What would you do....?

"Life Is A Gift"

I got this in an email a little while back. And it's a great learning lesson for us to put things in perspective. Life indeed is a gift and we should be grateful for everything that we do have. We should indeed count our blessings instead of counting all the things that we wish we had. Let's all focus on the "haves" and not the "lacks".

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind.

She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.
She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. She was then able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her," Now that you can see the world,
will you marry me?"

The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind.
She then refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears and later wrote a letter to her saying: "Just take care of my eyes dear, for I loved you so much
that it was I who was the donor of your gift."
This is how the human brain changes when our status changes.
Only few remember what life was before,and who's always been there
even in the most painful situations.

"Life Is A Gift"
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before you complain about your children -Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.
Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep -
Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled,and those who wish they had your job.
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another -
Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and thank GOD you're alive and still around.
Life is a gift, Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, And Fulfill it.

-Author Unknown

A Lesson In Fortitude

Someone sent this to me, and I absolutely love the pictures and message of courage, persistence, determination, and perseverance. I wish you all these wonderful qualities, and all the success in the world!

Creativity and Imagination Part 1

I am going to talk about creativity a lot since this is a subject that is close to my heart. I am a performing artist, and creativity is a vital part of my life.

But creativity is also a vital part of EVERYONE'S life! You can use creativity in how you run a meeting at work, how to decorate your house, finding new ways to spice up your marriage, gifts ideas, how to teach your children, bringing your career to the next level etc etc etc. It all requires our imagination and creativity.

One thing I know for sure is that if you can see it in your head, then you can make it happen. So visualization is a vital tool to get our creative juices and imagination going. (I will write about visualization in future posts). Here are a few quotes that helps us to be more creative. I have collected these quotes from different authors and books:

"It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be" by Paul Arden
(Yes, visualize, visualize, and visualize your success!!! Literally see, feel, hear, taste the events that you want happen in your life. Spend sometime and daydream a little! It's totally legal!)

"Don't be afraid of silly ideas"
(I say the sillier the better!!! I am sure that someone thought that being able to fly in the sky was a real silly idea once, or that it is real silly to think that we can reach the moon, even sillier to think that in 2009, CNN and many other people are all of a sudden "twittering"! I mean, even if we talked about twittering two years ago, you would be like, "huh?". Well, all of this happened because people were not afraid of their "silly" ideas. Hey, be "silly"! Great ideas come from imagining the unimaginable!

"Stop worrying about being right"
If we are worried about being right, that's self censorship right there, and that's the #1 creativity killer. Let your ideas fly, regardless of being right or wrong. Very often, the "right" ideas come out of the "wrong" ones.

"If you get stuck, draw with a different pen"
Change your tools, change your angle, change the way you have always done things. Try something new!

So guys, go for it! Go for the wrongs, go for the new and inventive, never before done, and silly way of doing things, visualize the end results!

Wendy the (Inspirational) Trainer

A Peace Prayer

To my very dearest friends,

May you be well, may you be happy.

May you experience life to the fullest, filled with love, good health, and good energy.

May your life be filled with loving firends and family.

May your heart be filled with compassion, and understanding.

May you continue to live the full potential of your life, making positivie differences in this world as you do already.

I wish you peace, serenity, and contentment.

I send you, and the universe my most positive energy.

Have a really fantastic day today, and for many more days to come,

Love,
Wendy

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One Small Change A Day

Check it out and please contribute!

I believe that if we we each start with doing one small thing a day, we collectively can make significant changes in this world.

There is global warming, people are dying in wars, the animals are going extinct etc etc. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of things that we, as socially conscious people have to worry about. And to tell the truth, it is very stressful, and one doesn't know where to start!

One good deed a day, keeps the world in shape.

In this blog, we are going to share with each other everyday one small thing that we can do individually to improve the world.

I would like to see as much input from everyone and would love to challenge each of us to make a difference. Let's report to each other what changes we have caused! What's the change that you are willing to make today?

What is real to you?

Realness and truth are in the eye of the beholder. We choose our experiences and we also choose the way we respond to it. We can respond positively or negatively. I always try to choose positively, and try to learn from those days that are more difficult to respond positively. What about you? What is real to you?

Wendy the (inspirational) Trainer