Big, Pink Bubbles
Goal setting is a terrific form of trust, as long as you’re able to relinquish that goal at anytime. You gotta be able to give it up, to let it go. You cannot have emotional attachment to a goal. By having emotional attachment to a goal you bring fear of not achieving the goal into your life. You hang on, clutching it, becoming terrified and territorial of not reaching that goal. Then you lose.
Ah, but not all has to be lost; just try to keep your cool and to keep your wits about you. Remember that saying, “When you love something, set it free. If it returns to you then it’s yours. If not, it was never meant to be?” Well, that’s also true of goals.
There’s a form of visualization called The Pink Bubble Technique by Shakti Gawain. What Ms. Gawain says to do is to picture (through visualization) the thing you really want; that goal. This could be anything from a picture of you healthier, obtaining a certain career, living in your dream home, the list is as long as our imaginations. Then picture that goal surrounded by a large, pink bubble; see it enclosed like Glinda the Good Witch was in her large bubble. Then, just like Glinda, let your goal float away into the sky - out to the Universe, gliding and floating into the unknown.
Ooooh, sounds scary, huh? So scary that you can’t do it? If that’s the case, than you must do it. Do the thing you think you can’t: let go and let God. Let the Universe take care of all the details. Just smile and let go of the balloon - see it drift up, up, and away. When you can do this you will reach your goal a lot sooner than you know. I promise.
In The Spotlight
This is a new section that I’m trying out to get folks acquainted with some other websites - share & share alike, right? There’s plenty for all!
This week’s spotlight is on pajama mommy a really cool almost “anything goes” website that’s not just for work-at-home-mom’s, dads and non-parents are there too.They have all sorts of articles, advice, tips, contest give-aways, and much, much more.
The Head Mommy is Amanda and she’s truly a go-getter! Please do click over to Amanda’s website for a myriad of information and fun. An added bonus is she’s extremely knowledgeable on web-hosting, etc, so if you need website assistance she’s your gal!
Have fun!
If You Have To Ask…
Ah, magazines and television shows that help us sell our homes. I think they scrape the bottom of the barrel for these folks. When your house is filthy, smells like cats, your driveway is all cracked and you have dead plants brittling in the front yard, consider it free advice that you are a slob. Too harsh?
Come on! You’ve got to admit when watching these shows you talk to your television, “A red kitchen is NOT going to help you sell.” Or maybe you’ve said, “Why block a beautiful fireplace with a baby gate?” Suddenly stupid is the norm on television and we wonder why our houses (or the neighbor’s) sits on the market for months. What happened to location, location, location? I think it flew out of the window - wait a minute, I can’t open the windows because they’re dirty and stuck shut! AGGGHHH!
Now, there’s nothing wrong with a red kitchen, paint with expression! - but according to the “experts” if you’re going to sell your house then you’ve gotta pick neutral colors. Does anybody really go to Sherwin Williams and buy just neutral colors? How boring is that? Whatever happened to individuality? And if beige is so great, then why do we suddenly have an influx of shows about color and feng shui and designing by The Divine? Which is it? I can paint my house how I want, but not if I’m going to sell it? The new owners are going to paint anyways, so what’ the difference?
According to recent reports, it is considered a buyer’s market now - which means buyers have the upper hand, so to speak. Before we purchased our house, my husband and I looked at about 30 houses, in several different areas, and I gotta tell you - most people just don’t get it, not at all. One house we looked at was huge, painted silver, gray and dark purple, plus the owner stayed home drinking, during our walk-thru, while her kids and their friends had a pool party. Were they not informed we were coming?
My point is this: don’t be stupid. If you don’t wanna clean your house, what makes you think someone else wants to buy a dirty house? If they can actually see dirt or grime, than what can’t they see? Take a look around, have a friend take a look around, listen to your real estate agent - DON’T go it alone. These agents know what they’re talking about - at least 95% of them do - and they’ll help you sell.
Good luck.
No News Is Good News
Have you turned on the news lately? It’s not a pretty site. Between Hollywood actors overdosing, gunmen shoot-outs at schools, crazy athletes taking drugs and murdering animals - what is going on here? The first place folks turn to is their attorney. And why? Because we have become a sue-happy nation. A nation that’s chipping away, bit by bit, all our own accountability for bad behavior. So, a million bucks is going to help you get over that bad time? It will erase bad behavior? I think not.
Where does being responsible for our actions come into play? When is it our fault that we mixed drugs with alcohol? When should it be our own personal responsibility to take our medication, or see the doctor, or not get into cars with strangers, or to not get separated from the group? Or to not drive while under the influence of anything? When did right become the one with more money? I’m confused and disgusted.
Even within my daily conversations with average folks I hear things. “I can’t get ahead because they. . . “ or “I’ve never been able to _____ because they. . .” The list is endless. Since when are they responsible for us? When do we get a set of brass ones and become our own responsibility? Remember in school when the teachers would say, “Turn around and do your work. Never mind the student sitting next to you.” Well, I’d say that’s good advice. The teacher didn’t say to not care about the kid next to you, they meant that you should take care of yourself and focus on your stuff.
I’m not suggesting that some doctors are prescribing the wrong medications, or anything like that, but why, why, why, is it always someone else’s fault when we mess up? This isn’t a do-over, this is life, this is the real deal. Get over it.