Do you believe in miracles?

          Tis the season of great hope and happiness, love and compassion, toss in a miracle and you have a Christmas blessing.  Hopefully everyone had good tidings this holiday season and have not been pinned down with financial burdens or other distresses.  Depression is a big concern for this time of the year but I'd like to spread some sunshine with a story that contains a miracle that saves a family from losing everything. 

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From 37,000 feet...

       Well here I am on a flight back home and flying at 37,000 feet.  I never imagined myself flying all over the country but life's kind of funny that way.  I've gone through several paces and hit the turbulence of life.  I hated school but quickly found that life was just as rough afterwards.  If we are ill prepared then life becomes one big disappointment.  We sometimes grow up in an artificial world, sheltered by our family and friends.  Reality becomes a harsh realization that some people can't handle.  Hitting mid-life some people have a crisis or breakdown.  Turning 41 in a week and half causes me to look back and reflect on my life.  I've come a long way with my daily struggles and think of people that I know that have there own dilemmas.  I've also learned a great deal about personal finances.  As our income grows, so does our debt.  We become trapped in a vicious cycle of being broke just at a higher level.  We don't teach our own children how to avoid the mistakes that we ourselves have made.  Teaching them the need to save to protect our established lifestyles.

       I on the other hand have done everything possible to show my children the cruel realities the world offers.  I also have showed them the great rewards it has to offer to those persistent enough to pursue them.  Travelling alone on business gives one much time to think, formulate and act upon one's goals.  I've been told many times how I'm so disorganized and need to straighten out my desk.  Although after perfecting the "pile-it" system over the last 40 years it's tough to change.  I had written down at one time or another a phrase that I'd like to share with you now, "How can you expect a change in your life if you continue to live exactly the same everyday?"  Sometimes we expect some big miracle or change to come from nowhere but it never does.  If we want to change our lives we need to make that change happen.  So as far as being organized, again I will attempt the change to make it happen.  I realize that I need this change to become more effective and better manage my time and this in turn will improve my quality of life.

       So what am I trying to imply to you today while flying high above the US?  The only way we can change an undesirable situation is to make a change.  I originally kept to myself and never did anything to make waves but it didn't get me to where I wanted to be.  I had to think outside the box and leave my comfort zone.  Now I travel the country and my family has gone on several vacations that would have never been possible if I myself would not have changed.  Sometimes my mind will just make some irrational, impulsive decision but those are the decisions that have propelled me into a better life.  I might not be a millionaire, at least not yet, but I am clearly on the correct path to be.  I am constantly striving to better myself and my life.  No one showed me the way and I had to find it myself.  I've met some great people with the most powerful advise that has guided me on my journey.  Avoid the negative and find people that are like what you want to become.  They are the ones that will guide you and advise you to discover your Success From Within.  We all have it some where but sometimes we need a little help to find it.  Right now I'm in the middle of reading Napoleon Hill's Law of Success and it has the most powerful insight from some of the greatest financial geniuses of the 20th century.  If you would like a copy in ebook form, let me know and I would be more than happy to forward you a copy.  I believe it should be in every person's hands that wish to find success.  I have collected a variety of ebooks that have added great value to my search for success.  You will find that in your search you will collect many books as well.

       I look forward to the New Year with great enthusiasm as we travel towards our own successes.  Please feel free to leave your personall achievements and comments.  I appreciate any input and am very open to new ideas that can help us all reach our Success From Within.

Discover your destiny!

       Why would I tell you to "Discover Your Destiny!"?  The simple reason is that when I look back at where I was and where I am now I have to wonder how I arrived here?  If you would have asked me where I was going and what I was going to be doing back when I was 16 I would not have been able to even begin to come close to how my life has been.  If someone would have told me that I'd be living in Iowa I probably would have laughed or if you would have said that I would be travelling the country for my work, I probably would have laughed even more.  I now travel the country and even to Canada and have been living in Iowa for over 3 years.

       When I was 17 and graduated high school I went straight to Lincoln Technical Institute, studied for 20 months and received my A.S.T. in electronics.  I had drive and was eager to learn, looking for that high paying job that the field seemed to offer.  When I graduated, no one wanted a graduate but someone with experience.  When I had experience, employers wanted fresh graduates so they could pay less.  Through it all I don't even truely work in electronics but went to the industrial electrical field.  Now I'm working all sorts of other avenues for revenue and finacial security for my family.

       How do you Discover Your Destiny?  Focus on what you want and learn to recognize opportunities.  Recognizing opportunities are a big reason for where I am today.  This is why I can share this information with you and help you realize your dreams.  When we are born we have two fears 1) the fear of falling and 2) the fear of loud noises.  As we grow up we learn from our surroundings and find new fears.  Fears that are learned are some of the hardest to break away from.  We need to retrain our thinking and our way of life if we wish to achieve our goals.  People with all the riches in the world can die in misery while someone deeply impoverished can rise up and become a huge success.  It all starts with our mind set.  Our families can encourage us or destroy us with mere words.  Our friends will do the same wether they mean well or not.  The perfect example of this is crab trapping.  When a crab is caught an thrown in a bucket, it will continually try climbing out.  If a second crab is caught and added to the bucket, they will prevent each other from climbing out.  As one climbs up the other will pull it back down and vise-versa.  Our family and friends mean well but they tend to pull us back down with things like that won't work or you don't have what you need to make it doing that.  If Walt Disney would have listened to everyone else we would never have the greatest known mouse in the world.  Many things in this world came out of people that had determination and wouldn't take no for an answer.

