STOP The Insanity!

Every once in a while something pops into you life that really makes you stop and think. I call it….Things That Make You Go Hmmmm! Well the other day I did an ad campaign for our business, CreateYourLifestyleToday.com . The headline of the ad was “Stop The Insanity”. In the ad I described the definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

Fast forward a couple of days. I received an email update to a blog that is done by some very good friends of our family, Steven and Jennifer Bishop. Steven was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 35 in March of 2001. He and his wife Jennifer appeared on the MDA Telethon in 2001, Jerry Lewis National Telethon in 2002 and 2003, and were honored with the appointment of National Co-chairpersons of MDA’s ALS Division and served in these roles through 2003. They have become very involved as advocates for ALS and you can read more about their journey at www.alsLiving.com .

The most recent blog post was titled “Insanity?” In the post Steven talks about getting re-tested again for ALS and how this 4th time the test came back the same as the last 3 times. He also talks of feelings of having been cautious for the past 7 years, and feelings of being unsure exactly where he fits into life.   

Steven has now decided to push some limits. In his post, Steven asks two very interesting questions

1. What are you doing over and over again expecting different results? 

2. Is it time to move forward with a certain aspect of your life?

Craig and I have decided to push some limits along with Steven. We can’t wait to share all of our adventures on this new journey with all of you.

Please take a look at Steven’s blog post

Click Here -> http://tinyurl.com/3ev6kq

Make it a great day, you deserve it.

Tracey

www.CreateYourLifestyleToday.com

 

I Think We Are Being Followed

Have you ever noticed that when you, for instance, purchase a car that you then seem to see that car everywhere?

Well that is what happened to our family and the Law of Attraction. We sat down one afternoon and watched the movie The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. This is how our family first found out about the Law of Attraction. I had the kids sit down with Craig and I, we popped a bowl of popcorn and got ready. Well. about half way through the movie we lost or oldest daughter Brianna, she just wasn’t getting it. Our son Jacob sat glued to the screen as did we. When the movie was over I just sat there with my mouth open. It was like a giant light bulb had gone off in my head. I GOT IT! It all made perfect sense to me. Craig felt the same. Then Jacob started asking questions. We explained it all to him the best we could. (Jacob was 11 at the time but has a genius IQ.) After taking the time with him, Jacob also connected and understood.

About a week later I was reading one of my fitness magazines and there in front of me was an article about Co-Creating with exercise. I read the story of Patricia Moreno and how she started this type of program. After reading the article I still wanted more so I went to the computer and checked out the website http://www.satilife.com . So of course I purchased and exercise DVD to be able to incorporate the Law of Attraction and Co-Creating into that aspect of my life.

A couple of months later I received a call from a lady that had heard about my interests and experience in Real Estate. We spoke about the possibility of me assisting her with her business. She then told me that her and her business partner were very much into the Law of Attraction. I ended up working with them for some time on a couple of projects that they had going on.

Shortly after that Craig and I sat down and had a conversation about going back to church. This is the one area of our lives that we do not see eye to eye on. I was raised Roman Catholic. My mother is full blooded Italian so I am sure that you get the picture there. Craig was raised Lutheran but his family had had a very bad experience with the church when he was younger. When Craig and I first got together and were living in North Carolina I had expressed to him that I really felt the need to attend church. We both sat down tried to find something that we both felt comfortable with. We decided to try a church that was right down the road called Wake Forest Community Church. Well, when we walked in there were folding chairs set up instead of church pews, large projector screens on every wall and what looked like a set up for the Rolling Stones up on the platform at the front of the church. I took a deep breath and knew that I wasn’t in Kansas any more. When church was over we walked over to our car and I looked into Craig’s eyes and asked “Now will you please take me to church?” We both got a good laugh out of it.  Later, we find out about the Unity church. For those that are not familiar with Unity, it is very much about the Law of Attraction. Well of course we fit right in there and absolutely love it, as do our kids.

So here we are in Minnesota. In my last blog post you heard about how we found a business based on the Law of Attraction and how it has been one of the greatest things that has ever happened to us.

