Tears, Jammies and Gratefulness

So, I am finally in bed. My day was absolutely wonderful.....the last few minutes however have me feeling very sad. I got an email from Sally. Sally missed the layout team meeting tonight. It has not been a good week for her. One of her and my customers delivered her baby boy 3 months early. Unfortunately it doesn't look good for the baby. I have no details other than that. My heart sank as I read the email. I need to get past this because I want to be positive for the mother and the baby and I want to pray. Right now I have to get past my own personal feelings. Knowing what it is like to lose a baby, this situation is very close to home. Never, ever do I want anyone to feel that pain. Once I can get past this sadness that I feel, I can move onto positive thoughts. First I have got to get the tears out......


Ya know, you think you are through situations until something like this happens. It is like re-opening a wound. So here is my prayer..

Lord, please hear my prayer. Please be with this family, keep them strong. Hold the baby's heart in your hand. Comfort this family, wipe their tears, and help them pull through this difficult time. May the baby feel the comfort of your presence. May the family lean on you to guide them. God, bless this family.


Ok, after that....and a bunch of tissues.....I need to focus. My heart just feels very heavy.


Today, I had a wonderful day at our Pajama Crop. I absolutely love Pajama Crops. We have so much fun in our jammies, eating pop-corn and brownies.....other goodies too. The massages ROCK....need I say more? I actually scrapbooked one layout to add to my Disney scrapbook. I used our new Love Shack paper....LOVE IT! I think my problem with scrapbooking at my store is that I feel like I should be working. Scrapbooking is my leisure activity so I have this thing about doing it at work. However, I am the boss....and I am going to get over it. Now, I just need some pictures to scrapbook... {This was all written on Sunday night}

Today, Monday is my day off. Makenna and I are going to spend the day together. I am also going to get some laundry done and cleaning. Gavin cleaned his room all weekend and it looks amazing! I was so proud of him for doing an awesome job. He was so thrilled with himself! In fact, he had trouble sleeping last night since he was so excited. We put a TV stand in his room and bought him a dresser. His closet was getting too small for his stuff and there were toys in his room that he has outgrown. I know that Gavin feels a great sense of accomplishment getting rid of things, making room and now having a big boy room with a TV and his game systems. Once a kid that hated to get rid of things, he really got over that. Thankfully! Makenna 'helped' the entire time. She was just as excited as Gavin when the room was finished. My kids are the best. I missed them a lot this weekend.

Today I am thankful for:
My children
accomplishments
healing
prayers
massages....and massage therapists
time with my children
bonds between family and between friends
PJ Crops!!
The gift of gab
my day off
my life

What I Want

It is stated in The Secret that you need to specifically ask the universe for what you want, You need to only ask once, be thankful, act as though you are receiving and give. Act as though everyday you have already received what it is that you have asked for. Turn every thought into a positive one and relax. This is a list of what I want in my life, for my life, and in my future. I thought that blogging about what I want would give people an idea of what they could have. It does not need to be a material thing. Too many people feel that asking for something that brings them joy is being selfish. I believe that it is only selfish when you are only ever thinking of yourself and no body else. Besides, in The Secret we are told that you must fill yourself up first in order to be an inspiration to anyone else. So, here is what I had asked for...maybe not all of it but it is some....





Love
Forgiveness
Peace
More quiet time, alone
Money
To lose weight
Jeep Cherokee Laredo
Log Cabin
A successful business
To be healthy
To be an inspiration
To be inspired
New clothes
To go to Bermuda
To go to Discovery Cove in Florida
Happy and healthy children
A long life
Continued creativity
To stay safe
A bed and breakfast for my business
A Great Prynees
A King Charles Cavalier Spaniel
A Rag Doll
A king sized bed
A new washer and dryer
To be best friends with my children as they enter adulthood.

Being an Inspiration

Often I have sat and thought about how we can bring happiness into someones life. Obviously there is the power of prayer, offering help, giving a smile, sending a card, etc. However, if it is not helping them...how do we continue to be supportive and not end up giving up on the person? It is a frustration that I feel often when I feel that I have given all I can give and yet the person still chooses to go down the negative spiral of life.

Well in The Secret there is a quote that I am so glad I remember: We are each creating our lives through our thoughts and feelings, and so you cannot hold yourself responsible for someone else’s happiness. It is impossible for you to be responsible for anybody else, because you cannot jump inside someone else and think and feel for them. Focus on your joy, and be an inspiration to everyone around you.

