Something is Happening

MOST IMPORTANT LESSON 1:
You become like those you associate with. Always go outside your comfort zone a little with the people you hang with. It’s very easy and comfortable to be with those who are a little less educated, intelligent, successful, classy, etc. etc. You will ONLY GROW if you make the majority of your associations a little “higher” than you. Not better, just higher or further along in their development, success, etc.

MOST IMPORTANT LESSON 2:
Be absolute in your intentions. Decide what you want, period. Don’t add “as long as” or “only if” thoughts to what you want. You’ll get all the “as long as’s” you wish for. Simply decide what you want, face any fears (the “as long as’s” and “only ifs”) and move toward that.

God helps those who help themselves:
In order to receive God’s guidance, we must actually begin the process of action. THEN God will “nudge” us with the many ways that he nudges us! Just like an automobile. The steering wheel doesn’t affect the vehicle until it’s moving…

Intention / Attraction
If you want something too much, you probably won’t get it. “wanting” something too much is simply affirming that you have a “lack” and you’ll simply attract more “lacking and wanting” into your life. Look closely at those who “get” and you’ll notice that they did not “want” something, they “desired and decided” to have it.

Someday you will visit a place where all doubt vanishes. When you do, try to stay as long as possible.

You keep what you have by giving it away. You get what you want by giving THAT away also.
(See “the law of giving” from 7 Spiritual Laws of Success and “Conversations with God”)

Keep your “walking away “costs in life low. Create your life so that if you want to change jobs, move, finish pursuing your dreams, you can do so without financial ruin. Never be trapped.

What you resist persists. What you “look at” disappears.
“resisting” grants it energy and holds it even more firmly in place. Looking at it allows you to complete whatever “agenda” you called it for in the first place.
Every circumstance will stay with you until it has completed serving you in all the ways you wanted, needed, chose, and created it to do. The universe sends you that for which you ask. If you refuse your own creation, the universe (as pure Love) assumes you did not hear the message, or missed the sign, and, therefore, sends the gift again—this time bigger and louder. Whatever you resist not only persists, but also intensifies.
- (Louix Dor Dempriey)

Scientists observe that when actually “observing” or putting their attention on pieces of the atom caused them to shift.

SELF TRAP! Caution!! Sometimes when we are uncertain or afraid to commit to something (or get out of something) we subconsciously create a situation where we either trap ourselves in the commitment we’re afraid of making or sabotage the situation we’re afraid of leaving. This creates lots of pain. Find the courage to change proactively instead of subconsciously.

Decide what your SIMPLE moral code will be and live by it faithfully. “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for everything”.

Always let your children know that they’re important, loved, appreciated, wanted, and that what they have to say is valuable.

Eat at least one meal a day as a family

Take care of your parents when they’re old and feeble!

Make a list of 10 fears you have in life and get busy tackling them. Don’t hurt yourself now!

If someone hurts you, betrays you or violates a boundary, gently but firmly let them know that it’s unacceptable and you won’t tolerate it again.

Read “Life’s Little Instruction Book” series

Watch “It’s a wonderful Life”

Watch “Dead Poet’s Society”

Watch Andy Griffith and allow yourself to believe that life really IS supposed to be like Mayberry.

Watch “Heart of Gold” (Neil Young) and allow yourself to be touched

Always have a “feel good” book that you’re in the process of reading and pick “feel good” movies as often as you can stand em’. You’ll always be glad afterwards.

Always entertain the possibility that there just might be a Santa Claus. I mean REALLY entertain it!

Don’t EVER EVER EVER criticize your children’s father (or mother) to them. The ONLY result can be damage to them, damage to the father (or mother) and damage to you. And the damage to the child is ALWAYS the most.

Don’t hurry … Don’t wait

If you don’t want something to become a habit, don’t do it more than 3 times!

Break up big jobs into little tasks.
(A big job is nothing more than a bunch of little ones you didn’t do when you should have. )

In business and finance, don’t put yourself in a position where you “need” a particular outcome. Murphy’s Law says it probably won’t happen!

Practice the spiritual principles of
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Golden Rule)
Take the next right step and leave the results to God (detachment)
Don’t make messes, and when you do … clean them up right away! (Humility, karma)
Meditate

Do your best to not take things personally
Do your best to be impeccable with your word
Don’t gossip
Don’t criticize yourself
Don’t criticize others
Don’t get laughs at other’s expense

QUESTION EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING UNTIL YOU’RE SATISFIED YOU’VE GOTTEN THE TRUTH. People tend to be comfortable sheep and deep down, we all love to be “led” and “told what to do”. Be a Lion, not a sheep. It’s uncomfortable but you’ll enjoy the bounty and never look back!

Understand this if nothing else: The journey REALLY IS the most enjoyable part of “getting there”, wherever “there” is. Savoring, anticipating and looking forward is really the “appetizer, meal and dessert” of life. The actual destination or event is really just “clearing the table and doing the dishes”.

Do something you don’t want to do every single day.

Learn a second language … and a third!

Plan a vacation to someplace you might never go.

Climb the steps at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

If “everyone’s doing it”, assume it’s probably screwed up!

For You: We bring everything, everything, everything into our lives in some way.

For All of us: We bring everything, everything, everything into our world in some way

The degree to which you resent someone is the degree to which they own you. If someone’s gonna rent space in your head, better send them a bill!

Decide what you want, intend it and leave the specific results up to God (law of intention/detachment)

Entertain the thought that there just MIGHT be no such thing as a “tragic, untimely or unfortunate death”.

When you catch (a, your) child doing something right that they OFTEN do ‘wrong’, say “of course they did”, not “I can’t believe they did”.

Believe that what you read and watch on TV is JUST as important as what you take into your body.

For Elissa:
Listen to the mustn’ts, child
Listen to the don’ts
Listen to the shouldn’ts
the impossibles, the won’ts
Listen to the never haves
then listen close to me
Anything can happen, child
Anything can be…

There is no “attention deficit”. What you’re really seeing is attention ABUNDANCE.