Now, our two youngest children Jacob 13 and Jessica who will 15 next month, have been attending public school. I have to tell you, when I left Minnesota 6 years ago I sure don’t remember there being bullet proof glass, metal detectors, several police officers and Code Yellow and Red in the schools. Not to mention the gangs. I have been saying for the past couple of months that these schools will help to build character in our children. (Ok, but what else was I going to do? Tell my husband we had to sell our home and move again?) About 2 weeks ago I was cleaning off the kitchen table and going through some mail that had gotten thrown there. In the pile was a brochure for a school, Quest Acadamy. I started reading about it and showed it to Craig. We were amazed! It was a public school but was a charter school. It talked about children learning in a different way then most public schools. It also worked with gifted children like Jacob, where the regular middle school he was going to was rather perplexed at what they should do with a child that was so intelligent. So I called to talk with the school and find out more. Well guess what? You got it, they teach personal development to the students. The firmly believe in the Law of Attraction and help the students to learn how to use this as well as to develop a good understanding of themselves. Needless to say, we have thoroughly checked it out and have enrolled both children in the school for the next year.

So, I personally find it rather amazing how many times in the last couple of years, the Law of Attraction has come into and played a large part in our lives. Craig says that it is because we now know about the Law of Attraction and this is just the natural progression. I don’t care what it is to be honest with you, I am just so grateful that the Law of Attraction has come into our lives and has changed them so tremendously.

Tracey

Your Thoughts and Actions Today Create Your Tomorrows.

Don’t You Deserve The Best?

www.CreateYourLifestyleToday.com

How Our Lives Changed In The Blink Of An Eye

We were currently living in North Carolina when Craig and I decided to relocate back to Minnesota with a company that had been recruiting him. We sold the home we had just purchased 6 months earlier at a $10,000 loss, packed up and moved two adults, three teenagers and two dogs from North Carolina to Minnesota. We purchased a quarter of a million dollar home and settled in. Due to our son being a special needs child, I had become a stay at home mom when he had come to live with us 3 years earlier after having worked in Real Estate and Mortgage Banking for 25 years. Craig went off to work every morning to the job that was supposed to be so much better then where we had been previously. What we found was that Craig was leaving at 4am and not returning until 8pm usually. There were also the 11 or 12 o’clock nights as well. The stress at work was unbelievable. I saw my husband become someone that I didn’t know.

 

Three months later Craig was told that they were rolling the management at the plant yet again and that he no longer had a job. In our 6 years together he had twice had to tell me that he had been downsized and was now driving home knowing that he was going to have to tell me that he had just lost his job. He was physically ill. When he came home he took me out to the garage so that the kids couldn’t hear. As he told me what had happened I could feel my stomach begin to flip and an overwhelming anxiety take over my body. All I could think about was that our oldest daughter was having surgery in 3 days to have her tonsils out and how were we going to cover that expense as well as make the mortgage payment on our home. I thought of all the people that were losing their homes to foreclosure and wondered if we were going to be next.

 

Just then I looked into Craig’s eyes, smiled and started laughing. He knew what I was thinking. This was a blessing. This was the universes way of giving us what we had been asking for, a way out of the stressful situation that Craig had been put in. At that moment, Craig told me that everything was going to be just fine. He was positive! We opened a bottle of wine and sat in the garage planning what we wanted our new life to be like.

 

About a week later I received an email from Joe Vitale (from the best selling book and movie “The Secret”). It had a link to a website and a guy that was going to be having some sort of talk or phone call on Joe’s book The Attractor Factor. I clicked on the link and our lives changed forever. We learned of a business opportunity while reading and called on it right then and there. Did I mention this was 6pm on Good Friday? Well everything was explained to us and we were told that this business was based on personal development and the law of attraction. Craig and I looked at each other and knew, this was the universe hitting us in the forehead (picture a V8 commercial). By Easter Sunday we had decided to start our own business. Since then, we have been living our life on purpose. We now spend time together, time with our children and we have fun every single day. We work a couple hours a day about 4 days a week. The best part of all of it is that we get to help people learn how they can create their dream lifestyle. We get to teach people to live the life they want and how to live life on purpose.

 

So that is a little about us and how we got to this point.

 

Are you unsure how your thoughts effect your life? Keep up with our posts and you will see plenty of examples and evidence of how the Law Of Attraction works.

I hope you will join us in our journey.