Lists

I am a fan of lists.  All kinds of lists. Lists of things to buy when shopping. Lists of projects for the house.  Lists of vegetables I like and want to plant and grow.  Lists of books to read. Lists of things to complete on weekends – this one is also known as the “to do” list.

I was thinking about something yesterday morning, you know, while working on my weekend “to do” list. One list I don’t have, and have never thought to have, is a “to be” list. This one, I think, is a much harder list for people to make. A list of things I want to be. I also believe that this list evolves as we do... so this is an ever changing, expanding and contracting list...

Maybe now is a good time to make that list – or to at least START that list.

·         I want to be…….. healthy

·         I want to be…….. slim

·         I want to be…….. pretty

·         I want to be…….. strong

·         I want to be…….. patient

·         I want to be…….. happy

·         I want to be…….. productive

·         I want to be…….. kind

·         I want to be…….. deliberate

·         I want to be…….. gentle

·         I want to be…….. loving

·         I want to be…….. optimistic

·         I want to be…….. creative

Here’s the thing. In order to be all of these things – to be able to put all of these things out into the world – and to make the world a better place by being all of these things, I first have to learn how to be these things to myself.

With love across the waters…

A Small "A-Ha" Moment and Day of Positive Accomplishment

During a text-message conversation late last night, a friend said something to me that gave me a second of pause, and a small "a-ha" moment. You know how you believe something, wholeheartedly, and yet sometimes still need to be reminded of that very thing? That is what this friend did for me. Thank you!! 

The exact wording is gone now (I deleted a bunch of texts on my phone) but it was truly along the lines of believing in something hard enough to make it be in real life. This friend has been using this with great success for some time, and, as you know, I have been following this principle for years now - most recently, of course, to get my full time job and home.

Feng Shui is one of the tools I use.  Creative Visualization is another.

This morning I woke feeling energized. I had had a great sleep last night and an actual sleep-in this morning - so my chi was high and sparkly when I finally decided it was time to get out of bed.  Today felt like a great day  when I got up - and it hasn't disappointed me in the least!

At 10:00 this morning, I had an appointment at the house with my Real Estate Agent and Contractor in order to get in and look at the immediate work that I need to do (the hot water tank and toilet) and to gather information to provide me with a quote for the costs.  At about twenty to 11 this morning I headed to my second appointment of the day - my lawyer's offices - in order to sign the paperwork to finalize my house purchase.

OK - papers signed (and there are a LOT of papers to sign!) I headed over to the bank to transfer the monies from my account over to the lawyer's trust account.  I had about a half-second feeling of squishy in my tummy over transferring the money out of my account, but VERY quickly got over that because really, this means I'm investing in me and my own future, as opposed to someone else's future. 

That done, the next stop was Slegg Lumber to arrange the purchase and delivery of my new front door, hot water tank, and toilet.  I managed two out of three as the door guys were off on breaks when I was in, so I went home and had some lunch and then dealt with paperwork. About an hour ago I headed back over to Slegg Lumber to talk with the door guys. Armed with this information, I need to have another conversation with my contractor in order to get a better idea of his costs for the door installation, and also to arrange for another visit to measure up the rest of the stuff needed before the door gets ordered - but since I'll be hearing from him in the next day or two about the quote for the toilet and hot water tank, I'll hold off until then.

Home again - and this time, I think, in for the rest of the day, I fiddled with some paperwork and then sat down on the computer in order to do some book-keeping, and while the book-keeping is a teensy bit stressful just at the moment (money is tight until October 7th when the new pay amount kicks in) it's a good stress.

Besides, going back to what my friend said to me last night, believing in something hard enough makes it happen in real life.  

I *believe* with every fibre of my being, that this move is going to be smooth and simple and well within my overall budget.

With love across the waters,

Feng Shui’ing My Way to a New Job and Home…?

A quick pre-recap here: the things I have been working diligently with my Feng Shui, Intention, and Creative Visualization are:

• To manifest a permanent full time job
• To own a home of my own
• To be involved in a relationship with a healthy responsible (grown up) man.

My first Feng Shui consultation was on July 18th (2009). My second one was less than a month ago on January 21st. It’s now February 10th and things are starting to move forward. This is less than 7 months from the start of this process.

A job posting came up internally this week that has had me chewing things over. I’m on the fence a little here because the pluses and minuses seem (in my head at least) to be balancing each other off. Here’s the situation. The job is a split role – Client Service Representative (aka bank teller) and Account Manager. This is a particularly exciting idea to me because I love the idea of being able to see someone’s needs and then actively help them make things happen. It would mean that I would be learning again – which I love. It would require a move, because this particular role is in Lake Cowichan and that’s WAY too far to commute from Comox. It would mean I could qualify for a mortgage and so could buy a home.

