Vision Board Magic

Recently, I have decided that I need to redo my vision board. I am going to make them into three separate boards - one for professional, one for personal, and one for my "I AM"s. I'm the type of person that is super organized and I'm not a fan of chaos. Well, I feel my current vision board is quite chaotic. While there may have been a method originally when I was putting up the pictures, there isn't anymore.

I add to my vision board when I see something I need to add. My vision boards don't have an expiration date. No vision board should actually have an expiration date. You can't determine when something is going to happen. Everything happens when it happens and for a reason. I don't believe in coincidences. I believe things happen for a reason and exactly as they should. It's not always good stuff that happens. But I also believe that when the bad stuff happens, it's the universe's way of saying "I told you so and now I made it happen. You didn't listen before. Now maybe you'll listen better."

Ever since my life got turned upside down several months, I've had this belief. I've always believed in the no coincidences, but it's the bad stuff belief that changed. The universe will give you messages and signs, but so often we overlook those messages and signs until the universe finally forces it upon us in the way of bad stuff. But my heart is still beating, I am still breathing, I am standing here today and I am happy that I have this amazing life, that is sometimes messed up and nothing goes right, but it is still amazing and I appreciate every moment I have to make this the best life I can.

I read books and blogs about changing your way of thinking, changing your perspective and eventually changing your life. And I know in both my head and my heart that nothing happens overnight, but there are so many things that I really wish would happen overnight. And I know vision boards work. They don't work instantly, there is very little that is instantaneous in this life. You just have to have faith, trust and believe that everything will work out the way that it is supposed to. I have that faith, belief and trust, but every once in a while, I lose it, because like all of you, I am human. And I can only take so much bad stuff happening at a time. So when all this happens, I need a new perspective, so I change things around. That is my ultimate reason for doing new vision boards - I need a new perspective. I need new magic in my life.

Trust.Believe.HaveFaith. Life is amazing, no matter how messed up it is, no matter what goes right or wrong. It is amazing and to be appreciated. When something bad happens, life still goes on.

I AM - Two of the Most Important Words

I was recently introduced to this video of Joel Osteen's famous sermon about changing your "I am" and making sure you are using the right "I AM"s each day.

I absolutely love this sermon and have listened to it every day for the past 4 days, more than once each day. There is so much amazing information in just this half hour sermon. It is so perfect for changing yours or anyone's life. Listen to this sermon, send it to your friends. I am not preaching any form of religion here. I am sharing the underlying message of this sermon. You can go places you've never dreamed of before by simply changing your I AM.

I will admit that over the past few weeks I've been struggling big time. I've been searching for motivation everywhere - books, blogs, videos. Nothing seemed to really work for me. And I'm not trying to make excuses, but I also think Mercury Retrograde had a lot to do with this as well. But I'm ready to move on, find that motivation again, and achieve my dreams and goals. My get up and go really did get up and go a few weeks ago. I have had no motivation, felt extremely exhausted and just want to be alone. For the most part, I'm still lacking the motivation and have the exhaustion and still want to be alone, but this sermon has still changed so much that has been running through my head lately. I am blessed. I am achieving my dreams and goals. I am working hard. I've been working on the negative thoughts running through my head for what seems like ages. Most days they don't get me down, but the past few weeks have been horrible. And this message really pointed that out for me.

There is so much that Joel says in this sermon that really resonates with me. And so much I need to do still with working on myself due to past influences, mainly my parents programming of me. My mom is still going at me every day with her rude comments about how I am basically a failure. And I know this has a lot to do with how I've felt every day for the past few weeks. Every time I start having successes, I get broken down again by one or both of my parents and my path starts getting derailed again. I am done with this from this point forward. I know that I am achieving my dreams and goals, no matter what happens or who wants other things to happen in my life.

Life Joel says in this video, create your list of "I am" sayings that you can and are achieving. I have started to do this and change is already happening again. Nothing is going to derail me this time. I am achieving my dreams and goals. I have also decided to create an I AM vision board. I am going to type up all of my I AM statements and put them on a piece of posterboard. The more I read these over and over each day, the more things will start to change.

