Daily Awareness

Energy can enhance or destroy a meal, flowers and your health

How a meal is prepared makes a huge difference in how you feel as you eat it and how you will feel after the meal is complete. If the person (or persons) preparing the meal do so with love those who eat it will likely have a much more enjoyable experience than if the meal is made in haste with little, if any, thought about who will ultimately eat the meal.

Fast food is a great example. Beyond how unhealthy the meal can be due to the ingredients, fillers and amount of fat the food contains, a drive through (or walk up) meal can be unhealthy due to the unconscious way the food is prepared. If the people preparing the food are not happy with their jobs, co-workers, boss or life, energy is being generated that is not healthy.

Some may find this to be a farfetched idea and yet, for those who understand the power of energy, they get this concept.

Think about it. Have you ever gotten a stomach ache and/or heavy feeling when you ate at your local fast food? I know I have. The feeling can be so heavy it bogs us down, makes us grumpy and feeling overall awful.

Conversely, you have likely felt a sense of happiness when you ate a meal prepared by someone who derives great pleasure from preparing and serving a delicious meal.

Last evening I had just such an experience. I had the good fortune to eat a meal prepared with so much love, care and thought that consuming it was truly a delight. The meal was prepared by two of my teammates with Team in Training (TNT).

Do this one thing to generate more abundance and prosperity

Recently I had the good fortune to facilitate a 2 ½ day experiential training on Prosperity and Abundance. It was an incredible experience that was an eye opener for all who participated, including me.

During one portion of the training I talked about avoiding limiting your thinking about where financial abundance can come from. Far too often people have a set belief on how much money they can generate and what avenues it comes from.

During one break I had a conversation with a woman who said, “I would love to think that I can attract money from different avenues, but I have limits on what I can make because my job pays only a certain amount.”

Her curiosity sparked when I invited her to consider that money could come from many avenues (some which we would never imagine).

Life is a gift

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.

He asked her,’ Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'

The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.'

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Extraordinary experiences await us at every turn

Life is full of surprises that includes amazing places we visit, people we meet and experiences we have. I am of the belief that every day is an extraordinary day. We can find the most profound experiences in even the most ordinary of circumstances. All we need do is look and keep our eyes open to what is right in front of us.

Recently, I made a trip to Indianapolis to facilitate an experiential training. I was brought in my Jim and Nora Zarvos of Zarvos Consulting. What could have easily been “just another experience” turned out to be one of the most incredible times I have had.

Not only did I meet 50 amazing participants, I had the opportunity throughout the weekend to share time with Jim and Nora exchanging ideas about life, business and spirituality.

What stands out the most is the light that both Jim and Nora have. What also stands out is something Nora’s mother said to her many, many years ago. An insight that absolutely has been a guiding force for Nora.

Growing up in a gang infested neighborhood, surviving on welfare, surrounded by drugs, prostitution and other dark sides of life, Nora took her mother’s words to heart.

“Nora, this is where you are right now. But I want you to remember that this is not where you have to stay.”

Not only has Nora shown that her mother’s words are so true, she is a teacher to many who are ready to transform their lives beyond their wildest dreams.

For anyone who thinks their current situation defines who they are and what their life will always be like need only take a couple of minutes to realize anything is possible when one holds the vision of a life beyond compare. A life of contribution, depth and impact on others.

Thank you Jim and Nora for the impact you have had on my life.

Are behaviors reflective of everything we do?

The way you do anything is the way you do everything. ~ David Wolfe from the book Amazing Grace.

The moment my eyes rested on these words I “got it”. Within a very short period of time after reading this I had the opportunity to see how much I truly understood the words.

Permit me to explain. Today I took a flight from my home town heading to the Midwest to facilitate an experiential weekend with about 50 people. I was scheduled for an hour and a half layover at the next airport. At least that was the plan.

The plane in Eugene was an hour late getting off the ground which of course made us late getting to our next destination. Eager to put my marathon training to the test, I picked up my luggage plane side and made a run for my next plane knowing the plane was scheduled to leave in 10 minutes.

Although I was pretty pleased with the speed at which I got to the next gate, as fate would have it, I got there seconds late. Mere seconds.

Not only was I turned away at the door, five other passengers from various other planes had the same experience of getting to the gate only to be turned away.