Dream by Tuck and Patti

Hey friends,

I purchased a CD by Tuck & Patti called Dream.

I loved the lyrics of the song called the same way and I'm sure you'll love it too. It's what we talk about, over and over again. Dream, feel it, get it!

There is no way I can upload the music here without doing something illegal. I recommend you try to find it and listen to it because the music is also great.

Cheers,
Patricia


Dream

(Patricia Cathcart Andress)
© 1991 Grey Kitty Music (BMI)/Windham Hill Music (BMI)

I've been thinking (yes I have)
Some call it wishful thinking (I don't)
'Bout the way this life could be

So much sadness (seems like)
Not enough gladness (seems to me)
Lack of vision is a dangerous thing

If you can see it
Then you start to feel it
The next thing you know, you believe
And that's when dreams begin to come true

So with all your heart and your soul
Start right now--really take control
Turn our dreams into reality

And until you do, I'll be dreamin' for me and you
We'll see together what a dream can do
We'll discover how to make dreams real
If seeing is believing, then let the dreaming begin
Let the dreaming begin

If you can see it
Then you start to feel it
And the next thing you know, you believe
And that's when dreams begin to come true
Oh they'll begin to come true

So with all your heart and your soul
Start right now--really take control
Turn these dreams into reality
I know that we can change this world
But first you're gonna have to believe
Oh believe say yes
We can change this world
But first you're going to have to

Dream
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality oh say
Dream
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality, say oh won't you

Dream of peace and
Dream of justice
Dream of healing
Dream of loving

Dream
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality

Dream of caring
End of hunger
Dream of sharing
With one another

Dream
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality

Dream of spirit
Dream of glory
Dream of the ancient
Old old story

Dream
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality, I want you to

Dream of peace and
Dream of justice
Dream of healing
Dream of loving

Dream of spirit
Dream of glory
Dream of the ancient
Old old story

Dream end of hatred
Dream oh the story
Dream of love and
Dream of glory

Dream yes oh
Everybody dream
Turn our dreams into reality oh say

I'm Dreamin' of peace
I'm Dreamin' of healing
Dream of love and
Dream of caring

Dreaming say
I'm dreaming now
Dreaming of a love say
I'm dreaming
I know that we can dream a world of love
Dream

Entrevista en Ventures Latinas

Es para mí un enorme honor haber sido entrevistada por Alicia Castillo Holley en Ventures Latinas.

Alicia Castillo es una mujer extremadamente positiva y ejecutiva, con una fuerza y empuje admirables, que diseñó para sí misma una vida muy diferente a la que le hubiera tocado "por defecto". Uno de sus lemas es: "En lugar de quejarnos, pensamos y actuamos".

Pueden leer la entrevista en su blog, haciendo click AQUÍ.

Ya que visitan su blog para ver la entrevista, miren todo el interesantísimo material que Alicia tiene en sus sitios web: www.ventureslatinas.com y www.wealthing.com, que sin dudas colaborará con quien esté pensando en comenzar una nueva empresa.

Alicia ha escrito libros extremadamente inspiradores y positivos. Aquí está el link a sus libros.

¡Que disfruten de todo esto y que encuentren elementos que hagan una diferencia en sus propias vidas!

Hoy es el día de hacer lo que siempre quisimos hacer. Hoy es el día de empezar a vivir la vida que soñamos.

"The Road to Love" by Lisa Renee Faust

Dear friends,

I'm extraordinarily happy today because I learned that The Road to Love - a book I edited not too long ago - was released.

For those of you who may want to read a beautiful, romantic novel, I completely recommend you The Road to Love.

I promise you will fall in love with its characters and with the story that will take you by the hand and not let you go until its last page.

This is Lisa Renee Faust's first book. She certainly started with the right foot.

I hope you all buy it! You will enjoy a great time among its lovely pages. That's a solemn promise.

Beautiful Music

Today I was completely hypnotized by some videos of Carmen Pi, to which I arrived by total chance.

Do yourselves a favour and go check these links!(I'm not including the embeded videos because I've noticed that some artists do not like that and they take them away. I believed it was free marketing for them, but well, they must have their reasons.)

So, here are the links to the Youtube videos and... enjoy! The melodies, the singing quality, the sweetness and the professionalism of the music in general... wow. Outstanding. A real pleasure to listen and watch this.


