Begin Dreaming

Living the life of your dreams IS possible.

Does it seem so to you?

The fact is that today, someone is going to
decide to improve their marriage by doing
just one simple thing to create more love
and harmony in their life.

The fact is that today, someone is going to
decide to improve their relationship with
their children by becoming more loving or
more consistent.

The fact is that today someone is going to
improve their skills by going back to school
and taking a class.

The fact is that someone, today, will decide
to take control of their financial future by
starting their own business.

They might decide to improve their financial
standing by getting a job, accepting the fact
that employees do get paid less than what
their worth. That’s a fact because employers
have to make money, too.

They might decide to start their own small
business, mortgaging their families future
to stock the shelves, build the building, etc.

They might decide to start their own home
based business, relying on the fact that there
is very little financial risk and no employees to
pay, knowing that they’re going to get paid
in direct proportion to their effort.

What about you, what will YOU decide today?

…and how can I help?

Tracey
http://www.BeginDreaming.info

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Step by step, day by day, what excites you about life?

I mean, what keeps you up at night with ideas churning in
your head so that you simply can’t sleep until you DO something
about them?

What? What gives you a reason to leap out of bed ready to
tackle your day with enthusiasm? What?

If you said nothing, I’m REALLY sorry about that.

If you said nothing but want to do SOMETHING about that,
check out this short video and begin dreaming again:
http://www.GottaBeSomethingMore.com

Then…

Watch this fun 1-minute video, and
recapture some of the dreams you maybe
barely remember, or possibly build some new ones!

http://www.begindreaming.info

Here’s to your life,
your health
and your pursuit of happiness!

Tracey

Tags: begin dreaming, determination, hope, perserverance, Tracey Gilmore

The key to earning more income really isn’t
tough to figure out. If you need more income,
you must increase your value to the marketplace.

The law of supply and demand dictates that
you’ll get paid for your value, so it stands to
reason that if you’re getting paid $7.50/hr,
that is your value to the marketplace.

Work for an hour, get paid $7.50, whistle
while you work, and you’ll get paid $8.50.

Yes, the marketplace DOES pay for attitude.

Think back to the last few times you ate
at a nice restraunt. I’m sure you’ll agree
that the wait-staff with the best attitude got
the best tip, right? That’s my point.

So, if you want more income, you must
increase your value. Go to work on yourself,
learn new skills, get more motivation, learn
to be a great leader.

The simplest way to add value to increase your
income is through self development. Look for
authors like Jim Rohn, John Maxwell, Jeff Olson.

Check out www.Amazon.com. Nearly any book
you could want is available there, and they
will deliver it to your doorstep! Use the ’search’
feature to see what’s available for a specific
author.

There is only one way to increase your value
to the marketplace, and that is to learn; new skills
and new knowledge will lead to more confidence
and better self-esteem.

Improve your knowledge, confidence and self-
esteem, then watch your income skyrocket!

Here’s to your success~

Tracey

Tags: achievement, begin dreaming, leadership, success, Tracey Gilmore

Coolberry

Its funny, isn’t it, how sometimes animals squeeze their way into your heart, even though you work hard to keep animals ‘in their place’.

We purchased Coolberry about 7 years ago from a friend of ours who was quitting the Quarter Horse breeding business. We purchased all of his horses from him, intending to hit the Quarter Horse market by storm.

As things sometimes go, as soon as we signed the papers, the bottom fell out of the market.

7 years later only 2 horses were left from that herd, one of them was Coolberry, the stallion.

You never met a stallion like this one, as I’m sure you can see by the photo.

Coolberry was a very unusual stallion. We could stack kids on his back like cord wood, he was never mean to people or any other horses (although he was ALWAYS boss…). He was gentle as the day is long.

That was a good thing, as we knew very little about owning horses when we purchased him, and a rank stallion would have done us in, I’m sure.

Yesterday afternoon, when I got home from taking the kids to school, Cool (as we called him), was rolling a bit, and didn’t want to eat or drink anything. He was in obvious pain, with a somewhat distended abdomen.

Assuming colic, we did the classic colic treatment; walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, Banamine to relax him, and tried to tube him to get some mineral oil in his stomach. We were unable to tube him, so at about 8 pm we met the vet in Wolfforth at his clinic.

2 minutes into the exam, Steve, the vet, knew Cool was in trouble. Even with the Banamine, Cools heart rate was 88 beats per minute, twice as high as normal for a horse. Turns out Cool had a blockage in his small intestine and there was nothing that could be done for him.

At 11 pm last night we said goodbye and Cool was gone.

