Two totally unrelated topics, although, I am certain I can find a tie. Read on!
My garden is growing beautifully! I am very happy with the results because I have not killed my plants like i usually do with any living, breathing thing! I’m very happy. That must mean I am getting responsible. (Although, to be honest, I have not watered the garden in about a week. Rain here is getting to be a norm. I just go out and watched how my garden grows:) Pictures are attached. I am very happy with the colors and absolutely amazed at the buds and flowers that are coming out. It is awesome to watch something grow due to your own efforts. I’m guessing that is how my parents must feel from time to time.
Jack Canfield’s coaching seems like a wonderful idea! I talked with a representative about the prospect of getting a coach, how it will benefit me, if I am fit for something like this, etc, etc. It would be a wonderful opportunity! Jack’s Success Principles, Where you are Now, and Where you Want to be, is a wonderfully captivating book on how to get to where you are now, to where you want to be. It was given to me as a present, and the 64 principles are great! I have always wanted to take the principles one by one and incorporate it into my life so I can get to where I want to be. Reading the book just overwhelmed me with all the great principles I have to do (and want to do). With Jack’s personal coach, I can take it a little slower, with a coach to motivate me along!
Let’s see if I can afford it. There is the online version which is way, way more affordable. I’ll have to see where my spiritual guide takes me!
For now, I am working on a Mastermind Group so that I can start bouncing ideas off of others and encourage or motivate others as well as receiving so in return. This is one of the best ideas, that Jack came up with. I predict it may be hard to get all members to participate at a certain time period, but I have to try! Never give up, is one of Jack’s principles. I am very excited about this new group. I have the people I want in it picked out already. Now, it’s just setting up the group platform and inviting the members to join. I hope I get a great turnout. Every single one of the people I invite are people whom I respect and I see is either successful, or are ambitious to striving to be somewhere they want to be. I can just about say that all the people in my group are not too shy, so we should have some good dialogues going back and forth. I cannot wait until I am able to implement this group the way Jack and a little of my improvisation goes into it. This will be one of the stepping stones for me to getting back into “swing”. Wish me luck!
(and the tie is: As the garden grows, so am I. Being able to ask for help, is another growth spurt for me. That is, being really dependent initially, and then growing from my own ambitions from the dependent stage. There may still be work there, but I feel that I am coming slong. Jack’s never give up principle is starting to take root in my life. I’ve had several people tell me this, and I groaned every time. It is so cliche, but I see it as a truth or dare. I’ve seen my brother grow from being a great daddy to an independent young man. Along with life’s stressors. I’ve seen him struggling, and I’ve seen him happy and healthy. I’m glad to see that he is human after all. But also, am finally aware that no human being is immune to “bad situations”. Now, I have to learn how to manage those bad situations, when others are going through it, as well as how I manage them. Maybe I can teach my family that even though we all make mistakes, we can bounce back and live a wonderful, happy life. That mistakes are meant to occur, and will continue to occur in each and every single person, in their children and in themselves. I believe that the hardest part of teaching others this, is understanding that my own mistakes are not the “end all be all”. If I can convince myself of this, I’m sure I can convince others of theirs. But the question remains, how do I do this?