Puntos Cardinales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnNXJxqo-c

La Cura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss9a613HyPk

If you don't understand Spanish, I'm afraid you won't get the lyrics, but just travel with the music and your imagination as most of us did with English at some point. :) Most of us, me included, believed that The Beatles' lyrics were great... until we learned some English. So, just go there and enjoy it.

Música hermosa

Quedé completamente hipnotizada con unos videos de Carmen Pi, a los que llegué por casualidad total.

Háganse un gran favor, y vayan a chequear estos links! (No pongo los videos incrustados, porque he notado que a algunos artistas no les gusta y los quitan. Yo creía que era propaganda gratuita para ellos, pero bueno, por algo será).

Así que acá están los links a los videos de Youtube y ¡que disfruten! Las melodías, la calidad del canto, la dulzura, la profesionalidad de la música en general... guau. Impresionante. Un real placer escuchar y ver esto.

Puntos Cardinales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnNXJxqo-c

La Cura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss9a613HyPk

Have phrases from lyrics made any difference to you?

The idea of this post was triggered by a comment left today. Thanks Nelson!

I listened to The Police and Sting for years & years and their lyrics have really influenced me. Some lines showed me concepts clearly, that I then applied into my life. Other lines reaffirmed what I already thought and put my ideas in black and white, leaving them easier to reach. Very often, in my daily life, something happens that makes me sing one or two lines of their lyrics. Of course this is not exclusive from Sting and The Police and at times I've found myself mumbling other artists' lyrics (my favorite: "I wanna be your underware.") UNDERWEAR! (I needed a student to spot this horror for me!! - Thanks Lula!)

Do you ever sing to yourself lyrics' lines? Are they a significant part of your life?

I am listing below, only a few of the lines I often find myself remembering. If you feel like telling me others you like, feel free to say that in the comments section.

“No surprise no mystery” (So Lonely.) The impact is to trigger the opposite in my life. I definitely want a life full of surprise and mystery. Life is something else if we receive unexpected people, events, things.

“I’m too full to swallow my pride” (Can’t Stand Losing You.) This line is quite funny. I’ve always thought of it as an excellent reminder that swallowing one’s pride is not foolish... sometimes. But it was because I thought the sentence was different! I thought it was “I’m too fool to swallow my pride.” Ha.

“When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around” (Song title.) This is a principle in my life. That’s the policy. Do the best out of what you have.

“I must have loved you” (Ghost Story.) This line has often come to my head when thinking about different characters that visited my life for a shorter or longer while. Whenever you keep remembering someone, you must have loved her or him. So, learning lessons, I look at those surrounding me right now and make my love conscious.

“If I ever lose my faith in you, there'd be nothing left for me to do”. I agree with this line, only that ‘you’ is ‘me.’ If I ever lose my faith in me... so I keep feeding my faith in me.

“If you love somebody, set them free” – I know it’s a classic expression, but still so true and useful.

“There’s a little black spot on the sun today” (King of Pain.) I swear that nearly every time I am sad, I discover myself mentally singing this song!

“Only hope can keep me together” (Message in a Bottle.) This line has saved my life more than twice!

“Rehumanize yourself” – I’ve grabbed this concept whenever I saw my life going down a wrong track. The last time I used it was when I decided to change jobs.

“Not only food but education” (Another Day.) Brilliant concept that I would put into practice if I ever become a president.

“There is no monopoly on common sense” (Russians.) This is the principle behind my not agreeing with things like death sentence. Also the one behind my permanent relativism.


This side effect is one more aspect of music I am grateful for. Lyrics become company and inspiration at very important times of our lives.

¿Por qué debería llorar por ti?

Sting siempre me ha inspirado. Algunas veces solo me quedo con una oración de toda una letra. Me gusta especialmente la frase y título de una de sus canciones: Why should I cry for you? En español: ¿Por qué debería llorar por ti?

Podría remplazar ese “ti” por un nombre, un vínculo, incluso por una cosa: el padre de mi hijo y la familia que pensé que podíamos haber tenido; los padres que me hubiera gustado tener; el amigo que perdí y no sé cómo recuperar; la naturaleza, sus pérdidas y cómo perdí contacto con ella. Ese “ti” incluso puede ser un “mí”: Por qué debería llorar por la pequeña Patricia, sus miedos, su soledad o sus anhelos.

Llorar por lo que no es o por lo que no tenemos no mejora nada. Podemos llorar sin parar durante años—te aseguro que sé de lo que hablo—por alguien o algo y la situación no va a mejorar ni un ápice. Sentirse mal, triste o arrepentido no cambia nada. La realidad sigue siendo exactamente la misma y estás perdiendo tu tiempo, perdiéndote la oportunidad de vivir otra experiencia maravillosa en su lugar.

