Stuck? Try Gratitude

When you try and try and nothing seems to work then try gratitude. Just back off and stop trying. Get a blank sheet of paper and write down everything you are grateful for. Then for several days or weeks just coast and keep thinking gratitude. The answer will come at its own time and of its own accord. Frustration is just another form of fear. Gratitude will make you forget your frustration if you really get into it and let it take over. What are you thankful for?

No Need for Sorrow

Did you know that you can live a life and always feel happy? I didn’t know that myself. Here’s how it works. To demonstrate I will tell you a story about Jack. Jack had a philosophy. He believed that at any moment he could make himself be happy under any circumstances. Jack was young and he had a lot on his mind. When Jack wanted to sort out his thoughts he would ride his motorcycle. One day while riding he was thinking. The wind blowing on his face helped him to concentrate. This particular day Jack was not aware of the bend in the rode ahead. Going too fast and negotiating the turn too late put Jack at the bottom of the ravine  with a heavy motorcycle laying on top of his broken spine. He laid there for hours considering that this could well be his last day on earth. Hours went by and Jack prayed. Jack could not move but from his position he could see a strangers boots. This 65 year old man asked Jack what he could do to help. Jack asked him how he found him and the stranger answered that there was a helmet on the rode. He told Jack that he should have been wearing it. Well Jack had been wearing his helmet and a closer look revealed a broken chin strap. Somehow and by a strange set of circumstances Jack’s helmet ended up on the rode and signaled the stranger to look down into the ravine. Jack remembered his resolve to be happy even when things went wrong. When the paramedics arrived Jack was telling them jokes. Now this is resolve and this is courage. Jack went on to establish a company and became extremely successful from his wheelchair.

How was Jack able to be happy? First of all he made a decision that no matter what he would be happy. Even when there is a need to grieve the grief has an end. I am not suggesting that you display happiness at an inappropriate time. Just understand that after the grief get happy.

Secondly, Jack was thinking about the paramedics and making them comfortable by telling a joke. Doing things for other people creates a fertile ground for happiness.

And lastly, Jack was able to see past his present condition and move on with his life.

This is a true story. I cannot remember where I read it or the real name of the hero. The important thing is that you can choose how you feel and feel that feeling any time you want to. Victor Frankl called it the ‘will to meaning’.

What I really want to get across is that you can choose how you want to feel at any moment. You have that power. No circumstance on earth can take that power away from you.

Money

You can have anything you want. You just can’t have everything. I cannot remember where this quote came from and I am not sure how I feel about it. Everyone thinks money is the most important thing to them and in reality it probably is rarely about the money. I want to be the boss. I want to be important. I want to be adored by women. I want to be famous. To each person one of these things will be more important than money. Money is only a piece of paper and a one followed by a zero makes ten and a zero is nothing but a one followed by six zeros makes a million. It’s all in the perception. But once you have the recognition and enough to eat and a sufficient roof over your head, why then, Baby, give me wads and gobs of money. EN says money is the yardstick by which we measure the amount of service a person gives. If you want more money, give more service. It all starts with thinking. If I want money and I want the kind of money that will make me happy I first have to be happy. I have to have a Mr W mindset. The attitude must come first. I think of money as being a happiness amplifier. When a small, mean, depressed person gets rich I believe he gets smaller, meaner and far more depressed. I believe when a happy, helpful, joyful person gets rich she gets happier, more helpful and far more joyful. I have more money now than when I started in this forum and I am happier. But I cannot let my guard down. Being happy is a choice and it takes an effort. But, then again so does being unhappy. When you are happy it is easier to be more focused on what you really want and being focused you are more detailed in your image. Money is such funny stuff. We get weirded out on it. It’s okay to be famous but not quite as okay to be rich. It’s okay to own a business but not quite as okay to be rich. Someone will say the bible says money is the root of all evil and another will say no, it says the love of money is the root of all evil. Has anyone ever read the bible all the way through? Jesus said the man who took the money and stuffed it in his mattress was a horrible person and the guy who invested it and got rich was much better. Use a little reason. Money will never do a bad thing. Nor will it ever do a good thing. It will never do anything. People do. Money just sits looking pretty with all its wonderful zeros. Money should be equated with love and you can give a lot of love with a lot of money. Money makes life pleasant. Never forget that there are valuable treasures that have nothing to do with money. Your brain can never be replaced with any amount of money. Your health the same way. But I can pour down handfuls of supplements every day that will make my life longer with a higher quality about it. That would take 800 bucks a month or maybe a thousand.  It’s okay to be the boss. Be a loving boss. It’s okay to be famous. Be lovingly famous. It’s okay to be rich. Be lovingly rich. I think we worry too much. Money is not a big deal from the standpoint of evil. It just is not connected. People can be evil. Money can’t. People have choice. Money does not have choice. And yes we do design our own environment. Look around you and this is what you have manifested. This is what you really wanted whether you will admit it or not. Now, put on your Mr W attitude and love yourself rich. Love all those around you and be happy. It is a choice.

