wall and creates a tunnel, a permanent passageway, to the other side of the mountain.

Your TNT is prayer, meditation, chanting, affirmations, visualization, positive thoughts/words, setting goals and action. TNT is your spiritual/mental tools.

BLAST through....Call upon Spirit through prayer and affirmations.
BLAST through....Speak the results that you desire daily.
BLAST through....Write your goals and take action.

      You divorced....BOOM!...you will find love again.
       You lost your job....BOOM!....another job is coming.

MOUNTAIN won't move....BLAST a tunnel through to the other side of the mountain.

                                                  BOOM!

*Historically, workers evolved from various tools to tunnel through mountains. First, a hammer and handpick was used. Later, a hand-drill and then gunpowder. This led to the use of explosives. Explosives were the most efficient, because it required little manual labor and it chipped away greater chunks of concrete than any other tools previously used. Before tunnels were created people hiked over treacherous mountainous terrains. Tunnels created a permanent thoroughfare for travelers and aided our country's growth.

STRIKE GOLD!

2010-07-07T10:49:00.000-07:00

DECIDE TO REACH FOR THE BEST THAT LIFE OFFERS.

DECIDE TO PURSUE YOUR GOALS & DREAMS.

DECIDE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST IN EVERY WAY.

EMBRACE DAILY JOY.
EMBRACE DAILY LAUGHTER.
EMBRACE YOUR DREAMS.
STRIKE GOLD!!

A NEW DAY

2010-06-30T14:39:00.000-07:00

Today is a new day created especially for YOU.

Upon rising rather than rushing...
Take a moment to admire the rising/risen sun.
...billowy clouds...birds chirping.
Deeply breathe in the miracle of life.

Each day is molded for YOU.
The air is for YOU.
The nurturing sun is for YOU.
It was ALL created for YOU.

Give thanks to the Creator for each new day.
Bless each day and count your blessings.
Somebody somewhere did not wake today.
Tomorrow is not promised.
Each new day is a gift.

EACH NEW DAY IS...
*A new day to show love to family and friends.
*A new day to provide top-notch work at your job.
*A new day to 'clean out' destructive habits and thoughts.
*A new day towards your dreams and goals.

A NEW DAY CAN ALSO HAVE METAPHORIC DREAMING...
*A new day is a new relationship or marriage.
*A new day is the birth of a child.
*A new day is a new business or job.
*A new day is a changed attitude.
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A NEW DAY AFFIRMATION:
Great Spirit guide my FEET to walk in my purpose.
Allow my LEGS to hold me strong.
Strengthen my TORSO to stand erect in all situations.
Empower my HEART to give the gift of love.
Guide my HANDS to give a loving touch.
Give wisdom to my MOUTH to speak words that create good things.
Fill my HEAD (MY MIND) with hope, faith and belief so that I am forever grateful to you for each NEW DAY.

BUILD A HOUSE

2010-06-22T10:11:00.000-07:00

Life isn't always convenient.
Some plans are delayed or completely derailed.
Others say you didn't have enough faith or belief.
They want you to believe that their lives are without scars.
Truthfully, nobody's life is without challenges.
Life doesn't always line up with our perfect plans.

Life throws rocks at many points in life.
But...
WISDOM knows when to duck and lay low.
The WARRIOR stands tall after the rocks have fallen to the ground.
STRENGTH gathers the rocks in a pile.
PERSEVERANCE leads you to stack those rocks and BUILD A HOUSE!

Move forward through life's hard knocks...STRONGER!
Rebuild your house on INNER Strength.

CROSSROADS

2010-06-17T13:52:00.000-07:00

If life is a journey, then CROSSROADS are a natural part of the journey.
The dictionary defines CROSSROADS as a place where roads cross or as a critical time of decision. Throughout life there are many endings and beginnings. We face changes in our career, relationships, family, finances, and health.

Crossroads are an inevitable part of life that leads to unfamiliar territory. Crossroads are unexpected or strategically created. A Crossroad can be exciting but sometimes its terrifying.

Did you uproot your life and move across the country to care for an ailing parent?
Did you recently end a relationship?
Did you return to college to get to the next level in your career?
Did you start a new business?

