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     I just finished a very fun and effective trade session with my friend, Dena Przybyla.  She is in Hawaii right now, and I'm here in Seattle.  She does great EFT work (Emotional Freedom Technique), a tapping technique that uses acupuncture meridian points to assist in releasing negative beliefs, habits and conditions, and manifesting desired results.  It isn't just about releasing things, but in a way, rewiring them so that they are aligned with your desired results. People use it for all kinds of things from headaches to weight loss, to manifesting new jobs, relationships or whatever. Dena has a great website www.eft-seattle.com  She has written a wonderful e-book with great scripts to use with EFT. So, Dena helped me work on my issues and things I desire to manifest in my life.

      First though, I did a combined hypnosis, NLP, past life regression/between lives/future life work to assist her in manifesting what she is desiring to have in her life.  I have been doing this work for years and even created my own therapy to use for it as I didn't like the ones I had received from others.  So, we looked at a past life that held information that she needed to clear in order to manifest what she wants now.  In order to help heal that lifetime, her unconscious mind and I ended up taking her in between lives and into a future life to gather resources to take into the past life, shifting it, and then taking all those new resourses, beliefs and remembered talents and skills into now, to create the future she desires. It was great fun and I got to see that this work can be done effectively, efficiently and easily via the phone. I'm used to doing Spiritual response therapy, reiki and other spiritual energy healing work long distance, and have done some NLP via the phone, but this session today really opens up the possiblities to what I can do with people around the world!!! Pretty exciting!

To find out more about Dena's work: www.eft-seattle.com
To find out more about my work: www.empowerandbalance.com


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Gregg says...

  

Débat qui s'est déroulé le 13 décembre 2007 entre Patrick Leroux (qui soutien le livre Le Secret et qui est lui même auteur de 8 livres sur les lois du succès) et Marc Brittant (qui est l’auteur du livre "Il n'y a pas de secret") dans l'émission de Paul Arcand au sujet de la loi de l'attraction.

Sur : 98,5 fm (radio du Québec)
 
Via LibreEntreprise.com 

Décidément ce livre fait beaucoup parler de lui ces temps ...

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"The Vaccine

There are so many strange things going on as our old paradigm slowly self-destructs, and one of these hit home to me last week. I received a call from my ex-mate from the 80s, Cathy, and she said that I was on the verge of having my third step-grandchild, but that my step daughter-in-law who was 8 weeks pregnant, in an effort to protect herself and the baby from harm, went in and got the latest vaccine . . . we in The Intenders don't name diseases, but you know the one I'm talking about . . . and, right away, it killed the baby.

It makes me wonder . . . when will we say,"Enough!" When will we stop lending any credence whatsoever to those from within our own society who would do us harm? Every one of my books and every speech I give is dedicated to us waking up, acknowledging that we no longer have to feed the hand that bites us, and that we can move forward into a glorious, grand new world if we will only let go of the old one.

It is my firm intention that we step gracefully into a new way of life where everyone, including those of us who have been the cause of so much suffering upon this beautiful Earth, take just long enough out of our daily busy-ness to envision how wonderful it will be when we are genuinely caring for each other. That's all it will take. For just as soon as enough of us are imagining that we can have a better world - by the Law of Attraction - it will be created. That day is coming. It is unstoppable, and you will know it by the absence of fear in your life and the fact that we are openly loving one another again. It is here in my mind now, and in the minds of so many that it can't help but come to the surface of our experience any day.

Like a kid on Christmas morn, I can't wait . . ." From the Intenders Newsletter.


