The Gratitude Train

What are you thankful for today? With Thanksgiving just around the corner (have you bought your turkey yet?) thoughts naturally turn toward gratitude. So why don't you take a ride on the Gratitude Train and see what pops up?

The first stop is to look around your world - how many things can you give thanks for? A home, a car, a loving family, enough food on the table, a job in this sluggish economy. Gather your gratitude list together and hold on while the train chugs its way to the next stop on our journey.

The landscape has changed somewhat. Instead of lush, green grass and beautiful scenery, you now see a barren desert, windswept and desolate in its isolation. What is this place? It is the land of lack and limitation. Why are you stopping here? Isn't gratitude about giving thanks for the good things, not the bad?

Admit it - thoughts of fear, anxiety about money and knowledge of scarcity in your life or others had taken up residence in your mind. You can't escape the media's negative messages and after a while, you start to believe them (or not). But you can't blame the media - they are just doing their job. It is your choice to listen and believe. Or not.

To be wholeheartedly grateful, one hundred percent authentic, and completely in tune with the spirit of gratitude, you also have to give thanks for the negative things in your life. There are lessons hidden by the images of lack and limitation. Shadows, waiting to be discovered by the enlightened person who knows that everything is perfect, just as it is.

Think back on your life, to the most desperate and desolate time, when you thought you could not move forward another step. What happened? Somehow, you survived and moved on, right? Wasn't there a lesson hidden in the darkness that you did not see until you had moved back into the light? Perhaps you needed to be less judgmental or critical of another person, or more forgiving and loving. Or maybe you needed to be more loving of yourself?

The lesson is to be grateful for the bad times too. Who are you to judge whether an event is good or bad? Do you know all of the factors, the conditions that led up to that event that involved other people? Is your perspective so global in scope that you totally understand why that situation was created in the first place? Only if you can answer yes to questions like these, do you have the luxury to judge a situation or another person.

Fear, anxiety, and negativity are all creations of the ego trying to protect you. But the results of these limiting thoughts and beliefs is to dam up the flow of gratitude in your life. When you drop the judgmental thoughts and criticisms, gratitude comes rushing into your life.

Take a moment to reflect on the "bad" times and discover the beautiful lesson that lay hidden just underneath the surface. Only after you can look the bad times head on and say "thank you" will you be able to continue your journey on the gratitude train.

Look - you are back where you started! You just took a journey through your life and discovered new treasures you did not know existed. Peacefulness and joy are your constant companions, as thoughts about the past are replaced by living fully in the moment of now. Concentrate on being present, being grateful every time you take a breath, and your life will change forever.

Listen! The Train is leaving again. Want to go on another round?

Everything is Energy!

This post is different than what I usually write, but I felt compelled to share this information with you.

Have you ever felt so fantastic-- so filled up with life-- that you just had to let out a huge “wooooo hoooo!” at the top of your lungs? Well if not, you’ve got to take a minute to read this because that is the way I’ve been living my life over the past few months.

I have discovered two of the most amazing Energy Coaches ever. David and Kristin Morelli are experts on aligning energy - which has made a huge difference in my life. They are also the founders of the radio show “Everything is Energy” and wow-wee did we make some big shifts!

Now they started a NEW program called The Prosperity Tribe. I can't tell you how amazing the shifts continue to be in my life (trust me, I wouldn't send this to you if it weren't true...). You've got to get in on this!

Life with the support and teachings of the Tribe has been like life with a set of brand new eyes ... and REAL prosperity.

I have been moving energy and breaking down my deepest blocks to abundance and authentic wealth like I have never done before. I am inspired to take leaps into the unknown - because I know that I have removed my long-standing blocks to abundance.

A little bit about Kristin and David: Kristin is a self-made multimillionaire (by age 30) and David is an energy worker of the highest caliber. He is sought after by many well-known teachers of the Law of Attraction to work with them on breaking through their own blocks to wealth and success. Together Kristin and David are an extraordinarily powerful team who have made it their dedication to help others make the shift from lack to abundance. They teach that True Abundance = an abundance that embraces money and ALL good things in life.

This couple and the work they do are nothing short of amazing! I am so grateful for having found them and for saying “YES!” to coming under their mentorship by joining The Prosperity Tribe.

You can get a glimpse into the power of the program and meet Kristin and David at this link:
http://bit.ly/2lkumy

You DEFINITELY have nothing to lose - And everything to gain!

Plus - Kristin and David are both so energetic that you can't help be feel better after listening to them!

Book Signings a Success!

Guess what! When you put yourself out there --- abundance comes back tenfold!

In the last two weeks, I had three different book signings. Two of the events surrounded the Arcadia Publishing book called Images in America - Waxahachie and the other event was for my children's book, Walk With the Master.

What I learned after speaking to dozens of people is that there are alot of people out there who "have a book inside of them" but they do not know how to bring it into physical form. The lack of knowledge hampers their dream, and they tend to focus on how much they don't know, instead of taking action to learn the steps toward becoming an author. So to help out all those who have the dream of a book, but don't have a clue how to start, please read on.

Pledge to yourself that you will commit 30 minutes a day to pursue this dream. Spend 15 minutes searching the Internet for information, ideas, etc. Spend the other 15 minutes writing - whether it is a blog like this one, or in a journal, or the start of an outline. But WRITE EVERY DAY!!!

This is the simple recipe I followed to become the author of 3 books in 18 months and a successful online magazine!

Remember, you don't have to know all of the steps to reach the end result. You just have to see what the next step, immediately in front of you - is - then take the necessary action to make it happen. As you proceed step-by-step on your journey, the next action step will appear.

So - go make it happen! The world needs your voice - don't sit on the fence when you can add to the world's wisdom and knowledge!

Stop playing small and break out to your greater self.