Whatever your CROSSROAD...whenever you come upon this 'fork in the road':
1) Pray for guidance and direction.
2) Review your goals and write them in your journal.
Use it as a compass to keep you focused when life gets you off track.
3) Take action toward your new beginning with confidence and faith.

When you reach a major CROSSROAD trust all is in Divine Order.
This will work out for your GOOD.
You are moving forward into new and uncharted blessings.
RECEIVE IT AND BE BLESSED!

SPEAK IT! CREATE IT!

2010-06-08T20:01:00.000-07:00

The Creation Story in the Holy Bible tells us the world was created in seven days from God's spoken words. Whether you believe this to be a factual or metaphorical illustration, there is a great prosperity secret in the Creation Story.

"In the Beginning...God said let there be light, and there was light.." (Genesis 1)

The WORDS Spirit spoke were alive and full of power (Hebrews 4:12). As Spiritual Beings made in the image and likeness of Spirit, your words are also powerful. Your words shape the circumstances and events of your life.

What are you creating from your spoken words?
Are you creating light or darkness?
Beautiful lands and oceans or barren valleys and deserts?
Are your conversations filled with lack or hope?

Stop talking about your problems to anyone with a negative chorus. A person who doesn't believe in great things for themselves is unable to believe it for you. Unless the person can offer a resolution or encouragement, complaining will build negative energy which depletes hope.

Guard your tongue. Change the words that you speak.

Affirm what you desire in your life.
The word "affirm" means to "make firm."
Words create a 'firm' belief in your subconscious mind.
Affirm positive words to get a positive expectant mind.

Examples of Positive Affirmations:
"All financial doors are open to me."
"I am blessed and I receive my blessings."
"I am prosperous in every area of my life."
"I am healthy and I am whole."
"I am becoming a better person everyday."
"I am beautiful inside and out."

Make it a daily practice of speaking positive affirmations.
Affirm while driving..washing dishes...errands...at any moment in your day.

Speak of the results you desire,
Change your expectations,
Create a better and happier Life!
Speak it! Create it!

CHANGE CALLS YOU TO RELEASE

2010-06-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

The tornado has passed. Your life is CHANGED.
As you sort through the rubble of what once was your life...
Seek Spirit's Grace.

RELEASE

After the tornado, quietness linger in the air.
It speaks...

RELEASE

Despair and confusion calls for reflection.
It's time for deeper spiritual communion.

RELEASE

As you sort through the rubble, you find a piece of shattered mirror.
Your reflection glares back.
Spirit whispers...

RELEASE

CHANGE calls you to RELEASE...starting with the person in the mirror.
RELEASE requires YOU to go INWARD.
CHANGE calls you to let go of self-defeating habits and worn relationships.

Its common to avoid self-evaluation.
Its easier to point to others rather to yourself.
Your life is calling you to get in line with your purpose.
Don't choose to be common.
Seek inner healing and growth.

RELEASE RENEWS.
RELEASE BLESSES.
RELEASE HEALS.
RELEASE PROSPERS.

THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION

2010-05-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

Many are in the midst of transitions and transformational phases.
Whether its relationships, career, residence, spiritual or health;
TRANSFORMATION is present.

Transformation can be unexpected, turbulent or a conscious decision.

Whenever transformation is present...welcome it.
Go with the flow.
Ask Spirit for guidance.

Know that you are headed toward blessings.
All is in divine order.
Let go of the fear of change.
Don't judge your life or measure against another.
Your path is yours and yours alone.

"And be not conformed to this world. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. ( Romans 12:2 KJV )

Transformation is self-discovery.
Transformation is shedding of the old.
Transformation creates gratitude.
Transformation covers you with Grace.
Abundant Blessings exists within Transformation.
Let go and Trust.
Trust in the process of Transformation.

BE A CHAMPION OF CHANGE

2010-05-19T20:39:00.000-07:00

CHANGE was the theme for Obama's presidential campaign.
As a result, CHANGE became our country's inspiration.
We want CHANGE.

Yet, CHANGE is part of our daily lives.
*Stuck in traffic on the way to work, you CHANGE to an alternative route.
*You're overweight, so you CHANGE your eating habits and start exercising.

