November 30th, 2016
I don't recall reading The Secret when it first came out. I saw a video and heard people talking about it. I did read The Magic which teaches us to be grateful as a way to elevate our frequency in order to manifest our goals. I did The Magic's 28 day challenge and I was amazed at how my life changed. I would get up every day and write ten things I was grateful for in my journal. The key was to not only write what I was thankful for but why. The why helps you feel the emotion behind your gratitude. So, writing that I am happy to be healthy becomes more concrete when I write that my health allows me to be present for my children, take care of them and watch them grow up. I also got into the habit of writing Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! after each gratitude. There was a different energy to my life during those 28 days. I had just released my Have You Hugged Your Alien? book, it was self-published and I only ordered a small quantity because I was basically printing copies for myself, to use during workshops and sell to teachers. The book exploded, I sold out, parents, teachers and therapists were ordering it and my workshops took off. I was invited to speak on radio and tv shows and I was totally unprepared.
I got very busy and, even though I always end the day giving thanks for whatever happened that day, I fell out of the habit of weaving gratitude into my every day life. How The Secret Changed My Life by Rhonda Byrne, caught my attention. The cover had the trademark wax seal with the letter S stamped in the middle. I immediately recognized it and purchased the book. As I read stories of people who had stories similar to the one I had a few years ago, I felt my own energy start to fine tune itself. I was feeling that electric surge again. Things in my life were getting easier. I coupled the journalling about what I am grateful for with my vision for 2017.
This past fall, I attended a publishing bootcamp and was taught to write my "heart's desire" list every day. I repeat many of the same items every day. There is usually a new item or something gets re-worded but it's generally the same idea. You write your list in the present tense as if it has already happened. You focus only on what you want to attract into your life. The list should be as specific as possible.
The Secret taught me to really experience the items on my list, thinking about how it would feel, smell, look and sound to manifest this. So I create vision boards, write affirmations and design visualizations of my life in 2017. How The Secret Changed My Life came into my life at the best time. I am working on my new book, The Mommy Monologues. I need to feel confident that people will come forward to share their stories and that my book will get published. I have no idea how people will hear about my book or how it will make it to the bestseller's list but I don't have to worry about the "how". For now, I picture the book in my hands by Mother's Day 2017. I see it as a bestseller. I imagine myself donating funds to two charities that are on my mind and in line with the message in the book.
Practicing gratitude, having a plan and anticipating how great it will feel to reach my goals is not difficult and doesn't require that much energy. I can, however, attest to the shift that happens when I apply these practices. I feel happier, my relationships are more positive and, through synchronicity, I seem to meet the right people at the right time. Works for me!
Anne Walsh
www.artnsoul.org
Showing posts with label synchronicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label synchronicity. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Signs and Synchronicity
May 25th, 2016
I believe in signs. You know, like when you desperately need someone with a certain expertise and you go to a party you normally wouldn't attend and end up seated next to someone who specializes in that area of expertise. What are the chances?
There seem to be times in my life when I experience more signs and synchronicity. This month has been one of them. I first noticed signs when I was in my second year of study at Ottawa University. My Godfather's son was struck by a drunk driver and remained in a coma at the hospital until his organs could be harvested. Then, with the assurance from physicians that his 17 year old son was brain dead, my Godparents made the toughest decision of their lives, they removed the life support systems from their son and watched his life force fade away.
Following his death, I would see 10:10 everywhere and hear Hotel California or Stairway to Heaven. These were all signs reminding me of my cousin. I heard both songs when I was visiting my Godfather's home. They were playing a tape recording of my cousin playing guitar and singing along to those songs. After his death, I would hear those songs on the radio as we were driving or on television as I was flicking through channels or in the background at restaurants and malls. I was confused about the significance of 10:10 but I knew this started happening after his death so it must be related. I asked my Godparents if there was an important date like October 10th linked to my cousin or if something had happened at 10am on the 10th. Nothing. The very next day, I started seeing 11:11 everywhere and I realized it wasn't the number that was important.
When we returned from Florida, just over a month ago, I was preparing for my workshops at KPS. Those workshops came about because my daughters had friends over at the house, two sisters. Their mother came in for a coffee. She asked me about my work and I mentioned that I would like to do more work in schools but it is difficult to get into classrooms. She happened to be the head of the Parent Council and told me they really wanted to get more art in the school. The school tends to focus on sports but the parents want art as well. She connected me to another mother on the Parent Council and we wrote a proposal and the rest as they say is history.