The above is another example of the consequences of this flu vaccine!  Beware!!!!! I do love what he says about the power we have to create the kind of world we desire for ourselves and for the world. On Sunday I went to hear Mike Dooley speak about his new book "Infinite possibilities".  His website is www.tut.com  A man in the audience, who obviously worked with homeless people, asked Mike how the law of attraction can really help the homeless when it is up to the government to pass decent healthcare and the country to decide to do something about the situations these people and many others are in.  Mike very graciously gave an answer about how no matter what circumstances we are in, we can move from powerless to empowered by focusing on that which we are grateful for and slowly by slowly, our situation improves, as it isn't up to the government or anything outside of us. At least that is how I heard it.  The man walked out, as he didn't like the answer.  I can understand his question because I spent 10 years off and on working with Central American refugees and a lifetime being an activist.  But I also understand the answer Mike gave, because I believe that WE are the government, WE are the beliefs and values of the country, they are all just reflecting what we have agreed to believe about ourselves and our powerlessness.  But when we let that go, and realize this divine gift we've been given to create our reality, create our worlds, then we get to choose what kind of world we truly desire and get about creating it...for ourselves, for the homeless, for the people living in war and poverty, etc. around the world, then we create a world of peace and plenty and it begins to reflect THAT instead of the struggle and powerlessness that we have been believing and creating around the world and within ourselves.

 


"A Good Sign

Sometimes the Universe gives us signs about how best to take our next step, and sometimes it it gives us signs for other reasons. As Vicki and I drove into Wichita where I am living, after being on the road since June and needing to take a breather, we were welcomed in a very unusual way. 44 Hawks lined the roadside during the last two hours of the trip. They sat on fence posts, trees, and telephone poles and even swooped down right in front of us on 2 occasions. It was uncanny, seeing so many of them, that we actually began counting all of them . . . and then . . .

Just as were we were nearing the city limit sign with only a couple of blocks to go, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of another hawk circling overhead. I said to Vicki, "There's Number 45," but then we took a second look. It wasn't a hawk - it was a bald eagle! I'd never seen one in Kansas before. It was amazing! I pulled over to the side of the road as this huge, majestic bird rode the air currents above us for several minutes before turning north.

We drove the last 2 blocks and didn't say a word until after we pulled into my driveway. We were both thinking the same thing. It was as if the Universe was saying, "Good job, you two. Here's a little acknowledgment from Me, just to let you know that the tour you've been on really helped a lot of people; that you are living your calling, and you have done what you set out to do."

From the Intenders Newsletter

 

What a magical experience that must have been!!!!

Katelon

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Michael says...

Welcome.

Thanks for taking time to read this note as hopefully it will clarify some things for some. I know it will help to solidify that which I asked for and was granted several months ago, and it's always fun to remember when it happened and what's happened as a result of it because it's so amazing.

Having been a study of law of attraction and the spirit it was due to happen at some point, but one could not pick an exact time. What has happened did so at the perfect time as that was deemed by a power greater than mine. I merely opened the channel of request and was granted that which I requested.

It was a day a few months back when I was sitting at my computer responding to various messages on twitter of all places when I was sent a series of messages from someone centered around "TIME" and a concern that there was never enough time, time was missing, they wished they had more time, etc. I was thinking to myself "Why is this person hitting me with these things about TIME?" When in my head I heard a voice simply say "Time is of no concern, there's more than enough time".

When that happened I literally glanced around the room looking to see where the voice was coming from. It was within that moment that I felt a series of chills and then a feeling of being hugged. Nobody was in the room. I was completely alone. I knew that something amazing was going to happen, I did not know when, but this was a good clue.

So I went on about my day and did things, came back to twitter in the evening and there were more messages about TIME. Concerns about time, not enough time, etc., And again the voice "Time is of no concern, there's more than enough time". So I responded to one of the messages and said "This sounds like something I am writing about TIME, I think you'll like it when it's done", or words to that effect.

I then got a bunch of messages asking when it was going to be done, they needed this thing now, could I send a draft, etc. I was in shock, when the voice came back and said "Pay Attention", I responded with a note simply saying "Before this night is over, this will be done".

I had no idea what I was going to say, what I was going to write, how this was going to happen, I only knew that it needed to happen. So I took a deep breath and asked the Universe for some help.

