Life here on planet Earth does fly by quickly and I can clearly remember thinking that I'd never want to be old.  Youth seemed like so much fun... at the time.  Now that I'm here, or at the chronological beginning of "here", this place is fun, too, in a different way.

I am much more powerful than I was in my twenties or thirties; much more confident.  You would think that the "aging woman in society" factor might have a negative effect, but just the opposite.   All of that surface fluff ... "Am I pretty enough?", "Am I thin enough?", "Are my clothes fashionable enough?" ... Who CARES?????    

I am no longer "competing for a mate" so women (and men) can now relax around me and we can truly develop friendships based on matters of substance.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life and from where I stand now, with my eyes wide open, I can see that the best is yet to come.

Some "things" that were originally just "thoughts" of mine, have taken on more substance and have become "beliefs". These beliefs emit at a much stronger vibratory level and the results have become obvious.

I am a money magnet. The Universe is friendly and provides me with everything I need to live a good and happy life.  I create my "world of experiences" on this plane of existence. Things do not happen TO me. I am not at the mercy of fate.

Handling the income and expeditures for our business used to be a stressful experience but recently it has become a time of wonder.  No matter what the size of the bill, I always have money to pay it.  I am a money magnet. I have abundant wealth.  I have more money than I need. 

The self-imposed limitation of "I can't afford that" is disappearing from my life.  Recently I talked to someone about the cost involved in a community newspaper.  The amount of $75,000 did not cause me to hesitate for one moment.  I can pay that. I can afford that.  I don't yet know how, but I do not need to know how. It will be shown to me.

I had a realtor show me the inside of the old Majestic Theater building.  I was not wasting the man's time because I can afford it if it is what I want.  If I can use it to bring goodness into the lives of others, the ways and means will easily fall into place.

I just finished reading a book about being an "enlightened millionaire" and realized that I am already doing many of the suggested steps in the book. 

 I am a money magnet. Money flows freely and easily into my life. I have more money than I need. I can be generous with my money because I have more than enough.

Practice first by saying these messages to yourself.  Say them with emotion.  Say them with gratitude. Say them with joy.  Believe these things to be true.  The Universe is friendly. You are supposed to have abundance in your life.  You are supposed to have all that you need to live life to the fullest. 

Perhaps it would be more accurate to call this entry, "Recognizing how being aware of the Law of Attraction is changing my life."   As I learn to control my thoughts and create my reality through deliberate thought, my world gets more and more amazing.  As I train myself to think good thoughts and to FEEL happy, I truly am given more things to feel good about.  I am a magnet of emotions.  Like attracts like.

As I learn to clearly visualize what I want, attracting it into my life becomes effortless. 

Accepting that the Universe will show me "how"  to accomplish my goals and then allowing it to do so is so contrary to common thought that it is initially quite difficult to do.  I remember many times in my past, when I agonized over trying to figure something out, frustrated because I didn't think I knew enough to accomplish what I wanted. 

So much time was wasted by un-necessary and perhaps anti-productive behavior.  Hindsight is indeed 20/20. Had I known then what I know now, life would have flowed easily for me.

I have been in this physical form for over 50 years. 30 years ago I was shown the truth,the whole truth, the HUGE truth. I knew it was All that I needed to know. I knew that I was one with it All.  I knew that all of knowledge was mine, but the illusion that I lived in, that we live in, seemed so much more "real" .  It seemed easier to choose to live in the not knowing world.

I was very mistaken.  Living in tune with the Universal Laws is not difficult, but it is very different and you must train yourself away from past habits that produce negative results.   As you begin to see small positive results from changes you've mastered, your ability to create becomes stronger.  Soon the positive changes are so subtle yet so all-encompassing, you may look around you and see that you are exactly where you are meant to be, life is good and living is easy. 

When you feel good, the universe in its effort to unite like energy with like, sends a flow of things to keep you feeling good.

By segmenting,you can focus your creative energy into a multitude of tiny goals and in doing so you will find an easier route to manifesting.

Until now you may not have given much attention to how each day is seperated by segments.   You awake from sleep, you do your morning hygiene routine, you eat breakfast, you head off to work, you arrive at work, you have a meeting, you make a phone call ...  Do you see the segments?

Now take just a moment at the start of each segment to determine its outcome.  You awake from sleep and before getting out of bed, you determine that you are well-rested, you feel great and the day is beautiful.  As you do your morning routine, you determine that your hair will look good today, your teeth will be healthy, your skin will glow with health, your daily exercizes will slim and trim your body.  As you prepare your breakfast you determine to eat healthy food that will energize and sustain you through the morning. As you head off to work, you determine that the trip will be safe, there will be little traffic and you'll easily find a parking spot.  You arrive at work and determine that your coworkers will be pleased to see you and ready to start a productive day.  Your boss loves the proposal you submitted and the computer you were having problems with has been replaced. 

Do you see the point I'm making.  You can control each segment of your day. You can determine that things go the way you want them to go.  By breaking down the full day into small segments it is easier to manifest the entire day's experiences as you wish them to be.

I've been told that when you are doing what is right for you, you'll feel like you are in a flow and time flies by.  Well, I've been 'flowing' for a while now.  I'm not even certain how it started, but it grows bigger every day.

A desire to have an event to promote the downtown businesses, became an opportunity to unify and form a downtown business group, which lead to creating a monthly promotional event, which lead to a town-wide event, which lead to forming an informal group, Grassroots of Tarboro, which now is leading to filing for non-profit status.

