Getting what you focus on

I belong to this wonderful community called The Prosperity Tribe with David and Kristin Morelli. We had our morning call this morning (morning for me anyhow ... that Time Zone thing) and it was fantastic.

After the calls David and Kristin go into the forum and read everyone's posts, commenting and giving feedback ... I actually posted today and received an incredible Next Step! ...

Because they do this lots of people go into the forum and it's a real hive of activity of people posting comments and feedback about the calls and to each other ... such a great community.

While reading the posts I came across this one ... names removed ... which really made a fabulous point ... Not sure about you, but for me stories and examples make things so much more ... useable ... relevant ...

And in terms of 'Getting what you focus on' ... even when everything seems nothing is going the way you REALLY want it to ... this one is amazing! Read on ...

I just wanted to give you some words of encouragement, and something that worked for me that will probably work for you if you choose to use it.

I have been in the same type of vibration before, where it seems as if NOTHING is going right and things are just getting worse - you know, the downward spiral. If not the downward spiral, then just the status quo, where it just seems to be the same thing over and over again with nothing shifting.

What I found (and still use all the time) that really worked powerfully for me was that if I focused - and kept my attention! - on all of the many, many, many things that were going RIGHT, more and more things would start going right.

It is wonderful to do that deliberately, because when you do it deliberately and you watch your life shift around you because you are EXPECTING it to, then you really know that YOU are in control.

My e-mail signature says, "The way my life is right now is a direct result of my habits of thought."

I came to this realization when I decided, during a time when I was running for my life and homeless in the streets of Phoenix in 110 degree heat (having come from Oregon, where it was 60 degrees), that even in that situation - being a woman alone in a giant, unfamiliar city - that I had FAR more in my life to be grateful for than I did to complain about.

(This became my mantra during that time. "I have far more in my life to be grateful for than I do to complain about. Okay, what can I find right here and right now to be grateful for?")

Deliberately using it as a mantra, because I could feel the difference between, "Oh my God I'm so scared and I don't know what I'm going to do!!" and "I can be grateful for my cellular phone, because with it I can call my children in Oregon." Or whatever I would happen to think of.

When I deliberately focused my attention on what was going RIGHT, I found more and more things going RIGHT - because I was open and willing to see them, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR THEM.

And things began falling into place for me and within three weeks of running from Oregon I had the best job I'd ever had in my life, I had made some wonderful new friends (this was nine years ago and they are still my wonderful friends), and I had a place to live.

I firmly and absolutely believe that, "Where I place my attention I am placing my intention." (Mary Manin Morrissey) And when I place my attention on everything that's going right, the Universe says, "Okay! Here's some more wonderful stuff for you to add to your list!"

Isn't that the most inspiring story ... So ...

Where are you placing your attention right now? I'd love to know ... or if you have an inspiring story of your own then please share ...

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

What do you believe?

Do not believe what you have heard.

Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations.

Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times.

Do not believe because the written statements come from some old sage.

Do not believe in conjecture.

Do not believe in authority or teachers or elders.

BUT ... after careful observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it.

- Buddha

So often we get caught up in doing things based on our interpretation of ... the way we think others would do them ... the way others have told us to do them ... the way things have always been done ... from what we've read in books ... or heard in the media or in courses we've done ...

Even when in our hearts we feel it's not the right way to be doing whatever it is for us.

Judith Orloff, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of the book Positive Energy says your intuition ... 'tells you the truth about how you can help yourself ... that your conscious mind could never tell you ... In the beginning, with intuition (like with most things though) sometimes you're right and sometimes you're wrong.'

That's just the way it is though with most things we do isn't it now, practice is the key.

With practice, you naturally gain greater skills with pretty well everything. Intuition is the same ... the more you listen to your inner voice the better sense you'll get of when to listen to it.

Our intuition can serve us well ... if we choose to develop it ... now or later. It serves us in our relationships, at home, in the work place and making career, business or investment decisions.

The next time you get that inner feeling that something needs to be done differently, or now, or whatever the case is ... take a bit of time, reflect, think of the possibilities and maybe choose to follow your own unique path ... so long as it's safe for you, safe for the people around you and the world you live in ... go on ... take a risk ... make your own path!

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life

How Interesting Are Your Mistakes?

