Movies to Help Us Visualize

If you have difficulty visualizing or you haven't yet stepped into it, this is the information you were waiting for!

I received this amazing information from two of my dear friends: Thea Westra and Lyman Reed. They both sent it to me today.

At this link: http://mindmovies.com/vid1/?10383 you'll see a video which tells you how making movies to visualize helped 2 people. That alone is uplifting and inspirational. But there is more. After the video finishes, they give away, 100% for free, 6 amazing pre-made movies which will help you visualize health, love, money and good relationships.

After having downloaded the 6 of them, I watched them and I think they are great. Awesome. You feel extremely well after watching them!

And I believe that the attraction must be even stronger if we make our own movies. Because the passion and the focus we put when we are making our own movie is a major attraction factor.

So,
1. If you don't find your way into making your own, these will resonate with you, I promise.
2. They give you ideas on how to make one of your own.

It amazes me, every day, how many people are devoting their time and efforts to making all of us know about all this magic.

We do live in a wonderful world surrounded by wonderful people.

Cheers!

Smiles: Quotes by Oscar Wilde

Smiling is healing and feels great.

Every time I read these quotes I have a great time. I hope they'll make you smile too. Have fun!


"I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."

"I always like to know everything about my new friends and nothing about my old ones."

"Why was I born with such contemporaries?"

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal is absolutely fatal."

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."

"Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much."

"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. "

"Anyone who lives within their means, suffers from a lack of imagination."

"My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's."

"We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow."

"Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that every day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."

"I can resist anything but temptation."

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality."

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing."

"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early or be respectable."

"Hell is full of musical amateurs."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."

"You see things and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'"

"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies."

"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get."

"An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable."

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it."

"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."

"You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live."

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."

Cómo manejar el tiempo según Randy Paush

Ayer vi un video publicado en su blog por Priscilla McIntire que realmente me iluminó al respecto del manejo de mi tiempo con relación a las prioridades.

Se trata de una conferencia dada por Randy Paush sobre el manejo del tiempo.

Me pareció interesantísimo todo el video, pero especialmente llamó mi atención un pasaje que quiero compartirlo acá, "por si las moscas", por si a ti te resulta tan interesante como a mí y puede ayudarte.

Randy Paush dice en su conferencia que para un manejo efectivo de nuestro tiempo, debemos primero hacer una lista de lo que tenemos que hacer. Pero no una lista indiscriminada, sin prioridades.

Sugiere dividir lo que tenemos que hacer en 4 cuadrantes delimitados por las siguientes 4 variables: importante/no importante y urgente/no urgente.

Así:





Dentro de esos cuadrantes, él dice que no hay dudas de que lo primero que tenemos que hacer es lo que está en el cuadrante superior izquierdo (importante y urgente) y lo último que tenemos que hacer es lo que está en el cuadrante inferior derecho (no importante y no urgente).




PERO (y los que pasamos por lingüística sabemos que lo que importa siempre viene después del "pero") mucha gente no tiene tan claro en qué orden hacer las cosas que entran en los restantes 2 cuadrantes.

La mayoría de nosotros (yo incluida HASTA ayer), pasamos rápidamente, luego de haber completado las tareas en el cuadrante superior izquierdo, a hacer las tareas que están en el cuadrante inferior izquierdo (no importante y urgente).

¡GRAVE ERROR! dice el Sr. Paush. Lo que tenemos que hacer a continuación, es lo importante y no urgente. Eso es lo que tenemos que hacer en 2o. lugar.






De esta manera, dice él:

1. Lo importante y no urgente, nunca llega a ser importante y urgente, porque lo hicimos antes de que eso pasara.
2. Lo no importante y no urgente, en general lo dejaremos sin hacer. Que como es no importante, ¡no pasa nada!

En realidad las cosas para hacer se reducen a 3 tipos y, llegado el caso de que tengamos la suerte de que un médico nos avise de que nos queda poco tiempo de vida -digo esto porque a muchos la muerte nos sorprende sin aviso previo-, tendremos la tranquilidad de que lo importante lo hemos hecho y que lo que nos puede quedar pendiente es no importante.

Esta conferencia fue dada por el Sr. Paush quien lamentablemente falleció el 25 de julio de 2008. En la entrevista cuenta cómo el médico le diagnosticó unos pocos meses de vida saludable.

Hay que sacarse el sombrero frente a este hombre que con ese diagnóstico usó su valioso tiempo para dar una conferencia sobre cómo aprovecharlo mejor!

