This or something better

"maybe the reason we don't always achieve our intentions and goals is because they just aren't worthy of us"

I can't recall where I first heard the phrase, this or something better, but it has always stuck in my head. I love the idea that there might be something even better in store for me then what I originally desired.

So now whenever I decide to manifest something I think worthy into my life, I always add the thought....this or something better. I figure if the universe is limitless, then why should little Eduardo put limits on the big guy. I may not be willling to settle for less but I'm sure as heck willing to settle for more!

In the past year I've been witness to many good people manifesting incredible things in their lives, including myself. Frequently, we got more than what we intended. So the proof is out there,it works.

I can visualize it now, readers writing down....I intend to win the lottery...this or something more! And, who knows, maybe it will be something more. If so, remember your amigo Eduardo, who put you onto this.

Smile, it will make you richer!

Eduardo

P.S. See the picture of the car in the card above? Two years ago, my son informed me, that it was the car he wanted. He couldn't see how that would be possible, until he graduated from University and got a job. I made up the card for him and told him to visualize owning it. He got that car awhile back but now has one....even better!

Just what you wanted.....another test!

If my mother were still with us, I'll bet she would be blown away to read this article! Her little Eddie was not exactly the poster child for doing the right thing. Trouble followed me around like a puppy looking for a belly rub.

Now that I'm an elightened being (ok that almost made me gag too) I have learned some really interesting stuff which I'd love to share. Since I have most of my mistakes safely behind me (no comments please), I have learned how to evaluate whether something is good or bad for me. Elementary you say, well yes but to me it's profound.

Here's how I know when something is right for me, my little test. If you get 3 yes's to the questions you pass:

1. Do I feel energized by it?
2. Do I feel good by it?
3. Do my actions produce positive results?

And it's wrong for me when:

1. I feel bad about it!

Now here's my challenge to you; try this simple test when you are making decision about something. See if it passes the test. Of course no one feels energized, happy to action oriented all of the time, so let's assume the answer is 'most of the time'.

I believe if I'd used this little test in my youth, Mother's little ray of sunshine, wouldn't have screwed up so much. I would have known the actions and the people who were not good for me. I'm a slow learner, but I'm still under construction.....

Smile, we've survived most of our screw-ups!

Eduardo

Take the fun test....big prizes to be won!

It occurred to me that maybe we are not having as much fun as we think we are. Or maybe we are having more fun than we think. Lest this question is keeping you up at nights, I am about to come to your rescue!

This is a very simple and fun little test that I've designed to measure your happiness quotient. You know how these things work, right? 1 means never, 2 is hardly, 3 is neutral, 4 is most of the time and 5 is just about always. Ok, let the fun begin....

People smile when they see me? 1 2 3 4 5

I smile when I see strangers 1 2 3 4 5

I laugh (daily) 1 2 3 4 5

I have fun at work 1 2 3 4 5

I have fun at home 1 2 3 4 5

I share funny emails 1 2 3 4 5

I have celebrations for special events 1 2 3 4 5

I tell jokes 1 2 3 4 5

I do silly or goofy things 1 2 3 4 5

Others tell me jokes 1 2 3 4 5

I am optimistic 1 2 3 4 5

Ok, the test is over, add up your score. Here's how to rate your score;

40 or above: Congratulations you are either extremely happy or seriously deluded. Either way, good for you, you are invited to my parties.

30-40: You need to lighten up and have more fun. Sorry no invites to the party until you shape up.

30 or below: Amigo you have a bad case of terminal seriousness. Your life may not be a long one, but it will seem that way!

That's it class is over, I expect you all passed with flying colors. Don't forget when you come to the party to bring a really nice present for the host (me).

Eduardo

P.S. Those who know me personally may have reached the conclusion that I purposely slanted the questions so that I would score highly.... Well yeah...You didn't think I was going to take the chance of failing my own test did you?

Rescue Recess

"join the rescue recess movement"

Remember when as a kid in school, the recess bell would ring. My heart would jump for joy as I would always try to be the first to hit the swings or grab the soccer ball. Ahh...recess, exhilarating fun. A chance to get out of the stuffy classroom and get some oxygen pumping through the system with some good old fashioned fresh air. Beautiful!