"Universe, I know that I am worthy of receiving all that I ask for. I am deserving of the same, I am tired and weary of questioning my worthiness and I ask to be shown, to be shared with, and to be a channel of messages to any and all. I commit to share what is presented to me in an unfiltered fashion so that they may know these are not of me, but of many beyond this time and space, please bring this to me now so that I may answer these questions of TIME and so much more"

In the time that I said that and took another breath there was a massive question mark that formed in my head and I asked "AM I TRULY WORTHY?" the voice came back and said "YES, YOU ARE WORTHY, and it because YOU HAVE ASKED, SO SHALL YOU NOW RECEIVE".

My entire body felt like it was on fire. My hands flew across the keyboard and I began to type. In what seemed like hours I typed and typed and typed and finally in the end I looked at the clock and a mere 10 minutes had passed in human terms of time. I laughed as I looked at the clock and it literally jumped forward 10 minutes to signify to me the passing of that period of time.

What I then began to hear in my head were voices. Not voices of a strange nature but voices of love, of connection, of clarity, of knowledge, wisdom, understanding. Many, many voices. I did not know what to call these voices as there were so many of them. At first I called them the 100 as there was literally 100 of them coming at me, but now it feels so right to simply name them as "The Many". They speak in different voices, but when they have a point to get across it comes through as a clear harmonious chord of information that that's flowed through me and shared outwardly to others with unconditional love. No judgement, no blame, no shame.

The Many have come and spoken to many through the website link below:

TIME

And also through connections directly with some who will probably come forward and speak as a result of reading this writing. We're happy to be able to share when we are asked.

So when I speak and you notice that I type as WE, that's them coming through me to you. Simply put I get to be Me, Michael. I maintain my freedom of choice and of being the person that I am, but I speak at times with a voice that carries with it range, color, and toning of the many. I've spoken with spirituals who've witnessed this and been delighted at it. It's fun to be able to share with all that which is seen from the broader perspective and I am so grateful and humbled to have been chosen at this time to do so.

I am also grateful for the mechanism of places like facebook, twitter, and others to allow me to speak as this and to share what comes through. It's interesting to see the reactions that surface in others and what comes up around what's shared. We share without reservation as that's what was committed to. You're welcome to question this and we encourage that you do as that's how in your heart you'll see that you two are worthy of the connection to source. It's literally there for the asking. It's when you start with your heart, connect deeply to know, and begin to know without question that you are deserving, that this channel opens and it never ceases to flow.

With much love for all, understanding, wisdom and peace.

And so it is.

Michael & The Many

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Gregg says...

Le Secret de Rhonda Byrne fait couler beaucoup d'encre. La rançon du succès ? 

Quoi qu'on en pense, cela reste un des livres qui a le mérite de faire prendre conscience aux masses que peut-être que nous sommes "plus" qu'un simple corps physique et qu'il existe autre chose (cela semble assez logique d'ailleurs ...). 

Le problème avec Le Secret est que certains ne jurent plus que par ça, alors que cela devrait être pris comme un outil pour atteindre ce que vous voulez. 

D'ailleurs, Le Secret est un livre qui repackage (très bien d'ailleurs) des concepts détaillés dans d'autres ouvrages bien plus anciens (Science Of getting Rich - Wallace D. Wattles, Réfléchissez et devenez riche - Napoleon Hill, La Loi de L'Attraction - Abraham Hicks et bien d'autres). 

Et vous, vous en pensez quoi ?

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Mark"Mercury in Scorpio:
The Hidden Meaning

by Mark S. Husson

Greetings Everyone!

I've come to believe that we greatly undervalue the power of language except when we're being completely superstitious and silly about it (like worrying about how we phrase prayers). Somehow things get so twisted to fit our beliefs that we end up placing more value on things that shouldn't matter and little value on the things that should.

Many of you are likely tired of hearing my laments regarding someone correcting me for saying, "I'm sick" when "what I should be saying" is "I'm detoxing impurities." According to these spiritual experts the Universe is a big "yes" and if I say, "I'm sick" then it will make me sick (but i'm already sick). They don't realize that they are, by the very act of correcting me to speak in a more positive way, planting a fear that didn't exist in me just five minutes prior. These avengers of the spoken word have become the very thing they have sought to vilify, they have become spreaders of fear!