Many of us equate making mistakes with being a mistake which restricts our desire to step out and try something new or different or set big goals ... in fact in it's extreme it can really restrict the whole way we lead our lives.

I'm sure this isn't you, but it probably relates to someone you know ... What’s missing in many people’s beliefs about success is the fact that the larger the goal, the greater the opportunity for mistakes to happen. Therefore it makes sense that the larger your ambitions, the more dependent you'll be on your ability to overcome and learn from your mistakes.

The kind of mistakes you make define your life.
The more interesting the mistakes, the more interesting the life ... HUH, you might be thinking ... how so?

If your biggest mistakes are missing your bus or buying the wrong brand of coffee you’re not challenging yourself enough to make more interesting mistakes.

Learning from mistakes requires 3 things ... you need to be able to:

1. Be putting yourself 'out there' so you can actually make interesting mistakes
2. Have the self-confidence to admit to those mistakes ... and
3. Have the objectivity to find the benefits of those mistakes

So how's your sense of humour?
A way to know you’ve reached a healthy place regarding the mistakes you've made, is your sense of humour. When you get to that place where you can laugh at your own mistakes you know you’ve got to a place where you no longer judge yourself on the basis of that event.

Reaching this kind of perspective is very important in releasing the fear that can become attached to trying new things, setting big goals or making change. Humour loosens your psychology and prevents obsession about the past.

Remember: it’s easy to fall into the pattern of making new mistakes by spending too much focus and energy protecting yourself from the previous ones. Take it from someone who's been there, done that!
Take some time to look back into the past and find your mistakes ... and then make a list of all the good things that happened as a direct result of those mistakes. This might be a bit of a stretch for some people, but I know you'll be able to take it in your stride. My bet is, you'll have a whole new perspective on things you thought were absolutely dire at the time ... How do I know ... that's what happened for me.
Studying the past helps broaden your outlook.
Become aware of just how many other smart, capable well meaning people have made similar mistakes to the one you made, and went on to even more and bigger mistakes, I mean successes.

And as you move forward in your life and make new mistakes ... deal with them in this way as they happen, so you can get out there and make even more mistakes that turn into successes!

So ... tell me ... just what mistakes have you made ... or are you making ... and what have you learnt?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

Louis Pasteur: Goals and Tenacity

'Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: My strength lies solely in my tenacity.'

~ Louis Pasteur

Goals are fun, so often we caught in the seriousness of what we're setting out to achieve.

But the real gifts of any goal achievements are the qualities and capabilities we develop along the way to that achievement.

• We learn to focus in and stay with it.

• We discover the secrets of course correction and learn to improve our processes as we go along.

The goal or the thing we wanted often disappears over the years, however the qualities we develop in the process of achieving it remain with us forever.

Think of a time when you've reached a goal in the past ...

• What did it take to get there?

• What type of character strengths did you use to create that goal?

• What did you learn and / or develop along the way?

Write you thoughts in a journal ...

If the thoughts come out as a whole pile of things that make you feel bad ... thank them for coming up and reframe them into thoughts that will support you to achieve your dreams!

I'd love to hear what came up for you ...

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

Share the Joy

A person is successful who causes happiness and a reflection of the Divine in the lives of those she/he touches.

~ Paul Solomon

Practice delivering Random Acts of Happiness to the people you know, the people you'd like to know and the people you meet along the way!

Feel the warm glow that comes from making someone else's day with simple smile or a compliment or an act of service, like opening a door.

People who do this repeatedly report many remarkable and almost miraculous results such as:

• Feeling good about themselves and their lives
• Greater harmony in their relationships
• Increased ease in attaining goals and desires
• Enhanced awareness of the world around them

I'd love to hear about your results ... post them below!

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

A Message by George Carlin

Yet another Gem from my inbox ... I do hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

This is a master piece.. If you have not read it take the time to read it now. And ... If you have read it take time to read it again!

GEORGE CARLIN ( Who died not long ago.) Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent ... and so very appropriate.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space.

We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait.

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.

These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight or show it to others ...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember; say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne

If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios atwww.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

What Do You See In Your Future?

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes. ~Oprah Winfrey

Do you have a vision for your life?

Do you wake up each morning full of energy and enthusiasm for the new day?

What's your reason why?

What do you see in your future?