"get out of your stuffy office and into the sunshine"

Imagine if, every business had to give it's employees a recess in the morning and another in the afternoon? I would bet anyone, that productivity would increase, stress would be reduced and the work place would be a happier place. Just like the kids, it would be hard for the big people, to be stressed when they are having fun. Kids can invent games and so can the supposedly smarter adults.

"it's not possible to be stressed when you are having fun"

I know some are thinking, hey Eduardo, we have coffee or smoke breaks now, so what's the difference? Is this just semantics? NO, this is a fun break. Do what you like but have fun for 20 minutes, twice a day. Companies in my world would do what ever they could to facilate the fun concept. Maybe they would install Wii games on your computer or just tell you to go outside and go for a walk in the park. Perhaps 20 minutes wouldn't be enough? Who cares how long the break is, if the productivity and quality of work go up?

"what this world needs is more fun"

We've got it all wrong, life isn't and shouldn't be serious stuff. Life should be fun, easy and abundant (there I go again). Creativity which is the juice for super achievement is hard and difficult when your world gets too serious. Creativity is the offspring of fun. Isn't that beautiful? Have more fun, get more abundance.

Hey another great idea....what if when people go for counselling when their relationship is falling apart, they are first required to visit the Happy Consultant. He or she would prescribe a heavy dose of fun to be taken for an extended period. If that didn't work, then go straight to your lawyer.

"and what about Happy School for the slow learners"

I have decided that the world of business, needs "happy consultants". Forget the psycholgist, first try a happy consultant. I think I'd make a great happy consultant. I've got the qualifications...I'm happy. That's the first prerequesite. Next, I'm creative, I can think of ton of ways to have fun. I've done and love to research the topic. So hire me! (I'm expensive but I'd give a money back guarantee on funny paper of course).

I figure that if the workplace was a happier environment, that it would save companies and even the government billions of dollars in lost productivity. The health system wouldn't be over stressed. And most importantly the world would be a better place. This is just so good...I'm excited...wait recess is over, I better get back to work.

Smile, there is always a goofball like me, looking out for you!

Eduardo

P.S. Donations to the 'Rescue Recess' movement can be sent directly to me.

I have everything I need (do you?)

Did you ever have one of those thoughts you just couldn't get out of your head? Me too!

Lately, I keep thinking....I have everything I need.

This is a strange thought for me because, I know there is no beer in the fridge and the new BMW convertible, that I've been dreaming about is no where to be seen. So amigo, what can this mean?

I have noticed lately, something different is happening in my life. At times, I'll be doing something and need a tool or I'll be writing and need an idea; then poof, I get the idea or I'll think of some way of improvising for a tool I don't have. Sometimes I need help and out of the blue, help appears.

So I'm thinking is it because I'm holding this belief that I'm seeing and finding possibilities I just might not have noticed before? Was everything I needed there, but just below my level of awareness?

What if I decide that I need 10 million dollars? Well, I'm pretty darn certain that baring a computer glitch, I can go to the bank and it won't be there.

However, if I assume that I have everything I need, then maybe I already have the ideas to manifest it? This is getting interesting!

For those of us who believe that what we concentrate on becomes real, this might be a really valuable thought. Whatever it is, I'm thinking this is a pretty good belief to have. So I'm keeping it.

Anything that makes my life; fun, easy and abundant has to be a good thing!

Eduardo

The fountain of youth (well, close enough for me)

"life was never meant to be hard and difficult"

Several years ago it was revealed that drinking red wine had the potential to help us live longer healthier lives. Reversatrol a natural compound found in red wine was thought to proctect the heart from aging. So a few glasses of wine a day had tremendous health benfits.....BEAUTIFUL!

Then has often happens someone disputed the claim and it was thought more extensive studies were needed. Just in the nick of time researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed the benefits of reversatol. So we can now go back to enjoying our daily wine, right?

Not so fast bucko, some idiot decided to remove the reversatol from the wine and put it into a pill. Now tell me what enlightened soul would give up the added benefits of enjoying a glass or two for some dumb pill. I say to hell with the drug companies, I'll take mine the natural way. Everyone knows natural is better!

And do you know what I find most satisfying about all this research? The recommendation is 2 glasses for us guys and only 1 glass for the ladies....now isn't that perfect?

Smile, life is meant to be fun, easy and abundant!

