What's Really Important In Life?

It's the Little Things ...

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

~Robert Brault

Sometimes we get so busy being busy that we forget to remember, it's the little things that make the difference in life, to me, to you and to the people around us.

The feel of the sun on your face, a freely given smile on a face in the crowd.

A gorgeous sunset or sunrise ... a stunning horizon, a beautiful flower, a leaf that's fallen to the ground.

The gentle, loving, unexpected touch of a loved one ... your significant other, a parent, a sibling, a child ...

Being able to really ... connect ... with those you love and admire.

To enjoy every second of the life I'm living, knowing we all have choice in what we're doing and who we're doing it with.

To make a difference in this world ... to know that someone else feels better because of something you've said or done.

To take time and stop in the middle of Mother Nature and take in the beauty of it all.

To remember the past, but live in the present and for the future.

I want to live life so that when I die, people rejoice, for mine was a life lived.

The true measure of success is measured by lives you touch and those who touch yours.

So ... what makes your heart sing ... what are the little things in this life that mean the most to you and to the people around you?

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!

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!