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Archive for May, 2010

“Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.”

Deepak Chopra

“You are the most powerful magnet in the universe! You contain a magnetic power within you that is more powerful than anything in this world, and this unfathomable magnetic power is emitted through your thoughts.”

Rhonda Byrne

“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.”
Wayne Dyer

“Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.”

W. Clement Stone

“Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.”

Eileen Caddy

“Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.”

Wayne Dwyer

On May 1st a dear friend of mine was visiting with us and our newborn twin sons after taking Sagey (age 6) and Phoenix (age 3) to a fair at her daughter’s school.

She is a total “baby person,” and was eating up every moment of the time she spent holding Dakota, as I held Montana.
While we were talking, Montana spit up a lot of breast milk—the very first time he’d ever done so.

He and Dakota were also super gassy.

Hmmmmm.

I wondered what was up as my intuition said something was indeed off.

I waited for the answer to appear.

A few moments later my friend’s husband called and said that the water in our town and many surrounding towns was “undrinkable,” because of a pipe bursting.

All water had to be boiled before it was consumed.

“Ohhhhhh,” I said, “That’s why my babies are gassy and Montana spit up.  Makes total sense.”

Just then our twelve year old blasted into our bedroom in a panic—“I’m soooo thirsty!  I need water!”

Now when I tell you that this kid rarely drinks (unlike her Mom, who’s thirsty all the time), it’s an understatement.

So I watched with curiosity as she and her 6-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother all became “dehydrated” immediately upon hearing about Newton’s “undrinkable water.”

Talk about a perfect example of what a scarcity mentality does.

All of a sudden, everyone was soooo thirsty!

And panicked!

About an hour later when seven of our 12 year old’s BFF’s arrived for a sleepover (yes, I have 3 week old newborns—yes, my friends think I’m certifiably insane—LOL), they all declared how THIRSTY they were and giggled with delight at the “drama” of it all.

Later when we scooted to the market to get a “Red box” movie rental, the girls ran to the water aisle…sold out!

“Wow,” I thought, “if people rushed to their yoga mats with such immediacy, the world would be a different place.”

So this is what scarcity creates.

Panic.

Where there need not be any.

All you have to do, people, is boil the water for a few minutes before you drink it.

You don’t have to clear out the market and the drug store and Target of their water supply.

And what you need—water, money, love, whatever—will always come.

At the perfect time.

In the perfect amount.

So rest easy.

And breathe.

And expect that it will come.

Whatever it is that you are having scarcity mentality about.

Find the feeling of abundance that is your birthright.

Remember who you are.

You are light.

You are love.

You are divinity.

You are divinely protected.

And guided.

So start listening, Sisters.

And allow the life of abundance that is awaiting you.

“People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to…rather than detracts from…our lives.”

Stephen R. Covey
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

Carlos Castaneda

“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”

Joyce Maynard

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Super-Mom Julia Badgley

My name’s Julia and I met Taylor a couple weeks ago when she bought a cupcake card through my etsy site, http://www.etsy.com/shop/CardsbyJeweleighaB . It’s pink and sparkly and at her request reads, “Have the best day ever!” As you all know, she’s chatty and friendly and I was intrigued to read her blog and marvel about how she keeps everything together with five kids and her career. Then SHE asked ME to be Supermom of the month. I’m a pretty good mom, but I think like most mothers, I struggle with guilt. Am I doing enough housework? (This is an area where I don’t want to overdo it!) Am I spending too much time crafting? (I justify it by saying that it’s for my sanity.) Are my boys getting enough quality time? I have to remind myself that the kids are happy and affectionate, as well as fairly clean (haha!) so I must be doing okay.

My two little boys are two and a half, and 11 months old. My husband and I were so enraptured by our easy-going firstborn, that we decided to have another one soon after, and it turns out that now he’s the easy baby while our two year old is a very busy boy; this has consequently turned me into a very busy mama who is outnumbered 3 to 1 in terms of gender. In a house of boys, it’s nice to be appreciated for my non-boyish qualities. The other day, Zach was admiring my skirt and said I was a ‘laly’ (lady). I felt pleased to be recognized as such, until he told me that was ‘funny’. That brought me down a notch or two. But really, trying to get used to a house of boys is something else. They roughhouse, throw balls at the wall, and seem to revel in inappropriate noises. And I need to get used to it because they are not me. Right?

As a mom I’ve really been trying to focus on enjoying the moments with my boys. It’s easy to get caught up in what needs to be done around the house, or the craft I want to do next, but I’ve been trying to stay present and enjoy the simple things- Zach taking my hand as we walk through the mall, Patrick’s big grin and love of music, Zach asking to read his Jesus book, and their dependence on me. These are the things that matter in the long run.