Eduardo

Watching people for fun and profit

"our actions bespeak who we are"

This morning I was standing in a long line at a retail store. As I was waiting to pay for my purchase I noticed a very attractive girl in the next line. The only way I can describe her was HOT! This girl had been blessed with every physical attribute. She had the whole package and she knew it.

The strange thing was that she seemed so unhappy. Her impatience with the slowness of the clerk showed in the litte sighs and shifting in her posture. The little dirty looks she gave any men who dared admire her and the total disdain everyone around her had a way of diminishing her attractiveness to me.

I started thinking to myself how could someone who had been so blessed in the gene pool, be so unhappy. Now in fairness, I don't if something was going on in her life to make her so miserable but she seemed to me to be looking down her nose on everyone within her sight. When she reached the front of the line she started snipping at the clerk to hurry up.

The more she carried on like she was royalty and everyone around her were her peons, the more her attractiveness faded away. The mirage melted away and she stood before me as a totally unappealing member of the opposite sex. She went from a 10 to a zero in seconds.

She reminded me of clients I've had in the past whose head's could barely fit through a door. Their egos were as they say, as big as all outdoors. I liked them! The reason I liked them is that they were the easiest to sell. Just fan that big ego and you could lead them to sale most every time.

By way of contrast, those clients that I've met and found likeable elcit a different approach from me. I never think in terms of selling them anything. Because of my fondness for them, I think only in terms of how I can help them achieve their desires. I want to be of service to them!

As Gracie (commentor on last article) said...would we want to be our own friend? We should try and see ourselves how others see us. I'm sure we would be nicer for it.

Smile, if we can't be handsome we can be likeable!

P.S. That pretty young girl you see in the picture above is not the cranky girl I was talking about. It's actually Miriam, a sweet, funny and loveable friend who makes a great model.

How to make life easy (without really trying)

"it's not who you know,
it's who you know that likes you"

I've been writing for the last year about how to make our lives; fun, easy and over-flowing with abundance. Lately, I've been wondering...what is the easiest way to accomplish that? If there was just one thing that could impact our lives in a positive way, what would it be?

In search of an answer, I tried to think of who I knew that seemed to have a charmed, happy and profitable life? I could think of many people, some I knew and some I read about. So I asked myself, what do they have in common? And the answer is.....

"they are all likeable"

People who are likeable tend to get the best jobs, build the best companies, have more friends, better relationships and enjoy life more. Sounds good, right? But that doesn't even touch the benefits of being likeable. Here are a few more benefits;

* Doctors give more time and better care to patients they like
* Likeability is the most consitent predictor of election results
* Likeable people inspire others to give more
* They get better and quicker service from retail businesses
* Likeable students get better marks from teachers
* They get forgiven quicker for misdeeds (I need that one)
* They have better physical and mental health
* Live longer and happier lives

There's more but you get the point. Things come quicker and easier for likeable people. We favor them and do what we can to make their lives fun, easy and abundant. And this amigos is one of the biggest secrets I've ever learned...

"it isn't the choices we make about other people that makes life enjoyable, it's the choices they make about us"

There will always be the foolish few who actually prefer to go it alone. Their attitude is I don't need other people to make it. And with supreme effort, they still succeed. I'm just not one of those who wants to make any more effort than is necessary to reach my desires. If others want to help me out and make my life easier, I say welcome onboard. Life is fun, easy and abundant when others want you to succeed because they like you.

I've decided that at Eduardo's Happy School, the first subject taught will be....How to be more likeable! I can't think of a more important subject. My graduates will all be taught this vital skill and as a result will be world leaders in likeability.

Now that we have established that the most important skill to attain in life, is likeability, the obvious question is how? I've been researching and applying my limited brain power to provide you some answers. Appreciating the limited brain power aspect you will have give me more time.....so come back tomorrow!

I promise you some fresh insights. I might even go into more depth than the ever popular method of...buying the first round.

Smile, I really, really like you!

Eduardo

Guilty pleasures

"it's all a sham....we were meant to be happy"

Our society is one that idealizes the virtues of the pleasureless. Since we were kids we have been conditioned to believe that hard work, sacrifice and restraint are essential to a successful life. Society has condemned and in some cases even made pleasures illegal. They sucked the fun right out of life!

It's occurred to me that that this funless life they want us to live is a means of controlling us. The harder they can get the less fortunate to work, the greater rewards for the ruling class. The wealthy have always had their guilty pleasures, they just don't want everyone to get in on it. Great for the ruling class, crappy for the underlings.