The challenge in this role is that it’s a maternity leave coverage – so would essentially disappear in July of 2012 – and yes, that’s a LONG way out from now, but it’s still a consideration.

Yesterday I spoke with a colleague and friend and she is going to rough out a quick mortgage estimation for me to allow me to see how much I could potentially qualify for, based on what I understand the average salary for this position to be. Today I spoke with the branch manager (who I used to work with up here) and picked her brain about the role, the branch (which she is also new to) the market and the general feel to the area. Tonight I spoke with my best girlfriend (thanks for listening Dar!) and expressed my thoughts and questions and got some input from her.

At this point I’m waiting for my account manager friend’s response, and I think it will be the final leverage for me in making the decision, but for tonight I am still chewing things over.

And giving thanks.

Thanks to Terri Perrin at the Fine Art of Intention Feng Shui who helped me move things forward and point things in the right direction. I wonder if she would be willing to come to Lake Cowichan to help me Feng Shui a new home there?

Thanks to my family and friends who have been so supportive of me in my journey home.

Thanks to the universe, God, the angels, spirit guides and any and all other benevolent spirits out there who are (sometimes in spite of myself) supporting and protecting me.

And thanks, very much, to you for reading and listening.

With love across the waters,

 

Creative Visualization, The Secret and The Law of Attraction

I first encountered creative visualization when I was living in Calgary in (gah) roughly 1991. I lived on 10th Avenue in the North West (right near the river at Kensington) and a couple of doors down from where I lived there was a new age books & crystals store. One afternoon (while browsing in said shop) I saw this book called Creative Visualization and, thoroughly hooked at the concept that I could USE MY BRAIN to attract things to me, well, I bought the book. I don’t still have the original (which I read and re-read so many times that I split the spine) but I do still have a copy of the book and I do pull it out and review the material about once a year.

Essentially it teaches techniques to help you visualize the things you want to manifest in your life. These techniques help you to focus on the best way possible to bring about what it is that you want.

By now, almost everyone has heard of The Secret (and the follow on, The Power) which is very similar in nature – just broken into different ways of doing things – including working to actually FEEL how that thing to be manifested would impact life.

The theory behind the law of attraction (sorry, way too many links for the law of attraction for me to post just one) is that we attract what we focus on most often. Focusing on what we want – changing our internal vibrations to attract into being the things we want to manifest. Additionally, the law of attraction shows that by focusing on not wanting something, we usually manifest this very thing into our world. I read somewhere that the brain focuses on the last few words of what we think when we are trying to implant something in our phyche. One of the ways this was explained to me (and totally hit home) was when someone walked me through the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) campaign and how it has changes its slogan in order to work with this.

Do you remember – it used to be “Don’t drink and drive.” That’s some heavy negative reinforcement. A few years ago, with a little more foresight, they changed it to “Arrive alive, drive sober.” Yes, it was on TV tonight when I was watching – which is why this example is first in my brain.

Anyhow, where am I going with all of this? I don’t think the “method” of how we manifest things into being in our lives matters so much as the intention and our deep-seated feelings about what it is we think we want. Be it Creative Visualization, The Secret or the Law of Attraction, our intention is what drives when, where, why, what and how we bring about change in our lives. If the ultimate intention is to have a new car, but you don’t believe you need, want, or deserve (pick your poison here) a new car, well, then you’re not going to get it. Until you are able to see yourself, happy and grateful, in a new car – one new TO you – one you genuinely believe that you deserve… well, it’s just not going to happen!

The same thing goes for a job, a home, money and relationships.

The key to bringing it all about is to genuinely believe you deserve to be happy. You deserve to be fulfilled. You deserve the job and all of the perks it brings. You deserve to own you own home. You deserve to have “more than enough" money – money available to you for anything you want to do or try or have or be because it is “enough” for you. You deserve to live with an abundance of love surrounding you - love that is true and honest and faithful.

So first things first – identify what it is that stops you from believing that you deserve to have these things, to be happy and fulfilled and to live a life of abundance. Forgive yourself for your mistakes. Forgive others for theirs. I’m not saying forget about the mistakes – I’m saying learn the lessons of the past and FOR HEAVENS SAKES, MOVE ON with your life. Open your eyes and your ears and your heart – you never know what or who you might be missing out on by hanging onto the past so tightly that you can’t see past your scrunched up fists.

Next, put together your plan for bringing the thing(s) you want into your world. Want a new home? Start looking! Start planning! Dream big – it is most certainly allowed!

Now go for it. Take action - some small action.  Right now. Seriously – what’s stopping you?

I know that the only thing that has stopped me is me. Well, no longer. I am not preventing my success or happiness any longer. Will you join me? Success and happiness are just a vision away!

With love across the waters,