Opportunity everywhere

Do you see the opportunities which present themselves to you on a daily basis? Do you believe the world is full of opportunity just waiting to find you? Or do you think opportunities are like needles in haystacks?

Believe it or not, what you believe will be true for you. So why not try on the belief that the world is full of opportunity? By switching on this light-bulb, you will suddenly see opportunity in every day.

See opportunity as 'a chance to do something' - and be inundated with opportunity.

Love

Donna.x

SO EXCITED!

Today, Muse won the Q award for 'best live band' - GUESS who is going to see them in 2 weeks, 2 days time?!?!?!?

Yes, ME!

I can't wait. I am SO looking forward to this.

Do you have something AT LEAST once a month that you can get this excited about? If not, why not?!

Woo hoo!

Love

Donna.x

Advice for life

I got this as part of an e-mail today:

"kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly "

Great advice for life, eh?

Love

Donna.x

Permission to be rubbish

Ever sat down to do something and had no inspiration at all? That's how I feel this evening - I have been sat here for AGES (well, 10 minutes!), started 3 entries and can't be bothered to complete any of them. On another day, they would be flashes of brilliance...today I haven't a clue what I wish to say.

I could blame not feeling well, a busy day, the weather, the moon in Sagitarius, but I won't...today, I'm just going to be rubbish - and let that be ok!

If you gave yourself permission to be rubbish now and again, what would change for you. (hint: it's less stressful!)

Love

Donna.x

You are here to...

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to love more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.” ~ Woodrow Wilson

What a GREAT quote! If you knew that you were truly here to enrich the world, what would change for you today? What would you do? Would it make a difference to how you treat yourself?

Love

Donna.x

You could be so much more

We spend so much time telling ourselves (and each other) what we can't do that our ambitions shrink, our confidence dies and we no longer try to be more.

Well, I am here to tell you that YOU COULD BE SO MUCH MORE. Yes, YOU. And you know it too, don't you? You know that you are more capable than your current place. So how do you move forward? Here's 2 tips for you for this week:

1. Acknowledge how f'ing amazing, wonderful, gifted and talented you are.
2. Do your very best at what you do. Not to get praise from the boss, or the wife, or the teacher, but to build up your confidence in you. Behave with integrity, and do your best. Show yourself (and the world) that you are bigger than your current place, that you are worth MORE, that you are capable of so much. And just see what happens...

By the way, I include myself in this too. When I'm perfect I shall take over God's job ;-). Seriously, we can ALWAYS be better, be more, live more - not by working ourselves into the ground but by being the best we can be (and that includes being the best friend to yourself you can be - 1000% self care and love).

Love

Donna.x

One week left (for coaches)

Calling all coaches! The next Your Natural Way to Get Clients teleclass starts Wednesday 1st November - and is the ABSOLUTE BARGAIN price of £75 for the whole thing - for more information and to sign up, go to www.yournaturalway.com.

Love

Donna.x

Maybe you have other plans

With thanks to Jenn who brought this to my attention:

MAYBE YOU HAVE OTHER PLANS:
I woke up early today excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.I have responsibilities to fulfill today.My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.
Today I can complain because the weather is rainy,
OR--- I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered.
Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money,
OR--- I can be glad my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
Today I can grumble about my health,
OR--- I can rejoice that I am alive.
Today I can lament over all my parents didn't give me when I was growing up,
OR--- I can be grateful they allowed me to be born.
Today I can mourn my lack of friends,
OR-- I can embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.
Today I can whine because I have to go to work,
OR--- I can shout for joy because I have a job to go to.
Today I can complain because I have to go to school,
OR-- I can eagerly open my mind and fill it with new knowledge.
Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have housework to do,
OR--- I can feel honored because the Lord has provided a shelter for me to live in.

Today stretches ahead of me waiting to be shaped. And, here I am the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have.

Have a great day my friend,OR--- maybe you have other plans.

Love

Donna.x

Come alive

Howard Thurman said "Don't ask so much what the world needs. Go out and do what makes you come alive, because what the world needs most are more people who have come alive."

What makes you 'come alive'? Go and do it.

Love

Donna.x

What does it cost?

I came across a great question today - how much does it cost you to make this money? It is aimed at entrepreneurs to check that they are being 'cost effective', but I think it applies to all of us. ESPECIALLY those who work for a wage and hate their job.

What is it costing you to make this money?

I know people whose work has cost them their health, their joyous view of life (seriously, work in a boring job with nothing to do and watch your joy disappear!), their dreams. Worth it? You make the decision. With your one and only life, what is it costing you to make money? And is it worth the cost? Or is it time for a change?

Love

Donna.x

What are you master of?

Parker J Parmer wrote "Each of us is a master at something, and part of becoming fully alive is to discover and develop our birthright competence."

What is your 'birthright competence'? What do you bring to the world? Even if you don't know today, be assured that you are bringing something special to the world. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find it and bring it forth with passion and confidence.