Change is something that is really actually easy. It is the thought about changing that takes so long to accept and act on. Making that change is instant as soon as the thought to actually change is accepted.

Change your life. Be a better you. Trust, believe, have faith. Life is amazing and getting better and better every day. But this is where you have to trust, believe and have faith.

Gratitude Jar

Create your own miracle jar this year. Get an empty jar with a lid. It can be any kind of jar (just make sure you clean it first!). If you want to, decorate the jar anyway you want to. It's the start of a new year, so it's the absolute perfect time to start a new jar!

Each day, write down on a piece of paper a miracle that happened to you that day. You can use colored paper to make it look cool :) when you look at the jar. Or just use whatever paper you have laying around the house.

Write down on pieces of paper:
Something special that happened that day
Something that made you LOL
Any miracle you have noticed - BIG or SMALL
Things you are grateful for that happened that day


Any day you are feeling down or blue, dump out everything in the jar and start reading each slip of paper! They will help you feel better and bring you right back up to where you are supposed to be.

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 2

Continue using the same affirmation you started with yesterday.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 2 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1

What is the Law of Attraction?

Let's first start by discussing, what the law of attraction is and how it affects you.

 

Every time you want something and achieve vibrational harmony with it and allow it to come to you, you not only gain the satisfaction of having accomplished your desire — you also gain a whole new perspective from which to desire. - Abraham

Louise Hay, founder of Hay House, Inc., is known as the mother of positive thinking. She has said, "You have to start saying things that you feel really good about yourself. 'I love who I am. I love life. Life loves me. It's going to be smooth and easy. Life works for me.' And you just start doing that—it's planting seeds. You're not going to get it the first day, but you plant a seed and you water it and you continue the affirmations, and things start to shift and change in your life."

The Law of Attraction is about like attracts like. If you think positive, positive things will happen in your life. If you think negative, negative things will happen in your life. If you think with self doubt (I want this, but...), you will manifest the doubted thoughts. Just like Louise says, plant the seeds and continue to water them. It's just like growing a garden, it takes time for the plants to grow and blossom after you plant them. That is exactly what you are doing with yourself when you are trying to change your way of thinking to positive. Each of us is human and we make mistakes. You can't be perfect all of the time. It is a work in progress.

Excerpt from www.oprah.com - Author, life coach and O, The Oprah Magazine columnist Martha Beck says the law of attraction doesn't work at the snap of your fingers—at least not at first. "At the beginning, you have to be careful what level you are on in your consciousness when you're making your requests of the universe," she says. Martha says it's important that your thoughts are not coming from a negative place. "If you're in a fear-based place where you need and you want and you're going to die and everything's scary, none of your intentions or desires has much power."

People hoping to use the law of attraction are told to write lists of what they want to obtain, like a "love list." So why is it that some people still don't get what they want? Cheryl Richardson, life coach and author, explains that negative energy could be the cause. "I think sometimes it can be exactly what Martha said—that we're asking from a place of desperation," she says. "When you put desperate energy out into the world, you don't get back what it is you want."

Cheryl says the items on your list may not come to you right away. "I know that there's something called divine timing," she says. "Some of the most amazing things that have occurred to me in my life took longer to occur than I wanted because I needed to grow as a woman. I needed to evolve in some way."

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-Law-of-Attraction-Real-Life-Stories_1/2#ixzz2mPV7FPg8

So make your lists, make a vision board or two or three, change your thinking and water your seeds. You will begin to see your life change when you do this. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen in time.

You have to faith, trust and believe in yourself. 

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Abundance is Everywhere!!

Plain and simple, abundance is everywhere, you have to faith and believe you are worthy. Each person is worthy, but it all depends on our daily thoughts. If you really think that you aren't worthy of receiving something, then the Universe will send that right back to you and you won't be able to receive that which you wished for.

Believe in yourself and believe that you are worthy. It all starts with YOU! It's really that simple. Change your thoughts and you can change you life. I'm living proof! I've seen other people do this too. Put the Law of Attraction to work for you. Think positive and manifest the future you really want for yourself.