Somehow we need to break the old mentality. Fun and easy is good, needs to replace hard and difficult. We need to recognize that we can have it all and we don't need to fall for those despicable lies like; keep your nose to the grindstone, the only way ahead is sacrifice and in order for you to win someone has to lose. Bullcrap!

The first step in changing this mentality is to put yourself fully into some former guilty pleasure. I care not if you get off on chocolate, wine or sex. The next time you decide to indulge....really get into it. Savour the moment and tell yourself it is not only good for, it is essential to your well being. It is the first and essential step towards a better life. Let your subconsious know that you deserve the good stuff. Learn to enjoy to the max, its important.

Now if you will excuse me there is a lemon pie waiting for me!

Eduardo

How much fun are you having?

It occurred to me that maybe we are not having as much fun as we think we are. Or maybe we are having more fun than we think. Lest this question is keeping you up at nights, I am about to come to your rescue!

This is a very simple and fun little test that I've designed to measure your happiness quotient. You know how these things work, right? 1 means never, 2 is hardly, 3 is neutral, 4 is most of the time and 5 is just about always. Ok, let the fun begin....

People smile when they see me? 1 2 3 4 5

I smile when I see strangers 1 2 3 4 5

I laugh (daily) 1 2 3 4 5

I have fun at work 1 2 3 4 5

I have fun at home 1 2 3 4 5

I share funny emails 1 2 3 4 5

I have celebrations for special events 1 2 3 4 5

I tell jokes 1 2 3 4 5

I do silly or goofy things 1 2 3 4 5

Others tell me jokes 1 2 3 4 5

I am optimistic 1 2 3 4 5

Ok, the test is over, add up your score. Here's how to rate your score;

40 or above: Congratulations you are either extremely happy or seriously deluded. Either way, good for you, you are invited to my parties.

30-40: You need to lighten up and have more fun. Sorry no invites to the party until you shape up.

30 or below: Amigo you have a bad case of terminal seriousness. Your life may not be a long one, but it will seem that way!

That's it class is over, I expect you all passed with flying colors. Don't forget when you come to the party to bring a really nice present for the host (me).

Eduardo

P.S. Those who know me personally may have reached the conclusion that I purposely slanted the questions so that I would score highly.... You didn't think I was going to take the chance of failing my own test did you?

You are the person you've been waiting for

"here's the good news....you can get to there from here"

I just had one of those world class thoughts that smack you upside the head. I was driving around and thinking about some of things in my life that I indend to do but haven't yet. It occurred to me that somewhere in the deep recesses of mind, I've been waiting for something to happen. Maybe a lucky break, a chance encounter or some mystical revelation that would spur me onto greatness. I consider my life pretty good but I'm acutely aware that there must be more. Then it occurred to me...

"I am the person, I have been waiting for"

My first thought was...'hey Universe, you could do better than that". Once I accepted that, nope, the universe wasn't going to be sending anyone else to do the job, I had some thinking to do. I figure that to do some things (like write a book)I needed to have a higher level of consciousness. Who is going to buy a book written by some dumb ass, right? So maybe, I needed to have all of my life experiences (good and bad) plus accumulate more knowledge, so that I can be at this place in my life. Ok, I'm now ready to..

"exceed my own expectations"

How hard could that be? A little more courage and a little less procrastination, should get the job done. So the wait is over, I'm here taking ownership of my life. Stand back kids, Eduardo is in charge around here from now on.

It is human nature to want someone else to give us the answers. We seek the short cut, the easy path. It's just that the path that seems the longest is actually the shortest. The wait to win the lotto might take more years than we have left. Truthtfully everything we need to know to get to where we want is already buried deep inside of us. Must be some kind of cosmic joke to hide the answer where we would never think to look.

Finally, the question begging to be answered is how do you access the answers we have buried within us? The answer is beautiful and kind of funny....QUIT THINKING! Another one of those cosmic jokes? Yes amigos, it is only when we stop thinking and find some silence and solitude that the solutions come bubbling up to the surface. It's like letting someone else do the work for us. I like that.

I don't know about you, however for me what works best to get into nature. I like to sit in my boat and let the big guy do the heavy work. Thinking is just too much strain on my little brain. So I just enjoy the water and wait for inspiration.

