You Are Powerful Beyond Measure, Do Not Fear It!

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson

The Cookie Thief!!!

My Friend and I we're discussing the book Simon Says by Chuck Goetschel. I haven't read the entire book but have found that what I have read is absolutely fantastic!!! My Friend read me this poem and I literally started busting a gut, I was laughing so hard! But then it got me to thinking...Read the poem...You will know what I mean!!!

The Cookie Thief

A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shops.
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,
That a man sitting beside her, as bold as could be.
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,
Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,
As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she took, he took one too,
When only one was left, she wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh,
He took that last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other,
She snatched it from him and thought...oooh, brother.
This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,
Why he didn't even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled.
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,
Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded her plane, and sank in her seat,
Then she sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise,
There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair,
The others were his, and he tried to share.
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.

By Valerie Cox

"How many times in our lives, have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true...was not?"
-Chuck Goetschel

The Magic of Thinking Big!!!

This Month I have started reading this Fabulous Book! I have never been a reader, that has always been Tony's thing, but as we have joined TEAM my thinking has changed. As I started reading The Magic of Thinking Big, I was amazed that the first couple pages sucked me in! It is a book I can relate to really well. In the first chapter, Believe you can succeed and you will, I came to a couple paragraphs that hit home. I would like to share...

This was a Gentleman that shared a personal experience with Dr. Shwartz... He was telling his story.

"It was now about 3 a.m. but my mind was astonishingly clear. I was seeing my weak point for the first time. I discovered that I had held back. I had always carried a little stick. I dug into myself deeper and deeper and found the reason I lacked initiative was because I didn't believe inside that I was worth very much.

"I sat there the rest of the night just reviewing how lack of faith in myself had dominated me ever since I could remember, how I used my mind to work against myself. I found I had been preaching to myself why I couldn't get ahead instead of why I could. I had been selling myself short. I found this streak of self-depreciation showed through in everything I did. Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself."

Now I don't know about you but I can relate to that Gentleman in every way!! I think that in the journey of life the one thing that goes against us almost always is the belief we have in ourselves. It's kept me from doing so many things and I can honestly say, that I don't want to beat myself up anymore. It's not worth it! You as an individual are capable of so much if you would just believe in yourself! One of my fave quotes is "The only thing in life you regret, are the risks you didn't take." How many risks have you not taken because you lacked the belief in yourself to make it happen???

Read this book I promise you will enjoy every word as I have.

Long Time No Blog!!

Well its been nearly 6 months since our last post and all I can say is that we have been thrown off by some serious distractions. All GOOD Distractions though! Does that make any sense?

Have you ever felt that the good things in life such as having a baby or moving to a new home can give you a push into another direction? Maybe the direction you don't want to be going, but yet it's still a good one? Though having a baby is amazing and moving was the best decision we made I feel that we have been in a Funk, like my routine has been thrown off, which is understandable, Right. Am I making any sense? Our Dreams and Goals have just been on hold for a bit but with the New Year in full swing I am so ready to get back to what I love. TEAM has given us the perfect Golden Opportunity to Lead and make a difference. But why is it so darn hard to get out of the FUNK??