There is nothing permanent, except CHANGE.

Philosopher Heraclitus

-CHANGE is a hurricane wrecking an entire city.
-CHANGE is in a high school graduation.
-CHANGE is a newborn baby.
-CHANGE is a job promotion.
-CHANGE is in a divorce.

Like the lyrics of a classic sung by Billie Holiday:
           Good morning Change,
          Thought we said goodbye last night.
          I tossed and turned until it seemed you have gone.
         But here you are with the dawn.
         Wish I forget you, but you're here to stay.
         Good morning, Change.
         You're the one who knows me well.
        Might as well get used to you hanging around.
        Good morning Change, sit down.

The title of that song is Good Morning Heartache.
I substituted the word 'heartache' with 'Change'.
The message: 'CHANGE' is always present.

CHANGE is constant and common.

Yet, TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE is far from constant or common.
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE is NOT ALWAYS present.
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IS a CHOICE.

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE knows that life may be perfect, but you can always grow.
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE observes the areas that are not perfect.
Then takes action toward desired results.

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE starts with YOU.

I'm gonna make a change for once in my life,
It's gonna feel real good.
Gonna make a difference.
Gonna make it right.
I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
I'm asking him to change his ways.
And no message could have been any clearer.
If you wanna make the world a better place.
Take a look at yourself and then make a change.
     "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson

Be a CHAMPION OF CHANGE
Live the life you were meant to live.
Seek growth and expansion in body, mind and spirit.

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE!

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CHANGE OPENS NEW DOORS

2010-05-11T11:22:00.000-07:00

When CHANGE moves swiftly through your life.Its closed doors opens NEW doors.
New opportunities appear.
New DOORS beckon you to walk through.

I read recently about a husband and wife who were laid off from their jobs.
They decided to use their life savings and a business loan to open a pizza restaurant.
They are happier and more fulfilled than ever.

Now is the time to discover new joys and rediscover old joys.
        Spend more time with family and friends.
         Start that novel you always dreamed about writing.
         Start painting....Start an exercise regimen. Do volunteer work.
         Go back to school. Start a business.

What have you always dreamed about doing?
What ACTIONS can you take NOW?

Everything is in divine order.
There are no mistakes.
CHANGE calls your to walk through the OPEN door.

LOVE ....Our Greatest Life Lesson

2010-05-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;
Love does not parade itself; is not puffed up;
does not behave rudely, does not seek its own,
is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice
in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
(1Corinthians 13:4-6)

LOVE is a core human emotional need. We need loving relationships. LOVE of a parent. LOVE for a child. LOVE of a friend. Romantic LOVE. LOVE for a Higher Spiritual Presence.

If LOVE is an unselfish and giving emotion, why do we get it wrong? If we walked in LOVE would there be war, child abuse, crime, unemployment, poverty, dogmatic religious intolerance, manipulation, envy, etc.

These LOVE errors have existed for centuries upon centuries. Do these adversaries exist as a reminder that we have yet to get ONE of our greatest lessons ---- LOVE?

LOVE is our greatest desire. Some strive for love and hold on for dear life. Others run from LOVE preferring casual and distant relationships.

LOVE requires you to put another first. Yet, the 'ITS ALL ABOUT ME' philosophy prevails in many marriages/relationships today. Sending many to divorce court.

LOVE exposes YOU. LOVE requires you to drop the mask. Your weaknesses revealed.
Making you vulnerable to opinion, possible rejection or manipulation.

LOVE doesn't give guarantees. You can give the best LOVE you got, only to be betrayed and/or left.

Despite being a LOVING parent, a child might choose to go down the wrong path in life.

We are called to walk in LOVE. Despite what may or may not happen. Trust that the reward is in your soul growth. It takes courage to LOVE despite the adversaries of life. The great rewards of LOVE far outweigh it all.

Start with the person in the mirror LOVE yourself. The LOVE we resonate within will resonate out into the world. Then give LOVE freely to people around you.

As a result, the world will chip away at those adversaries that keep us from the lesson of living the spirit of LOVE.

LET CHANGE TRANSFORM YOU

2010-04-26T11:55:00.000-07:00

After the tornado has passed, your life shifts into a new dimension.
How you choose to operate (your focus and actions) will determine whether transformation occurs or mere existence.