Suddenly, rather than just trusting that me and the Universe have a good understanding, I am scared into believing that our roles have switched and now I'm the brilliant one in charge and "it" is the idiot who follows my instructions blindly and (most importantly) literally!

Certainly there is a value to how we phrase things but not because our Divine connection will use it as ammunition to hurt us but because framing things nicely makes us feel better about life. It's like, not watching the news for a week so you can quit thinking that everything is falling apart.

As Mercury (the planet that rules our perception and our speech) enters the detective-like sign of Scorpio, it's possible that our attention will be focused on hidden things. I can tell this is happening already because recently, I've noticed the ways that me and the people in my life have been rearranging our words to change the inherent meaning of our statement; all the right words are there but there is some other message dangling below the surface. Let me demonstrate: What's the difference between the following two phrases when spoken to my sister:

  1. "Dad should probably get that cold checked"
  2. "Our Father should probably get that cold checked."

My assessment is that number one sounds like I'm on equal footing with her and that we share a history with good ol' Dad. Number two sounds like there is an image I'm trying to throw at her, like a title that carries an enormous array of hidden messages. It seems to suggest that I don't think we will be on the same page with this issue. Plus it just has an air of superiority to it. I'm beginning to see this everywhere. Here are some other examples:

"Aren't you going to come and see your Mother?" (asked by the Mother)

"You will not speak to my wife in that tone!"

This form of objectification is a subtle but powerful way to position yourself in a Queen Victoria-ish style of superiority not very different than her "We are not amused" proclamations where the "We" sent a very powerful message of "you are out numbered!"

It's not surprising that our words have powerful effects on our species, that's what they were designed for, but I think when we expect words to have the same impact on the spiritual realm, something goes awry!

How we phrase things is very powerful but not because the Universe is our slave and has to provide what we literally say but because how we phrase things will determine our relationship to the experience. When something someone says makes you angry, saying, "That statement angers me" is simply honest and you can't transform the anger into anything else until you can at least acknowledge it.

Once a Sedona resident came to visit me in my retail store The Twelfth House. I asked her with all sincerity if Sedona attracted a lot of "crazies" because I had heard it was a freak magnet due to it's acceptance of all kinds of alternative beliefs. Well, you would have thought I said something horrific about her child. She turned red and started trembling with anger. I stood there a little taken aback waiting to hear what I said that was so offensive and she mutters "How dare you degrade my home!" and proceeded to say over and over, "I am not angry I am filled with love and light." Of course, I couldn't keep my mouth shut and said, "If you're not angry, then I'm not a man out here thinking you're in denial" (I know, I'm an idiot but I just couldn't keep it in).

The point is, she just stuffed all that rage into a rote script of being only love and light. I could tell that the same group that jumps me for saying "I'm sick", got hold of her and convinced her that to avoid being punished by the Universe for having anger, she should just recite her phrase over and over. That way, the Universe will slavishly see her as only love and light and ignore the fact that she's a raving lunatic.

With Mercury going into Scorpio on the 28th, our attention will spot undercurrents like those with more vigor than before. The great part of Scorpio is uncovering what's hidden and the worst part is the assumption that people are more conscious about doing it than they really are. So try to keep an eye on your own verbal manipulations and try to stay in your truth as much as possible. If you're sick, let us know. If you're angry, say it.

And if you're going to have faith that you are part of a loving and caring Divinity, quit turning it into a vindictive force that delights in making you suffer for the language you use, or the feelings you have to sort through. It's tough enough to get through each day with a clear head and warm feeling, let's not add more rules to it. Mercury in Scorpio can give you the focus you need to quit bad habits and it can also give you the strength you need to confront those mindless zombies of any group who go from one dogma to the next with just a change of words. So be fearless in your honesty but remember to give people the benefit of the doubt, they are likely just acting out of habit and fear.

The general struggle is lighter now as we begin our ascent into Saturn in Libra. Be sure to follow the wonderful C.A. Brooks for the Dailies and come and listen to her as she joins me on Hay House Radio this Tuesday at 9am Pacific.