       Don't let anyone "STEAL" your dream!!!  Remember you always regret the things you didn't accomplish compared to things you have done.

Discover Hope!

       At this time of year feelings run high on hopes of the coming New Year.  On the flip side many people become depressed and are filled with despair.  Even in these trying economic times there is hope for a successful future.  It is true that the typical ways of creating income has changed dramatically and the thought of working for a company until retirement has all but evaporated.  In my chosen field of electronics, I had learned quickly the need to adapt, change and be able to focus on more profitable areas to maximize my income.  I no longer work with electronics per-say but am now a PLC programmer, industrial electrician and service technician.  This transformation has come about with 20+ years of experience in a field that I never even thought of pursuing.  As I had mentioned in earlier blogs, I have been motivated several times to make abrupt changes in my life to properly provide for my family.  I never lost sight of my goals and always had hope on my side.  Many people on the other hand feel so beaten down that they lose hope and then give up on themselves, their dreams and their future.  At this time I would like to give you a list of 21 suggestions for SUCCESS by H. Jackson Brown, JR.21 Suggestions For SUCCESS

Do your choices have purpose?

       I shared with you earlier about how choices we make determine our path and our future.  So does the choices you make have purpose?  If we blindly make choices our future is always unknown and we will always be unsure of what lies ahead.  We must add purpose to our choices to reach a goal.  If we have no purpose our lives will just float aimlessly until we find one.  One of the rules of achieving our goals is to have a purpose to focus on.  Some people believe everything happens for a reason.  Good things happen to good people and bad things to the bad but how do you explain the bad things happening to good people?  We still have the power to direct our future.  We don't always see the writing on the wall so our lives take a turn for the worst.  This doesn't mean that we can't change that.

        I recently looked back at a powerful training experience that I had several years ago.  I thank the people that allowed me to have this experience because it changed my life forever.  It gave me new hope, direction and a purpose.  I was living my life totally day by day and paycheck by paycheck.  I no longer enjoyed even the little things in life.  I was missing out on so much and didn't even realize it.  I strongly recommend excepting the invitation if ever given it to go to Leadership Breakthrough One at Rapport International in Nevada.  You can check them out at http://www.rapportleadership.com/.  It opened my eyes and my feelings.  It brought out a part of myself that I never knew I had in me.  I made new promises to myself and kept them.  My family wanted to go to Disney World for a long time and I finally made the decision that it was going to happen.  I didn't sweat the details but I knew it would happen.  It took about 2 years but we spent Christmas 2006 in Orlando, FL and went to Disney World.  Make a choice, have purpose and focus on the golden ring to make your life the success you want.

       In between the 2 years it had taken to get there we had spent 2 other Christmas's in Maine.  When I was growing up we never went on a family vacation and in a matter of 3 years we had gone on one every year.  I was able to enjoy the time I was given off of work with my family.  No worries, no problems just us and some memorable good times.  My parents spent their whole lives working different times saving up and to do what?  To stay at home, watch separate boob tubes and never even enjoy the company of each other.   I do believe in delayed gratification but I don't believe that the delay should last your lifetime.  As I had mentioned in an earlier blog that time is to short and we never know if today will be the last so live your life to the fullest.  Go for broke and make a difference in your life and the lives of the people around you.  Walt Disney had a dream and didn't stop at achieving it.  He had a vision and brought it to life.  Many others have done the same thing using the same simple principles.  

       The Secret calls this the Law of Attraction or the Power of Manifestation.  Searching the internet you will find an over abundance of literature and information on this topic.  Does the Law of Attraction really work?  Lets use a practical example: Let's say you wake up for work and discover the power was off.  Now your alarm clock didn't go off so you are late for work.  The first thing that runs through your mind is "Great, what kind of day am I going to have?"  At this point it is decision time, you can decide this is just a glitch in what will be a beautiful day or you ask yourself what next?  If you picked the beautiful day approach, you have already made up your mind that this little set back won't wreck your day.  If you chose the what next attitude then you have set yourself up for a string of bad events.  Maybe your car won't start or you have a flat.  The boss had something important for you to do that needed your immediate attention.  If you let the little speed bump not bother you, you will have better control of your day.  You take a deep breath and say "let's get that coffee and call the office.  You talk to your boss who appreciated the heads up which diverted the late arrival disaster.  You don't worry about your car because it is well maintained and you have road side assistance.  Your day continues and you end with a wonderful sunset for your commute home.  I have practiced this principle several times but in the heat of the moment it is easy to be trapped in the negative side of things.

       At this point I'd like to introduce to you a very helpful coarse called The Art of Attraction Home Study Coarse.  This coarse has tremendous information on how to use the Law of Attraction and bring good things into your life.  Check it out and let me know how well it is working for you.

Don't sweat the small stuff!

       In these hard economic times we are constantly faced with choices and fill ourselves with worry.  Stress is a very serious problem during financial hardship.  Back in the early 90's, I made an average income of $14,000 a year.  I was lucky to get my own health insurance let alone get any for my wife.  The house and cars needed work and our first child was on the way.  On months that had 5 weeks in it made me over qualified for assistance by a mere $15.  My daughter was born under the Welfare System and after that experience I swore that it would never happen again.  With in the next year I more than doubled my average yearly income.  I could have sat around worrying or stressing out but instead I went into action.