Coolberry was a blessing to our family every day we owned him, and we will miss him. Say a prayer for our kids, they’re taking this pretty hard.

I don’t know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.

I don’t blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.

But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil
is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don’t care how many lala-land left
heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity
lessons.

I don’t need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don’t have any-thing against
Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who
comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don’t believe it
try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and
see how far you get.

What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it’s tanta-mount to
saying, “I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking
your laws and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

It’s an “in your face” action and speaking just for me, I don’t like it one
little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of [edited] in Washington
bigger than English peas it wouldn’t be happening.

Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued,
sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking
the water out of the Potomac again?

And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork
laden and watered down that it won’t mean anything anyway Besides,
what good is another law going to do when you won’t enforce the
ones on the books now?

And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were
the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain’t paying any
attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty
percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and
mess it is and getting bigger everyday.

This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a
tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with
the Muslims can’t happen here when the businesses who hire these
people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics
take to the streets?

If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on
this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care
nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will
inherit. But I guess that doesn’t matter as long as you get re-elected.

Shame on you.

One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve
to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians)
you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot
and anything else they can think of to call you

Well I’ve been pounded by the media before and I’m still rockin’ and rollin’
and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not.

And the truth is that the gutless, [edited]less, milksop politicians are
just about to sell out the United States of America because they don’t
have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.

And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to
have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, “Oh it’s
ok, ya’ll can stay here if you’ll just allow us to slap your wrist.”

And I know that some of you who read this column are saying “Well
what’s wrong with that?”

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as
far as we know. We don’t know who they are, where they are or what
they’re up to and the way the Congress is going we’re not going to.

Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize
corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?

If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye
to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ?

I think not.

All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have
crossed the border just to try to better their life.

They don’t show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13,
the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did.
They don’t tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some
fat cat hired to pick his crop.

I want to make two predictions.

No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence
on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt
and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.

No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of
mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there
will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the
Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators
rush to the other side of the issue.

I don’t know about you but I would love to see just one major politician
stand up and say, “I don’t care who I make mad and I don’t care how
many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I’m going to lead the
fight to get it straightened out.”

I don’t blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don’t
respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?

And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please
get that other one out of my face.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

Tags: begin dreaming, Tracey Gilmore

Rule One – You will receive a body. Whether you love it or hate it, it’s yours for life, so accept it and take care of it! What counts is what’s inside.

Rule Two – You will be presented with lessons. Life is a constant learning experience; every day provides opportunities for you to learn. These lessons are specific to you, and learning them is key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and relevance of your own life.

Rule Three – There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you can really ‘get’ that fact your life will be easier! Your life journey is a process of experimentation. Things will not always go as planned. Behaving ethically, with integrity and with humor are central to the perspective that ‘mistakes’ are simply lessons we must learn.

Rule Four – The lesson is repeated until learned. This can be a tough one. Re-occurring problems are really lessons not yet learned. Ouch! That one can hurt, can’t it! Your own awareness of the lesson and your ability and willingness to learn it are basic to your success in this rule. Accepting responsibility is the first step toward learning this lesson; you yourself are responsible for you, and what happens to you.

Rule Five – Learning does not end. There are always lessons to be learned, as long as you are alive. Commit yourself to constant learning and change – acknowledge your own weaknesses with humility and always remember that inflexibility will deny you the freedom of new possibilities.

Rule Six – “There” is no better than “here”. The other side of the fence may be greener than your own, but being there is not the key to endless happiness. Be grateful for and enjoy what you have, and where you are on your journey. Living in the present helps you attain peace, which is truly key to happiness.

Rule Seven – Others are only mirrors of you. You love or hate something about another person according to what love or hate about yourself. Be tolerant; accept others as they are. Support others, and by doing so you will find you are supporting yourself.

Rule Eight – What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. Learn to let go when you cannot change things. Don’t get angry – bitter memories clutter your mind. We all possess a strong natural power and an adventurous spirit. Draw on yours to embrace what lies ahead.

Rule Nine - Your answers lie inside of you. Trust your instincts and your innermost feelings, whether you hear them as a little voice or a flash of inspiration.

Rule Ten – You will forget all this at birth. From the day we’re born, we begin moving toward a life of doubt, cynicism and a lack of self-confidence. Your task, from birth, is to reduce this effect as much as possible. To create a life of success, you must grow in wisdom, confidence and appreciation for others.

When you lose your way, have faith in the strength of your spirit. Seek to be wise – wisdom paves the path of your life, and it knows no limits other than those you impose on yourself.