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As always,

I'm with you on the quest, Mark"


 

I just read this newsletter and I really enjoyed Mark's article as it relates to what I just discussed about words we use and how we can get into fear about manifesting when we speak about what we are feeling. I do think that his remark to the woman about Sedona was a bit reactive and judgmental but at the same time, he makes a good point about the woman not expressing her anger and trying to mask it. Ah...the learning goes on!

Katelon

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I first got introduced to “Abraham” and the law of attraction in 1992.  I was staying with my Mom and getting caught up in the negative dimensions of our relationship while trying to manifest a situation for me to move into and use all my training in 15 holistic therapies in a new way.  I would listen to Abraham’s words, start my day with a happy Loggins’ and Messina song to get myself feeling joy, and state affirmations, etc.  My Mother’s bathroom had this amazing big mirror in the front and the back. I could stand facing the mirror in a way that turned the view into me looking at me looking at me, on and on, this long line of me’s stating these affirmations.  I would feel psyched, pumped and positive. Then, I would walk out, have some reaction and boom; there I would be again, focusing on what I didn’t want, rather than what I did want.

           I have read many books on the law of attraction, old ones from the early nineteen hundreds and newer ones that other people wrote who studied the Abraham material. I would read other spiritual books as well, from all traditions. I would practice all the techniques, thinking I was getting it right, but notice that I still wasn’t manifesting what I truly desired.  At times I became a thought “cop”, watching everything I said and thought and if I was experiencing darker emotions like fear, anger, frustration, I would freak, adding more fear to the mix, knowing that surely now I REALLY wasn’t going to manifest what I desired.

           Then, I’d read a Buddhist book about forgiveness and compassion, and be more compassionate with myself about the emotions that arose within me.  But then, I”d read another new age book that pointed out how important it was to stay in appreciation and focusing on what you truly desired.  That got so confusing, as I’d wonder, what do I say if someone asks me how I am and I’m not feeling great?  Am I supposed to smile and say, oh yes, I am getting better and better every day?! I understand that truly, this is the deepest reality, but on the other hand it felt false. So, the confusion would start again.

           Two and a half years ago I had something very traumatic happen on Valentine’s day.  It was a repeat of a situation that had happened twice before and I did not expect it to ever happen again.  It had almost destroyed me when it happened before and for several years after that I went through an immensely dark period.  Luckily, as a teenager, I would purposely go driving in the desert and get lost, so that I could find my way home, and I always did. Years later, I lived with a forest at the end of the block, so I taught myself to walk through the forest, without any light, only being able to feel my feet on the path and make my way through the forest.  I think I must have been training to make it through those dark times and trust I’d survive and somehow thrive.  So, when I had this situation happen again, in 2007,  I spent much of the day in tears, anger, fear and immense grief.  But, the next day, I put my smiley face on, and drove to work, spouting positive affirmations all the way, until, UNTIL….I had a five vehicle  car accident!!! I was stunned that I could have a car accident while spouting positive affirmations!  How could this be????!!!!!  It didn’t stop there, but I continued to attract several other betrayals, injuries, and traumas over the next two years no matter what books I read, what classes I took, what therapies I received or performed on myself, or what techniques I used. ARRGGGH!!!!!!!  Certainly there were many good times, support, and positive situations, but I still wasn’t manifesting what I truly desire and see for my life and myself.  Then, I’d try the surrender, Let Go and Let God approach…and yet still feel these inner urges for growth and expansion.

           A few weeks ago I re-watched the movie “Celestine Prophecy”. I had read the book years ago and seen the movie when it came out.  In seeing it again though, I was reminded about how important it is to be conscious of staying in a positive place of power so that I can be guided and know when to proceed and when to draw back.  The movie reminded me to start connecting more again with the trees I pass on a walk, the plants in my home, and the divine energy in all things.