Tonight is a new moon. The new moon is the perfect time for new beginnings. Create that vision board, go here if you need some more help on the vision board. I've got my vision board up, but I'm going to continue to add to it as more and more dreams come to me. The more you believe and take that leap of faith towards your future, your life will become much more rewarding!

Take a leap of faith!

Abundance is everywhere. And what you receive is not taking from someone else. It is unlimited! Trust, believe and have faith. It's actually very simple, but as humans we make it complicated. 

Leave me comments and I'll respond. I love reading your success stories. I'd also love to feature some of your stories in my blog, so contact me! Follow me on Twitter and Pinterest. Create those vision board, make those new moon wishes. 

New beginnings start tonight!

Drop the Negativity

One of the biggest keys to achieving anything in life, whether it's what you want or not, is to let go of any negativity. If you think, "I want this, but..." you are sending out that negativity to the Universe. You are trying to manifest both the positive and the negative sides of what you want. Stop adding in the BUT. Stop doubting yourself. The Universe provides for you exactly what you want. If you continue to say, "I'm so tired of being sick", you are going to continue being sick because that is what you are putting out to the Universe. Instead, say "I'm so healthy all of the time." I always like to add in that I'm happy and healthy.

Also, when you think negative emotions - stress, sadness, depression, disgust, etc. - you are manifesting the negative. As soon as you realize those negative thoughts, stop what you are doing, release those thoughts and immediately think of something happy. I know we are all human and we are constantly thinking. We think over 60,000 thoughts a day. But the more negative thoughts you have, the more negative you are going to manifest into your life.

Remember how I said I hated my last job that I just lost? Well, I kept putting that thought out to the Universe and I do agree that that reason is a part of the reason why I lost my job. There are other reasons behind it, but I won't add that here. It doesn't relate. I put the thought that I hate my job out there for months. I also think it may be part of the reason why I couldn't find a new job. I couldn't get out of the mindset that there was a much better place out there for me, where I could love going to work again. But now, I'm only thinking about how I want to work a full time job that I absolutely love going to everyday. I'm not adding in anything else into my thoughts.

Put your positive thoughts out to the Universe. Don't doubt, don't put any buts in there, just have faith, trust and believe. The Universe is giving you exactly what you are thinking about. If you think negative, you will manifest the negative. If you think positive, but add in the negative, you'll manifest the negative. If you think positive, and only positive, you will finally manifest the positive.

Have faith, trust and believe! The Universe works for you! 

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Miracles Happen Everyday!

I know we all have a day or two or even three where we tend to stop believing. Things go wrong or not as expected. To put it bluntly, LIFE happens.

Trust me, I know! A few months ago, I was woken up at 2am because there was a fire in my apartment building. I thank GOD every day, that I was woken up naturally. No one woke me. Smoke detectors did not go off. My neighbors were doing drugs and drinking and smoking. One of them dropped a cigarette and there was a fire. The firefighters saved my entire apartment. I had a lot of smoke damage, but my big ticket items, like my brand new bed, computers, tv, were salvageable. It was a lot of cleaning and my mom and I really got sick of the cleaning stuff and ended up trashing some other stuff because the smell of smoke wouldn't come out. Then, 2 weeks after that, I lost my job. Now, losing this job wasn't all that bad because I hated this job. It was a job to pay the bills. I had been looking for a new job for over a year, with no luck. And now I am currently unemployed. But it gives me time to study for the CPA exam, complete my homework for my MSA program and work on this blog and research to help myself and YOU. I was struggling for a while to find that hope. But I know that miracles happen every day! Just me waking up on my own with that fire was a miracle.

Make this affirmation that you say everyday. Write it on post it notes and put them on the walls, mirrors, computers, etc. Miracles DO happen everyday. They may be small or they may be big. But the universe is working with you to make each day the way you want it to go. If you wake up in a bad mood and keep that bad mood, you will have a bad day. If you make it a good day from the start, you will have a good day.

LIFE is so GOOD. Believe it! Have faith! Trust in the UNIVERSE!

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