We all have some days where we feel like we’re loosing our marbles.  I think the universe is just trying to re-arrange them to give us a different perspective.  The universe will use those around us to help with the process.  Here is Mumford after he spilled my marbles.  :)

I love this interpretation of The Lord’s Prayer.  This is in one of Gary Bonnell’s book on the Akashic Records.  I AM is a powerful, creative statement.  Try using the prayer for a month a see what you think.

I AM the Mother/Father Creator

Hallowed is the name, I AM

I AM the Kingdom come,

I AM will being done.

I AM on Earth, even as

I AM in all Kingdoms

I AM this day giving life to all Creation, even as

I AM all Creation giving life to me.

I AM this day releasing all duality, even as

I AM the Sovereign witness of the unfolding Now.

I AM the Power, and

I AM the Glory, from

Everlasting, unto Everlasting.  All this

I AM

 

When I say this prayer I feel the connection to God within myself.  It feels powerful and peaceful.

In Joy,

Susan

How do you measure success. Is it enough to bring home a paycheck?  Do you make a difference?  Do you live your life with passion?  Do you stand up for what you believe in or accept that nothing can be done about it?  Do you want to be a part of the solution or are you a part of the problem?

I was spending some time cleaning up my office space and found a print out of “Steve Jobs and the 7 Rules of Success.”    I found them on the internet, they were written by Carmine Gallo, an Entrepreneur.

1.  Do what you love.  I think even though you may not be making a living doing what you love, you can still bring fire and passion into your work.  We have to find ways to keep touching our passion so that the fires don’t die out.  Find ways to breath new life into your life.  Take a chance.

2. Put a dent in the universe.  Be a visionary.  Don’t accept  that you can’t make a difference.  Have the strength of the mustard seed.

3.  Make connections.   Draw from all your life experiences.  Everything you learn and experience can help in areas that seem unrelated.

4.  Say no to 1,000 things.  Where do you really want to excel.  Focus.  Give it your best.

5.  Create insanely different experiences.  Enrich lives.  No matter what your business, serve with the intention of enriching lives.

6.  Master the message.  Learn to communicate and tell the story.  Find different ways to convey your ideas.  Help people feel the passion.

7.  Sell dreams, not products.  Help people achieve their dreams, they aren’t there to hear about yours.  They are there to reach their own dreams.  Selfless service.

Dream bigger.  See genius in your craziness, believe in yourself, believe in your vision, and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant?  Gorgeous?  Talented?  Fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God.  Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It is not just in some of us.  It is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

From A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

To claim our power we must face our issues of authority and power. We must learn to trust ourselves not to misuse our powers. The stories we grow up with and the movies that we watch portray our conflict with power. The good and bad are always battling. The truth being that what we are observing outside ourselves is truly in the inner battle we live in some form or another.

Do you feel you stand firmly in your power? Do you manipulate others to get what you want? Maybe you don’t even try to get what you want? Have you given up?

I believe we have all found ways to manipulate for what we desire. What does it mean to be empowered?