This has all happened in just a matter of a few short months.  One thing is rapidly leading to the next and the pieces are falling into place as if they belonged together.  My days are very full and yet I'm loving it.  I had no clear vision that this was what I wanted to do and yet, by being open to the possibilities and going with the flow, I find myself doing something I love.

Yesterday the strong March winds blew and broke a large plate glass window in the front of our building, the old Marrow-Pitt building, in downtown Tarboro.  The window had a large crack that had been temporarily "repaired" with duct tape, but we knew that sooner or later that glass was going to come down.  We had hoped for "later" because we plan to restore the store's facade and aren't certain how we want the windows, but the Universe decided that yesterday was the day.

For a moment, but only a moment, I thought "Oh, no! This isn't good!" , but as I swept up the broken shards of glass and my husband went to the hardware store for plywood, I remembered that things happen as they are meant to happen and the Universe is friendly.

I've been whining for months that the information kiosk was removed from the courthouse square. I thought it had been very useful as a community bulletin board and had wished that it would be replaced.  I wanted a central location where folks in the community could post notices and stay up to date with all of the events and activities around town.

That broken window was less than 50 feet from the spot where the old kiosk stood.  As we nailed up a frame and covered it with wood, I knew that I was given just what I needed.  I still need to paint it , frame it and hang up a sign that says "COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD", but I'm feeling good about it.  

Thanks, I needed that!

Someone jokingly said to me once that "talking to yourself is fine, as long as you don't answer."  I think they were wrong.

The full conversation within us is important.  The questions we ask are our requests for information, for guidance.  If we learn to listen quietly, the answers are provided as well.

Once it is understood that we are all one and that we are all one with God, the talking to ourselves not only is normal it is essential. 

When seeking answers to important questions, the information that is given to us from within ourselves is the purest type of response.

The universe is friendly. God wants us to be happy and fulfilled.  The experiences we are given are exactly what we need to live fully and completely.

The next time you are at a crossroads or are faced with what seems like a dilemna.  Sit quietly and ask "What should I do?"  Then watch and listen closely. The answers will be provided.  A book will arrive. A person will tell you something.  A show on television will trigger the answers you need.  Trust that the Universe is friendly and that you are not alone.

My original contact was with the book, The Kybalion, written by the 3 Initiates of Hermes Trismestigus.  I knew that the book held the answers that I was looking for, but only some of the words 'connected' with me as 'truth'.  I knew that the somewhere the right words would be found to express clearly the truth about "being".

This was almost 35 years ago and since then I have been on (and off) my quest for true knowledge and personal growth.

More recently I was drawn to Wallace Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich, a small book written in 1910 at the beginning of the New Thought Movement.  Mr Wattles' book put the otherwise esoteric teachings into a format of familiar terms and easy practices to be used by the common man.  I could feel the truth in what he was giving me and was thrilled with the ease in which in the knowledge was expressed.  While still in the midst of my fascination with The Science of Getting Rich, I turned on the TV one afternoon to watch my friend, Oprah.  She had a group of people on her show discussing The Secret .   The DVD apparently had life-changing information and as I listened to Rhonda Byrne speak she told of how her daughter had given her a book that led her to the creation the DVD.  The book was Wallace Wattles' The Science of Getting Rich.   (Aha! So that's why I turned on the TV.) 

I took that as a cue to watch the movie and when I did I was very impressed with the approach that Ms Byrne had used to convey the information to the most people.   Yes, she had simplified the Universal Laws a bit and did not provide all that a person needs to know to understand fully the what, how and why about our presence here on Earth, but it was, after all, a 2-hour movie.  It was an excellent beginning and it opened the minds and changed the lives of thousands of people.

I was most impressed that Ms Byrne offered the information in apparently non-scripted exerpts from people who already understood the Law of Attraction and the other Laws of the Universe; people who taught this "secret" to others and practiced it in their own lives; people like Jack Canfield, Michael Beckwith, Joe Vitale.  She was not saying it was her information, she was trying to show that many, many people already know "The Secret", and already use the Universal Laws to create beautiful lives. She saw how the knowing had made her life better, she now saw how she created the events in her life, she saw how this information could benefit everyone and she sought out a format of sharing that would reach the most people in the clearest most "believable" fashion.  By bringing in all of the teachers and avatars, she not only offered their varied ways of expressing the information, but she gave listeners the option. If you don't believe in what she was saying, maybe you'd understand it better from Joe Vitalie, or Michael, or Jack, or Bob Doyle, or Lisa. 

I want to thank Rhonda Byrne for her DVD, her book and for her desire to do something truly worthwhile.  The information is life-changing and now that its been brought to the attention of so many people thanks to Rhonda and Oprah, I can't help but think that the world will be a better place. 

This tiny phenomenon is a good example of how the Law of Attraction works. People who believe that they always win prizes, win many times more contests than those who believe that they never win. 

In the words of Henry Ford, "Whether You Believe You Can, Or You Can't, You Are Right".

This afternoon I was photographing daffodils that were blooming in the garden across the street from my home.  I noticed a patch of clover in the lawn and thought, "I'd like to photograph a 4-leaf clover".

Since I find them easily, it was not surprising that with less than one minute of looking, I was able to take this picture.  Can you find the 4-leaf clover in the picture?