           Then I started reading Abraham’s latest book “The Vortex”.  I finally now understand how it all works, 17 years later!  I am realizing how important it is to stay in a place of appreciation, while being honest with myself and others about how I am feeling or experiencing my reality, as I honor “what appears to be”, while knowing that it is showing me what I truly want perhaps instead.  Somehow though, to still be in appreciation even though what I am feeling inside or in a situation or relationship outside of myself, doesn’t feel too good, feels very freeing.  In the past, it felt artificial to do this and so it remained a struggle with mixed results.  But now, it is becoming more and more automatic.

           I am also learning why I would get such opposite results when I would try to ignore the grief, pain, etc. and instead declare joy, wealth, health, whatever.  This distance is too far to go and the subconscious doesn’t buy it, so I would end up still creating from the place of pain.  Now, I can see why it is important to start where I am, take the baby steps from powerless/despair to sadness to fear and on up the “instrument panel” as Lola Jones calls it, in her book “Things are going great in my absence” until I can truly reside in that place of joy and appreciation.  I am learning to even appreciate the pain, as I see that in reading a situation, whether within or “without”, there is always several stories being told.  So, I can choose which story to focus on.  I can “tell the truth” if someone asks me what is going on, and I can do the same to myself, but I don’t’ get stuck in the story anymore and I can look at the story in a new way, a way that has a new possibility of showing me what I would like instead, for myself, for others, for the world.

           I can now look at these situations in my life, that are still there, still not the way I would like them to be, but I can look at them with love, appreciation and focus on the positive part of those “stories”, those relationships and situations and remember the blessings and gifts in them, seeing the divinity that resides in them RIGHT NOW.  That allows me to feel and send love and joy, which I’m sure feels much better to receive through the “airwaves” than what I might have felt or focused on before.  This puts me in a place of feeling my power, the power to change my world and contribute to the rest of the world in a way that honors who I am and the path I choose to walk.

            I get a booklet each month from Silent Unity, called the Daily word. Sometimes I fall behind on reading the page for the day.  I’ve been readying all week to give a friend the second attunement for Reiki, and since today was the day to do it, I decided to catch up on the Daily word and see what I had missed and what it had to say for today.  The quote that really caught my heart was “I give thanks for the gifts of God”.  The little story referenced the story of when Christ had gathered his disciples together, and had asked them to put the word out to others to come, too.  He only had a small amount of food to feed them, and yet there was a multitude of people who showed up.  He decided to focus on what food he had, gave thanks to God for these gifts (appreciation), blessed it and some how, it multiplied and multiplied until he had enough to feed everyone.

           I had heard this story over and over growing up in Christian churches and in reading books from other traditions as well, as Christ wasn’t the only miracle worker in the history of spirituality, and I believe he was simply demonstrating a technique so that we would learn to use it as well.  Somehow though, I never understood it completely. I thought that he was focusing on another outcome…more food…ok…if I do this, thank and bless, I”ll get the miracle amount of food that I need. That puts him out of “NOW” and into a future projection, and expectation.  I finally realized today, in reading this little story again, that Christ was simply just saying “ok…if this is all we’ve got, this is all we’ve got, and isn’t it great that we have this!!!!! Glory be!!!! “   He wasn’t cursing the limited amount, worrying about how he was going to feed everyone and what they’d think when they realized he didn’t have anything to feed them, he just focused on the bounty that was there, right then…the food, the people who came to listen, the wonderful day of sharing, being alive…and isn’t that quite a gift, right now. And in that sweet ability to say thanks, for what was in that moment, the gifts expanded.

            I am learning that this is the true lesson.  Being both a political activist as well as a spiritual/holistic therapist, teacher and coach, sometimes has me walking a razor’s edge of looking at what I would like to be different and at the same time, staying in that place of appreciating what is and finding the gift in it, right now, just as it is, just as I am, just as you are, just as the world is.  And, it is enough.  And I believe that in staying in that place of appreciation more and more, I will change my life, and I will see the world become one of more love, cooperation and peace.

           

Katelon T. Jeffereys

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3AM in VA says...

