What You are Made Of

As I grow older, textures, scents, scenery, good foods, and dynamic sounds are important, even more important to me. This approach is a long time in coming. For so long I thought, whatever, just make everything work, make do, and enjoy what is there. Now I understand that whatever you ask or expect you get....so...I am asking for the high quality I know I am, we all are. I heard a wonderful statement the other day and apologize in not being able to recall who said it, but this person said to imagine within each of us a flowing lava stream of gold. We are loved and made of abundance. It is not wrong to want to reveal it inside and out. And then give it away to more and more and watch it all come back.

To your abundance and self care.

A Good Day to Continue

Thankful. I have learned so much since my mother's death last year. I left Texas a day after her funeral on April 20, and returned to NYC to a full-blown work schedule after experiencing the opposite before leaving for five weeks to attend to my mother. Things change like that. Embracing the changes and making right choices is vital for peace of mind, harmony, and happiness. So I worked hard and strong right through the spring, summer, fall, winter, and now it is spring, again, and I have just completed my evening ESL classes and my tutoring position at a college in the Bronx. There was a time I would be worried, but no more. Now I see, as Jack Canfield suggests, "I believe the world is plotting to do me good today. I can't wait to see what it is."

I've already been asked to substitute for two ESL teachers during the summer so that satisfies much of the hours just ended. And I am excited about a memoir video project I conceived, much like StoryCorps, only I would go to the storytellers rather than them going to a certain site. I will make a Kickstarter video and put my fishing rod and line out to see who bites. And I will look for a sponsor for this project, too, so that those who most should be participating and engaging with me, will.

Most of all, I have written up my goals, specific and time sensitive. If you haven't read Jack Canfield's The Success Principles, I recommend it:http://www.thesuccessprinciples.com/

It is changing my life.

That's the beauty of it. If you keep going, keep awake and stay in your boat going downstream, you will find answers and messages coming at you all the time. Staying alert and aware is the difference between evolving and regressing. You want the former.

But, most, most, most of all, I am listening to my daughter, Leila, who tells me if I put my personality and person out there for the world, everything will happen for me that I desire. Yes, I've hidden my light under the basket long enough. As a teacher, I find my students indeed connect and love me. So why should I hold back on my dreams and goals if I have the essence of connectivity in me as a human being and spirit all rolled into one?

So for this next leg of the journey, I am pulling out all the plugs:

* First and forever, I am a writer. I am writing the memoir on my mother and me and creating big and strong deadlines, and by meeting once a week with another writer committing to fulfilling my goal. And then I will start on the next book. I will also submit articles to magazines and journals. Anywhere I should, I will.

* I am reading my goals every morning and night. (The subconscious mind LOVES goals and the more you remind it, the more active it becomes to make it happen.)

* I am believing that the world is plotting good for me. Only good.

* I am listening, meditating, and exercising (yoga and walking).

* I am letting go of bad eating and drinking habits.

* I am reading a book. When finished, I am picking up another.

* I am earning more money than I ever have and then earning some more.

* I am repaying kindnesses and creating even more.

For everything you do or are involved in or up against, use this quote by Canfield, "What's the opportunity that this is?"

See the glass not half full or half empty, but filled to the top, and even spilling over.