The Wheels have started Rolling

Less than 12 hours away from 1 week into the new year and I ask myself "what have I done so far"? Truth be told, I have started taking steps towards achieving my goals for this year. I am so excited yet I feel that my ADHD has kicked into overdrive because I am trying to start all of them at once. So with this being said, the biggest challenge to date will learn to be how to be patient, take one step at a time and trust in God that everything will come in it's right time. But so far these are my goals and what I have started: Wanna See??

My Goals for 2012

Conscious Spiritual: Understanding/ Getting closer to God

Getting Fit: Mind/Body/Soul and Finances in order

Start my Business: For years I have wanted to start my own Profitable, Successful Adult Care Business.

Making Space: Removing all of the muck letting go of the Emotional Luggage

I've been led to my Dream Home Now I must Get it!!

(this one is going to be really fun!! I can't wait to see what happens)

Take LaBlogalista.com to a Whole other Level..

Popular, Profitable and Household name (in a Good Way for Sure!!)

Love: Finally finding a good one, letting him in and Never letting him go!

Meet Marc Antoine, Rebeca Vega-Felipe, Jack Canfield, Oprah, Jerry and Esther Hicks. (More to Come)

Oh yeah and the most Fun one of them All....

Becoming a Contestant on Family Feud!!!

Okay so now, I have laid the foundation down and with this now in mind I can get ready to Rock for the New Year!

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ME ON THIS JOURNEY!!!

First and foremost, I want to thank you for coming and visiting my Blog. I truly hope and pray with all of my heart that you are in some way touched by my words. I don't want to sound all wishey washy but you know what I mean. Therefore, I look forward to us having some fun. Please make sure that you send me pictures of yourself doing what you are setting out to do this year and I promise to post them. I also want you to send me updated on your progress. I want to make sure that you get the Praise that You deserve!

So in Week on of this New Year, I have started walking. Walking for me right now, is the best form of exercise, one my endurance improves I will incorporate other forms of exercise. I have also started eating more salads which has always been a challenge for me as I have not really cared for veggies all that much in the past.

Along with exercising my body, I have also started exercising my mind. One of my favorite topics is the Law of Attraction. To me this is very fascinating. The ability to set an intention into the Universe and see one's desires manifest is incredible. All things are Possible through God!

I really don't like to read, but I will make an exception for him. This week I have been reading one of his books that purchased on Itunes called Wow I love my IPhone!

"The Key to Living the Law of Attraction"

I love what he says in this book. For those of you who have seen the movie the Secret by Rhonda Byrn, you will recognize some of things that he says as they were also featured in the movie. One of the most important things that I am taking away from his book is how we say things. There are power in words for sure and we must be careful what we say and how we say it. As a single mother, I realized that one of the things that I had found myself saying to my daughter is that I cannot get her this or that because "we cannot afford it" Wow... bad, bad, bad... By saying those 4 words, we I was setting myself up for potential ongoing lack of abundance. Therefore now I try to find other ways of saying things that have positive undertones vs. things that carry negative energy. Trust me, read the book and you will see what I mean. Case in point: until the last few days, I would walk into my daughter's room in utter disgust and demand that she cleaned her room because it looked like a pig stye. What I now say to her is "I love when you straighten up your room, it looks so nice in here and you do such a great job". If I had only done this sooner, day before yesterday, she said to me I am going to clean up my room. I said okay sure that would be great. Not really thinking that she took what I had said to heart. Crash, Boom, Bang!! I was so tempted to go look, but I told myself I would wait until she was ready. Sure enough, she called me when I was ready. I went into her room; the vibration of the sense of accomplishment could be felt in the room. I was so happy to see what my little girl had done. More than I had expected. As a result of my reaction, and the re organization of my thoughts and words, my little girl responded in ways that I was not anticipating. The best part is that ever since, she has been keeping her room clean. Perhaps you might think this is small, but part of the law of attraction, is to see the beauty in the smallest of things. One of the major actions that Mr. Canfield suggests is the having the "Attitude of Gratitude".

I like to take it a step further, Just be Mindful and be Thankful!

Just start off right there. Keep in mind all that is around you, and be Thankful for where you are at that very minute. This very act alone sets the tone for things yet to come.

Below is the book that I am reading now. Mind you, I am not getting paid to put his link on my page, I am just doing it because I simply think it’s a great guide to get you up and running for the New Year!

http://www.jackcanfield.com/products/books-a-journals/item/199-the-key-to-living-the-law-of-attraction-book.html

Hope to hear from you soon!

God Bless!

Put Your Money Where Your MIND is!!

Want to be Rich?

You MUST think Rich!

In your mind, You must See yourself Rich!