 

It's 3:15 am actually. Or it was a few hours ago.  A few cups of coffee and I stumbled on to this idea to keep my sanity during these "economic times."   I'm tired of listening to the talking heads on television about our economy, our unemployed, how the stock market is thinking about going up, how we all need to "hang in there," blah blah blah.  It's time I had a VOICE. A say. I have no idea if anyone is listening or will listen. This blog is really for me.  It's all the thoughts that roll around in my head before I walk out the door, log online, or network with people... to FIND A JOB.  Virtually ANY JOB.

This blog is also for everyone else.  If you are employed with a job you hate, read this. If you are employed with a job you love, read this. If you are retired, read this. If you are unemployed, read this.  If you are the media, read this. If you are breathing, read this.    If you are the President of the United States, read this.  This is real.  This is not fiction. This is happening 30 miles from your doorstep, Mr. President, in Northern Virginia. 

Will I survive? Yes. but not without getting my word out to the masses.  The unemployed need to be heard, not talked about. Employers and HR companies should visit our side of the employment game.

Dear Mr. President,

Today, The Morning Joe Show was on T.V. talking so "gravely" about the UNEMPLOYED. Yes, I can relate. Sadly.  Humorously. Angryly. Tearfully.  The talking heads went on and on about "what the unemployed" are going through.  Um, the talking heads are employed. How do they know what I am thinking?  I do want to thank them for reminding me of my blight by telling me about me, unemployed:

They are living in a horrible state.  They can't get a job, only "gigs."  Their age bracket is making them unmarketable. They are one of millions of Americans. 

Thanks for the enlightening discussion.  They shake their heads in sadness, as if they are attending a funeral.  They go to a commercial break. Wow.   I won't look to them for the boost of confidence.   I sigh, roll over on the sofa and think of my game plan for the day.   How did this happen to me?  I turn off the television. 

The happiest breathing soul in my house is my dog. He's actually snoring because he sleeps in.   He LOVES my unemployment. He gets to see me every day, go on long walks, and eat delish dog food.  I have not told him that he is now eating the .50 cent can wet dog food, sprinkled over the $3.99/bag crunchie dog food. A year ago, he was eating like a king.  And I, like a princess.  No longer.  Those days are gone, for now.

I have a fully stocked kitchen of gadgets that I collected over the years. They are gathering dust. There is no money to make glorious dishes of food, for leftovers, to share with friends, or even give tidbits to the dog.   Now, it's about the ham sandwich with cheese.  Shall I toast it for breakfast? Have it untoasted for lunch? Or double stack it for dinner?  I used to toss food away on a whim a year ago when I was "tired" of looking at it.

These are the days that I'm calling, "getting back to my roots."  It is the only way I can even come close to saying I'm living below the poverty level or so darn close to it I can feel it breathing down my neck and in my soul.  I try not to let it affect me emotionally so I take a deep breath and swallow hard. Push it way down deep and hope I don't burp it up on someone, or at a job interview.

I'm 41.  Female. Single.   I am college educated with 19+ years of sales, marketing, and administrative experience.  I'm well balanced, have friends, and own a townhouse in the suburbs of VA.   I'm NORMAL in all respects.  Except I the job thing.

I have applied for 100s of jobs, rewritten my resume a million times, have my own resume website with glowing recommendations, and even have started a consulting business on the side just to feel like I'm contributing to the greater good and bring in some cash.   I'm not a slacker. I'm not at home doing nothing or eating bon-bons.  I can't afford bon-bons! I volunteer, ALOT.  I'm out there. I'm networking. 

I've cut back in expenses so much, that even Suze Orman would be impressed.   I read a lot now. I'm learning new skills to become "more" marketable. I find FREE educational events to attend.  I follow businesses on Twitter, absorbing all I can. I even tried going back to school (see my other blog post about that!)

My cable tv service is FREE. By a fluke. I turned it off over a year ago because I could no longer afford the $120 monthly bill.  But it's still feeding to my home.  I'm not so sure that is a good thing because the news is pretty crappy these days. And I don't watch much television. I could take it or leave it at this point.  I do pay for internet connection though- it's my source of information and connection to the world. And for the job hunt.  These days, the only way to get a job is to a) know someone b) or submit resumes blindly through job boards and company websites. (more on that subject later). But those people I know aren't hiring.  Drat.