El universo de cosas por las cuales podemos derramar nuestras lágrimas es lo suficientemente vasto como para que yo no intente describirlo. Mi doctorado en lágrimas inútiles lo hice sobre relaciones humanas. Terminar la tesis me llevó siete largos años y es posible que mi defensa aún esté pendiente. ¿Qué aprendí de eso? ¡Nada que no hubiera podido aprender en un par de días!

En vez de llorar, últimamente sonrío, agradezco por las experiencias,
acepto las experiencias, la gente, etc. y sigo de largo. De vez en cuando puede pasar que me ponga algo triste, pero no me paro a descansar en ese sentimiento.

Cada experiencia es una oportunidad de aprendizaje. Siempre y cuando tengas tus sentidos alertas, o aprendes de los otros o aprendes de ti mismo. Esto es un regalo por el cual tenemos que estar agradecidos. Las lágrimas no tienen ningún lugar ahí.

Why Should I Cry For You?

Sting has been one of my lifetime inspirers. Sometimes I keep only one sentence from a whole lyric. I specially love this sentence: Why should I cry for you?

I could replace that 'you' by a name, a bond, even a thing: my child's father and the family I thought we could have had; the parents I would have liked to have; the friend I lost and I don't know how to recover; nature, its losses and how I lost contact with it. That 'you' can even be 'me': Why should I cry for little Patricia, her fears, her loneliness or her longings.

Crying for what is not or for what we do not have does not do the trick. We can cry for years in a row--believe me, I know what I say--for someone or something and the situation will not get any better. Feeling bad, sorry or miserable does not change a thing. Reality keeps being exactly the same and you are wasting your time, missing the opportunity to live another wonderful experience instead.

The universe of things we can shed our tears for is vast enough for me not to attempt to describe it. My PhD on useless tears has been done on relationships. My thesis took seven long years to be finished and my defense is probably still pending. What did I learn from that? Nothing I could not have learned in a couple of days!

Instead of crying, lately I smile, thank for the experiences,
accept the experiences, people, etc. and go on. I may get sad from time to time, but I do not stop and rest in that sad feeling.

Each experience is a learning opportunity. Provided you have your eyes and ears open, either you learn from the others or you learn from yourself. This is a gift to be thankful for. Tears do not fit there.

Influence

I found two things Pedro told me a proof that my influence on him is in the direction I want it to.

Yesterday:

Yesterday he first said: "Oh, I don't want Sunday to come!"
It doesn't really matter why, but he's not too willing to do something that he will have to.)

A very short while later he added, "I know, I know... I don't have to live in the future, I have to enjoy here and now."

I find it really great that he is internalizing this, even if only intellectually right now.


Today:

Early Friday morning, preparing for school.

"Mum, Fridays pass by super fast to me, because I love everything I do. In the morning we have Spanish, and I love Spanish! Then we have the break, later IT that I enjoy so much. Then we have the dictation in English, that I especially enjoy and finally only 1,5 hr of class and I come home."

Now, this was really outstanding for me because:

Firstly, he is aware of the things he likes! Eureka! He is watching things from the positive side. He is seeing the value in things, and he is grateful for positive things in his life. Yes! Woohooo!

Then, he used to say his Spanish teacher was not too good with them. Something switched there for the good.

Also his enjoying the dictation is something that fills me with joy, because this is something that the first week was a big challenge for both of us. On Monday his English teacher gave them a list of words and on Friday they would be doing the dictation. That was the first time he had to actually study something! This has been repeated each week and the fact that he says he enjoys it is showing that we are both doing it 'the right way.' Learning but having fun in the process.

So, friends, I couldn't be happier about these things about my son, which in a way, are about me too.

Thanks for reading!

Life is Awesome

I've received a few messages asking for new posts and new content. What can I say? You are completely right. I have nearly stopped writing posts for a while!

Now, the great thing about it is that I stopped writing because life has grabbed me completely and taken me up the spiral of excitement, joy and completeness.

Music is changing my life in a breathtaking way. Firstly, I am making music. That itself is enough to make my heart stop. Maybe you can understand this if you are the kind of person who can lie down and while you listen to a song, you travel somewhere else, so far, that when the song finishes you look right and left to remember where you were in the first place... and sometimes it takes you a moment or two to adjust to reality.