Can't wait to see you shining brightly in the world.

Love

Donna.x

Creative Avoidance

If you don't want to be doing what you are doing, firstly why are you? How long are you going to keep doing thiings you don't want to do? Why would you do that with your one and only life?

And secondly, check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/; - shooting sheep with a tranquiliser is a great way to waste a few minutes!

Love

Donna.x

A good reason to be positive

I saw this quote in an e-mail today:

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

Damn right! Positive people are far less irritating when you are one of them.

Love

Donna.x

Something to live for

The other night I was driving home down a dark country road, and was reminded of another such night several years ago when I was also driving home down a dark country road, with my foot hard on the accelerator and a vague thought in my head that it would solve a lot of problems if me and the car met oblivion in the shape of a big tree at high speed on that road. I remember realising with some horror what I was contemplating and deliberately easing off the accelerator.

I also remember my shock that such a thought had crossed my mind, and the fear that life wouldn’t get better and that thought would come back, stronger and more insistent. I was 25, and until then had a very strong grip on life…suddenly I felt like I didn’t want to hold on any longer. Fortunately my fear that I would become obsessed with crashing my car into a tree proved unfounded, and I started to do something about the life I was so miserable in.

When I remembered this the other night, the thought crossed my mind again, and this time the answer was a crisp ‘don’t be ridiculous, you have far too much to do’. Not as in my to-do list, but as in much to live for. It’s been 8 years since that night, and I can honestly say that I have absolutely no intention of leaving this world for a good 70 years yet (depending on medical developments and toyboys, maybe 80).

The difference? Well, now I have something to life for. I have purpose. I have passion. I have joy. I am part of something magnificent – life. There is so much beauty, genius and wonder in the world that I plan to stay and be a part of that. AND there is so much wasted talent, so many gifts going unused, so much joy not being felt that I plan to stay and CHANGE that. Now that is something to live for.

Love

Donna.x

Caught up in the story

How caught up in your story are you? How much of what you accept is 'true' and 'real' is actually just the tapestry you have woven?

For example, this week I have been very caught up in my story which goes something like this 'I haven't got enough...so I have to ...but if I ...I'll lose...and stop...and I can't ...because...so I can't...and so I'm stuffed'. It's a great story - a weepy, and I am the heroic victim. But actually I have made most of it up. I don't really have to do anything or lose anything.

So why have I made up such an elaborate story? At heart it's very simple, I don't want to do what I thought I had to. So I've come up with a million reasons that 'I can't' which are utter bullshit. If that really was the only option, I'd work it out. At core, the problem is simple - and there are several solutions once i get my head out of my backside and get creative!

So, what story are you caught up in?
What is the core?
What could you do differently if you got creative?

Love

Donna.x

A Quote to keep you Going

I found this quote today by Theodore Roosevelt:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Most inspiring.

Love

Donna.x

Reality versus illusion

Albert Einstein: "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

I love this quote. Think about it. What if your reality was an illusion? What have you 'made up' about your life and the world you live in? What if you could 'make up' another reality? Would you choose the same one? Or would you choose a reality in which anything was possible, where you lived with purpose, passion and joy?

Let me give you a small example of this - I was shopping today and I had decided that I lived in a reality where you could never find exactly the thing you wanted in the shops. I noticed this slightly limiting (and up until that point, true) reality and changed it to a place in which I found exactly what I wanted - the very next shop I visited had exactly what I wanted, on sale no less. Coincidence? Maybe...but it was a reality I much preferred to live in.

If it's true that we create our own experience of the world, why do we work so hard at making it rubbish?

Love

Donna.x

Do it Your Way

Last night I met a very interesting lady - Sarah Tremellen of Bravissimo. I have to confess that I had certain expectations of a woman who had masterminded a multi million pound bra business, and I was happy to see that I was wrong on almost all counts. There was no power suit, she was warm, funny, witty, eminently likeable and extremely inspiring. (the last was the one I was right about!)

And what I really loved about her story is that she created this wonderful business (that many of my friends consider a life-saving shop!) her own way. Not the way it 'should' be done - and largely because she did not have the limitations that things 'aren't done that way'. Beautiful. So, if you knew that things would work out beautifully done YOUR way, what would change in your life.

For me, I wouldn't worry about 'doing it right', I'd think about 'doing what I want'. And that doesn't include the last quarter business plan I said I was going to do. But it does include having some fun with what I'd love to happen this quarter...so that's a marvellous replacement.

A far more freeing option.

Love

Donna.x

Take pleasure where you can

One of the most wonderful things in life is a beautiful sunny warm day in October, especially when the previous day was rain, rain and more rain.

A sign of a happy, contented person is their ability to take pleasure where they find it, and to fully enjoy the moment. In the spirit of that, I changed my plans today to take in a walk in the fields in the sunshine. It's far more important than chores, meetings, and work. Enjoy the last days of the summer while you can.

Love

Donna.x