While I was offering my workshops at the school, a parent from another school heard about it. This parent has a child in each school and wanted me to offer my workshops at the other school as well. This school knows my work because I offered a few after-school workshops in November 2014. They are now applying for this funding as well because of this one parent who heard about me and recognized my name from 2014.
Yesterday, I was thinking about the future of my business. It's nearly the end of the school year and I needed to figure out whether to approach summer camps to keep working with children or, focus on my workshops with adults. I asked the "powers that be" for a sign. I received an e-mail from one of the moms who attended my workshop for parents at KPS. She wanted me to know that she and her son are excited about the plans they made to spend time together in the summer because of the Wish Box they created during my third workshop. I was thrilled! Then, I checked my mailbox because I was waiting on a book I ordered online. There was a letter from the mother of a young lady who was at my workshops at the other school in 2014. She wanted to thank me for the impact I had on her daughter. Apparently, she enjoyed my workshops and learned a great deal. She had drawn a picture for me and wanted me to have it. The mother said: "I'm sorry, this letter is over a year late". I wrote back to the mother and daughter thanking them for the letter and art and, I told the mother that her letter was NOT late, it was right on time. When I held that letter and read it, I felt chills run up and down my spine and the art made my eyes water. It was such a huge affirmation that I needed to proceed with my work.
Last week, I donated a copy of my Poobum and Pompom book to our local library and asked them if I could organize a book launch with them. They run lots of parent-child groups and I thought they would be the best place to launch my second book which is meant to help parents communicate with their little ones when they are adjusting to the arrival of a sibling. I was asked to e-mail their Community Outreach person. I did and there was no reply. One week later, I had not received an e-mail to acknowledge that my inquiry was received or to express interest in hosting my book launch. I returned today to ask if I should expect a response. I was informed that their Community Outreach person is part-time therefore she may get back to me when she is in tomorrow.
As I was leaving the library, I bumped into the owner of a local art gallery. I told her I was frustrated with this lack of response. She showed me why she was there. She was leaving pamphlets to advertise an art tour that happens every year. She suggested I go to her art gallery to sell and promote my book. I need an indoor space to keep art materials from flying away so I told her the front lawn of her gallery would not work for what I was trying to do. She said I was welcome to go back some other time and use the back room of her art gallery. She then informed me that the Ottawa Art Gallery runs programs for young people. This led me to their website and what I discovered about their programs is very exciting. You never know what is just around the corner. I have bumped into this gallery owner many ties over the past month. We are setting up a coffee date to talk about how we can make use of her art gallery.
Everything happens for a reason. If you want more synchronicity in your life, start documenting all the coincidences that occur on a daily basis. If you own a journal, jot it down at the end of the day. Otherwise, keep track of synchronicity by writing it on a post it note. If you review your post its at the end of the week or month, you will notice a pattern. These "coincidences" are leading you in a direction. By paying attention to them, you will notice them increasing. To me, seeing signs and experiencing synchronicity is like crowd surfing. You let the signs propel you forward, trusting that you will end up where you need to be.
PS. When I logged in to write this post, I saw that 1111 people had read my blog. There is that number again :)
Anne Walsh
www.artnsoul.org
I believe in signs. You know, like when you desperately need someone with a certain expertise and you go to a party you normally wouldn't attend and end up seated next to someone who specializes in that area of expertise. What are the chances?
There seem to be times in my life when I experience more signs and synchronicity. This month has been one of them. I first noticed signs when I was in my second year of study at Ottawa University. My Godfather's son was struck by a drunk driver and remained in a coma at the hospital until his organs could be harvested. Then, with the assurance from physicians that his 17 year old son was brain dead, my Godparents made the toughest decision of their lives, they removed the life support systems from their son and watched his life force fade away.
Following his death, I would see 10:10 everywhere and hear Hotel California or Stairway to Heaven. These were all signs reminding me of my cousin. I heard both songs when I was visiting my Godfather's home. They were playing a tape recording of my cousin playing guitar and singing along to those songs. After his death, I would hear those songs on the radio as we were driving or on television as I was flicking through channels or in the background at restaurants and malls. I was confused about the significance of 10:10 but I knew this started happening after his death so it must be related. I asked my Godparents if there was an important date like October 10th linked to my cousin or if something had happened at 10am on the 10th. Nothing. The very next day, I started seeing 11:11 everywhere and I realized it wasn't the number that was important.