Si entiendes inglés y te interesa ver toda la entrevista (dura 1 hora y algo), puedes hacer click en este link

Y de paso visitar el blog de Priscilla que tiene muchos videos y artículos interesantes.

Tengo mucha curiosidad por saber algo: ¿Cambiaste el orden de alguna de las cosas que ibas a hacer hoy?

My Body Is My Buddy

And I thank you, buddy, for that!

I'm going through this transition time in my life: leaving a secure 9-5 job for the uncertainties and freedom of a freelance career.

The choice came up triggered by several factors:

1. I didn't like my job anymore.
2. The salary I earned with it was not longer enough.
3. I wanted to experience passion for my job.
4. The things that wake my passion were not those I was doing as an employee.

From August 6th on, when I told my boss I was quitting, I became very nervous, anxious and stressed. Again, several factors influenced me:

1. My boss started behaving awkward with me.
2. In my need to do everything perfect, I wanted to find the perfect replacement for my position and leave everything in perfect order for her.
3. I was working 12 to 15 hours a day in the attempt to do both my 9-5 job and the editing assignments I'm receiving.

So, my tension increased and increased and I was literally out of myself. I was not aligned anymore, I stopped meditating and stopped practising drums too.

Guess what? Last week I started feeling dizzy, which later became a feeling of important vertigo and everything started moving around... even if I was still and things like the floor and walls don't often move in my country...

Finally on Tuesday I had to stop. I couldn't go to my job and I couldn't watch the screen without feeling nauseas, therefore, couldn't do any editing job either. I spent much time seeing doctors who didn't give me any definite diagnosis but they sent me to rest for 5 days.Today is Thursday and as I write this, the screen moves sideways and the wooden floor is still floating under my feet. But I really wanted to write about this, because I think it's awesome.

You must think I'm a wacko. What is so awesome about it? Well, the confirmation that my body is my buddy, as your body is your buddy.

After meditating today and chatting with my body he clearly told me: "you wouldn't have stopped if I hadn't taken action" and "you were going down a dangerous road asking so much from ourselves".

It is so true!

The lesson I hope to learn is this: When you feel you have to stop, STOP. No matter what, no matter who. Because if you don't your buddy will make you stop and the ways he usually finds are painful and troublesome. So, what's the use of making him stop us if we can stop a little bit earlier without hurting consequences?

Of course... my boss wouldn't have liked it if I had told her I was not going to work because I needed to stop. But... as I'm leaving anyway, what is the big deal? None! However, I still couldn't do it and I pushed my body to make me feel bad so I could stop without guilt.

A side effect of the pain and my having stopped has been AMAZING. By having time, by not being able to do much, I was able to take a different look at my present situation and realize what an awesome moment I am in right now! I am only 10 days away from becoming independent. I am only 10 days away from doing with my days exactly what I want to do with them!

Are you curious what I want to do with my days? :))) you can always stop reading! ;)

I'm already enjoying my weekdays like this:

As soon as Pedro leaves to school, I'll go to take a 1-hour walk by the rambla. That is a magical place we have in Montevideo, by the seaside (see picture above). Then, I'll take a shower and sit down to do my editing work. Then I'll pick Pedro up at school, come home and practise drums. Then I'll meditate and read.

Also, I'll have the freedom to enjoy special dates with Pedro, like his & my birthday, for example. And we'll be able to go to the beach every day during summer!

I am so excited about all this... and it's just around the corner!

Thanks for sharing my excitement and the lessons I'm learning right now. I promise to keep you posted.

All the best,
Patricia

Maria Gajewski's Blogging Manifesto

If you are a blogger or you are planning to become one, this is a must-read!

http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/08/13/the-authentic-blogging-manifesto/

No, don't think it twice!!! Go up right now and click on the link.

Do you agree? Isn't it an AWESOME POST????

Yeah... amazing.

Have a great day!

Have You Been Able To Manage Time?

I'm copying here today's Daily Note by Esther & Jerry Hicks, because this is something I'm specially interested in right now, when I have to accomplish a thousand things in the same time I did two one week ago.

If you are feeling a shortage of time or money, your best effort would be to focus upon better-feeling thoughts, and do more things that make you feel good. Your time is a perceptual thing, and even though the clock is ticking the same for everyone, your alignment affects your perception, as well as the results that you allow.

As you observe the enormous differences in the effort that people apply and the results they achieve, you have to conclude that there is more to the equation of achieving than action alone.
(You can check their site at: http://www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php)

Although I don't have much conscious experience on this, I intuitively believe this is so.

Our time flies when we are with a person we love and never passes by when we are at the dentist's waiting room.
Time flies when we are studying for an exam and would need more days and time is extremely slow when we are close to getting our yearly vacations.