Well, yes, maybe I'm saying nonsense here. I simply don't know how to express the joy that music creates in me. I could say that my heart goes faster or slower when I listen to a well-played theme that moves me. It does; I swear it.

So, music is not just something else in my world. Music has always been a very essential part of me. I always loved listening to recorded music or going to awesome concerts. A few minutes ago I was remembering concerts like Paul Simon's where Michael Brecker played an amazing song of himself with his weird sax and I'm pretty sure my heart stopped bumping at some point until the song ended. Pat Metheny, Pedro Aznar, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, John Scofield, and so many others.

Well, right now I am making music and though I'm ages away from producing anything similar to these heroes of mine, the effect that playing has on me is the same effect of a good concert, only multiplied several times.

I find it interesting that the joy and feeling of completeness does not come from the presence of public. The public has an incidence but its effect is not so direct. Public alerts your senses and makes you give the best of you. But contrary to what I believed earlier, the moment you start playing and feeling the music, you forget the public exists. But it is thanks to the public that you are giving the best right there, on the stage.

The amazing energy that flows among the members of the band when we are at the stage is another thing that makes me quiver. We do rehearse, of course, and we do enjoy those rehearsals very, very much. But playing live is completely different, and I'm sure if energy levels were measured then, we would be surprised.

Tonight we went to a jam session where we listened to really awesome musicians. My heart was jumping of joy, especially thanks to the drummer and the bass player. OK, I won't even try to tell you how it was like... music simply flowed, lovely, directly to the heart.

And those awesome musicians invited us to play on the stage. OK, imagine it. Imagine a complete silence, with images crossing in my head: the awesome drummer, the awesome bass player, me and my full awareness of my limitations with the instrument. That collage of images was in my head while stepping on the stage.

I silently thanked life for placing the drummer at the back of everything and everyone... and I fooled myself telling me that nobody could really see me behind the others. I felt terrified like never before. We had played for the first time in front of lots of people not long ago and I didn't have that fear at all!

Our bass player could not play tonight and we played with one very good bass player first, then with that awesome bass player that had earlier made me jump of joy.

The feelings were quite a mixture inside my chest. I was fascinated. It was an amazing honor to make some music with him. And, of course, it gave me a feeling of responsibility that was very similar to fright.

We only played two songs. But the experience was worth a week of my life.

Looking at all this from another point of view, I'm thrilled at the amazingly generous people I'm meeting through music. Every single musician I've met in the last year has been amazingly good with me. They are generous, polite and caring.

Either the Universe is putting the right people in front of me all the time, or musicians are very, very special people.

So, with all this happening, it is true that I'm not feeling like sitting to write many posts lately. But I'm more than ever applying the Law of Attraction, with obvious good results.
The two visualization groups formed with the first buyers of Thriving Together are starting sometime in the next few days and I'm excited with that too. That is the opportunity to manifest new dreams (with a little help of my friends.)

Last but not least, there is a lot of work coming in. The challenge of living as a freelancer is intact and present every single day.

Mmm... is this too weird a blog post? I can only say that it came from the heart at 3:30 am.

Have a great week!

I Answered Five Juicy Questions on Thriving Together

I'm ecstatically witnessing the interest on Thriving Together. A 'Magic' Way to Attract the Life of Our Dreams.

Lyman Reed asked me five interesting questions about it and I think you may be interested in reading my answers. To read them CLICK HERE.

This Is what I Talk about when I Say Deliberate Creation Is Fun

And this is manifestation number... n+1!

Last night I played the drums live, for the first time, with my band. I enjoyed it from start to end. I felt really connected with the other musicians. I was there at that time, really present, with absolute no interference of any type.

As most of you know, when I was a teenager I wanted to be a drummer, but I allowed happenings to interfere between the drums and me and I stopped playing the drums when I was 19.

In April 2007 I wrote in my Intentions Notebook: I want to have dreams again. I want to have energy, illusions, plans, adventures, and a hobby (because I had none of these.)

In late April 2007 I wrote: "I want to play the drums." That was the first time I thought about it. Fast enough, huh?

In December 2007 I took up drums lessons with a friend who happens to be an excellent drummer and in April 2008 I started going to lessons with another excellent drummer and great teacher.

On April 20th, 2008 I first wrote in my notebook: "I take part in an awesome band."

Then an amazing series of happenings took place. Each of them took me to the next.

May 2008. My friend sees an ad asking for a woman drummer. I went to a test but they didn't choose me. The experience was extremely good and it helped me decide I wanted to have a band.

