January 8, 2008

Your Abundance Challenge for 2008   No doubt you have been contemplating what 2008 has in store for you.  Perhaps you've set some goals or made a list of your "desires" for the year.  Take a close look at them.  What do they say about your mindset?  Are you thinking BIG for the year or are you thinking small?    You must keep your mindset on prosperity and abundance to attract it into your life in 2008.  In her book, You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay writes of theOceanofAbundance visualization:   "I love the visualization of standing at the seashore looking out at the vast ocean and knowing that this ocean is the abundance that is available to me.  Look down at your hands and see what sort of container you are holding.  Is it a teaspoon, a thimble with a hole in it, a paper cup, a glass, a tumbler, a pitcher, a bucket, a wash tub, or perhaps you have a pipeline connected to this ocean of abundance?  Look around you and notice that no matter how many people there are and no matter what kind of container they have, there is plenty for everyone.  You cannot rob another, and they cannot rob you.  And in no way can you drain the ocean dry.  Your container is your consciousness, and it can always be exchanged for a larger container."   What is stopping you from having that pipeline connected to the ocean of abundance?  It is you!  Yes, you must get out of your own way to create the abundance mentality.  You are the one who sets the limits on the abundance you attract into your life.  How?   You secretly fear success.  How will you handle it?  Do you even deserve success and prosperity?  You fear failure.  What if you dream of abundance and fall short?  That is just one more disappointment in life.  Will you let your defeats defeat you? Your self-doubts run rampant as your inner voice tells you that there is no way you can have what you want so why even bother to think big?  You put the brakes on yourself before you even set out. You sabotage any success you do create.    In the introduction to his book, The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho writes: "The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt.  We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either.  We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far.  I have known a lot of people, who when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal - when it was only a step away."   "Each man kills the thing he loves," said Oscar Wilde.  Do not let that happen to you.  Prosperity and abundance can be yours in 2008 and every year!  Create that pipeline mentality.          "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 world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car ... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel.  They expect little and as a result they get little."              Ben Sweetland   "I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance.  Then whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number."             Edith Armstrong        Hands down, fear and doubts are two killers of an abundance mentality.  We listen to those voices which tell us abundance is not within our reach and we believe them to be true.  Moreover, many of us are afraid of our own success.  Oh, we can taste it all right, but it seems to elude us, for reasons all our own.  It is time to lay our fears and doubts to rest so that we are able to create the abundance mentality that we each deserve, for every one of us is powerful beyond measure.    2008 is the Year of Abundance.  Join me in its creation.    Have a fantastic week and may abundance be yours. Stephanie P.S.  You might think that unbalanced relationships such as white-collar/blue-collar marriages could never work, but is it really the color of your collar that makes or breaks your marriage?  Or, are there other factors that come into play?  Find out when you read Rings around the Collar.  P.P.S.  It is not too late to join me for the cruise toSt. John,New Brunswick,CanadaAugust 14-18, 2008 sponsored by the Warschaw Learning Institute.  Don't miss the learning, motivation, empowerment, and yes, even abundance during the cruise.  Click here for details. P.P.P.S. Hygienists, become a Friend of Hu-Friedy and enjoy all the benefits of this on-line professional group.  Click here for details.        We grow by "word-of-email" so please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone whom you think might benefit from and enjoy it. Thanks so much! Contact Us: stephanie@7steps2abalancedlife.com