Have you had any personal experience of purposedly managing time?
How have you done that?

One way I can think of is to thank the Universe for being able to accomplish a,b,c & d, but... is there any other also-efficient way?

P.S. It's a pity to know that these daily notes won't be distributed anymore.

The Sky Is The Limit

Today I took the first step towards quitting my present job.

How do I feel? Sad & happy.

Why?

Sad because it is a kind of failure, in a way. A relationship that stops. A place where I spent many hours and I'll not be returning to. Lots of people I'll stop seeing. A long-term project that finishes.

Happy because I firmly believe that this is the right time to make a different way and because I want to lead a life that I like, doing things I enjoy and doing things I consider important and useful.

What am I leaving behind?: supposedly, a secure salary which was just enough to pay the bills, which is considered to be "very good" in my country. But in fact, no job means a secure salary because your boss can always decide to change you for a cheaper person or simply let you go, just because.

What is waiting for me?:
(I wish it was Bryan Adams... ha, sorry, I remembered his line of "Here I Am")

A challenging transition. I'll have to manage and balance accomplishing new things plus letting everything ready/clean/organized at my soon-to-be ex-job. The money issue will be challenging too and I'll feel extremely fulfilled when I look back to see that I made it.

A life lived according to my own standards, which includes doing what I love, and not merely "what works fine".

The challenge is quite big. I am afraid and confident. Yeah, both.

"And tomorrow, we'll see".

The plan is to:

* Teach English
* Teach Spanish
* Edit literary texts in both languages
* Translate
* Work as a virtual assistant doing the tasks listed at: http://yourvirtualsolutions.blogspot.com/2008/05/list-of-tasks-i-offer-to-do-for-you.html

Should you need any of the above services, be my guest and contact me!

Gratitude

Following the “Gratitude Rock” tip we learned from the film The Secret (you can check the link at this blog if you haven’t seen it or you want to see it again), I have just made up a new way to remember to feel gratitude and to make that high-vibrating feeling flow as often as possible.

Pedro and me brought from Piriápolis some nice big shells we found at the beach. Some little rocks too.
I put 7 of them in one of the shells and I placed that next to my computer.
Sitting at my computer is an activity I do very often. So from today on, I’m thanking 7 of my life’ blessings each time I sit at the computer at home.

The ones I just thanked for were:

* I have a beautiful child.
* I have wonderful friends. Old and new ones.
* I have received extra work which is really welcome.Thanks for the edition assignments and thanks for my new students.
* A relationship which used to be troublesome took a healthier turn and I feel much relieved about it.
* My drums teacher is awesome, he’s helping me improve my playing very much.
* My mother, brother and grandmother are better now. Thanks for that.
* I’m having fun!


Going through my "Wishes Notebook", I saw today that I've accomplished many of my wishes in it. It's with pleasure that I share them with you:

- I found more inner peace and I can be in inner silence.
- I like my life.
- I stopped needing (so much) other people's approval.
- I don't change my point of view so drastically or soon as before.
- I was able to put LoA into practice.
_ I chose a good new school for Pedro.
- I made new friends who vibrate high, who are a good influence and help me feel positive. They are fun.
- I was able to release tensions in different parts of my body (I still need to work on one specific spot).
- My hair stopped falling.
- Pedro is happier.
- Pedro and me are interacting more lovingly.
- I received extra income which enabled me to buy a new computer and pay my debts.
- I have a hobby/ passion: I'm playing the drums again.
- I wake up every morning having high expectations about the day before me and literally jump out of bed because I cannot wait for the day to unfold.
- Great surprises happen to me quite often.
- I lowered my standards regarding my demands to myself. And that feels great.
- Pedro got rid of a big allergy he was suffering for months. And that happened after we thanked the Universe for it. Overnight.
- I learned to follow my intuition.
- Pedro and me had a great time in my Birthday, Christmas, New Year, and my vacations.
- We received a wonderful present from my boss, a great trip to THE place I wanted to get to know (Fernando de Noronha).
- I now meditate as a routine.
- Pedro and me decreased our levels of anxiety and stress.
- Pedro's psychotherapy has helped him tremendously and the issue of the absence of his father is not worrying him so much anymore.
- I took 3 days for myself. Went to a wonderful beach with a wonderful friend. First time in 7 years!
- I made a blog ;) and learned enough to keep it going. To do this I overcame important self-limiting beliefs.
- I found a bass player with whom to play once a week. He's great and I love the way he plays the bass. And I feel at ease with him.

THANK YOU!