What do you want?

I recently took this photo in Charleston, SC in one of the old graveyards. To me, it is a reminder that you truly can intend and receive whatever it is you want in life. Do you know the number one reason why people don't get what they want in life? Because they don't know what they want! The first step to creating your life, your way is deciding what you want. It may help to fold a piece of paper in half long ways and write on the left hand side the things that you don't want in your life. Then go back on the right hand side and write the opposite. These are your intentions. When you look at them, you may think "there's no way these things can happen" or "it's going to take a lot of work to make this all happen." That's nothing more than your slimy mind trying to stop you. Keep reading your intentions (even if they sound like lies!) and eventually you will believe them. And then you will know that they can't not happen! Get clear about what you want and "thy will be done!"

Failing Forward

Failure is something that I really don't buy into because I believe that the universe is in perfect order and that everything happens for a reason. That doesn't mean however, that I'm not sometimes temporarily upset by defeat.

One of my favorite Napoleon Hill quotes says, "Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success." I love that quote and thought of it the other day when I won third place out of three at a Toastmasters speech contest. I lost! For whatever reason, I was not meant to advance in that competition and though it is one of my dreams to win the International Speech contest, 2008 is not the year. I'm not even going to speculate why because that is none of my business. I trust that the universal mind knows what's best for me and I move on.

Speaking of failure, I also heard recently that there are only two occasions when someone fails: before getting started or right before becoming successful! Because I've already started on my faithful journey to live the life of my dreams, I'm going to view each "failure" as getting me one step closer to my success. And as Napoleon Hill says, I am going to trust that in each failure there is a seed of an equivalent success! Failing forward is the only way to stay on your feet!

Watching my dream unfold..

Wow! I can't believe how long it's been since I've written a blog! A whole month! I've been really busy and haven't been making the time to write...AND intend to be better about that. The last month has been really exciting for me. I truly am watching my dream unfold. I realize that more as I look back on all the wonderful things that I've done and all the cool people I've met along the way.

If you've looked at my Upcoming Events page on my website you know that I've been making a big media push and have appeared on several radio shows and even made my first TV appearance. It's so cool and so much fun. And now as I look back on it I realize that it is all my creation! I titled March "Publicity" month and April is "Publicity + Profits," and what do you know!

It has been amazing to put the pieces of everything I've learned together to truly create my reality. And though everything isn't exactly the way I want it, I am watching my dreams become a reality.

Why don't you try it? Have a theme for the month and see what happens. One of my friends said her theme for April was "April showers me with money!" That's a good one! Think about something that you would like to see manifest this month and name it to claim it!