Building Together

Let’s get it all done and get it done now! We are renovating our basement. It is currently a huge room where all the lights are on one switch, everyone is talking or playing over each other and it is not cozy at all. So my husband delivers his plans to me – we go down the stairs and he walks me through what he would like. Together we share ideas and it’s really quite fun. And no sooner do we have the ideas down and collaborated, that he already has a schedule developed and a plan for implementation. I cannot believe it. It is not a one weekend project – definitely at least a few months so that we can work through the expenses at the same time as living life with all the surprises it can provide. I am really impressed at how he has it down, one piece at a time. And so logically. And he wants to do some of the work himself – just like him- handy and helpful and resourceful.


Truly, I am impressed. And I learned that he definitely has a talent for planning. Now I ask him to listen when I plan out a project so that he can help me see any blips along the way. The focus is always, one piece at a time. Progress with consistent results. One piece at a time.

This theme keeps coming back to me - how about you?

Big Things Can Get Small

Today I have a huge load on my plate.  Lots to get done around the house, outside the house and with work (of course), not to mention what the kids need and the other items on the list.

So, instead of freaking out....I started to wade through the list and see that even though things are big - and have urgency around them to complete, that there are items to delegate or that the big items can actually become smaller if I break them down into steps.

For example, I can't get the entire yard ready to plant my flowers because the flowers aren't out yet.  What I can do, is get the leaves raked (kids can help), get the shrubs trimmed and get the pots out and ready for planting.  And all of this does not need to be done in one day.  It can be done in the snatches of warm sunshine that actually appear throughout a few weekends.  When the flowers are out at the nurseries, then I can do the planting - always a good time to relax, think, visualize and meditate with Mother Earth.

Whew!  That's better - not so big!

We do it all the time - we take the big things and put them off because they seem insurmountable - they are not, when we break them down.

Money Stress - Get Over It

When you keep your mind open to new things around you, and let your soul just flow with it, you will find valuable information and resources...including & especially PEOPLE that will come into your life.

I am beginning to learn about the Laws of Attraction - not really beginning - I knew they existed, more like concentrating on the attraction I create with the energy I put into the universe.

I know a wonderful lady - an EFT Practioner, Frances Soda, who has helped me so much, I never thought I could feel this way!  Thanks Frances!

Here is her 'Stress Over Money' Workshop -  a must attend event!

A Ray of Sunshine

In the drab and supremely cold month of February, a Ray of sunshine popped into my day. (sorry I am posting this so late - it's now April......I just located this note to myself!) I was traveling down a crowded downtown street where i needed to go around a stopped taxi cab. The very nice driver had gotten out of his warm car to help his customer out and to the sidewalk around the snow-mounded curb. This elderly customer had a cane. This driver was gentle and caring, holding his arm and making sure all was well before he got back into his car.


See. People care!

Tell us about the rays of service-sunshine that you've seen lately.

I KNOW

How often do we say "I know"  and why do we say it even when we don't know?
How often do we ask "Did you know?" only to use the lines that follow as a way to show off our intelligence or our savvy fact-finding aptitude?
Do we ever stop and think how others feel when we say "I Know"?  When we do this, we are stopping people in the tracks of their conversation or the information they are attempting to impart to us.  We are preventing them from sharing their ideas in their own way - perhaps different from our own, but no less important.
How to change up 'I know':

• say "thanks for the information, I had heard that before and am grateful for your spin on it"
• ask "how does that information apply to you" - digging deeper can get more details for you to understand what you think you already know
• say "what a great way to look at that"

All easy ways to keep the conversation going and growing what you already know.

Discover Your Best You

How do you go about becoming the best you that you can possibly be?  Most people find things about themselves that they would like to develop.  This helps them be authentic and true to their values.  A friend of mine does an in-depth review of their skills at the beginning of each year and plans 3 goals to reach by the end of the year that will help them improve in specific areas with specific actions.  Great plan!  They even take time each quarter to evaluate their goals and see where they are.  That time seems to be coming up just around the corner as the end of the 1st quarter of 2011 is close.
I asked my friend how they were doing - they could tell me they were on track with goal 1 & 2, goal 3 was a little off base and would need more focus in the next quarter. (Remember, these are personal goals, not business goals).  I was quite impressed with the response!
I looked at goal setting tools and we have a month-long free program on Solution Linx Online Coaching that can help you do the same - set goals and meet them.  Click here for the free 1 Month Trial.  Coaching on how to set goals will come to your email inbox 3 times per week.  What have you got to lose?

Hurry Up Already

Is this what your life looks like? A blur as you run past.  So much so that you cannot see the scenery, just the shapes and maybe a few colours?
Are you always in the 'hurry up already' mode trying to get others to come along at your speed, read your mind and be ready with the answers before you even ask the question?
This can open you up to a lot of opportunities to grow. 
Stop right now. 
Just for a second. 
Look around you and see exactly where you are. 
Describe it - the colours, the scents, the shapes, the feeling in the air, the environment, what you are doing there, how you feel, how you are breathing.  Every bit of the description is leading you to see the whole picture instead of the flash as it goes by or even worse, how it looks in the rear view mirror when you have not even had a chance to consider it.

So when you ask someone to 'hurry up already' or someone asks you to, ask them why and have them take a moment to consider the moment and space around them. You will find appreciation  and peace.