Look for the bigger picture in what you do and you'll find your level of energy and enthusiasm for even the smallest of tasks will rise ... it's like magic.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne

If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios atwww.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

The Ripple Effect

This week's been another very interesting week for me. For the first time in a long time I’ve been unwell and had to spend time in bed. 

And it’s been an impactful week, full of learnings and aha’s.

I’ve spend a week listening to my body and gathering information about me and the life I’ve created for myself.

In many respects I have a great life. I live with a man who adores me unconditionally, whether I’m sugar and spice and all things nice ... or not so nice ... whatever the case may be. 

I have 3 intelligent, healthy and gorgeous daughters, I have a loving and loveable extended family and some of THE greatest friends any body could ever wish for.

You know those friends who love and adore you just the way you are ... AND ... know you are still learning just like them! Holding you accountable for everything that happens (which you know you are, but sometimes you need a little reminder ;)

Friends who ring you up just because ... and give you that little ‘tweek’ to reframe you thoughts.

Friends who realize how great you are ... even when you don’t really understand that quite the way you should, but it holds you accountable to be the best you can possible be.

So I spent the week with my well worn copy of Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Body looking up my ailments, thinking, tapping (I’m into EFT at the moment) and randomly opening some of the many newsletters I subscribe to.

Our Physical bodies offer us so much information. Candace Pert, PhD, the Georgetown University professor who wrote Molecules of Emotion once said that if you want to see your subconscious mind, then just look in the mirror. Yes, our body is its visible manifestation. And there’s more.

Dr Pert ‘discovered’ that the neuropeptides generated by our thoughts and emotions talk to every cell of our body. However, this communication is not a one way street. By sensing our body’s feelings, we get a clue as to what our deeper conscious minds ... and intelligences ... are saying.

So by paying attention to our physical sensations we begin to understand what’s beyond our conscious awareness. Our limbic system, those brain organs that make up our ancient mid-brain, is the direct link between our mind and our body. 

Therefore, taking that one step further ... if we can begin effectively ‘listening’ to our body by noticing sensations like muscle tension, gut feelings, blood pressure and so on, then we may be able to relate what’s going on in our body to the content of our feelings and emotions. 

I’ve spent the week following the clues my body was giving me about what was going on in my unconscious mind so that I can create my life in the way I REALLY want to create it.

I started out with questions like:

If I’m on the right path then give me sign in a way I wouldn’t expect that shows me this is so?

If I’m on the right path then give me a sign that clarifies this for me?

If I’m on the right path then what do I need to release in order for this to be easy to achieve?

If I’m on the right path then what do I need to understand, know ... in order to take the next step.

And you know it’s been like someone has taken me by the had and leading me along the path all week.

I’ve opened just the right newsletter, I’ve listened to the ‘perfect’ teleseminar, a friend’s rung me ‘out of the blue’ and asked all those questions I'd been ..., I’ve had just the right amount of discomfort and button pushing to encourage me to ask the questions that’s given me the answers I needed to hear.

And you know what, because I've been unwell, I've had the time to listen to the answers and integrate them into my being.

Was that information there before? Probably. 

Was it information I’d read, heard, seen before? Most of it.

But out of it I got a whole lot of answers that I’ve never had in that way. 

And the cherry on the cake ... Out of what I learnt this week and the shifts I’m making I got to be the catalyst for change in 2 other people’s lives ... specifically ... so the ‘ripple effect’ of my week of illness is enormous!

So, just what is your body trying to tell you?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios atwww.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

The Roller Coaster of Life!

Today I was reading a post by Kate over at http://fiercecharlotte.blogspot.com and it really got me thinking. She wrote about how life had handed her some curve balls over the last 18 months and with her birthday coming up in a month she'd made a decision that she was:

... tired of the inertia that I’ve accumulated of hopelessness, apathy and resignation. I’m ready to look up and move away from the negative. But I don’t think it’s enough to move away from something – that just implies escapism and denial; I want to move toward something or somewhere. I want to know my destination and that what I do every day gets me a little bit closer. The real questions, though, behind moving along my journey is “Who am I?” and “Who am I meant to be?”

So ... Enough's enough and she's drawn her proverbial line in the sand! Well done Kate!