These are the teachings of the Law of Attraction.  There is a vast amount of information out there written by Authors who not only talk about the Law of Attraction, but they Live it and teach it! Some of my very favorite ones are Jack Canfield, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Bob Proctor, Joe Vitali, Dr. John Di Martini, W. Clemment Stone, Napoleon Hill,  Dr. Michael Beckwith, James Arthur Ray,

Rhonda Byrn who made the movie the Secret which I remember seeing for the first time on the Oprah Winfrey Show several years ago. 
As a matter of fact, several of the authors that I mentioned above are featured in the Secret.  I am just scratching the surface here, but I encourage you to look into this it if you want your life to change in ways you cannot even begin to imagine.

     For the New Year, I have decided that I am going to dedicate the entire year of 2012 to practicing the Law of Attraction. This is the first of many entries where I will share with you about what I am intending for myself, the progress and what exactly I did to make it happen. This way, if it's something that you would like to change in your life, you can just take some tips from me or any of the other far more experienced teachers of the Law of Attraction and try it for yourself.

      First off, I can tell that it is already working, because you are reading this Blog.  My intention is to create a constant, supportive and loyal reader base and the mere fact that you are still reading gives me hope! The next thing I want to do is give you a Million Dollars!!   Well not a real Million Dollars but this picture of a Million Dollars.   I suggest that if you want to try have an abundant 2012,  

Print this image of a million dollars and put it in your wallet and forget about it.  My hope and intention for you is that it will manifest itself completely.  The reason why I suggest that you forget about it once you have put it in your wallet is that I do not want you to become discouraged if it does not happen right away.  If you can be positive and trust that it may eventually come to you, then you can leave it in a place where you can look at it regularly.  As a matter of fact, I have one in several places, I have it on my desktop, in my wallet, and on my wall.  Think about what it would be like to have a million dollars, even better, just try to imagine what it would be to have more than you already do? 
Positive visualization is key here.   W. Clemment Stone once said “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” 

So start making it happen!  You can do this with any area of your life, I am just using the example of a million dollars but try it with your health, relationships, etc.  For those of you who are hearing this for the first time, start getting yourself familiarized by watching the Secret, by Rhonda Byrn.  I purchased the moved back in 2007 and recently purchased it again on ITunes so that I can watch it when and where ever I want.  Then get some of the books from the featured authors.  Stay tuned for my next chapter!!  Good Luck!  Have a Very Happy, Healthy and PROSPEROUS New Year!!

  

Self Disclosure of a LOVE (in MIND)

First I must Thank God for allowing me to connect with this new outlet of mine.  I will not deny that at first, my intention was to blog so that I could generate some additional income to keep a roof over my head, but the more I write, the more I am discovering myself, and becoming FREE!

Enough said, lets carry on shall we?  This morning I had awakened to a movie playing on HBO called ‘Brown Sugar’ with Tae Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, and Queen Latifah.  There is not much more I can write about this movie that has not already been said, I just know that watching it this morning impacted me greatly, enough to feel that I must share what I got out as a result of the movie, and how it’s beginning to heal me.  Quite frankly, when you read it at first blush, you will think what the heck does this have to do with the movie?  I will try my best to tie it all up in a neat package for you.  Sort of like a gift to my readers, as I believe that someone who needs to read this will, and perhaps it will make an impact on YOU, the way the movie impacted me.  It’s my biggest prayer for those of you that like me, still hold on to Love no matter what the circumstance.

So as I was watching the end of the Movie when Tae’s character is speaking on the phone to Sanaa’s character while she is at HOT 97’s Radio Station in New York, promoting her book that she wrote with his character in mind, a flood of emotions came over me, thinking of how much I have longed to have someone think about me, love me and find their way to me and tell me how much they have loved me for so long.  Then my conversation started with God, it has not been very often that I have had these conversations with God where I demand to know the whys and it gets a bit heated.  As I am growing in Christ, I am learning that it is okay to get angry, it’s okay to shout and it’s okay to ask Why?

Then it came to me

For the last 12 years I have held someone prisoner in my mind and therefore in my heart.  In doing so, I was held prisoner too!  Have you ever felt that you met someone and knew you just had to have them?  Where you ever so lucky, that your desire just corresponded with the alignment of the Universe and POW!!!  The next thing you know, you share your first kiss and then I will leave you to complete the rest.  I have to keep it PG folks as I know my sister’s head is about to fall off, (as she would probably say that I am sharing too much about myself) but I need to do this for me. 
This is my way of paroling him from my heart and my mind so that I can be free to love again. 

For the past 12 years, the longest movie has played in my mind, but sadly it met with a tragic ending.  No, no one died, just the intensity of what we had once shared.  Have you ever felt that you had the one that got away?  For the last 12 years I have felt that way, but I consoled myself by keeping my cherished moments to myself constantly replaying in my mind, the way he looked, the way he carried himself, the smell of his cologne and an intoxicating confidence that just gripped me from across the room the day we met and compelled me to declare that I must have him! 
Did I conquer?  Yes, for that brief moment in time, I did.  Little did I know that the residual effects from what seemed to be such a magical time would repeatedly conquer me and any future endeavors until today.  On Facebook today, one of the teacher’s of The Secret posted this message, I knew that once I read it, God answered me and validated all that I am sharing with you now.  
This is what Bob Proctor shared and may it bring you validation as I feel that the truths that we discover we must share as someone somewhere is needing validation as well.

