It's The Little Things...

The little annoyances and distractions in your life have their purpose. They very well could be saving your life or putting you in the right place at the right time. Check out this story that was e-mailed to me today.

After Sept. 11th, one company invited the remaining members of other companies who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers to share their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of security told stories of why these people were alive..... and all the stories were just:

L I T T L E things

As you might know, the head of the company got in late that day because his son started kindergarten. Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts. One woman was late because her alarm clock didn't go off in time. One was late because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike because of an auto accident. One of them missed his bus. One spilled food on her clothes and had to take time to change. One's car wouldn't start. One went back to answer the telephone. One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he should have. One couldn't get a taxi. The one that struck me was the man who put on a New pair of shoes that morning,took the various means to get to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at A drugstore to buy a Band-Aid That is why he is alive today.

Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone all the little things that annoy me. I think to myself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment.


Next time your morning seems to be going wrong, the children are slow getting dressed, you can't seem to find the car keys, you hit every traffic light, don't get mad or frustrated; God is at work watching over you.

May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things and may you remember their possible purpose.

Often times it's the little things that upset us and put us in a negative mindset. It's these little things that lower our energy and cause us to send out the wrong things to the world around us.

May we realize that the little things that happen to us happen for a reason. There is positive in everything we face. We need to guard our energies and send only the best things out. We deserve exactly what we send out so it is best to search and find the silver lining in our daily experiences.

PURSUE WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU'LL GET IT

Daily Motivation with Max Steingart

"When you're sure you're on the right road to success
you don't have to plan your journey too far ahead.
Don't burden yourself with doubts and fears
as to the obstacles that may bar your progress.

You don't need to know all your answers in advance.
Just have a clear idea of the goal you want to reach.
You can only take one step at a time.

If you can muster up the courage to begin,
you'll find the courage to succeed.
It's the job you never start
that always takes the longest to finish.

Eighty percent of success is in showing up."

Read the last line a few times because it's so true.
Just make the decision that you're going to "show up"
for YOU. Allow your next steps to reveal themselves
as you move forward.

As my hubby and I always say to each other...
"Keep it movin'!"

The Art of Romancing Wealth

Man have I been "missing in action." I haven't been feeling at my best these past few weeks so my time at the computer has been really limited. Now that things are starting to feel a bit more normal (at least for the next 6.5 months anyway - hint-hint :o) I can get back into the swing of things!

Today, I have a great article from a dear friend of mine. Sal from www.theempoweredsoul.com always has some great insights to share...

The Art of Romancing Wealth

"I’ve noticed that we’re a culture that doesn’t stop long enough to enjoy its attainments. We’re so far off into the future, we’re never here. Here, however, is home.

All of us work many hours for money, yet when it comes in, and we spend it on what we like, how much time do we spend enjoying it?

The other day I got a beautiful armchair. The first time I saw it, I fell in love. I just had to take it home. It was big, a shocking pink color, and broad. When I sank in it, it supported me just perfectly. Visions of many hours in the bookstore, a good book on my lap, a comfortable armchair surrounding me drifted into my mind. Now, every time I sit and read a book on that chair, a deep sigh of contentment rises out of me.

To almost everyone, it’s just an armchair. But to me, it’s an expression of exquisite laziness.

I deliberately chose to appreciate what I have.

And because of that appreciation, I’m sending a powerful message to my subconscious mind. “Yes, this is what I want. Thank you for getting me this chair.”

What’s the reaction of my subconscious mind? “Oh, so that’s what he likes, let’s see if I can get him more good stuff.”

Our appreciation gets us more. We set up a vibration within us that vibrates to the world. Like my friend, Kim, said, it’s as if you’ve set your tuning fork to vibrate with other tuning forks out there.

But don’t take my word for it. Ask Oprah.

Oprah Winfrey attributes her wealth to being happy. She didn’t feel happy because she got wealthy. No, no, no…she got wealthy because she was happy.

Why do so many people adore her? What makes her ratings shoot through the roof? Yes, you got it—it’s that charming smile, the warm camaraderie she throws around her guests, and the cheerful banter with which she talks to her audience.

If Oprah were a grouch—she wouldn’t be Oprah! And she wouldn’t be rich, either.

Oprah knows how to romance money.

Money loves happy people.

Why? It’s because money like everything else is energy. And we receive the energy we transmit. Hit the right note on your tuning fork and you get in harmony with other forks of a similar vibration.

One way of throwing your energy off-track is to be unbalanced—to spend so many hours working that you’re in a perpetual state of fatigue and low mood. If you’re unbalanced, you’re out of touch with what you want, and you’re getting what you don’t like.

If working hard had anything to do with money than a ditch digger should be rich.

Romancing money is a little like a love affair—you never know when your darling is going to be charming and merry or, ahem, a little difficult. However, if you’re charming and merry, you’ve set the right tone for an enchanting relationship."

How To Materialize Your Desires

How To Materialize Your Desires by David Cameron

"It is desire that makes entrance to existence, and its omission closes it."

THEN, could you tell me more about the materialization process?

It is the union of three, ''Desire-Thought-Energy'', that are the building blocks of creative reality.