Smile, and let someone else do the work!

Eduardo

BONUS; "He surrounded himself with people who were much smarter than himself. This was easily accomplished since most everyone had the qualifications"

Sudden insights

"I get a lot of epiphany's (sudden insights). It's probably because I thought I knew so much when I actually knew so little"

So off the top of my head, here are some of great epiphany's over the past year. I will give them to you without comment. See if any of them resonate with you?

* I have everything I need

* The answer is always love and the way love is expressed is kindness. Love and happiness are the same thing.

* The world needs and craves enlightenment. Anyone and anything can be a teacher.

* Most people don't like to think and are happy to let someone else do it for them

* Manifestation of what you want, requires imagination. Imagination requires play. Therefore, getting what you want is fun and easy.

* Life is easier if I accept complete responsibility for everything in my life.

* I tend to forget lessons learned, so I need constant reminders.

* I tend to remember best, what I think is important or funny.

* Be wary of people who rarely laugh or smile, whatever it is that they have...might be contagious!



Eduardo

BONUS: The guy who smiles when something goes wrong, has just thought of someone to blame (unknown funny person

God was just showing off when he made you!

"spread a little sunshine today, be generous with your compliments"

I was going to write an article on compliments today, when I discovered this little story. After a read it, I threw out my clever writings because this said it better, enjoy...(and anyway I'm always happy to let someone else do the work)

The Power of Compliments
Submitted by: Gayle Shemezis miracleacres@maqs.net

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much." were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot."

After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.

"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it."

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.

"Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it."

All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home."

Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album."

"I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary."

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: "I think we all saved our lists."

That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.

"Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia, and as smart as Yoda" Homer Simpson

Eduardo

Who has a screw loose?

"if you haven't got a screw loose somewhere, you are probably wound too tight"

How is that for a motto to have? I made that up of course, but it gives you an insight to my weird world.

I like serious people, the world needs them for lots of important jobs. Reminds me of many years ago I was scheduled for a hernia surgery. While laying on the table and ready for the anthesiest to put me under, I heard the surgeon laughing and joking with the operating staff, about his golf game. I was greatly concerned that he wasn't focusing on the job at hand (me). So I said to him..."hey Doc, you are about to perform some delicate surgery on parts of my body that are incredibly near other parts of my body that I really love. I would appreciate it if you took this real serious." For some reason this put the operating staff into fits of laughter. Then the lights went out and I awoke hours later, and proud to say that everything was still where it was supposed to be. So I like serious people (sometimes).

However, the world doesn't need me on that team, so I joined the other side. A little over a year ago, I decided to adopt my belief that "life was meant to be fun, easy and abundant". So far it's working to perfection!

"there is always room for one more fool"

As they say....we are not going to get out of here alive anyway (so we may as well have some fun). I tell my friends, it's not my inner child I'm worried about losing contact with...it's my outer adult. This attitude is life changing.

Whenever I'm about do something, I try to remember to ask myself...is there a fun easy way? Usually there is. Let me give you an example; recently I needed to buy a vacuum cleaner and was thinking, how could this be fun and easy? Lo and behold I'm in Costco and I see a robot vacuum cleaner. Of course I bought it. That dang thing works beautifully, cost less than the one I thought about buying and entertains the dog to boot. I call it Angelina and she does the work at the press of the button. So now my floors and carpets are cleaner than ever. Brad Pitt and me, we love our Angelina. Perfect!

You probably get jokes sent to you over the internet as do I. I keep the really good ones and send them on to friends and delete the rest. A good joke is to be shared. What you look for, you find and I find the humour everywhere. I tease my friends, my clients and most everyone I come into contact with (especially if they are the serious side). And kids, my God I love to tease kids. Of course being a teaser means you are going to get it back in bucketfuls, but I'm ok with that.

Here's another of my mottos....."the more I smile the richer I become"

I've found incredible truth in that made up statement. My income tripled over the last year and I'm having a great time. Interestingly, I'm working no harder than I was before. You can't accomplish much in this world without the help of others. And people help people they like, so it's profitable to smile a lot. The more you smile (whether you feel like it or not) the better you feel. This of course attracts friendships as an added bonus.

