Abundance Is All Around Us

I have spent a great deal of time on this blog talking about how to attract money. However, as you probably already know, wealth and abundance is more than just money.

As I was walking through the neighborhood on this warm day in San Diego, I couldn't help but feel this heightened sense of gratitude and appreciation for the abundance that surrounds me. I saw the seagulls flying overhead, the calm waters from the lake, the palm trees dancing in the warm breeze, and all the colorful flowers growing throughout the neighborhood.

I am grateful to have the sight to see all of this...and the legs to be able to walk the two miles.   I thought about all the people on the East Coast who are experiencing snow blizzards and extremely cold weather and I felt even more grateful to be living in California!

Yes, wealth and abundance is more than just money...

Once you start to cultivate an awareness of the idea that abundance is everywhere, you become more open to receiving even more abundance - and that includes monetary and material abundance.

I like this exercise: Look For the Abundance of Treasure All Around You

"Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them." -- Russell H. Conwell

Did you know that YOU are abundance? Within you there is a treasure-trove of ideas and love. Why not take one of those ideas and make it a physical reality? Why not share that love with others?

What are your thoughts on abundance?  What can you do today to share some of that abundance with others?

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Your Calling in Life: What Are You Meant to Do?

Although I feel that I'm on the right path and living my purpose, sometimes I still ask myself, "Am I doing what I'm meant to be doing?"

Do you find yourself asking the same question?

As I was making greeting cards the other day, I started wondering whether or not this is what I should be doing. Then I started to think about how greeting cards could inspire people. I've learned that I feel very inspired when I can add value to other people's lives. As soon as I started thinking about inspiring people, I started noticing all the different materials like stickers, papers, and cardboard cutouts that had inspirational messages on them. It was the Law of Attraction sending me all those things that were literally buried at the bottom of my scrapbooking materials that I had forgotten about.

Suddenly I felt this surge of energy flow through me and I became wrapped up in the moment. Those thoughts about whether or not I was meant to be doing this flew out the window.

In his book, Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling, Wayne Dyer says that being at peace and living passionately inspires others. Re-reading this book helped to remind me that no matter what I am doing - as long as I'm at peace and living passionately - that is what I'm meant to be doing.

As I write this post I'm very much at peace. I feel very passionate in inspiring people to follow their dreams and live their life with passion.

How about you? Are you at peace in your life's work or mission?

Are you living passionately?

What's that one thing you love to do that gets you wrapped up in the moment?

Finding your calling life is as simple as doing what makes you happy and inspired.  All you have to do is ask The Universe, "What am I meant to do?"  It won't be long before you'll start to attract opportunities to do things that make you feel good and are in alignment with your values in life.  

By the way, you can find my inspirational greeting cards at my online greeting card shop!

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Dealing with Challenges in Life

This past week I've been inundated with many issues and questions that have left me a little emotionally drained. I feel inspired to write here to share a little bit of what I'm going through. Part of me didn't want to write this because I like to keep this a positive forum. After all, this is about living the "good life", and to be honest, I'm just not feeling so good right now.

It's taken a great deal of energy to use all the tools that I've learned to get through my issues. I'm in the process of deciding whether or not I should end a close relationship. As I'm playing all kinds of scenarios in my head, I'm laying in bed with the flu. This all happened last week.

Usually I turn to books to help me feel better. I've been reading "Inspiration" by Wayne Dyer and "Communion With God" by Neale Donald Walsch. Although inspiring words of wisdom help get me out of a funk, this time I'm still left feeling a bit empty inside.

Perhaps some of you can relate to how I'm feeling...

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post. I guess I just needed to get it off my chest.

I think we all go through our own challenges in life. There are people who come into our life who are there to teach us a lesson...to teach us a little bit about ourselves. After we learn our lesson, then what?

This person who I love dearly is beginning to dampen my spirits. I focus on the positive, but this person continues to focus on the negative and will continuously remind me of things I've done wrong in the relationship.

Relationships are my "wealth" in life and I do my best to build solid and lasting relationships with people. I'm not perfect. I am who I am. I make mistakes.  However, I can't continue to allow this person to bring down my energy. So, now I'm faced with the issue of whether or not to continue the relationship. This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make.

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission." --Mahatma Gandhi

My way of dealing with this is to meditate and ask for guidance.  Just take it one moment at a time.  I don't want to "think" about it too much because I've noticed that my thoughts tend to turn to negative when I stay in my head.  I'm just going to allow my inner guidance to show me signs of what to do next.

All I know now is that I want to attract people in my life who are positive, uplifting, and who take responsibility for their happiness.  And that's what I'm going to stay focused on.

I'm also going to count my blessings and be grateful for all the friends in my life who are there for me.  I stay focused on the positive contributions I could give to the world.  I also stay focused on the love I have for myself.