I can't get over this kid...
so much personality in such a little guy!
so much personality in such a little guy!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Stroke of Insight
I can't even explain how I feel right now after my friend Natalie sent me this video to watch. I'll tell you what... I have a new favorite website now. I'll be digging around a lot on this site, without a doubt. TED.com
In this video, Brain researcher Jill Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened. One morning, a blood vessel in Jill's brain exploded. As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness ...
Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk. She has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and for the possibility of coming back from brain injury stronger than before. In her case, although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy from her right.
If this video doesn't work through my blog, watch it from the TED.com website here:
Jill Taylor Video on TED.com
In this video, Brain researcher Jill Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened. One morning, a blood vessel in Jill's brain exploded. As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness ...
Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk. She has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and for the possibility of coming back from brain injury stronger than before. In her case, although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy from her right.
Please trust me - this video is worth watching!
Much of what she talks about from a scientific point of view and then from her actual experience is so closely in line with my beliefs that listening to her was a very very emotional experience for me. My whole life I was taught that we're imperfect, and that ultimately we live our lives together but that we are separate beings from each other... each individually held responsible by a higher source ("God"). This has not set well with me for over a decade since I abolished my belief in what I was taught as a Christian. I feel far more connected to everyone and everything than I ever did growing up.***Please enjoy this video... with an open mind.***
If this video doesn't work through my blog, watch it from the TED.com website here:
Jill Taylor Video on TED.com
Monday, July 07, 2008
Money and The Law of Attraction
I'm Becoming More Aware of My Feelings About Money. . .
Many people protest when we explain to them the power of telling the story of their finances as they want it to be rather than as it is, because they believe that they should be factual about what is happening. But if you continue to look at lackful what-is and speak of what-is, you will not find the improvement that you desire. If you want to effect substantial change in your life experience, you must think thoughts that feel different as you think them.
The Subject of Money Is Really Two Subjects. . .
The subject of money is really two subjects: (1) money, plenty of money, and (2) absence of money, not nearly enough money. Often people assume that because they are speaking the words "I want more money," they are speaking positively about money. When you are feeling fear or discomfort as you speak, you are not speaking of the subject of money, you are speaking of the subject of not enough money. And the difference is very important, because the first statement brings money and the second holds it away.
Above are a few powerful quotes from Abraham’s newest and greatest book, Money and the Law of Attraction… Learning to Attract Wealth, Health and Happiness.
It will be available for worldwide delivery on August 12, 2008.
If you would like to pre-order your copy now, click here
Many people protest when we explain to them the power of telling the story of their finances as they want it to be rather than as it is, because they believe that they should be factual about what is happening. But if you continue to look at lackful what-is and speak of what-is, you will not find the improvement that you desire. If you want to effect substantial change in your life experience, you must think thoughts that feel different as you think them.
The Subject of Money Is Really Two Subjects. . .
The subject of money is really two subjects: (1) money, plenty of money, and (2) absence of money, not nearly enough money. Often people assume that because they are speaking the words "I want more money," they are speaking positively about money. When you are feeling fear or discomfort as you speak, you are not speaking of the subject of money, you are speaking of the subject of not enough money. And the difference is very important, because the first statement brings money and the second holds it away.
Above are a few powerful quotes from Abraham’s newest and greatest book, Money and the Law of Attraction… Learning to Attract Wealth, Health and Happiness.
It will be available for worldwide delivery on August 12, 2008.
If you would like to pre-order your copy now, click here
Thursday, June 26, 2008
No truer words could be said about my current plight!
So, I had a very emotional hour this morning with David, my therapist. I've been seeing David for many years now, and he's been a true blessing. He's been able to help me answer many things for myself.
This morning on the way to his office I was just thinking about the last month, as I usually do in reflection, to have an idea of what I wanted to talk about this morning. I instinctively started to think about the stuff I've been harping on myself about, and somehow... beautifully so... started to remind myself how thankful I am for the friends that have always been true to me, and the new friends I've met this year.
This was a quote from Abraham, ideal for this morning:
"Anytime you feel negative emotion, stop and say: Something is important here; otherwise, I would not be feeling this negative emotion. What is it that I want? And then simply turn your attention to what you do want. . . . In the moment you turn your attention to what you want, the negative attraction will stop; and in the moment the negative attraction stops, the positive attraction will begin. And—in that moment—your feeling will change from not feeling good to feeling good. That is the process of pivoting."
I couldn't agree with this more and I need to get better and better at this process of pivoting. I find myself all too often unable to hang out with gaggles of gays because I get a negative vibe from so many of them. But what we talked about this morning was how important it is for me to realize that when I feel this negative emotion, I need to stop and recognize that this emotion is telling me something. Telling me that I want something different for myself. And then simply... turn my attention to those who have a positive energy about them and attract them into my experience.
For I know, without a doubt, that if I do this... that those who caused me to feel negative emotions will drift into the background and matter very little in my experience. I've done this before... i just need to get better at it, and make it a constant focus.
This morning on the way to his office I was just thinking about the last month, as I usually do in reflection, to have an idea of what I wanted to talk about this morning. I instinctively started to think about the stuff I've been harping on myself about, and somehow... beautifully so... started to remind myself how thankful I am for the friends that have always been true to me, and the new friends I've met this year.
This was a quote from Abraham, ideal for this morning:
"Anytime you feel negative emotion, stop and say: Something is important here; otherwise, I would not be feeling this negative emotion. What is it that I want? And then simply turn your attention to what you do want. . . . In the moment you turn your attention to what you want, the negative attraction will stop; and in the moment the negative attraction stops, the positive attraction will begin. And—in that moment—your feeling will change from not feeling good to feeling good. That is the process of pivoting."
I couldn't agree with this more and I need to get better and better at this process of pivoting. I find myself all too often unable to hang out with gaggles of gays because I get a negative vibe from so many of them. But what we talked about this morning was how important it is for me to realize that when I feel this negative emotion, I need to stop and recognize that this emotion is telling me something. Telling me that I want something different for myself. And then simply... turn my attention to those who have a positive energy about them and attract them into my experience.
For I know, without a doubt, that if I do this... that those who caused me to feel negative emotions will drift into the background and matter very little in my experience. I've done this before... i just need to get better at it, and make it a constant focus.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
I Can Deliberately Choose to Feel Better Now
Not only does the thought you are choosing right now attract the next thought and the next . . . and so on—it also provides the basis of your alignment with your Inner Being. As you consistently and deliberately think and speak more of what you do want and less of what you do not want, you will find yourself more often in alignment with the pure, positive essence of your own Source; and under those conditions, your life will be extremely pleasing to you.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
a thought from Abraham
"You are always molding yourselves into a better feeling place. And you will never get it done. It will never be completely finished. It will never be absolutely right. You will always have some dominant thoughts that are not a vibrational match to the newfound desire. But that is always what your work is. And it's time for you to just begin relaxing about it, and not make it a personal issue of your own valor, or your own value, or your own integrity. In other words, it's just, how many times have I thought this thought?"
Jaden and the GIANT Strawberry!
My sister Donielle was hanging out at my brothers this last weekend, and my bother's little boy (Jaden) has gotten so big it was his first day wearing boxers! CUTE!! He is also talking a lot more, and just a real hoot to be around. She shot this video. Makes me want my own children so bad! HA HA
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Why I'm NOT voting Republican! HA HA
This was on YouTube under "Why I'm voting Republican". Scary stuff.
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