This morning was beautiful, gorgeous sun, birds chirping and dashing back and forth in the bushes.
Spring is not too far around the corner and it seems like the birds are getting ready to pair up and build some nests.
We were walki
ng on the path in the woods with glimpses of Nantucket sound. With the snow melting there were lots of nice places for the girls to plunge in and bound around as we walked down the trail.
Today was one of those days I was just 
feeling really good.
No big external condition causing it just delighted with life and enjoying feeling good walking the dogs and being with them enjoying the day.
As I was walking along I must have had a nice smile on my face. I ran into a woman walking the path. She stopped to look at Taza and Luna but didn’t really seem to have a friendly energy about her.
Which is pretty hard when you are near two very cute, polite, wiggly Labradors… They did not pay her too much attention, I guess her energy was not that attractive to them.
Then she stopped and looked directly at me. “You are so happy” “I can feel your happiness” she smiled, and commented that isn’t something she would normally say and that she never picked up on what someone was feeling so strongly before.
We talked a little, I told her that nothing was more important than that I feel good. Because it makes me feel good, attracts good things to me, and aligns my energy with all good things flowing to me. I told her living this way allows me to be more helpful and valuable to my clients and customers.
She laughed, I guess it must be true she said. I feel great, you’ve made my day. We waived good afternoon and went on with our walk.
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martha’s vineyard musings walking dogs- I have two Labrador retrievers, Taza who is 8 and Luna who is 6. Every morning I take a walk with “The Girls.” We go to different beaches and pathways on martha’s vineyard where we live. This tag in my blog is about the thoughts, discoveries, ideas, and epiphanies that come to us during those walks. I hope you enjoy the inspirational musings and your virtual visit to martha’s vineyard.
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Everyone I know seems to get busier and busier.
They look at my life and wonder how I can accomplish so much and always have time to play and relax.
There are two important things that I incorporate into my life.
Boundaries and self care.
The boundaries are very helpful in carrying out the things I want to focus on and making sure I don’t spend my time getting caught up in things that don’t serve those focuses whether they be recreational or business.
The self care is extremely important in giving me energy and a reserve of energy and fulfillment in my life so I can handle the rough patches and the exhilarating challenges without stress and frustration.
I have five daily habits that I incorporate into my schedule that allow me to give myself extreme self care and I make them a priority.
- Walking my two dogs for a long walk first thing every morning and each afternoon
- Taking 5 to 10 minutes a day just to sit and think about not much in particular but be open to what comes up
- I spend an hour a day reading either for pleasure or for life long learning
- I put my full attention on what ever I am doing and do my best at it, this gives me great satisfaction even if the task I am performing is routine or boring
- I look at the stars for a few minutes every night before I go to bed
What kinds of things can you do for self care this week that you can turn into daily habits that will help you create a reserve of energy and help you stay focused when things get stressful?
I would love to have you share some of your ideas in the comments section.
Self care things I can do just for me:
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confidence,
happiness,
success secrets
Possibility- It’s a wonderful and powerful thing especially when we
are willing to play with the possibilities.
To stand in the field of possibility and to look and listen and really “See” the limitless array open to us; you need to flex your possibility muscle, the one that lets you see, hear, feel, and attract all kinds of possibilities.
How do you do that?
You have to start by being aware that your thoughts are not looking at possibility. They are pointing you at the lack of things, the slowness of stuff coming to you, the not quite how you wanted it thoughts…
Because every time you have one of those thoughts you are repelling what you say you want to attract to you.
You have an average of 2-3,000 thoughts a day and chances are very good that if you don’t currently have [click to continue reading…]
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women entrepreneurs
Passion, inspiration, creative thinking… these are the things we need in our business life to connect with our audience and to have a small business that fills us up.
When we have products, services, and ways of connecting with our audience that taps into our creativity and inspiration we are attractive, approachable, highly regarded…
That creativity and inspiration is energizing to our audience and they are drawn to what we are creating and what we have to offer them.
Realizing that this is such a key ingredient of success in our business life its important to make it a focus of our weekly routines.
Do you schedule in time for creative thinking?
Do you set aside time each day to infuse your projects with inspirational ideas?
Do you know which are your most creative times of day?
Listen to this podcast I made, and discover how to schedule in creative thinking
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success secrets,
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