What are the steps involved?

First of all DESIRE! Literally make it a BURNING desire.
It is this stirring of ''inner fire'' that will open the doors to existence.
Secondly use your IMAGINATION to generate THOUGHTS that will act as a carrier wave of the desire. Picture the outcome vividly. FEEL IT and see yourself within these scenes as if it were already happening and in a sense it already has.
Thirdly ENERGIZE those thoughts through concurrent behavior. Act in a way as if it were already part of your existence.

Finally let the Universe deliver. Let Go! Stay out of the way. Just allow it to happen.

So what if the outcome turns out to be different or just seems not to happen at all?

Always remember that you are on a level that need opposites to allow experience. The only thing you have to do is choose which direction to follow and just follow it, but be clear which direction to follow. You don''t get anywhere when you''re not giving clear driving instructions to the cab driver.

I''ll be honest with you. Sometimes I do have doubts which way to go. What does that mean?

Doubt is a condition of being caught between two opposite forces of the same magnitude, ''Yes-No, Yes-No, Yes-No etc...'' You just don't know which direction to follow, so you're stuck in the middle. Shift your Point of Focus in either direction to start a flow of action so your state of being will change into a state of doing, hence a state of having can be accomplished.

OK, so I decide to go in one direction. Why is it that often I don't end up where I'm going?

A flow of energy is never untouched with opposite ingredients, but the direction it flows is determined by the amount of particles whose alignment predominates the others. If the ratio is 51% left vs. 49% right, it will align itself to the left direction. It is obvious its speed towards that direction would be more slowly than when the ratio was 80% vs. 20%.

Direction is determined by the flow of particles that dominates in alignment and its speed in proportion to the amount of difference (in alignment). Therefore examine if you have any thoughts that contradict this desire.

Look for any adopted beliefs that are strongly held in your subconscious which discourage that desire.

Examine your feelings regarding this desire. Do you find any of them that makes you uncomfortable when related to this desire or even consider the desire appalling.
Find those opposite intentions and embrace them. Absorb their energy by acknowledging that you understand you have them due to your dualistic nature of being and align them to become part of your new desire.
OK, and then what?

The moment you announce your desire, do not focus on it any longer. Merely release opposite thoughts, those that block or hinder it from coming into existence.

How fast can I see the results?

The speed of materialization of a desire is determined by the lack of ''counter thoughts'' and not by a continuous focus. Your direction has already been established so affirmations and other disciplinary focus drills are a pure waste of time and are more delaying the process than speeding it up. When you constantly repeat to the cab driver where you want to go, he probably would stop the car and strongly advise you to get out. So the more you focus on the outcome, the more it will charge the opposite.

Do I need discipline?

Discipline concerns only those who believe they ''need'' it. Those are the ones who wish to believe that goals can only be reached by force and indurations and not by simply having fun doing it. Of course we don't mean that you do not have to follow up on your desire, for your actions feed the carrier to deliver your wishes, but you don't have to put force into it. Just let it happen and flow with the stream. Keep in mind... "if it ain't easy, it ain't yours" .

How can I do this right? Is there a trick?

The ''trick'' is to focus without actually focusing. Why should you constantly think of it? Wouldn't that prove that you don't have enough faith, not enough trust? And these counter thoughts and feelings will be part of the delivery as well. How would you feel when somebody is constantly repeating the same old story over and over again? Wouldn't you be fed up and turn away? So don't constantly THINK of it. Instead just occupy yourself in DOING it!

But sometimes it's hard not to allow doubts into your mind.

The Universe does nothing else than respond and if you doubt the outcome it responds accordingly. So let go and allow it to happen. Let the universe take care of it. It always delivers, but you can accelerate the delivery time by just getting out of the way. Release those thoughts that are contrary to the direction you wish to follow and do not constantly emphasize your goal through repetitive affirmations. Remember, things you really desire are already yours and present. You only have to ''see'' them as being present, to allow them to surface.

Is there a trick to see it as being present?

The ''trick'' is not to FORCE things to happen, but to ALLOW them to happen. Your desire ignites the events to awaken and from that moment on they are already happening, although it seems they are not, due to your distorted sense of time which prevents you to see it from happening immediately. Trust your own power of creation that things are set in motion and eager to appear into your level of awareness, IF YOU JUST LET THEM!

So what should I do? Nothing?

You are not capable of doing ''nothing'', although it might look that way. Even when you are in a resting state, you are actually in a state of doing. Your energy patterns are still moving. Your mind is thinking and your body molecules are forever changing. Resting could be compared as wobbling a rocking chair. A lot of motion, but no progress in either direction.

But back to your question, the rule is: ''Don''t overdo it!''

It is fine to dream along the path of your desire, for that keeps the inner fire burning, but there is no need for self-denial, self-inflicting rituals, mechanical affirmations, repetitions, mantra's, tantra's, sacrifices or whatever mumbo jumbo. Just have faith! Trust that the outcome will be that what you have desired.

Follow the directions given and you WILL create your wish come true.

More Payments - As Usual :o)

Here's the link to see the snapshot of the payments from one of my favorite programs which I promised to post here. You may have to maximize your browser to see the full image.