If you seek a deeper connection to Spirit, your energy shifts to a higher level.
Along the path of transformation, you will see that life falls into place.
The seemingly impossible, becomes possible and miracles occur.

If you choose to operate as before, you will simply exist with the "mess" of the aftermath.
You continue to wallow in fear, anger, jealousy, worry and ego.
You attract more of the same.
Life stays static with no true movement.

SPIRIT is LOVE.
You are LOVED.
Choose the way of SPIRIT.
Seek and ye shall find.
Wallow in the connectedness to your ultimate power source.
SPIRIT is never static.
Love energy flows the good into your life.

Despite life's setbacks be assured that you will restrengthen.
Hold on and Trust.
Seek your power from the Kingdom of God within.

As your inner-self shifts...the old you peels away like the layer on an onion.
It may burn causing tears to fall, but your core is coming forth.
Let the old you peel away.
Allow Spirits LOVE to fill your core.
Let LOVE lead you into TRANSFORMATION.

PERSONAL EVOLUTION

2010-04-20T19:37:00.000-07:00

Life is not always easy or comfortable.
Sometimes it feels that everything is against you.
Don't fret, life is pushing you through a personal evolution.
Change, challenges and lessons are part of the process to create a BETTER YOU!

The butterfly floats through the air with grace and ease.
Its colorful and beautiful wings, delicate and strong.
Did you know that the butterfly endured tough times to become beautiful.

A butterfly starts its life as an ugly caterpillar trapped in a cocoon.
It struggles and struggles to break free from its cocoon.
Its wing muscles get stronger from the struggle.
The strength gained is necessary so that the butterfly can fly out of its cocoon once it breaks free.
It has fully developed into the beautiful butterfly it was meant to be.

THERE IS PURPOSE IN THE STRUGGLE.

If you tried to make life easier for the caterpillar and cut open the cocoon, it would never gain the strength needed to fly and it would die.

Your life is a process of continuous learning and growing.
We are called to evolve in every aspect of our life: character, personality, physical, emotional and spiritual.
This process of growth (your cocoon) sometimes appear as adversity and challenge.
When you break free from your current circumstance, just like the butterfly with an easy grace and strength.
YOU HAVE EVOLVED!

"Every wall is a door." by Ralph Waldo Emerson

(archived blog)

TAKE COVER AND LET IT PASS

2010-04-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

The local news broadcast warns of a tornado coming your way!
Advising all to remove themselves from the path of the storm ---TAKE COVER!
This is gonna be a nasty one!

Tornado's are life's upheavals, drama and mess.
Tornado's come as foreclosure, layoff, bankruptcy, divorce, illness, death, etc.

The destructive power of a tornado will rip, tear and uproot everything in its path.
Leaving pan and confusion behind.

We all want to know life's answers. To avoid the pain, loss, confusion and hurt.
We don't. We won't.

When all you do, is all you can do and the tornado is coming....

....TAKE COVER!

Don't be foolish..don't stand outside threatening with wielding fists.
Its power will rip you to shreds.

Be wise and respect the tornado.
Take cover and be still with the power of prayer/meditation.
Ask the warrior within for the strength to handle whatever life brings.

In the aftermath, allow yourself to grieve.
Grieving cleanses.
Time is a natural healer.
You will restore and rebuild.

Trust in the gift of BREATH.
LIVING is your power.
Yes, the tornado took everything in its path.
Yet, you BREATHE!!
Live on!
Live THROUGH!
LIVE!!

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

2010-03-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

Expect the BEST to come from life's situations.
Know that ALL conditions will work out for the best.

Keep your thoughts focused on the outcome you desire.
When you are focused on the positive, outward emotions and actions correspond accordingly.

Otherwise, when you focus on the negative, you send a text message into your body.
Resulting in worry, fear or depression --- energy sapping emotions.
Avoid ACTION SAPPING thoughts.

When you constantly visualize what you desire, give thanks that its received.
Trust in the power of life.
Stay in the game -- Take ACTION towards your dreams.

A focused and determined mind creates focused mental and physical action.

Keep your mind stayed on your target.
Keep your EXPECTATIONS HIGH!

