The Magic of Action

I have been an ACTION MACHINE this last month.   No, seriously.  
Each day I create a to-do list and complete every last item...and it has been truly magical.  
(I learned how when I did the www.30daypush.com   Totally free program btw..:)

Why?   Because the Universe LOVES action.   It loves momentum.  

When you take action toward anything...but especially towards your dreams, it is exactly like telling the Universe, "THIS is what I want."
And guess what the Universe does.   It says, "OH!   Got it!   Let me help...tremendously!"  

One of my to-do's is moving my past blog posts from my old blog site to my new website.  (to be released soon!) 

As I was reading through my old entries, I realized that the information I had written about were things I had thought were actually more recent "ah-ha's" for me.  

But they weren't.
It was 2 and 3 years ago when I had wrote these morsels of wisdom.    

Weird.

After a bit of pondering, I came to the following conclusions about how in the world I had "known" all these amazing and powerful bits of knowledge, WROTE about them and yet, had not reeeeallly seen them come into play into my life until just recently....

Conclusion #1:    Nothing becomes real for you without action.    It is that simple.   You can know what every book in the entire world says in it.   You can know every philosophy, every fact, every PERFECT way to live your life....and UNTIL you take steps forward in those specific directions....

YOU GOT NOTHIN'

 Action is where the magic happens!   

Conclusion #2:   Wisdom doesn't leave you.  It is there, constant...there is no change in it.   When you connect to that which you are, your soul.   All the wisdom in the world is right there at your fingertips.
There is really no searching.   When you quiet your mind and you listen to the truth of who you are.    The truth will come pouring out.  The truth cannot be stopped, forgotten, erased.   It is there...always.     

Finding this out from my old blog posts was an amazing realization.   

However, the most wonderful feeling comes when you DO take the action and then you get to sit back and be surprised (although, not totally) at what the Universe brings to you.    

Example:   I am revamping and restarting my coaching business.   One of my goals is to start doing more key note speaking.   So, I started taking action toward it.   Action like I KNEW it was already going to happen.   I started formatting my presentations, brainstorming new ones and editing old ones.   I started imagining what it would feel like to be in front inspiring once again. All of that was just plain joyful.   I didn't do it in the name of hoping that I would find a speaking gig.   I did it because it is so full of bliss and I loved it.    

It wasn't a week later when I was speaking to a dear friend and she was talking about a banquet they were putting on.   She paused and said...."I don't know why I didn't think of this before but would you be our keynote speaker?"

And there it was.    

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.   ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Miracles Defined

Your outer reality is always, alwaaaays based on how you feel.   Not on what you want or what you think necessarily...but how you feel.   Your feelings come directly from what you believe.  

Once you change your beliefs (that are ego-based) to reflect the pure love that your soul is - your outer world will immediately start to reflect the changes.   It is truly magical and yet, so logical.  

Just think about it for a moment.    Take any seemingly negative situation in your life (starting with a small one is usually the easiest :) and look at how you FEEL about it.  Then, take another moment and compare that to your results.   They usually match right up.    If you feel anger and frustration, you usually have results that cause more anger and frustration.  

If there IS anything less than love in that particular situation, I want you to try this experiment:  
FIND the love in the situation
FIND the gift that all of this may be
FIND a way to ease up the resentment or pain (even if only for a moment)
FIND a way to see it from a different point of view
(you don't even have to like it...:)...Just do it to ease up the resistance on your heart if only for a moment)
And then WATCH your results change....

"A miracle is the breakthrough that occurs when we shift our perception of a situation."  
~Marianne Williamson and The A Course In Miracles

Create a miracle today.    Just give it a fair shot.  
Changing your mind and your perception even the tiniest bit can literally change your whole world.  

Many miracles to you all...
E

Choose Your Mood

I started to watch a famous drama series a while back.   It was truly amazing.   The story line, the plot, the acting...all riveting to watch.   There was one issue though.  I felt heavy and sad when I was done watching the first season.   There was something so exciting about it and I can't lie, I was drawn to it.  

However, in the end, I felt worse after watching it.   It was such a conundrum.   Everyone was talking about it...and saying how amazing it was and how it got even better as the seasons went on.   Again, I was drawn to keep watching...but I didn't.   I stopped.   I completely abandoned it.  

Seems simple enough...but I found myself trying to explain it the other day to my class of call center new hires and had a hard time coming up with a reason of why on earth I wouldn't keep watching a show that I clearly could say was amazingly produced, written and acted.  

And finally, it came to me what the real reason was:   I was being "protective" of my mood.  

It was the same reason that I stopped watching the news more than 10 years ago.   I learned that it was my choice to CHOOSE how I felt.   I was the only one accountable for it.    There was no one else who was going to care for my state of mind as well as I could.    I was the creator of my demeanor and that meant that I got to be "picky, picky, picky about how I felt" as Abraham-Hicks would put it.  

When it all goes south and everything in my world has turned upside down, knowing that I am the creator of my reality is the long-lasting peaceful thought that keeps me balanced and safe.  