“Unfortunately, the vast majority of people spend their days either living in the dead past
or
the imagined future.

This sort of mental activity cheats a person out of the most precious time we have ...

 NOW

 Give everything you have to what you are doing NOW and life will richly reward you.”

Reading this again, as I cut and paste it bring a great deal of Joy to me, I wish you can see me; I am having a true OPRAH moment for sure!  No truer words have been said to me, than the words that I am seeing now (other than the bible of course), but I believe that God uses us as instruments so that we may share our lives, our truths (as we see them) so that they may heal the wounds of many as well as our own.

Saying Good Bye,

As you walk through the long corridor of my mind, and the steel doors close behind you with a thunderous clang, I see your silhouette disappear before me, freeing you, freeing me, so that I may find Love again.  I want to thank you for the lessons that you have taught me as they have served me well, but your memory no longer serves me in the present.  I will love you always and forever with all of my heart, and I pray that someday this somehow comes your way so that you accept my apology for holding you prisoner for so long in my mind.

 I release you with All of my Love G.A.S.

God Bless!  

Okay,,, I am officially Single!!

Let the Loving Begin!

This is what Liberation looks like

J

My Golden Box

About to make the BIGGEST pitcher of Lemonade as I see the

Barrels of Lemons Coming!

Relax, this is a Very Good Thing!  Remember a while ago why this blog was born, to inform you of those Lemonade Making events in my life.  Lately my heart has been beating at a rapid pace at the possibility to doing more with my life.   One might, well as a single mother who works full time and is raising a child that I must have enough on my plate already.  Well,,,,, we can always pile a little more on top!

Okay seriously, recently having a conversation with a very dear friend of mine, who like me, has a passion for healthcare and just got accepted to Nursing School, Go Cindy!  Like me, Cindy is a single mom so she knows the struggles, and like me, is determined to keep climbing the Huge mountain often put before us as single parents to create a better life for our children. 

What I have realized is that the “Huge” mountain I have been referring to is nothing but an obstacle that I have put before myself to justify a reason as to why I Could NOT, however, if Congress Woman Gabrielle Giffords (one of my Shero’s for sure!) can walk and talk again after being shot point blank in the head, why can’t I start taking baby steps towards my goals? 

After having my daughter, I spent several years licking the wounds inflicted by what I thought was circumstantial injustice when in fact, I had fallen into a potentially terminal condition called victim mentality.  Mind you, some of the things that I did experience did suck and were truly wrong, but on a whole, it too could have been things that just like the mountain I have placed before me, been moved over and left behind in the wake of my progression.  One of my favorite quotes from Joel Osteen is what drives me today and how I try to live.

"When it looks like things could not get any worse, don't give up! You don't know what God has around the corner. Put your shoulders back and boldly declare: "My time is coming. I am a victor and not a victim."

Joel Osteen

One of the biggest revelations of my life is that nothing good comes unless there is prayer.  Now I will keep it real, I am still a work progress where that is concerned but I know and HE knows where my heart is.  Now that the dust has been steadily clearing from my life, I realize that the Precious Peace that I have is because I have asked for it in prayer.  I find that many of the things that I have received have been due to prayer.  Some may refer it to as Law of Attraction and yes I do believe in the Law of Attraction.  I set the tone, the vibration, by prayer and conscious intentions to allow God in my life and he is ever present.  Looking back on many of the circumstances all I can say it is ONLY through God that I survived.

With this being said, I want to Thank all of you for your unwavering love and patience.  Especially my family who is my WORLD! We still have some work to do, but I truly hope you know how much I REALLY LOVE YOU ALL.   My daughter, who by coming into my life has saved me from the depths of my despair, sadness and potential demise.  I would also like to say a Big Thank you to those who listened when all I needed was to talk. Those to blotted the endless river of tears and those who said many, many prayers.  My Mother, who although Alzhemier’s took you away from me, it did not take the love and the lessons that you taught me, I just wish I would have listened more!  Thank You Jesus for the rocky path you put before, for it has made me stronger and more determined to Succeed.   

Finally Moving my Mountain

(This is where you come in!)

You are all about to witness some pretty important milestones in my life.  Yeah there is Facebook for that but, Facebook only allows you a certain amount of characters and twitter only allow you 145 J.  Besides this is my way of sending my message on a greater scale out into the universe!    So consider it a Bucket list if you will, I’d rather call it my Golden Box that when opened, all you see is it’s glistening radiance and inside is all of the things that I plan to achieve mixed with all of the things that I already have.

I plan to share a lot with you on this blog because I want you to be able to share with other people you know who may be walking on the same path that I have.  I guess I could write a book, but at least here you will see information in real time.  Resources, links and what ever else I can think may help the next person. 

So here is step one

I am starting to take some classes to work towards getting into Nursing School.  If you have any suggestion as to what I need to do first, please share. 
Thanks in advance for the feedback. 
God Bless!