The Truth About Double

In most cases a little means a lot. A little cyanide does a lot. It will kill you! In the olden days, hitting a baseball a tiny bit more often would double your income. A pinch of salt makes a bland dish come to life. It’s that tiny little extra that makes it all work, the difference between success and failure.

Double a penny each day and continue doing it for only 30 days and what happens? .02, .04, .08, .16, .32, .64, 1.28, 2.56, 5.12, 10.24. By the tenth day you’ve gotten $20.47 if you add it all up.

Little Johnny got up one morning and got into his sharebuilder.com account. He found he had 500 dollars saved up. For 20 bucks commission he found he could buy a 1000 shares of Luminent Mortgage stock for 280 bucks and then 5 minutes later offer to sell it at 325 bucks. Getting it sold quickly little Johnny put 25 bucks in his pocket.

Doubling on you get 20.48, 40.96, 81.92, 163.84, 327.68, and 655.36. Little Johnny was able to do this all because he stopped buying his daily candy bar and instead began putting the money into his sharebuilder savings account. You see, he was putting $ 0.95 into the vending machine each day so that he could enjoy his empty calories and get 20 seconds of sweet joy.

$1,310.72, $2,621.44, $5,242.88, $10,485.76, $20,971.52, $41,943.04, $83,886.08, and then $167,772.16. When he heard the story of the Doubling Penny he realized that in less than 2 years he would have enough money saved to buy a 1000 shares of a small obscure little stock that would actually fluctuate slightly every few minutes.

On the 25th day the doubling penny went from $167,772.16 on to become $335,544.32 and then $671,088.64. Little Johnny realized that even though his lucky penny really couldn’t do that in real life his $0.95 candy machine money could in reality grow to a thousand bucks in 3 short years.

On the 28th day Mr. Penny would have grown to $1,342,177.28 and on the 29th becoming $2,684,354.56 to finally becoming $5,368,709.12. Little Johnny was blown away by the fact that if he could earn 25 bucks from a 1000 shares he could earn 50 by buying 2000 shares. This meant he could double his money by the 4th year all from his candy bar money.

Adding up each day’s penny money we see that 30 days worth of doubling adds up to over ten million dollars. Mr Wizard looked into his crystal ball and saw that Little Johnny grew up to be a janitor at the local elementary school. He wasn’t very smart and well, he really did enjoy tidying up the school house. As he got older he retired.

At 65 years old, Johnny reclines back in his easy chair. “I think I’ll have a candy bar,” he muses to himself. As he slowly munches away he opens up his Sharebuilder statement and smiles. “Ahhh. $65,493,841.37. “Life is beautiful. I am the richest janitor in the world!”

You see ladies and gentlemen, you do not need to have a high I.Q. or a high paying job. Just the little act of putting away an awfully small amount of money can yield you an incredible future. Yes, it is possible.

Pete Casanova

Constructive Criticism

First off there is no such thing as constructive criticism. Any criticism is destructive and damaging. It’s like affirmations. We affirm what we want conditions to be. When we give thought to negative things we attract negative things in our life.

I believe when we criticize we are actually recognizing a limiting trait, our own, in another person. Everyone has had to meet and conquer their own demons. These demons have names such as greed, lust, selfishness, intemperance, intolerance, and anger. Criticism must be recognized as a mirror in which we see something that is wrong with our own personality.

I believe that if you put in a strong effort to improve yourself it can not help but call on unseen forces which will influence everyone around you. As you fervently work on improving yourself everyone gets lifted up at the same time. If you see damaging lust in someone else think real hard upon where lust is in your own mind. If you see anger in another work your own anger out and get rid of every last bit of rage that might be hiding inside of you.

At the same time do not be so very hard on yourself. If you see these things in another have joy that your own shortcoming has come to your attention so that you can immediately fix it. Then fix your attention on the strengths that you have.

The universe is kept in balance by the power of love. The planets are kept in suspension and in proper position by the same power.

Learn to practice tolerance, acceptance, forgiveness and patience. These words belong to a power called truth. Avoid their opposites. They belong to a false universe. Do not be deceived. There is far more good around us than bad. The world is constantly getting better. Truth is the love you feel. Be happy today.

Pete Casanova

What Is Attitude Anyway?

