Did I really write that last post?

I will start with a nice picture to set the mood I guess. Duders was sleeping here. I suppose that he was getting a drink and thought it would be great to get a nap so close to the water but then I disturbed him taking photos. It did look better when he was asleep and one could see that here is a guy that has no home, no steady source of provisions and no one to love him and yet he is the happiest little guy you could meet! He is happy just to exist and we could all learn a lot from him.

Now, on to my title; if you know me that last post was very unlike me. I guess its kind of like drunk dialing--you just shouldn't do it! Life has been a rollercoaster ride this last year and I know that sometimes you must get to where you want to go in a way you would never have picked for yourself. I think about Nelson Mandella; there he was with a life sentence and thinking that he would never reach his goals but then one day the light shone donw on him and he thought 'What if this is what it looks like while it's happening?' The rest is history isn't it? And for me and for you it is no different. We put out to the universe what it is that we want and if we don't resist too much, we stay in belief, & take action every day then the universe takes us where we say we want to go.

So after I wrote my last post I got to thinking about resistance and allowing. What you resist persists. That is not to say that you should never stand up for what it is that you want; it's that you focus on the solution not the problem. Allow what you want to come to you and yes, I do know that takes practice, we all have to learn new skill sets sometimes and if you fall down once in a while get back up and start over. you can only lose if you quit.

Am I Serious?

Recently I have been very challenged. I say that I want to help people understand what is possible for us all and yet I do not regularly post now do I? Things have not been going according to my plan and that has been allowed to interfere with my life. It has also caused me to question whether or not the universe is in agreement with me about my ability as a coach.

Last month the mayor had congestive heart failure. For a bit they didn't think he'd make it. A lot of that was because when he finally realized that he needed to go to the hospital the ambulance took 35 minutes to arrive. I could have had him at the hospital in 40 minutes or less but I didn't know that the 35 minutes was an average time around here. I guess I should have figured this being the middle of nowhere and they being all volunteer, but hey, I have not needed them in the twenty something years I've been here.

This would have been bad enough but we have been striving for over a year to recover from losses we experienced since Nov of 2007. We keep what we want in front of us and we act on it but it seems that the universe puts up concrete walls to block us. So we say ok, lets do plan B, then ok let's do plan C and so on until we are now on something like plan x and still hitting walls. But I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and that light is so very welcome.

I know that this is all for a reason and that we have had something to learn and much growing to do but........

So I remind myself that I only need to think about what I DO want and not give energy to what I don't want. The only time you really lose is when you quit. And no I am not talking about a game like baseball where when the game is over and there is a clear winner and loser, I am talking about in the game of life where each day is an opportunity to win.