What We Think About We Bring About

My mother-in-law introduced us to The Secret years ago - a series of books, videos and philosophies related to the law of attraction. At her request, Jake and I sat down on her couch and watched the movie in its entirety, learning about the vision boards and "positive attracts positive" and how the true secret to life happiness is to truly visualize and believe it will happen. Likewise, negative attitudes or feelings will only attract the same in return.

I enjoyed watching it - I have always believed in the power of a positive attitude, but only recently have revisited the idea in its entirety. This year I created a vision board, and I spend time every day envisioning exactly what I want my future to look like.

I've found that over the past few years I've been going through the motions each day and have been a bit more confused about my actual life goals. More recently, I've been able to really pinpoint and solidify EXACTLY what it is that I want. And I'm making it happen!

"What we think about we bring about." I was introduced to a podcast recently- it is called The Strangest Secret and has a similar message to The Secret - I highly recommend it to anyone. Some really interesting things I took away from this -- which are SO SO true:

• We live in a land of abundance, so why are so many of us not achieving true abundance? I speak of this in terms of financial freedom, time freedom, and total health.
• Most of us are using only 10% of our abilities in our work. Think about it -- are you putting your strengths to use each and every day? Are you stretching yourself in the best way possible? Do you spend your days "in flow" (a great predictor of leveraging a strength)?
• Every one of us is the sum total of his/her thoughts. What I think about I bring about. If I think about our debt, I'll attract more debt. If I think about lack of free time, I'll continue to lack free time. If I think about building a life of time freedom and financial freedom, and I focus on it each and every day, I WILL achieve this. The podcast instructs us to concentrate on our goals every day. The problem is that so many of us are aimless and without concrete goals. I can attest to falling into this trap as well.
• Ideas are worthless if we do not act on them! Again, I've been a dreamer for as long as I can remember. If I want the next 5 years to look different than the last 5 years, I've got to take action, not just come up with new ideas. Action is scary but it's where big things happen.

So what am I thinking about? Having a cheerful, positive outlook. Giving of myself more than I ever have before. Serving others -- because it will come back to me in amazing ways. And focusing my thoughts on what I really want, not what I am really afraid of.

Each of us has fears; none of us are perfect. If you haven't already made this commitment, TODAY is the day to really start living.

The Therapy of Writing

It's been over a month since my last post. I know this-- I had to crank out a bunch of posts in December to meet my goal. It was like blog-post-mania during the Christmas season! However, what I found at the end of the month, was that although my brain and fingers were stretched, the words came much easier the more I just wrote. I started to crank out ideas, get things down on "paper" and share with you all. Then, January came, along with the deep freeze, the polar vortex, the hiatus. (I still think it's funny even the news stations refer to it as "polar vortex.") There have literally been days when I watch the whipping wind outside my garage door as I'm leaving for work and think, "This is what the rest of the world thinks of MN. And now it's actually true." AHHH!! Can't handle it much longer!

So now we are in February, and so much has happened. I went from one extreme with my job to another-- settled in to a new part of the project with a much smaller team. Good people, good work. It has been heartbreaking and trying, strength-building and faith-growing.

And, we're into a new trimester with Baby Sister. As I write this my stomach literally contorts into different shapes, as she is often active at this hour. So crazy! How am I possibly supposed to get through these next few weeks, waddling around with Baby Sister while spending time meeting all of the needs of Big Sister? Tonight I found myself carrying Kennedy through the Mall of America (she wanted mama to hold her, not dada so how could I say no? And I was realizing I had not only my massive bump, but also a 25 lb. toddler on my front. I'm like an inverted camel. It's nuts but I love every minute (well, most of them).

And, business is booming. Health and wellness business, that is. We're rockin' it, changing lives and making connections and sharing visions. We've got something fun in store for March - see more here: ourwellnessproject.wordpress.com.

My mind is exploding with possibility! I just find there aren't enough hours in the day. I'm constantly running ideas through my head - ideas for my blog, for my business, for my family. I try to write them all down but it's hard to even keep up! Someone recently told me she can tell that my energy and my passions are aligning, and that all we really are from a physics standpoint is energy, anyway (though I have an old physics friend who may beg to differ).

In the meantime, I think you'll see me writing a bit more now that I've gathered and organized my thoughts. It is truly a privilege to have this outlet to share with you! And as spring is (sometime soon) upon us, I'll find my ideas blooming and growing with the season.

Thank you for reading my randomness. It's good to be back.