Bob Meyer

Have you ever had a dream and woke up and were a little sad that what you were dreaming wasn't reality? According to studies, we are constantly dreaming while we are asleep even if we don't remember what we dreamt. Dreaming must be important to our system, otherwise why would we do involuntarily. What better way to dream than doing it while you are awake, that way you can control what happens in the dream and your happy ending can be as fantastic as you want it.

How much better do you feel when you have been thinking about pleasant things instead of thinking about all the cares and worries that try to burden you everyday. Its easy to get swept up in a negative storm and let the worry hover over us like a dark cloud. But what does worrying actually accomplish? ZILCH.ZERO.NODDA..... Everyone has heard the phrase "birds of a feather, flock together"...one pleasant thought evokes another, then it causes a chain reaction until the sun breaks through those clouds of gloom and despair.

There are few things we can control in this life and our THOUGHTS is one major and very important one. A thought is only as good as the life you give it. So don't let the negative thoughts become you, instead you become what you think about and only you can control what you dwell on.

Why do people get so easily offended and why are they so quick to take things personal? It can be perplexing. When people hold grudges or let themselves get offended, it only hurts them. Holding onto things and letting them fester is only toxic for the person holding onto it. Some people feel if they hang onto it, that somehow this entitles them to some kind of pity or huge act of compensation. If you begin little by little to feel you are owed something, you will spend your life thinking that way and you will always be unsatisfied and constantly feeling empty.

If we all kept track of the tragedies and life's sour moments that have happened to us, we would all be waiting for someone to make up for our losses, waiting for pay back is going to be a long disappointing road. Thats just not realistic. We are responsible for our own happiness and if we experience something negative, we may not be directly to blame for it but allowing that situation to affect our moods or our disposition is ALL on us.

Don't let your surroundings or circumstances determine HOW you are, let them serve as an opportunity to show WHO you are.

When something doesn't go the way you planned or expected, are you the type of person who rapidly posts your own "DEAD END" sign? Or are you the kind of person who can still see something to draw from it? Have you ever squeezed an orange for juice and even when you thought you had gotten everything you could out of it, there was still more to be squeezed.....

When you go into a situation expecting a specific outcome, when that isn't the outcome that you get what is your reaction? Do you throw your hands up or just blow it off as a 'bust'? Life can be quite a 'road trip'....whether its business or family or even the day-to-day, but when the unexpected or unplanned happens life goes from "Road Trip" to "Adventure". I mean the SUV is loaded, you've got your map in hand, GPS is functioning, you're all packed UP, the family is all packed IN and you are headed out. When one third of the way you come to a sign that screams "DETOUR". Some would let this be a point of frustration, now you aren't sure what sites you will miss from your original plan or what you will have to endure on the new path. Well one main thing to take into consideration is the road was 'Closed' for a reason, more than likely your safety being that reason.

A person may not have the outcome that you wanted, but what DO they offer, and more importantly who else can they bring to the table?? If we are all only 6 degrees from each other (at the most), then everyone you know can bring someone to the table that you didn't know and those people have different things to offer and might be just what you're looking for. If we all bring something different and we all come to the table working together, then we can have it all.

Lets not be so quick to dismiss those that don't follow the plan we had for them, stay open to the possiblities they could present. A knife can't be a fork, ya know? Lets be the type of person who takes the "alternate route" with a smile on our face and enjoy the fun and safety of going with the flow.

How To Set the Right Goals Using

"Law of Attraction"

Certified LOA Trainer, Jodi Santangelo

www.MindYourVibes.com

This interactive workshop is hosted by Exit Dynamic Realty

Date: Saturday, Jan. 24^th

Time: 10 AM-1 PM

*doors open @ 9:30am

Place: Exit Dynamic Realty,

NE corner of 91^st & Memorial

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Imagine you had a friend who had lost a hundred pounds in the course of a year, they worked out and ate right and took all the steps to move forward to getting healthy. Then imagine after they reached their goal weight they decided to celebrate by buying a 100 lb bar bell, they bought special straps for the bar bell so they could carry it around on their back all day and everyday. Sounds crazy doesn't it? How many people actually do this with everything else in life, emotionally and mentally, business and personal? Who wants be one of those people?

When you carry around dead weight, it makes every other task more challenging than what it should be. Focusing mentally on anything productive is hard to do when your mind has things in the back trying to push their way forward. Dead weight can come in many forms, whether its thoughts or clouded emotions, sometimes it can even come in the form of another human being. People who are not focusing and moving forward with you are DEAD WEIGHT. Have you ever known one of those people who at first, just seemed to need a genuine helping hand but later you find out thats what the whole relationship consists of, you carrying them...the whole way.

When we are on the road to success, our generousity is not a free ride, sluff off the dead weight because those who want to go with you will be at your side and not on your shoulders.