More than likely, this will be the last time I do so. A girl's gotta have some privacy :o)

FYI: There's another program which I'll be introducing to The Zone in the next week or so where the returns are 350% in 60 days. 250% is paid within 30 days and the principle (100%) is returned 30 days after that.

Again, many believe returns like this are impossible. And what I'll say is...

That's simply what you've been led to believe.

"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is nothing."

"A belief is simply a thought you think over and over again. You have the power to decide what you believe. Use it. Change your thoughts and you change your life."

And as Dr. Carter G. Woodson said “He who circumscribes the circumference of your mind, determines and controls the diameter of your thinking”.

Payment Snapshots - Check'em Out!

I generally don't share snapshots of payments when I get paid from a program. Mainly because I already expose so much of myself already with The Zone that I'd like to keep some level of privacy :o). However, I was asked by someone I've grown to really respect and adore to just put up a couple of recent payment snapshots. I agreed.

So as promised, here's a snapshot of a couple of my positions in EMM#6 which just paid out. It's a wide image so you may have to maximize your browser. These were both $240 positions which have doubled in about 42 days.

I also have over $2800 in positions set to pay out next week! That's sure to be a LOT of fun :o) I'll post the snapshot of those as well so check back. [UPDATE 2/24: The new payments are posted here.]

For those who don't know, this is where I put the bulk of the infamous "savings bond" money that I received from my grandmother. That money sat for 19 years and only grew by 49% or should I say, that's how much "they" gave back!

I put the money in EMM#6 and it's doubled in 6 weeks.

MORE MONEY...

Here's a snapshot of over $4160 that I received from EMM#4 on the 11th.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Making money can be "hard work" and "struggle" or it can be effortless and fun. Either way, we always get to choose.

Entrepreneur at 6 - Millionaire at 20!

Just got this story of this amazing young man and what he's accomplished in his life at the young age of 20! Oh my...

[UPDATE: I just did a search online for his book and have to make a major correction. This young man became a millionaire by the time he was 14 not 20!]

Farrah Gray, 20-Year-Old Millionaire
By Janet Alicea, Special for AOL BlackVoices


Farrah Gray -- 20-year-old entrepreneur, venture capitalist and self-made millionaire -- likes recipes. That's why one of his favorite sayings is, "If they're going to give me lemons, then I'm going to make lemonade, lemon pie." This proved handy. Raised in the projects of East Chicago, Gray learned at an early age how to make any sour ball sweet.

"People tell me, 'Boy, you were just born yesterday.' I always say, 'Yes, but I stayed up all night,'" says Gray, the author of 'Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich From the Inside Out.' He brings this clear-cut, frontal perspective to everything he does.

The list of Gray's accomplishments in a week is dizzying. Shuttling between offices in New York and Las Vegas, he manages businesses in both cities. Currently, he publishes Inner City magazine, owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corp. (ICBC), parent company to radio station WBLS. He sits on the advisory board of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce (he was the youngest person ever to do so) and the National Association of Realtors. In addition, he heads the Farrah Gray Foundation, which he funds to support community initiatives and provide seed money for youth entrepreneurial projects. And through it all he maintains a healthy social life.

"I believe there is a recipe for success," Gray says. For him, that means wanting change. "Comfort is the enemy of achievement," he says. "I was just familiar with struggle. The ghetto life makes everybody uptight."

His first venture came at age 6, when he created his own blend of body lotion by mixing the remains of near-empty bottles he found in his bathroom. He renamed the product FG Enterprises and sold it door to door for $1.50. That earned him $9. To celebrate, he took his mom out for Chinese food. "In the 'hood there's not much. We don't lack brain power. We lack [the funds] and the resources," he says. "We don't have any rich relatives, and if we did, they've moved out."

So he set out to learn from the pros. Using homemade business cards he began carrying at age 7 that read 'Farrah Gray, 21st century CEO," he approached local business people about supporting UNEEC (Urban Neighborhood Economic Enterprise Club), a club in which he and his friends could learn about business and entrepreneurship. Guests became mentors and future business contacts. "My friends were getting arrested for taking stuff from the store. I decided ... I wasn't. I figured the same knowledge I would have of being a drug dealer is the same knowledge I would have of buying wholesale and selling retail," he says.

Shortly after forming UNEEC, Gray persuaded some local businesspeople to lend the group money to invest. They made $15,000. "In the 'hood we wanted entrepreneurship just as much as we needed it," he says. Gray believes you must know your market. That's why at 13 he began his first company, FarrOut Foods, where he sold his grandmother's strawberry-vanilla maple syrup. "My grandmother used to make all of our syrup from scratch because we couldn't afford it," he says. That netted him his first million dollars. At the same time, he funded the Farrah Gray Foundation with company profits. Other successful business ventures have included Kidzel calling cards (prepaid calling cards that allow children to phone home for free from anywhere in the world) with telecommunications giant WorldTel.

Despite all the success, Gray still seems surprised by it. He likes to go undercover as food editor for Inner City, just so he can try different restaurants. Not that he needs to. "Now I can order the lobster on the menu," says Gray. "That's the big ghetto meal."