When we returned from Florida, just over a month ago, I was preparing for my workshops at KPS. Those workshops came about because my daughters had friends over at the house, two sisters. Their mother came in for a coffee. She asked me about my work and I mentioned that I would like to do more work in schools but it is difficult to get into classrooms. She happened to be the head of the Parent Council and told me they really wanted to get more art in the school. The school tends to focus on sports but the parents want art as well. She connected me to another mother on the Parent Council and we wrote a proposal and the rest as they say is history.
While I was offering my workshops at the school, a parent from another school heard about it. This parent has a child in each school and wanted me to offer my workshops at the other school as well. This school knows my work because I offered a few after-school workshops in November 2014. They are now applying for this funding as well because of this one parent who heard about me and recognized my name from 2014.
Yesterday, I was thinking about the future of my business. It's nearly the end of the school year and I needed to figure out whether to approach summer camps to keep working with children or, focus on my workshops with adults. I asked the "powers that be" for a sign. I received an e-mail from one of the moms who attended my workshop for parents at KPS. She wanted me to know that she and her son are excited about the plans they made to spend time together in the summer because of the Wish Box they created during my third workshop. I was thrilled! Then, I checked my mailbox because I was waiting on a book I ordered online. There was a letter from the mother of a young lady who was at my workshops at the other school in 2014. She wanted to thank me for the impact I had on her daughter. Apparently, she enjoyed my workshops and learned a great deal. She had drawn a picture for me and wanted me to have it. The mother said: "I'm sorry, this letter is over a year late". I wrote back to the mother and daughter thanking them for the letter and art and, I told the mother that her letter was NOT late, it was right on time. When I held that letter and read it, I felt chills run up and down my spine and the art made my eyes water. It was such a huge affirmation that I needed to proceed with my work.
Last week, I donated a copy of my Poobum and Pompom book to our local library and asked them if I could organize a book launch with them. They run lots of parent-child groups and I thought they would be the best place to launch my second book which is meant to help parents communicate with their little ones when they are adjusting to the arrival of a sibling. I was asked to e-mail their Community Outreach person. I did and there was no reply. One week later, I had not received an e-mail to acknowledge that my inquiry was received or to express interest in hosting my book launch. I returned today to ask if I should expect a response. I was informed that their Community Outreach person is part-time therefore she may get back to me when she is in tomorrow.
As I was leaving the library, I bumped into the owner of a local art gallery. I told her I was frustrated with this lack of response. She showed me why she was there. She was leaving pamphlets to advertise an art tour that happens every year. She suggested I go to her art gallery to sell and promote my book. I need an indoor space to keep art materials from flying away so I told her the front lawn of her gallery would not work for what I was trying to do. She said I was welcome to go back some other time and use the back room of her art gallery. She then informed me that the Ottawa Art Gallery runs programs for young people. This led me to their website and what I discovered about their programs is very exciting. You never know what is just around the corner. I have bumped into this gallery owner many ties over the past month. We are setting up a coffee date to talk about how we can make use of her art gallery.
Everything happens for a reason. If you want more synchronicity in your life, start documenting all the coincidences that occur on a daily basis. If you own a journal, jot it down at the end of the day. Otherwise, keep track of synchronicity by writing it on a post it note. If you review your post its at the end of the week or month, you will notice a pattern. These "coincidences" are leading you in a direction. By paying attention to them, you will notice them increasing. To me, seeing signs and experiencing synchronicity is like crowd surfing. You let the signs propel you forward, trusting that you will end up where you need to be.
PS. When I logged in to write this post, I saw that 1111 people had read my blog. There is that number again :)
Anne Walsh
www.artnsoul.org
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
An Attitude of Gratitude
February 2nd, 2016
I feel so alive today. Now, it may be the delicious coffee I am drinking or the sun streaming into the dining room as I type, the Neurofeedback session from this morning or the anticipation of our day together as a family tomorrow (PD Day). I love days like these.
Yesterday, I was having a totally opposite day. I was tired and grumpy and everyone got on my nerves, including our pets. I have noticed a pattern. There is one day every month where I feel negative and nothing seems right. I doubt everything. It so happens that this occurs in the week prior to starting my period. You might wonder why I am sharing this. I have talked to other women who go through this same experience but they don't make the connection and, sometimes they make important decisions on those "off" days. Knowing in advance that this fluctuation happens and, more importantly, that it passes is important. You can just remind yourself that tomorrow will be better. When I am having one of these bad days I can't seem to summon up any gratitude at all even though I have so many reasons to be grateful. The very next day, like today, I recognize how lucky I am to be alive and healthy, I cherish my time with our daughters and have fun with my husband. Hello hormones!!