Is it safe to say attitude is a set of beliefs/emotions that I apply to my perception of a situation? Take for instance the moment a dog gets run over by a car. Some people are animal lovers and would be horrified at the occurence. Others have no feeling for dogs because they believe that animals have no soul. Other people would see the incident and just say to themselves, “It was so quick. I am sure that fellow did not feel anything.” Perhaps that same person believes in reincarnation and just knows that the dog will be fine now. Well I could go on and on. Thank God this is not an everyday thing. Yet my belief system is what will get me through this and a 1000 other things that happen in a day. And, I can change my beliefs. I can decide that the dog will live forever in a beautiful heaven. It will be the same place I will go when I pass and each moment there will be happy, sweet and peaceful. Now why would I even think about changing beliefs? Well, how many beliefs do I have that cause me pain? If someone is grouchy and yells at me I immediately reach into my belief sack and pull out the beliefs I have about myself. I never do anything wrong. I am a clutz and deserve to be punished. I am a sweet person so this other person must be having a bad day and just taking it out on me. How many beliefs do we have that were formed when we were children? So many beliefs we allow to stay and we never challenge them. Well, it is time to wake up. Look at those old beliefs that are causing pain and let’s change them. The best way to do this is to repeat to yourself with conviction the new belief. Look for proofs that the new belief is true or at least hints. Soon you have a new attitude. Be loving, caring, and at the same time powerful. This is your life. I believe it is a beautiful life.

Hugs,

Pete

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Do You Have A ‘Why’?

Take a good look around you. What kind of house are you in right now? What does your furniture look like? Look out the window at the car parked in front of your house. Is it 10 years old or more? Look at your clothes and your relationships. Do you fight? Now that you have taken a good look do you like what you see? Guess what? You created all this. That is right! And the worst part is that you did not even know you were doing it. So you think you will be smart and you ask how did I do this to myself? That is the wrong question. You must ask Why did I do this to myself? Now think analyze this. What is my attitude most of the time? Get this through your thick head. You can decide how you want to feel all of the time. Do you have rage inside from childhood trauma? Do you even know it’s there? It’s okay. We start with now and we start here. The first step is to right down all the things you want in your life. Make the list exhaustive. Include things, feelings, attitudes and relationships. Through in what you want in the way of spirituality. Include the exact amount of money. Now, next to each item write a complete ‘why’. Why do I want this? How will this object make my life better? What will happen if I don’t get it? Okay, there’s a lot more to it. Just imagine having all those things. Now go to this web page http://blameiton.3stepsecret.com and let’s create your model life. I love you. Now you learn to love yourself. Give it up. We can do this.

The Prince of Peace

It is hard to tell what is real in this life. It is hard to tell who is real. Even in our own heads things get muddled and mixed up. That is unless you make yourself very quiet. If you go deep enough inside your head you will hear the sweet word. It will be a personal word but it will set the whole world right for you. When things appear unkind or ugly, disorganized or just plain out of whack than you know that these things are false. When things appear pretty, nice, desirable and good then you know that these things are true and real. When things get difficult in life it is time to stop. Listen to what is inside. You have all the answers but it is up to you to listen.

60,000 Positive Thoughts

When you are sitting and just thinking, what do you think about? Maybe, “Oh my arm hurts”. Or, “I have a headache”. If you are driving maybe you think, “That guy just cut me off at the light”. Then when you give room to one of those thoughts where does it go? “My arm hurts so I had better watch out for a heart attack.” “It must be a tumor.” “I’m going to follow that guy until he parks and give him a piece of my mind.” In an average day you think about 60,000 thoughts. How many of these will you allow to be negative? You see, we know there will be problems in life. That’s what life is about. It’s a school house.  We learn from problems.  But, to be a productive, happy human being you must give more room to the positive thoughts then you do to the negative.

What makes great men and great women great is few but firm principles. Try saying to yourself “I always have a smile on my face”. Then live it. If you say just that one thing to yourself 30,000 times in a day you will only have room enough left for a possible 30,000 negative thoughts. But don’t stop there. Admire yourself in the mirror. Plan to buy flowers and gifts for someone. Play the thankful game. I’m grateful for my parents. I’m grateful for my daughter. I’m grateful for my car. Keep it going. This will form an attitude. That attitude will form good habits. Your life will soon reflect it.

What Do You Want?

Probably one of the hardest things to do is sit down and write a list of what you really want. Even harder is to be specific. Everyone says money. What would you do with the money? Would it matter really that you don’t have money if you have the real object of your desire? What if someone handed you a million dollars? Would it destroy you? Would it enhance your life? Would you drive yourself nuts deciding how to spend it? Would you need to spend a large portion of it on a shrink to first get your head straight? Could you somehow buy wisdom? Are you happy now? I mean are you happy in your present situation with or without the million?