WORK YOUR VISION

2010-03-23T17:18:00.000-07:00

Two children are taken to the village fortuneteller. The first child who is from a wealthy family is told that he'll grow up to have great success, wealth, and prosperity. The other child from meager means was told that he'd always fail and would amount to nothing. The wealthy family, assured of their child's future, doted on the child endlessly. As a result, the child grew to be lazy and inconsiderate. The other family was determined to do whatever they could to insure that their child would not fail as predicted. They pushed for their child to strive and work hard. The outcome was that the latter child became a success and ruled over the first child. (An old wise tale)

You know the saying, "Claim it to make it yours!" Yet, the reality is that you can claim it, you can visualize it, and you can write down your dreams/goals but without action: nothing will happen.
A prediction or prophecy does not insure success.

Have a vision of what you want, get up and work towards it.

"Faith without works is dead." (2 James 26, Holy Bible)

"Your actions creates a ripple effect on your future." (unknown source)

"You can't make a penny from counting another person's future."
(A Buddhist Saying)

"The law of Cause and Effect is What you DO today, effects tomorrow."
                                                                                                    (unknown source)

CYCLES AND PATTERNS

2010-03-16T17:36:00.000-07:00

Do you get excited about a new dating prospect, then later realize he/she is just like the others you dated? Did you leave your job because of drama and politics, then walked into the same mess at the new job? Do you sabotage relationships with unreasonably high standards, then tell your friends you can't find love? Do you overspend on clothes/entertainment then wonder why the bank account is overdrawn...again?!

You are stuck in life's CYCLES and PATTERNS.

There's a book called "Keeping the Love you Find" by Harville Hendrix.
The writer says we subconsciously attract a mate who will trigger our deep-seated unconscious issues.
Imago therapy says conflict in relationships is unavoidable and is part of the universe's plan.
Conflict brings our issues to the surface, but through awareness and communication, gradually trust grows and healing occurs.

Are the relationship issues created from an inner fear of commitment? Are your work issues asking you to look at changes YOU need to make? Do you overspend rather than face the reason you are depressed?

Your challenges in life are perfectly created for you from your deep-seated unconscious issues?
When these issues are triggered, it is a calling to grow and heal.

To grow, you must first identify the problem, identify its source, and identify what triggers you to do what you do.

What are your cycles and patterns? Is it sabotaging your life?
What initially created the problem?
What triggers it to come to the surface?
What can you do the change it now? How can you heal?

Life is a series of lessons. Growth must be continuous.

If you are not growing, then you are not living.
Get out of the vortex: stop spinning around with the same issues and problems.
When you make surface-level changes, you get different supporting actors, but the same mess.

It's easy to point the finger at others but when you do, a finger is pointed back to you.
Your challenges in life are perfectly created for you from your deep-seated unconscious issues? When these issues are triggered, it is a calling to grow and heal.

Your life starts with changes in YOU.

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"

(Albert Einstein)

"Wherever you go, there you are" (Buckaroo Banzai)

IS LIFE TESTING YOU?

2010-03-08T17:11:00.000-08:00

IS LIFE TESTING YOU?

Life is full of challenges.
Many feel life's challenges lead the trail to another challenge.
That life is hard without much time to rest between the next problem.
The purpose of challenges is a mystery that some philosophers and religious leaders define as 'life's tests'.
Some even believe that life is out to get them.
Thinking of life in either manner is exhausting.

An adversarial view of life is created.
Each day becomes a fight to survive.
Anger and frustration builds from being on guard.
Anxiety builds, when the mind habitually reacts to threatening situations (real or perceived).
Many get addicted to the drama others burn-out.

We cannot remove challenges from life.
Choose to resist being controlled and allowing it to steal your joy.
Choose to live by vision.
Look at life and its challenges as opportunity.
Move from survivor to victor.
Claim FREEDOM from the common thought.

Life is not a TEST.
Life is a blessing regardless of the problems that come.

I know this is hard to remember when you are on your knees wailing for help!
I know this is hard when your body is in pain!
I know this is hard when you feel as if no one cares and your alone!

If you lose hope.
If you lose that inner spark.
Only when this happen have you lost.
You become the living dead. Alive in body with a dead inner spirit.