June 2008. I was put in contact with a great bass player with whom we played for a couple of months. It was in those rehearsals that I found out that I really wanted to play jazz and funk and I wanted improvization in the music I made. One day we lost contact for no apparent reason.

August 2008. A new English student comes to me. She is a singer and a beautiful person.

September/October 2008. My English student invites me to a jam session. I go to see her and I end on the stage, playing a couple of jazz themes. I loved the experience. I met a few people there.

November 2008 - I make a visionboard including drumming. Also a PowerPoint presentation stating clearly: "I play in a awesome band that makes my heart jump of joy and we have a great relationship with its members."

January 2009. A guitar player who happened to be at that jam the night I played, called me because she wanted to make a study group of jazz and she wondered if I was interested to join. Of course I did. Guitar, Bass, Drums.

My student and friend, the singer, gets excited with the idea and joins us. One week later a sax player joins us too.

February 26, 2009. The singer and me join in a visualization group.

March 2009 - We both visualized intents related to music and the image appeared (was not searched) of us playing in front of a really big audience.

April 14th 2009 - That was yesterday! We celebrated the singer's birthday with a jam session. We played a few songs in a crowded pub and the experience was absolutely great. We received very good feedback and we enjoyed it greatly.

So, in exactly two years, with the help of the Universe on the Hows, I am playing the drums in an awesome band with awesome members, having lots of fun, learning a lot about music, about living, about sharing and exchanging.

The picture could be clearer, but at least it helps you see the scene better. This is us, thriving together, really enjoying the moment, feeling happy and fulfilled, enjoying a wonderful energy exchange among us and with the public.

Thriving Together in Creating a Better Life

Hi,

Please allow me to invite you to read an article I wrote in Lyman Reed's blog Creating a Better Life.

If you are still wondering a little bit what is Thriving Together about, you may find the article interesting.

I've talked about deliberate creation, about group visualization, and about how I decided this e-book that is having such a good reception.

Also, I highly recommend Lyman's posts. He is super honest about his journey of personal development and his blog is absolutely full of excellent resources and articles.

Let's create a great life together.

Creciendo Juntos. Una forma "mágica" de atraer la vida que soñamos

La traducción al español del libro Thriving Together. A 'Magic' Way to Attract the Life of Our Dreams está disponible a partir de hoy en http://www.thrivingtogether.com/espanhol.htm

Esta fue la traducción más cómoda de mi vida! Tomara las decisiones que tomara, la autora estaba de acuerdo sin necesidad de consultarle nada y pude tomarme un par de libertades que las disfruté muchísimo.

Al trabajar tan de cerca con el original -¡sí, comprobé que el ojo del traductor es más exigente que el del escritor!- tuve la sensación de que podría haber explicado más extensamente algunos conceptos.

Si a alguien le surge cualquier duda, tiene todas las maneras de contacto a su disposición: el e-mail de la página web, los comentarios aquí en el blog, etcétera.

Aprovecho a mandar un agradecimiento público a todos los que me han apoyado incansablemente con este proyecto. También a quienes han comprado el libro y han sido tan amables de hacerme saber sus comentarios.

Aclaro que estas fotos hermosas de amapolas (Poppies) las uso con el permiso de Lexi Sundell de http://www.energiesofcreation.com

Thriving Together - A 'Magic' Way to Attract the Life of Our Dreams

Something like two years ago a group of friends and I made something that we called the Good Vibrations group.

We shared our intentions and vibrated together to achieve what we wanted, with so much success that we were astonished at the results.

Our experience lasted approximately one year and from the moment I saw what we had done, I wanted to write an e-book.

Well, I did that now, it's called Thriving Together - A 'Magic' Way to Attract the Life of Our Dreams, and I'm extraordinarily happy with the results. I know it's you and not me who have to say if the book is good, but God, I am fascinated by it.

If you want to check the book's page, click here.

Note that the 5 first people to buy the book will have a very special opportunity: to join me in a visualization group.

Also note that the more than 50% discount will be valid for the first copies only, so if I were you, I would not wait too long to buy it.

The book was embellished with Lexi Sundell's pictures of poppies and edited by Jordan Rosenfeld, who made sure there was not a hint of Spanish interference in the English version. By the way, I intend to translate it into Spanish soon. Check the website for news regarding this.

What else can I say? That I'm absolutely convinced that I'm giving something of great value to the world and that is something that fills me with joy.



Cheers!
Patricia