I honestly work everyday to live in the Law of Attraction.  Believe in Abudance.  Imagine having a huge bank account. Bills paid. Debt Free. 

And still, my bank account balance hovers closer to $0 than it does $500 on most days.   I have to monitor how much I drive because the gas money eats into my food budget.  I smile brightly at all the stay-at-home moms driving their Escalades around the Target parking lot. I'm not jealous or angry. Just wonder how well they would survive if their husbands were without a job.   Would they still be smiling, like me? 

I read the Washington Post Job section every Sunday. Reading about "new" ideas to get a job. Hey, wait a minute! Who is writing these stories? Employed people?  Recruiters? Human Resources?  Oh yes, they are people who have a W-2 paycheck.  My question is, how do they know about getting a job in these conditions? Have they been unemployed?  Maybe I  should be writing the column.  Hey Washington Post-- how about a side column from an unemployed person in the trenches.    We are all sitting at coffee shops reading a copy of your paper- it would be nice to know we are not alone.

Isolationism.  Welcome to the unemployed lifestyle in 2009.

Opps!  Time to run.   I've got to go put on my happy face.  I'm going to make $70 today from my consulting business.   I'm happy though. I get to leave the house and talk to PEOPLE!!! I love doing that.  But   I used to make $75,000 a year doing the same thing. I am humbled.

Signed, It's 3AM in VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kat says...

Maybe you've heard it said: Whatever you put your attention on is what you will attract into your life. So why, then, aren’t we all thinking happy thoughts and living the life of our dreams?  It really comes down to this. 

The Leash.
Your mind is a rambunctious dog that needs to be trained, guided… and most of the time, kept on a leash. You say you just want to run across that pretty field. But at the very hint of something disgusting in that tall grass, you’re over there nosing around, investigating, dipping your head in a little closer, now your nose is touching it, and oh, yes, you just need to roll in it for a second. Horse poop. Dead bird. Decomposing squirrel. The funkier, the better.

The other part of you – your soul --  the one that knows the price you’ll pay, calls for you to get up and get back on the path. But nooooooooooooooo!  Your inner pooch is going to roll around just a few more minutes, work it into your fur, make sure you have something to take home with you.

Your horse poop.
Oh?  You’re not like that?  Really?  That wasn’t you seething with resentment over what your girlfriend/coworker/boss/mother/brother/checkout person said or did? Playing it over and over again, rubbing your back into it, getting good and stinky?  That wasn’t you complaining about your bad luck or your hard life for five straight minutes without drawing a single breath? That wasn’t you making up the vivid story of how you will surely fail at whatever you try that’s important to you?  Oh, yes, it was. It is. It’s all of us.

When to get on the leash.
What you need to do – what we need to do – is put that mind on a leash, preferably the retractable kind, and reel it in before it can cause any harm. I’ve heard it said, “I’m not responsible for the first thought I think. But I am responsible for the second.” 

It’s up to you to catch yourself in the act, and change the course.  If you’re thinking thoughts of resentment, worry, jealousy, anger, despair, self-pity, doom, gloom:  STOP.   Put the leash on.  Steer your mind down the path to a better-feeling thought. Any thought that brings relief.  For instance:

UNLEASHED:   I’m worried about a trip or a presentation.                            
LEASHED:  Things have a way of working out better than I expect.

UNLEASHED:  I really hate my brother-in-law. Don’t want to do family dinner with him.
LEASHED:  Isn’t it great that I don’t have to see him that often? I can take this visit one hour – or five minutes -- at a time.

UNLEASHED:  I have the worst luck in love / work / health.
LEASHED:   I am as eligible for love / a great career / well-being as anyone else.

Work on your own examples. Practice, practice, practice.  Every day is filled with thousands of opportunities to catch yourself.

What you’ll find is that the leash is not about confinement or curbing your fun. It’s about helping you focus on the path that will bring you the freedom and joy you really desire.

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