So, I choose....every day how I want to feel.   And sometimes that means:

-Being specific about the music I put in my ears
-Walking away from conversations that leave me empty
-Watching TV shows and movies that uplift me
-Hiding posts on social media that portray the world in a negative way

And while this helps tremendously, it can also be run by fear.   The type of "choosing how you want to feel" that I am talking about doesn't mean you run away from everything that makes you feel bad. There is a huge difference between running away in a powerless state and choosing OUT of something because you know that it doesn't make you shine as bright as your soul truly is.  

Both may look like stepping away but one is done out of fear and the other is done out of love and non-judgement.    It is looking at someone or something that is headed a different direction than you want to go and saying...."I honor your path, however, it is not my own and I send you love as I walk away."

The empowerment I have felt in that space is almost indescribable.   In fact, the more you choose love and choose to honor their path minus the judgement....the more you see that you don't have to walk away at all.   Those things that are of a lower vibration will fall away on their own or even change to join you at a more joyous level.  

The truth is...we control our entire reality.    If we send positive thoughts out, take positive thoughts in and all the while, realize that none of it means anything about our worth (as our worth is non-negotiable...more to come on that ;)...there is no need to CONTROL anything.  

It all just falls beautifully into place.   Everything we experience is a match of our current vibration and energy we are holding.   EVERYTHING.    So, there are no need for boundaries...no need for controls. Just choose how you want to feel and focus on that feeling of love, peace, and joy and the rest will follow.  

Every.  Single.  Beautifully orchestrated. Time.  

Much love to all,
E

Follow the call...NOW.

Well hello blog!
Hello to you reading...and hello to me, the version of "me" that exists today, that is.

I have been hearing a whisper, well...kind of a yell at this point, that I should begin again.   Begin sharing my thoughts and my message.    Even just for my own joy and hopefully, to help a few along the way.

So, I started thinking of what to re-name this blog.    I felt like there could be a new name for it.  A new name to encompass all that I am, all that I want to share.    In fact, I still think there is.   But I haven't fallen upon it, YET.  

Truth?   It's been weeks trying to find the "perfect" name for it.   Weeks and weeks, I have been thinking it over, searching for the perfect name, and putting off actually just writing something...setting aside that call to start sharing again.

In my mind, the name would need to be something that would stir souls.  Something that would call out to those who were searching for my message.   Something that would really encapsulate who I am.  

And then, this morning,  I realized one of my favorite lessons.    A lesson that has been showing up, synchronistically enough, throughout this week.   And that lesson is simply...It doesn't have to be perfect, just follow your bliss, NOW.   or even better said....It already IS perfect and your only job is to share your soul...for you. Serve you and that which you are...and the rest always follows.   

How often do we WAIT to show up with who we are until all the conditions are perfect?  

Okay, I just need to make sure that 't' is crossed and that 'i' is dotted and THEN I will show you my full, authentic self.   THEN, I will listen to the call of my soul.  I thought back and can see so many places where this comes into play for me....

• Once I get my daily routine in place, then I will start working out.
• Once I have a little more time, I will start to work on those scrapbooks.   (ugg..that one stings a bit to share)
• Once I have a bit more money and can buy the perfect food for me, then I will start to eat better.
• Let me just finish all my house tidying up and then I will sit down and relax.

And the list could get longer and wider and bigger....but I don't think I sat down to write to give myself guilt.   In fact, just the opposite!   To feel joy...that is why I am doing this.     That is what my purpose is.   To create and to feel joy.   That feels good just writing that!

It is joyous for me to write and share what my heart wants to say.   I love it.   It flows out of me most days.   I feel like I have pages and pages to write and there would still be more.   (possible hint..:)   It becomes so easy when you choose your daily actions based on if they will make you feel good!  

So, there it is.   That is what my soul came here to say....oh, and that I love you.
E

What If This IS The HOW?

We all have things we fear and sometimes they seem like they are never going to get better.   Sometimes it feels like there is no way out.  
Ah...but there is a way...
And as hard as it may be to hear, your way out is to turn around, right now and walk towards your fear.  

Try this for me...Close your eyes, take a breath and just ask yourself...
"What if this...this exact thing I am looking at and wanting to change...
What if this IS the HOW?  
What if this is the WAY I get to where I want to go?"    

Once you embrace the very thing that you want to change, things start to come together faster than you can imagine.  
I never quite understood this until I started to try it.  
And now, I can tell you that it is about the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. Have you ever been standing in someone's way, maybe in a grocery store, lost in your own world and have no idea that anyone is behind you?

Let me let you in on another secret.
LITERALLY...the universe is waiting for you.
It is waiting with anticipation to line up everything you ever wanted in the most easy and amazing fashion.  
Imagine it sitting there...tapping its fingers, smiling until you realize that...
you are IN THE WAY.   :)

So, again, take a breath, look around and realize where you are.  
Start to look within and see that your resistance to what is and your fear is an absolute illusion.

An illusion that once you start to break up a bit will come apart like a puzzle dropped on the tile.
I am promising you this.  It was actually funny to me.  I took, what I thought would be a simple, little three day class from an amazing company called Outlook Development and it changed my WHOLE world.

I am actually living this freedom I am writing about here...right now and it is an absolutely beautiful and magnificent journey.
One of which, I yearn to share with the world.  
Please contact me if you want to know more.  
I would love to tell you how I finally got here...oh, and where I am headed next!  

Break It Down!

Raising the Proverbial Bar