Creating...

I opened "Excuse me your life is waiting" and started reading about money. How to attract this stuff into your life. I haven't quite finished the chapter however, she brought up a very interesting idea about how to attract it. Make up a story of how it will be, how you will feel once you have it and start talking or writing about it as reality now! So, I started this conversation with myself about how it feels to have enough money to pay all our bills. Here is some of that conversation:

It's so great now that we have enough money coming in to pay all our bills. It is so relaxing to pay bills knowing that we have enough. And after we pay all those bills we still have enough left over to plan something to do together. Being together as a family is the most amazing adventure! We laugh, play and just enjoy each others company. I am so excited we are going camping this weekend and then after that we are headed on a cruise. Cruising is the most relaxing vacation ever! I completely enjoy the freedom to just do whatever whenever I feel like it.

XOXOXOXO
Gina

Todays Thoughts

Yesterday I saw a position at work that I am interested in. Once again, I had it all planned out in my mind how it was going to go. Everyone would be supportive and then I would apply this weekend. Not what happened. What I realized is that underneath it all I was concerned about how my boss would react. She has been developing me for another position. And given the turn over rate of tellers, I can see why she might be upset.

So, what I created was the possibility of her & I supporting each other to create our own joy! And when I did that, I could see that it would be wonderful to create that with others in my life as well. Wow, what would a life look like that had an intention on creating joy?? It's funny I don't know but, I would like to find out! I am creating JOY!

XOXOXOXOXO
Gina

The Law of Attraction

I am reading a book, called "Excuse me your life is waiting" by Lynne Grabhorn. A wonderful friend of mine gave it to me. It is an amazing book looking at the law of attraction. Similar to the Secret with a more down to earth feel. I started the 30 days to breakthrough in the book. The first 10 days I am thinking of a Flip-Switch - something I like about me that I can think of when I am not feeling particularly positive. Todays is I am understanding. Yesterday was I am playful (I loved that one!!!).

So, here is what I am seeing out of doing this - it is making a huge difference in how my day goes. Yesterday I brought that to mind during several situations where I was not feeling positive and it made a huge difference. I asked myself How can I bring play to this situation? The other thing I realized is that I am all these things I am thinking however, not all the time. Bringing them to the present is a wonderful way to create amazing days. Knowing that on some level I am all the things I create and more!!

XOXOXOXOXOXO
Gina

This one left me smiling...check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Movies

So, watched two good movies in the last two nights. Tonight we saw Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Was definitely a good movie however, not sure what I think about it. Will Smith is an awesome actor no matter what the movie. It was sad and gave me an alternative perspective on life.

Last night we watched Slumdog Millionaire. This is a must see! I can see why it won so many awards! It is just a cute movie and gave me a new perspective on how good we have it here in the USA. I sometimes worry about how we are going to pay bills...live our existing life...and if we are going to be okay. Watching movies like this give me a new appreciation for how much I do have and how lucky I am! Watch this movie!

XOXOXOXOXO
Gina

Insights

This morning I had a great conversation with a friend. I had called her to catch up and find out about her vacation. The conversation did not go as planned, kind of like life sometimes :) I shared with her my many attempts to "let go" and let the universe take over. So, since I have decided to do that, I have had times where that seems to go well and times where it does not. One of the things I noticed is that it's all well and good to let go until something happens. I don't have enough money for something, I have to pay a bill, I have to transfer money from my savings, etc. So, I keep letting go and letting go each time one of these circumstances comes up. It seems a bit like a struggle. And I go back and forth on what to "do" about it.

The great thing about sharing is that something new can arise in the conversation. I realized that there are people in my life who are contributing in ways that I don't want to admit because then I would be present to how much they love and care about me. And for me there is something wrong when that happens, like I can't take care of myself. So, I am inventing the possibility of being grateful. Here are some things I am grateful for:

Gary - the love of my life who accepts me for who I am and loves me no matter what
Jacob - my shining guiding light who is the most wonderful son in the whole world
My Mom - the most amazing wonderful woman who is always there for me
My sister - She is my best friend and always makes me laugh
My dad - a wonderful man who is an inspiration for making a difference
My step-dad - an amazing person with great wisdom and guidance who tells it like it is
My friends - who are always there for me and listen to me as bigger than I think myself to be

That is my first stab. There is a longer list coming......

XOXOXOXO Gina

I loved this article :) Now I got to figure out how to make these links instead of web addresses.

men.webmd.com/features/11-dont-tell-the-wife-secrets-all-men-keep?page=1

People

Sometimes people annoy me. They do things or they say things that just get under my skin! I had an experience like that today. Based upon that experience I thought of ways to get back at them, killing them with kindness, ways I was better, changes I should make in my life because of it on and on...YUCK!

However, what if people just sometimes annoy me? What if there is no "getting back", killing with kindness, being better or making changes? What if all those things serve a short term purpose and are geared at protecting myself? Sufficed to say, what I realized about this was that something happened, I made up a bunch of stuff about it and was sad. Guess what??? I can chose another way to respond. So, I'm choosing being playful and creative.

Video

Here's a great video. Hope you enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8nnyBxQDfQ

April Fool's Day

Just out of curiosity, I looked up the origin of April Fool's Day. I looked at several different sites and there is no clear origin. People have differing views on the subject. However, I did find the wikipedia page for this day and there are some funny pranks at the bottom. Enjoy :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day