The fact is, I could so relate to where she was at that I was motivated to write a comment and as is often the way, in making the comment to Kate, I held the mirror up to myself ... it really got me thinking about my own life.

Over the last 18 months or so i too have been seriously pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone and the results are always startling.

There are times when I set an intention and everything that's so unlike the intention I've set seems to happen, it's mind blowing! It's so easy to end up in bed with the quilt over your head! ;)

And then there are other times when the opportunities just seem to drop out of the sky in apparent randomness ... and that's also mindblowing in a totaly exhilarating, let's throw a party type of way.

It was on this roller coaster of everything unlike what I wanted and everything so like what I wanted in such rapid succession that I finally got to feel what I'd heard so many people talk about in the past ... how it's possible to get excited about the things that go ... well I was about to say wrong ... but ... not to plan is probably more like the true term.

I realized last year that in the past I'd really paid lip service to that point of view. I heard it, I'd read it and a I even agreed with it ... but I hadn't personally experienced it and taken it onboard as my own way of BE-ing. Does that make sense?

I still have moments when I go into blame and abdicate my accountability however it doesn't last as long.

I still have moments when I'd like to curl up under my quilt ... however I've now realized time out is a good restorative.

And then there are those moments when life just hands out one blessing of an opportunity after another ... and more and more times I'm able to find these moments in the things and the situations and circumstances that would once upon a time have seemed like the worst thing in the world.

So the next time something goes awry ... take a few moments and see if you can turn that untoward situation into a gift, the opportunity to shed some old belief or decision that no longer serves you in the direction your now going ... I dare you!

Love life and live it creatively


Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

What Makes Your Heart Sing

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
~ Ferdinand Foch

What makes your heart sing?
What's your passion?
What do you enjoy doing?

Sometimes we need to do things to bring in the money. There are basic needs like a roof over your head and food on the table that need to be addressed, particularly if you have children.

Sometimes though we can lose the joy life because what we're spending our day doing is not our greatest love.

I'm not sure if you can relate to this or not, but what I've found is the more I focus on what I don't want, the more of what I don't want there seems to be?

Go figure!

Some how or another, one of those wonderful mysteries of life, the more fun I'm having, the more 'luck' I seem to have.

What's your experience?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

The Day Question?

I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?

~ Henry Moore

And when I do this I've found one of the most powerful processes for me is to look for the 'gifts' in the day.

It's quite incredible that the times when I have to look the hardest for the gift ... and I find it ... they're the times when the most magical things seem to happen out of nowhere in the most unexpected way.

I'm not sure why this happens, in fact truth be know I don't really care why, I just appreciate that it is and I'm grateful that it does.

How about you ...

What has this day brought you?

What have you given it?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

When 1 door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door we don't see the one opened for us.Helen Keller

Kindness, where does it begin?

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop

Kindness is the act or the state of being kind and it's marked by charitable behaviour, mild disposition, pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others.

According to book two of Aristotle's "Rhetoric" it is one of the emotions, which is defined as being 'helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped.'

A little act of kindness goes a long way towards making this world a better place. Each kind thing we do connects us to the hearts, souls, and lives of those around us.

Each kind word we say and every kind thought we think brings us closer to love, closer to each other, and most importantly, closer to that sense of Oneness/Universal Energy or God, whatever is your belief. Kindness always ripples out as well and travels from person to person until it returns home to the heart that first shared it.

When we're kind to others it gives us that beautiful warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from the act itself whether we're recognized for the actual act or not, we recognize it in our own heart space if you will. Those simple acts energize us and allow us to feel great about ourselves and the world we live in.

I'm sure this isn't you, but one of the things I've noticed is that people are often so much quicker and find it so much easier to be kind to others than they do to themselves. And yet, isn't there a saying 'Kindness begins at home.'

From childhood we're taught to treat others the way we would like to be treated ourselves, but how often do we take time to treat ourselves the way we would like to be treated?

This lesson was brought home to me last year when I undertook the International Women's Leadership Program with Dr Joanna Martin and Pina De Rosa. One of the first exercises in the program was virtually random acts of kindnes ... to ourselves!

It was a really interesting process. I found that when I took the time to look after myself, I correspondingly found I had so much more energy to give to others, sometimes even before they realized they needed anything themselves.