"I haven't got and don't want any goals, dreams or intentions, so big that I can't have fun pursuing them"

One day my son said to me...it must be fun to live in your head Dad, but aren't you worried about losing track of reality? Nope, how can I lose track of reality when I made it up to start with? I actually think making up your own beliefs is the single most important thing you can do to change your life for the better.

Why live with beliefs like....life is hard and difficult? That serves no one. I don't like hard and difficult so I dumped that belief.

It all starts with your attitude. The world really needs one more goofball and I think you are likely candidate! The fact that you read this blog, cinches the deal for me.

Smile, life was meant to be fun, easy and over-flowing with abundance (but only for us goofballs)!

Eduardo

Who knew you were so special

You won't believe what I learned from this guy! (and it has nothing to do with fashion...did you see that vest)

His name is, Neil deGrasse Tyson and he is an astrophysist, author, scientist, and director of the Hayden Planetarium. Neil was also selected one of the Times, 100 most influential people. So I suppose we've established the fact he is pretty smart!

Read the next couple of paragraphs (Neil's words) over carefully and consider what it means to us?

"There are more molecules of water in a cup of water than cups of water, in all the world's oceans. This means that some molecules, in every cup of water than you drink, also passed through the kidneys of Genghis Khan, Plato, Napolean, Abe Lincoln or any other historical person you can think about."

"The same goes for air; There are more molecules of air in a single breath of air, than there are breaths of air in Earth's entire atmosphere. Therefore, some molecules of air you inhale passed through the lungs of Socrates, Billy the kid, Joan of Arc, Beethoven and any other historical person of your choosing."

That just blows me away, I am made from parts of the greatest leaders and criminals the world has ever known. Everyone who went before me, is part of me. I just need to learn to access those great parts of me! (I'm going to ignore the criminal part)

You would think, I would be a lot smarter. I wonder what went wrong? That teacher in elementary school who said....Eddie, you little dummy , must have destroyed my self confidence and prevented me from accessing my inner Socrates. It's all her fault and all of the others in my past, who failed to see my inner genius. Too bad for them, because....

The secret is out....I now know I'm a genius!

Ok, well I may not be a genius but teenie, tiny parts of me are. And that is good enough for me. Maybe this explains my nickname as a kid....Special Ed. As a matter fact, I feel so inspired, I think I'll go sit under an apple tree, wait until an apple falls on my head and contemplate the laws of gravity. My inner Newton would like that.

Smile, you are a genius too!

Eduardo

P.S. Further proof you are special.....you are one in 6.7 Billion!

7 beautiful thoughts

"Everything is not as it seems,
it is much better"

"to truly love life,
you must first come to the realization
that life loves you"


"The amound of outrageous joy
that you will experience in your life,
is directly related to the amount
of outrageous kindness you show"

"Right this very moment
you are standing on the edge
of all that is possible"

"This problem you are experiencing,
contains an opportunity so powerful
and liberating that it literally
dwarfs the problem"e

"Life becomes fun and easy,
as soon as you realize that,
the meaning of everything is
the meaning you give it"

"If you are reading this, then
you were not meant to be normal...
you are here to lead"

Eduardo

BONUS; She was like a squirrel in her love life, she collected as many nuts as she could.

"It is solved by walking"

"Truth finds you on a long walk"

'It is solved by walking' is a quote from St. Augustine, a monk from hundreds of years ago and one smart guy.  Old St. Augustine figured out that he could solve most of his problems by simply going for a walk.  Like him, I've found that when something is bugging me, if I go for a walk it helps to clear my head.As usual the solutions are simple.  At times we can feel trapped, confined and restricted in our cars, homes or offices. A little fresh air and a stroll can do wonders.   I think this is do our 'fight or flight' mechanism when we are under stress.  A little exercise gets the blood flowing and mind working.

"If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs" Bruce Barton

And then there are the health benefits including weight loss, protecting your heart and stress relief. Walking is a terrific way to release hurt and negative feelings. The list could go on but you get the idea. 

Solitary Stroll

This uses your body to relieve tension by working the muscles.   Without anyone elses thoughts interferring with yours you can get your own worked out.  I find it helps me with writers block.   A long walk is sure to get the ideas flowing.  Problems and creative ideas are resolved in half the time. Silence and solitude are the pathway to a peaceful soul.