Tags: begin dreaming, network marketing, success, Tracey Gilmore

You’re talking to the queen of smiling here, so I’m
talking to myself as much as I am anyone else here!

When you’re responding to someone in conversation,
it’s important to be optimistic and happy.

I mean, who really wants to talk to someone
who is grouchy, depressed or sad for very long?

However, if you’re bouncing off the walls, laughing
in every breath, and the person you’re speaking to
just lost their job, it’s likely they’ll perceive that you
don’t care about their circumstances.

They simply won’t be able to rise to that level of
optimism and excitement.

Your goal is to offer slightly more enthusiasm
and optimism to the person you’re speaking to.

This gives them the opportunity to feel more
hopeful about their circumstances, which is
VALUABLE to them, and to you!

Always observe the person you’re talking to,
read the signs. If they’re not responding to
your cheerfulness, perhaps you need to tone
it down a bit.

Remember, it’s all about THEM, and helping
them realize there can be a better future. Your
goal is to help them achieve ALL they can be!

Make this an AWESOME day!

Tracey

Tags: 21Ten, begin dreaming, Life Shotz, network marketing

Getting People to Listen

The first rule in having a conversation with people
is to communicate in a way that makes people
WANT to listen to what you have to say.

Your first objective is to be INTERESTED in them
and what they’re doing. Genuinely interested.

Ask questions about them, what they’re doing, what
they want, where they’re going in life.

If they know you care about them, when it’s time for
you to talk, they will be FAR more interested in
what you have to say than if you just plow ahead
with your ‘pitch’.

(Be honest, you KNOW you pitch people, your
children, your spouse, your friends, your parents…
This works in those situations, too…)

They’ll throw up a wall between their ears and your
words faster than you can say ‘Paint Precious’s toenails
bright pink, please”!

Nothing you say will get through.

It really is true, people don’t care how much you know
until they know how much you care.

Next tip: Is it possible to smile TOO much???

Until then, make this day AMAZING!

Tracey

Tags: 21Ten, begin dreaming, Life Shotz, network marketing, success, Tracey Gilmore

If you are feeling like you have gotten a little “off track” with your intentions this year, not to worry. Be gentle with yourself. Take a few minutes to read today’s post, and just remember to “Keep On Dancing”.

What I have noticed lately, is that things don’t always seem to happen for the reasons we think, and that can be perfect for us. I started several projects in the last few weeks, that did not work out the way I thought they would, or the way I wanted them to, thank God.

Because they did not work out, space was created for something much better to come into my life. And so, I was able to better understand, that it is not always about the end result of a choice or a project, but how taking that step to go for it in the first place, makes you feel.

What is important, is that you take some inspired action, because your vibration while you are doing something that excites you, and you are passionate about, is what will bring you the essence of what you wanted in the first place. It just may not come from where you thought it would. What is so freeing about all of this, is that it removes a lot of the fear around moving forward, fear that you may fail, be disappointed again, or even embarrassed. It gives you the courage to just step up to the plate and go for it, no matter what the outcome.

If you are feeling stuck, and afraid to take the next step, or any step for that matter, you will never achieve the life of your dreams. Life is not always about being comfortable. It is about moving forward, out of your comfort zone.

And the interesting thing about it is, that the more steps you take, the stronger and more confident you feel inside, where it really matters, and pretty soon you begin to realize that there truly is nothing that you cannot do, that anything is possible, just as long as you keep on dancing.

Veronica Hay
Veronica Hay is the author of In a Dream, You Can Do Anything.An extraordinary collection of writings that will uplift you, motivate you, inspire you, and gently guide you along the inner path of your life.

Go to: http://www.insightsandinspirations.com or feel free to email your comments about today’s message to: veronicahay@telus.net

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Bob Proctor

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
‘Oh excuse me please’ was my reply.

He said, ‘Please excuse me too;
I wasn’t watching for you.’

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we even said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
‘Move out of the way,’ I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn’t realize how harshly I’d spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God’s still small voice came to me and said,

‘While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love,
you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You’ll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.’

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
‘Wake up, little one, wake up,’ I said.

‘Are these the flowers you picked for me?’
He smiled, ‘I found ‘em, out by the tree.

I picked ‘em because they’re pretty like you.
I knew you’d like ‘em, especially the blue.’

I said, ‘Son, I’m very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn’t have yelled at you that way.’
He said, ‘Oh, Mom, that’s okay.
I love you anyway.’

I said, ‘Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue..’

FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
~author unknown

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