I invite you to:
1. Be conscious of your thoughts and reactions towards yourself and the people around you. This is important because, once we recognize the times we could have chosen kindness over judgement, we find our opportunities to make a change.

2. Begin actively making attempts during your day to choose to be kind to yourself and those around you. Do this in random acts of kindness, as well as in the choices you make with the people in your everyday life.

3. Notice if your kindness is rubbing off on yourself and the people around you. Do you have more energy? Are you more likely to try something new? Are others treating you more kindly? Are others treating others more kindly? It is surprising how positive energy can radiate all around you, and affect all those around you.

4. Reflect or better still, journal on how choosing kindness is making a difference in your life.

May you always fill your life with kindness then. May all your days be full of loving thoughts, joyous feelings, and kind acts. May you always make the world a kinder place just by being in it.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

Just for today, try being your own best friend!

7 Powerful Techniques ...

that can make you a confident and charismatic person ...

One thing is certain, without self-confidence it's impossible to achieve great results.

High self-esteem is so powerful that it can literally open any door for you. Confident people have CHARISMA, a personal magnetism and charm.

Having self-confidence is like having a magic wand in your pocket.

I recently received a free mini-Ebook from Sasha Xarrian that I'd like to share with you: http://tiny.cc/lzAh6

It reveals 7 powerful techniques that can make you a confident and charismatic person.

(I personally loved the "how to stop criticizing yourself" trick on page 11!)

You'll also find out:

- what exactly stops you from feeling self-confident

- how to learn to honor and love yourself on a completely different level

- how to put a smile on your face first thing in the morning (it works even if your alarm goes off at 5am!)

- anti-fear techniques

- how to gradually expand your comfort zone

- how to get rid of the guilt-baggage you're carrying around

- one action that you've probably never heard of before that'll drastically change your self-confidence (if you're in a hurry I would recommend you reading this one technique on page 21! It works.)

It's a quick 20-30 minutes read, with no fluff, just great usable information. I can't recommend it highly enough:
http://tiny.cc/lzAh6

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.”

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Eckart Tolle quotes: “Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

If you do not find peace in your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.
Sri Chinmoy

The Importance of Time!

Another gem from my inbox ... Enjoy!

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams.

There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday." Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

"Jack, did you hear me?"

"Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said.

"Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him.

"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.

"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said

"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important ... Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time.

Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture ... Jack stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.

"The box is gone," he said

"What box?" Mom asked.

"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was 'the thing I value most,' Jack said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read. Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside.

"Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life." A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.

Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside he found these words engraved:

"Jack, Thanks for your time! ~Harold Belser."

"The thing he valued most was ... my time"

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.

"I need some time to spend with my son," he said.

"Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!"

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away,"

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true ...

1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

4. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

5. You mean the world to someone.

6. If not for you, someone may not be living.

7. You are special and unique.

8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.

9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.

10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.

11. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

13 . Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy .

14. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.

To everyone reads this ... Thanks for your time!

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
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Anais Nin: "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"

Isn't life amazing! As my friend Alida Fehily says, 'There are no accidents!'

It's amazing what can happen when you take the time to listen to the people you're talking to!

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ~Epictetus

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing! Raymond Williams

Life moves very fast, if you don't stop look around and take the time to 'live it', it could pass you by. Bill G

Do You Need a Wizard?

How often do stories, particularly children's stories, have a great message to them? The Wizard of Oz is a great one.

The Scarecrow thought he needed a brain ...

The Tin Man thought he didn't have a heart ...

The Cowardly Lion was a scaredy-cat ...

Dorothy felt lost and wanted to go home ...

And it turned out that they all already had everything they needed ... but ... they were looking outside themselves, when they should've been looking inside.

Once the 'crisis' was over and they took the time to look ...

And that's often the thing ... we rarely take the time to look and or give ourselves enough credit for who we are, what we know, what we can do and what we have.

If we spent as much time looking for the best in who we are, what we know and can do and what we already have ...

Sometimes we just need a little nudging from a 'wizard' to realize and remember it.

The truth is, that much like Dorothy and her friends, you already have everything you need to succeed inside of you ... all you need to do is trust, focus on what you REALLY want and take action! Go on what is it you REALLY want?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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Sort for ...

The sunshine made the sky picturesque blue and the temperature just right. It was a happy moment and that planted the foundation for a happy day.