Walking Therapy

Got a problem with your spouse, friend or child.  Take them for a walk in the park or on the beach.  Without all the interferences of TV, radio, cell phones etc.  it is possible to get real communication.   Couples that walk together, stay together.  I remember back a few years ago, I had a problem with an employee and had decided that it would be best to fire him.  Instead I took him for a walk in the park and we got into a discussion of his problems.   By the time we had returned to the office, I was amazed at his change of attitude.  We had a great exchange and we both came to realize that the problems were solveable. 

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards" Abraham Lincoln

Even back in old St Augustine's times there must have been distractions like monks praying too loud, or complaining church members.  Today there must be a hundred fold distractions.  Hey, if nothing else going for a walk gets you out of the house or office for a little peace and quiet.  'Todas esta bien'  It's all good!

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me" Fred Allen

And the last word should go to Philospher Friedrich Nietzche who said...'all truly great thoughts are conceived by walking'.



Eduardo

P.S. Did you know that there are 1,440 minutes in a day? Couldn't you spare just 20 of them to get a little exercise and some good ideas?

I have a hunch

We've all experienced sudden moments of knowingness. We know them as hunches, intuitions and flashes of insight. Here is what Dr. Joyce Brothers has to say about this...

'hunches are usually based on facts that are hidden just below the concious level'

So you could say that hunches are a form of inner wisdom. This wisdom can be experienced by a gut feeling, a flash of insight, a dream or an unexpected rush of energy.

Generally speaking our culture preaches logic and scoffs at intuition. So we were mostly trained to not trust these hunches. However, many of the worlds greatest inventions and visions were born in moments of doing nothing when the recipient was moved by an intuition.

Benjamin Franklin flew a kite and Sir Isaac Newton loved to mediatate under an apple tree. They did quite well by their sudden insights. And I'm betting your mother had pretty good intuitions when you did something wrong!

So how do you encourage your own intuitions? First you need to find all available knowledge on the subject (remember that hunches are usually based on facts). Find your own special quiet spot that is free from distraction. Next you need to totally trust in yourself to find the answers. And finally when you get the hunch, write it down immediately. Hunches can be very fleeting insights that can be easily lost or forgotten. They are best captured when the mind has quiet moments and sometimes during mundane chores such as driving or showering.

One thing is certain, you aren't likely to capture a great insight if the radio is blaring your favorite tunes.

My final comment is that if you don't use your insights when you do get them the mind automatically quits retrieving insights for you. So expect intuition to show up and it will!

And amigos think on this...

"you lose 100% of the opportunities
that you never go for"

Smile, I have a hunch that life was meant to be fun and easy!

Eduardo

Secret desires

"Finally the time came when the risk to remain tight in the bud, was more painful than the risk it took to bloom" (Anais Nin)

That's a powerful thought, isn't it?  I'm betting that all of us have some deep seeded wish that we haven't acted on.  It's human nature to seek security and safety and avoid risk.  To remain so tightly bound in the bud of our lives that we miss the opportunity to really bloom.

"ships are safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships are made for"

Life slips by so quickly and before we know it all the great opportunties have passed us by.  But for a little courage, we could experience the thrill of a little greatness.  Sometimes it's such little things like; giving forgiveness or not taking the opportunity to step forward and introduce yourself, that become regrets you are left with.  A decent boldness is what's required of us. 

"thank you for this moment and the treasure that it holds"

If you found this article than lucky you.  Perhaps God or the universe has a message for you!  As long as you're still breathing it's not too late to muster up a little courage and let you life start to bloom.  Think about something you always wished you had done and do some little thing that will start you on the path to becoming who wished you were. 

"each day shapes our lives as running water shapes the stone"

One of the reasons we don't become our potential is that we see the challenge as just too big.  Funny thing about that idea, it's not necessary or true.  To accept that thought means that you are viewing life as hard and difficult....it's not!  Life is meant to be fun and easy and the fun and easy way is to make small incremental changes.  Be honest, no matter how big a change you want to make, there is some small thing you can do today that will move you forward.When I think back on the girl that I didn't ask out or to dance, the sale I never asked for or the opportunity I didn't seize, I know the fun I missed out on.  Fear of failure was all that stood in my way.

"fortune favours the bold"Today I think back and just have to laugh....how could I have been so silly and how lucky that I now know better!

Smile, the sun is always shinning on us, even if it's hidden by the clouds.

Eduardo