So let go of thinking that life is a test.
Spirit loves you too much to test you.
Let go and trust.
Believe and trust in life again
Let go.

The universe will gradually line up according to your inner energy.
Life will start to fall in place.
A new life. A better life.
The things your spirit needs will arrive.
You thought it didn't exist.
You thought it not possible.
Belief in a life of tests tried to take it from you.
Spirit says here it is....been waiting for you to LET GO and HOPE again!

FEARLESS LIVING

2010-03-03T20:13:00.000-08:00

Every decision, choice or action consists of the energy of faith or fear.

Don't put off your dreams waiting for the perfect time.
Many lost dreams started as dreams delayed till tomorrow.
Yet, tomorrow isn't guaranteed.
If tomorrow comes, there's often another excuse to delay.

There isn't a perfect time.
The perfect time is an illusion created by fear.
It stalls you from pursuing your dreams.

We all know someone who talks about their great dream.
Then days become months. Months become years.
Waiting for the perfect time is a thief of time.
Time that you can't get back.
The perfect time is NOW!

A journey of a thousand mile must begin with a single step.
(Lao Tsu)

If you want to start a business but must keep a steady income.
Then work your business part-time in the evening and weekend.
Adjust your life as the business grows.

We all have fears. Push yourself to move forward despite your fears.

Never let go of hope.
One day you will see that it all has finally come together.
What you have always wished for has finally come to be.
You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself
"How did I get through all of that?" (Unknown)

Live fearlessly and pursue your dreams NOW!

WRITE YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

2010-02-24T13:54:00.000-08:00

What do you want/need in your life?
What do you want to see change in your life?

1) Write a LIFE SCRIPT. Get a piece of paper and prepare to write the next chapter of your life. Write out the vision of how you desire your life. As you write, imagine that it is happening as you write.

2) Read it aloud or silently to yourself. As you read, allow your feelings/emotions to move from the state of not having, to having what you desire. React as if you already have it!

3) Read your script daily with the feeling and emotions that it is received.

These actions activate the power of faith.

Spirit moves according to your faith. Faith begins with your thoughts. Our lives are shaped by the words we speak or think. Our words and thoughts come from our beliefs.

Life may or may not occur exactly as you have written.
Trust in the unfoldment.
Know that there is purpose in all things.
Know that you are blessed whatever the outcome.
Hold onto hope in your vision.

POSITIONED TO RECEIVE

2010-02-16T19:44:00.000-08:00

FINALLY! All your work has paid off.
You've paid your dues and then some!
You've survived when others counted you out.
You let go and your cries have been heard.

Position yourself to receive!
Everything is available.
Stand strong to receive more than you imagined.

Hold out your hands.
"You are now blessed with...LOVE, HEALTH, PROSPERITY, HAPPINESS"

POSITION yourself with TRUST
RECEIVE!

LET GO

2010-02-09T20:22:00.000-08:00

When life doesn't give you the answers you seek.
When your questions are answered with silence.
Trust and Let Go.
When your actions or methods creates chaos.
Trust and Let Go.
When all you've done is all you can do.
Be Still.
Let go of the anxiety and worry.
Let go of the struggle.
Let go of the pain.
Let go of your required outcome.
Let life unfold.
What will be.
Will be.

Life experience teaches us that we can't control everything.
There's a greater power than us.
Be patient and trust its flow.
As you release the need to push.
Discouragement, anger and apprehension vanishes.
You become free.

Letting go doesn't mean that you've given up.
Only that you let go of the panic.
Don't be overly consumed with the future.
Enjoy life NOW.
Let go and LIVE!

HANG ON! BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR

2010-02-03T10:27:00.000-08:00

(from 2009 archives)

Are you at the end of your rope, tired from wishing and hoping for conditions in your life to change? You've prayed, meditated and cried out -- but NOTHING changed.

Despite how the present circumstances might appear, know that Spirit has already worked it out in the invisible realm. Just because you don't see IT, doesn't mean ITS not already done.

Two of our greatest powers are the ability to believe and to take action based on belief. Breakthrough is near, so don't give up.

