Attracting Positive Things (Day 5/100)

How to attract positive things? By: Lilou Mace

 Here is a great video - you will here French woman, Lilou Mace, talk about how we can attract positive things.  I am really liking getting to know Lilou more and more through her videos.

Day 5 - focused on cleaning my room and "decluttterring" my space.  With a clean room, I can now be less anxious and will sleep better.  Rule #1 Always put away your clothes.  Greateful for my clean room, the clean air I breathe & the clean water I have access to drink.   

Here is a New Age Rug design by Dan Golden

Fresh Start (Day 1/100)

 I am open to the idea of what the next 100 days will bring in my 100 Day Reality Challenge.  I am ready to send out my intentions and take action to bring about a new and empowered self by May 24th!

It's Day 1 - I am up and energized...about to do a whole apt deep cleaning (I always feel better when I am in a clean house, don't you?)

For now I am excited to see where the next 100 days takes me and how I can use the power of positive thought and focus to impact my life...

100 Day Reality Challenge

Ok, so here's an idea I have for the next 100 days.  Starting tomorrow and going until May 24th, I will be partaking in the 100 Day Reality Challenge!  Please visit http://cocreatingourreality.com/ to see the website and read more about this facinating project. 

Basically, for the next 100 days I will:
1. Focus on an intention - something I different I want in my life
2. Take steps to make this intention happen
3. Bring out positive thought, mediation &/or prayer to help guide me
4. Surround myself with positive people, events & things that will help be fulfill my set intention
5. Journal, blog, tweet, facebook, text, post to my new pinterest page, and possible video blog to share/grow deeper in my journey

It may sound trippy - but I think it is worth a try!  I am so glad that my dear friend ask me to join her on this epic journey.  I mean, what else did I have planned for the next 100 days?  I might as well work to make my life richer and more engaging.  One of the creators of this movement, Lilou Mace, talks about having a "juicy" life.  What a fun image!  Just a life more full of flavor!  A life you can sink your teeth in - a life that is savory & tasty.  A life you can truly enjoy! 

I will be posting updates on my journey and I hope you will check out this project/program and give it a try.  Let me know if you do!  

And...we're off...reality challenge...I accept!

Bring It

We have all been there...it's January 1st and now what?  Do I make a list of resolutions?  Do I even care enough to change what I was doing last year?  It may be almost at the end of the month but I am still defining my resolutions...or rather how I want to create an even better 2012. My obsession this week is focusing in my resolutions and the current book series I am addicted to (I have fallen into the arena...I have been sucked into the Hunger Games)

Here's what I have so far:
1. Read 12 books of varying genres, I figure there are 12 months in a year and it's 2012...time to step it up a notch. Who knows maybe I can even get to 15!  And the book that I am currently devouring is "Catching Fire", book 2 of the Hunger Games series which is brilliantly written by Suzanne Collins.   
2. I am going to stop accepting situations in my life that I am unhappy with - if I want to change something, then I am going to start taking actions to change it.  (a little vague, I know...)
3. Work on really and truly stretching myself to Give Back - I have not yet read (but it's on my list): "Start Something that Matters" written by Blake Mycoskie, creator and founder of Toms - a wonderful one-for-one business program that allows for you to not only buy awesome shoes (and other items) but then give a pair to a child in need. 

I love the blog of "Start Something that Matters" that highlights other programs with a Give Back motto and also highlights the wisdom of Blake Mycoskie.  I have never met him, but think he is simply fantastic!  He seems to have such a rockin' cool soul.  (Plus, one of his entries on his blog offers some great idea for books to read!  It helped to inspire me reading 12 this year.) 

4. Grow closer in my faith.  There are always new things I can learn and new avenues to be explored.  Plus, continuing to improve my relationship with Christ is a win-win.  I am also going to look more closely into the life of a saint.  This year it's Saint Thomas of Villanova and I will try to gain future insight into the virtue of humility. 

 

5. Keep my mind & body stimulated - this is an extension of my reading goal...and adding on healthy living.  It's important to exercise to stay fit but to exercise your mind too so that it stays focused.  I will try to do more puzzles and word searches.  It may sounds simple but even that is a big help to keep your mind active.  I want to incorporate more foreign and/or independent films that require more thought to process.  As much as I love Romantic Comedies, it is also important to put value into other avenues of Film making. This also goes with keeping my creative juices flowing.  I will do better to have more blog entries as well as work more on actually completing the One-Act plays I have started.  It's as if the characters' stories have been put on pause and they are desperately waiting to have it completed.  

Alright 2012, you may have started off rocky - but you will finish strong! Bring it!

Get Involved. Make a Difference.

Here begins my journey to "Give Back."  I have been feeling disconnected and lacking in charity.  It's one thing to make a donation at church or to help out the homeless on the street (which I am very happy to do), but I have been feeling the need for a deeper connection of giving back. 

I believe in the power of hope.  I believe in hte power of theater.  I believe in the power of women. 

This is how those three things go togther.  Working at Arena Stage in Washington DC, I am exposed to amazing theater productions.  Currently, we have "Ruined" by Lynn Nottage.  This Pulitzer Prize winning drama, shows the harsh reality of Congo life for women yet balances it with a an arrangement of music and brillant character connections that leave you with a sense of hope.  The organization Women for Women International is sponsoring our production.  I had not been exposed to this organization before and am now hooked on their beautiful mission. 

Theater is the perfect medium to reach out to people.  It allows for a conversion between the actors, designers, theater staff and audience members about getting involved and giving back.  It is through this production that I was able to learn more about WFWI and look into getting more involved not only in the DC area but also sponsoring a woman in another country.  The beauty of WFWI is that they not only help women in the Congo, but also in other areas of devestation.  It is time to recognize the great country I live in and all the great things I am blessed to have in my life.  It is time to take what I have and use it to help someone else. 

Friends, it is time to Give Back!