I have been writing ten things for which I am grateful every day since January 1st. I put the post it notes in a mason jar. My jar is full! The thing is, every day my list is about little things: synchronicity, special moments with our daughters or my husband or my mother, having a bath, hearing from a friend, a great workout at the gym, perfect driving weather for a road trip, a new business contract etc. It doesn't need to be complicated.
There are so many people to be grateful for every day. Our children go to an awesome school, Kemptville Public School. I have never once had to force my girls to get on the bus to school since they have been at KPS. That is such a relief and makes our mornings much more peaceful and pleasant. They have an amazing bus driver, Jennifer. She cares about the kids on her bus and she is just a genuine and sweet lady. My husband's business is thriving. He has wonderful clients who bring him food and make him laugh. He also has a reliable assistant with superb people skills, clients love her. I am able to do what I love from my home. My business and contacts are expanding at an increasing rate. My body is stronger and my brain is healing through Neurofeedback with Carol Williams who is talented and affordable. I could go on and on.
Just try to access gratitude, regardless of where you are at this point in your life and watch things manifest for you. Don't know where to start? Your body, it may be healthy or it could be ill but it's alive. Your loved ones. This amazing weather. Your job. If you are unemployed be grateful for all the people you know who may connect you to the right opportunity or for your skills that you are eager to put to good use. Notice synchronicity happening in your life when the right people show up at the right time.
If you make it your intention to be grateful and you spend your day looking for reasons to be grateful and, you write everything down at the end of each day (you can even just jot it on your calendar), you will notice a shift in your energy and outlook, you will attract the right people and witness synchronicity in your life. Try it, it worked for me.
Anne Walsh
www.artnsoul.org
I feel so alive today. Now, it may be the delicious coffee I am drinking or the sun streaming into the dining room as I type, the Neurofeedback session from this morning or the anticipation of our day together as a family tomorrow (PD Day). I love days like these.
Yesterday, I was having a totally opposite day. I was tired and grumpy and everyone got on my nerves, including our pets. I have noticed a pattern. There is one day every month where I feel negative and nothing seems right. I doubt everything. It so happens that this occurs in the week prior to starting my period. You might wonder why I am sharing this. I have talked to other women who go through this same experience but they don't make the connection and, sometimes they make important decisions on those "off" days. Knowing in advance that this fluctuation happens and, more importantly, that it passes is important. You can just remind yourself that tomorrow will be better. When I am having one of these bad days I can't seem to summon up any gratitude at all even though I have so many reasons to be grateful. The very next day, like today, I recognize how lucky I am to be alive and healthy, I cherish my time with our daughters and have fun with my husband. Hello hormones!!
I have been writing ten things for which I am grateful every day since January 1st. I put the post it notes in a mason jar. My jar is full! The thing is, every day my list is about little things: synchronicity, special moments with our daughters or my husband or my mother, having a bath, hearing from a friend, a great workout at the gym, perfect driving weather for a road trip, a new business contract etc. It doesn't need to be complicated.
There are so many people to be grateful for every day. Our children go to an awesome school, Kemptville Public School. I have never once had to force my girls to get on the bus to school since they have been at KPS. That is such a relief and makes our mornings much more peaceful and pleasant. They have an amazing bus driver, Jennifer. She cares about the kids on her bus and she is just a genuine and sweet lady. My husband's business is thriving. He has wonderful clients who bring him food and make him laugh. He also has a reliable assistant with superb people skills, clients love her. I am able to do what I love from my home. My business and contacts are expanding at an increasing rate. My body is stronger and my brain is healing through Neurofeedback with Carol Williams who is talented and affordable. I could go on and on.
Just try to access gratitude, regardless of where you are at this point in your life and watch things manifest for you. Don't know where to start? Your body, it may be healthy or it could be ill but it's alive. Your loved ones. This amazing weather. Your job. If you are unemployed be grateful for all the people you know who may connect you to the right opportunity or for your skills that you are eager to put to good use. Notice synchronicity happening in your life when the right people show up at the right time.
If you make it your intention to be grateful and you spend your day looking for reasons to be grateful and, you write everything down at the end of each day (you can even just jot it on your calendar), you will notice a shift in your energy and outlook, you will attract the right people and witness synchronicity in your life. Try it, it worked for me.
Anne Walsh
www.artnsoul.org
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