A lucky person is usually someone who put in the hard work. Who endured when it looked like nothing would happen, until something happened.

You are not defeated, unless you decide you are.

HANG ON! BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR!

RISE ABOVE THE CHAOS

2010-01-25T04:22:00.000-08:00

We are living in changing times.
Energy is moving at a rapid speed.
It's sweeping through our lives.
Removing old structures.
Bringing us to our spiritual core.

The airwaves are filled with chaotic changes.
Connecting us to each other's pain and struggle.
We are now aware that we are one.

Change demands our daily attention.
Old methods, manipulations and old habits no longer bring desired results.
Instead eruptions occur.
Many struggle to maintain.
Drowning out the higher calling - A calling to change.

If you angrily fight back and it creates more chaos
- maybe it's time to let go and trust.

It's natural to get angry when life abruptly changes.
It's natural to fight back for your life.
Anger is a powerful emotion and is sometimes a life necessity.

You must use wisdom to determine how best to utilize anger.
When used improperly, anger will create additional chaos.
Many sit in prison cells because anger temporarily took their minds.

Negative anger seeks to strike back. Negative anger seeks to manipulate and force its will on others. Negative anger is chaotic.

Choose to use anger to fuel your will power. Use it to become determined to recreate your life. Claim power over this emotion. Don't let it take over your mind.

Use positive anger as adrenaline fuel to push you through the chaos.
Don't let life's eruptions stop you from moving forward.
Now that the old is gone, you can move forward freely.

Take back your personal will from victimhood and depression.
Decide to persevere through.

You are a child of God; rebuild your inner strength on this truth.
Positive anger draws good. Negative anger draws Chaos.
Don't let your mind become a minefield.
Instead Explode your life into GOOD THINGS.
Never give up and rise above the chaos.

"Perseverance furthers success". (I Ching)

*Reading List:
When Life Changes or You Wish it Would by Carol Adrienne
How Did I Get Here? by Barbara De Angelis

STAY CONNECTED

2010-01-17T22:16:00.000-08:00

NOW is your time to continue to create or to recreate your life.
Everyday take a moment and focus on the life you desire.

It all start with your thoughts.
Much of life's conveniences started with a thought.
A chair was first created in someones mind before its physical creation.

We have the POWER to CREATE.
Keep your vision of your desired life at the forefront of each day.
Take steady daily action toward your dreams.
Live each day boldly -- Stay connected to your vision.

AN EXPECTANT MIND

2010-01-10T20:40:00.000-08:00

Each New Year Eve celebration brings not only a moment of completion; its also an entrance into EXPECTANCY.

For some, the year was great. For others, it was a dark night of the soul. The moment the clock struck midnight, regardless of current circumstance: HOPE entered.
We HOPE this year will be better than the last.
We HOPE that our life will move in the direction we desire.

After the celebration is over...life continued as before. There was no magical firecracker that catapulted you into another dimension where your desires exist.
The energy of the New Year only put a light onto the area(s) that you desire change.

So we make personal commitments, called resolutions. Resolutions range from the decision to get healthy, create better relationships, to career goals. The greatest challenge of resolutions is holding onto the belief of its possibility and maintaining needed momentum to accomplish your goal when life concerns, temporary roadblocks, and schedules cause delay.

The New Year blessed you with renewed expectancy. An expectant mind, acts like something is possible until it is true. The truth is, that it is.
In order to keep an expectant mind create personal rituals. Personal Rituals will get you back on your feet if life knocks you off course. Rituals should bring you back to feeling hopeful. Rituals are individual. Are as simple as reading a daily reminder of your resolutions taped to the fridge or mirror. Setting a specific date for accomplishment with a daily action plan. For some, meditation and/or prayer, keeps them focused and renewed. For another, exercise or reading empowering books, keeps the mind positive.

The New Year impregnates your mind, now its up to you to carry your baby into birth.

Hope is as vital to you as daily water. Expect the life you desire. Expect to be who you desire to be.

Expect that this is going to be the best year of your life!!!

**Recommended Reading:
1) How to make positive imaging work for you by Norman Vincent Peale
2) Manifest Your Destiny by Wayne W. Dyer
3) The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz

(Note: Watching your budget... These books are at the Public Library)