So right now, in a world full of seemingly, uncontrollable chaos, sort for the happy moments ... and the most incredible thing will happen ... the more you sort for them the more the happy moments will show up. It's like magic.

... and when a wonderful, happy moment shows up, cherish it, it may be the very moment you need to keep everything in perspective.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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Right of Consciousness ... Co-incidence?

That same music teacher grew up and eventually bought a house.

One of her Aunt's told her that her Grandparents had bought a house in the same area. It hadn't been lived in long because shortly after the Grandmother died the Grandfather also died and the house was sold.

The house the music teacher bought needed a lot of renovation and as the old linoleum was being taken out the newspapers which had been laid underneath it were revealed. They were fascinating to the Music Teacher and her brother; an eye into life at the time of there writing.

The music teacher was lucky she was observant ... she caught her brother bundling them up to take home. She was quick to bring them back into the house. They were both amazed when they spread them out to realized that their Grandparents recitals were featured on the front pages.

On preparing the house for the extension they found one section of the house which had been boarded up. When it was opened up they found a whole heap of old cookbooks and things. When they opened the books, the music teacher was stunned to find the names of her Grandparents.

Inadvertantly she had bought the house of her Grandparents. How unreal is that.

Now one generation on, when the music teacher's mother comes to stay she gets to be in the house her parents had bought for them to live in as a family.

Co-incidence ... Synchronicity ... Serendipity ... who knows, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Do you have any fascinating stories like this one? Write about them in the comments or send me an email and I'll post it on the blog.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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Co-Incidence?

My daughter's Piano and Singing teacher has a couple of incredible stories similar to Fritz Kreisler.
Right of Consciousness

Her Grandparents were accomplished musicans, who performed and taught and were well known in their day. They met, fell in love married, bought a house and had a child. Unfortunately just after the birth of that child the Grandmother got sick and never recovered.

The grandmother owned a beautiful piano, there were only 8 brought into Australia at the time. Her father was so distressed when one of her student's father's offered to buy her piano he told him all he wanted was 10 shilllings.

Many years later, the granddaughter, my daughter's music teacher, was studying music and needed to upgrade her piano. She looked in the Trading Post (offline version of ebay) and saw 2 advertised at the one address.

She realized she wouldn't have the funds to buy the beautiful one but thought she'd love to try it out. Packing her Grandmother's music in her bag off she went to try them out.

The old lady greeted her at the door and took her in to where the pianos were and the music teacher asked if she could just try the beautiful piano out even though she knew she wouldn't have enough money to buy it.

The old lady, being a good musician herself was happy to allow her to do so. With that the music teacher pulled out her music and prepared to sit down and play.

The old lady looked stunned when she saw the name on the top of the music.

"Where did you get that music?" she asked.

"It was my Grandmother's." was the reply.

"Oh my goodness, your Grandmother was my music teacher and this is her piano! Your Great Grandfather gave it to us for 10 shillings when she died because he was so devasted at his loss. This piano belongs to you."

The music teacher then became the proud owner of a beautiful baby grand piano, that had been brought to Australia for the Grandmother she had never met.

I just love it when I hear stories like this ... co-incidence ... serendipity ... synchronicity ... who knows, but The Right Of Consciousness was definitely at work in this case.

And you know what that wasn't the only incidence of this in this extraordinary music teacher's life ... stay tuned for the next installment.

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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VOTE EARTH

Have you registered yet?

REGISTER NOW

Join the movement and make your vote count! Your involvement is vital so we can reach the target of 1 billion votes for Earth. Once you register the Earth Hour organizer's will send you newsletters with useful tips and a reminder for the big night.

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Let's all do our bit to help look after this wonderful earth of ours. Take action and make your voice count.

Love life and live creatively,

Leanne
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What are you sorting for?

Well you may remember I was telling you how I set my intention to find a letterbox close to home and it turned up within 5 mintues?

The other thought that came to me when I was re-telling this to my wonderful man, was ...

How easy is it to 'miss' seeing things?

How often do you wish for things ... and when we actually commit ourselves to having them they turn out to have been there all the time?

Just like when you or someone you know buys a new car ... something you've never seen many of them on the road before and then all of a sudden they're there all the time!

I thought it was really interesting? What do you think?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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