I am so thankful that I read that. I feel that I am being a inspiration to everyone around me especially since people tell me that all the time lately. They can tell that The Secret is working for me. It has helped me break even at my store in only my 3rd month of business. It has enabled me to start losing weight. I am finding that all positive people are flowing into my life. My ideas are pouring out and enabling me to create some awesome things for my business and my life. My children are happier, I handle stressful situations better, and everything I want is coming to me without any effort. On the other side of this, I am noticing that the negative people are no longer around. I would love to be an inspiration to everyone..especially those negative people since they need it. However, I am learning that sometimes those people that are in a dark shadow of their lives cannot stand people who are positive. Is it jealousy, is it envy? Whatever the case it is once again negative. So, I am not going to complain because.......

In The Secret it states: If you are complaining, the law of attraction will powerfully bring into your life more situations for you to complain about. If you are listening to someone else complain and focusing on that, sympathizing with them, agreeing with them, in that moment, you are attracting more complaining situations to yourself!

Instead I am going to try this....

It also states:Most people feel powerless to help others, when in fact every single human being has a power within them that, when directed properly, will help beyond anything else. You can direct this power by focusing on people in difficult situations being in joy, by imagining them in joy right now. Hold to the outcome of joy for them. By doing this, you will cause the unfathomable Creative Power to move through you to bring them joy.

Maybe even in thought I can create positivity in these people's lives without them even knowing it. It will fill me up instead of feeling helpless and hopefully bring them into a lighter easier path. Because of The Secret I am happy that negative people do not fill my life since they are the reasons that positive people start to feel negative feelings. We need to stay as positive as possible to keep all good coming into our lives. When a negative thought pops into our head we need to immediately direct our thoughts to something positive. I know it works....because it has worked for me, my sister-in-law and a few of my friends. All I can do now is keep spreading the word in hopes that others can experience the life they want for themselves. If they chose to stay in their negative down hill spiral then I will pray for them in hopes that they come to me if they have hit rock bottom. And, I will keep thinking about them being in joy the entire time in hopes that only the best will come to them. Although people live by.... misery loves company and some love to stay in their current situation because it becomes comfortable and easier than changing....no matter what, I will still be here for them. I will still continue to try and be an inspiration. I feel it is the least I can do.

I am thankful for:
The Secret

my friends

Goosfraba

Positive thoughts

Spring

the sunshine

the warmer weather today

the wonderful positive people I have been meeting

my success

my continued success

my blog

music

money

the power of prayer

Flight Angel

Last night I went to get a hair cut from Melinda at her salon. Afterwards we went to Quakertown Family Restaurant to chat and share a dessert. Melinda just came back from Texas. She shared a story with me that I just needed to share. I am so lucky to have a person like her in my life.

One one of Melinda's joining flights, a girl got on the plane who was in tears. Actually Melinda said this girl was sobbing. She was alone, and struggling with her bags since there was no room left for hers. So, Melinda told her to sit down and she would get her bags. This girl ended up sitting behind Melinda. Melinda said it was breaking her heart to see this girl so upset. Something was egging her to do something about this. First Melinda started saying a prayer for this girl. She then took a piece of paper and wrote on it something to the effect of " I didn't know what to for you, so I wanted you to know that I said a prayer for you." Alyssa handed it back to her. After reading this note, the girl started crying harder. Melinda was thinking, "I didn't mean to make her cry more!" When Melinda received a note in return it stated that she was told that she had to get on this plane when she was supposed to be getting on a different plane that was to leave an hour later. She said that she was unable to say good-bye to her family who was still parking the car. And, her boyfriend who has Spinal Bifida had an attack on the way to the airport. She was worried about her boyfriend, upset that she was unable to say good-bye as well as her family not knowing that she was on this plane. She then wrote that there had to be a reason she was forced onto this plane and that she was so thankful for Melinda being her flight angel.

When Melinda got off the plane, she waited for the girl. Melinda hugged her and told her that she hopes everything works out for her. Here is another story of someone getting that nagging feeling of helping out a complete stranger. It is sort of like my story about the inmate a few blogs back. I told Melinda that it is awesome that her and I get that feeling of knowing we are meant to help a person in need. There are people out there that probably get these feelings and just ignore them. I feel that even if you do not know what to do at the moment that a feeling comes about, wait a bit and it will come to you. It will be like a huge realization on what you need to do. Once you figure it out and do it, you get this amazing feeling of satisfaction and peace. It is painful to see people hurting and feeling helpless. And, there is no way that we can help everyone besides saying a prayer for them. I think we should all try to be more aware of situations like mine and Melinda's. The world would be a happier place if we all just gave a little more...even to a complete stranger. Today I am thankful for:

Melinda

angels

giving people

my classes tonight

the urge to help others

my health

love

peace

my dentist