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M J Ryan offers 22 Happiness Boosters worth checking out.

My favorates are #5, #12, #19 and #21.

Which ones resonate with you?

Ever wonder what happens to those beautiful flowers at the event you just attended? In 2003 Nancy Lawlor did while admiring the flowers in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. The result? The Flower Power Foundation.

Nancy has found her passion ‘re-purposing’ flowers from events and weddings, and gifting them to those who otherwise would not receive fresh flowers. In 4 years she’s re-purposed over $2,000,000 in flowers and touched the lives of thousands. Impressive.

I found Nancy on DarynKagan.com. See the video here (waiting through the 15-30 second sponsor is worth it).

Here’s to us each uncovering our heart’s desire.

Rhonda Byrne and her team are creating magic, again. Yesterday I visited The Secret website and to my delight discovered they have added all kinds of goodies called Secret Gifts. It’s worth a trip to check out and find a gift for yourself.

This morning I started my day with this truly wonderful video clip. What a way to start a day!

Every once in awhile, I get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what I’ve done over the past year and a half to be able to run Affirmagy full time. It’s been one of the most rewarding, scary and down right “whoa, can’t believe I did that” times in my life.

So, occasionally I get stuck in my own “mind trash” and I start having some pretty unproductive conversations with myself. Oh goodie.

The good news is I am a quick study, and after a day or so of this I decided enough was enough and I decided to shift my thinking. Here’s the cool part. Within 24 hours of me changing my tune, the universe responded. Today I had no less than four people offer to support our current efforts. I was blown away by the opportunities literally flooding my inbox this morning.

I tell ya, it pays to listen to what you are telling yourself. And it pays off when we are willing to do something about it.

Life is good!

Kristen Marie Schuerlein is committed to living intentionally by harnessing the power of affirmations. After 11 years at the helm of a successful graphic design and marketing company she founded Affirmagy, a company that creates fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations. Kristen’s positive life force inspires others to design - and live - a life they love.

Originally posted November 20, 2006. Enjoy.

One of my favorite things is going to seminars. I always take away a nugget (or a gold brick) of wisdom that I need. Mark Victor Hansen, Zig Ziglar, James Ray - all this guys have inspired me at one time or another. But I remember one experience very very vividly. It was the day I asked myself ‘why can’t I be on stage sharing what I am passionate about? How did these people get there?’.

Then ‘whap’ - I got it. They gave themselves permission to be up there. They asked for the opportunity, and they went for it. Ah-ha!

Within a year I found myself in front of 300 people, then 700 people doing of all things - asking for money! I gave myself permission to be stage, and the opportunity to speak at a fundraiser for my favorite non-profit showed up. Was I scared? Of course. Did it work out OK? Yes. We raised over $500,000 between two luncheons!

So, I ask you, what is possible for your life? What do you want for yourself, your family, your community?

I encourage you to take a few moments to ask yourself just that. Once you do you’ll be amazed at the opportunities that unfold!

Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

Asking ourselves what we want is perhaps some of the most powerful time we can spend, and often it’s the time we simply don’t take for ourselves.

I wonder how my life would be different had I begun asking (and listening too) my heart’s desire years ago. As I write that, the small voice in my head comes to my defense “Yes, you have! You’ve asked what you want.” Well, in some ways that’s true. And in some ways, I can see times when I could have played bigger.

Oh well, life is about affirming what’s in front of us. It’s about ATTRACTING what we want by creating what we want in our minds. That’s the way we begin to move ahead. It’s not reflecting on the past with “I shoulda”.

Today, ask. Get into pure creation mode. Go for it! Ask! And ask again. Why not play huge and see what happens?

Quote for the day

“You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims and destination.” W. Clement Stone

There are many many things I love about Vision Week. Today my favorite is reflecting on all that has transpired over the past 12 months. Coming back to this beautiful place; going for a morning walk, smelling the warm air, writing, reading, and dreaming; I am amazed at how much as changed in my life based on the intentions I set a year ago.

Wayne Dyer is one master teacher of intention, inspiration, and purpose. Reading one of his articles this morning, I began to see at a deeper level how powerful we truly are when we step beyond our fears, and into our heart’s desire. Magic happens. The universe aligns to support us. Hard decisions become effortless when we are in the flow of our purpose. (more…)

Vision Week Q1 2007 underway. I highly recommend the tropics for rest, and rejuvenation. What better way to live an intentional life? Vision week is all about reflecting on past successes, reviewing my 2007 to 2011 goals and intentions and taking the time to expand my vision even further. It’s also that time when I get to ‘get global’ and do really big thinking about my business, my life, my spirituality, my life’s purpose. I love this week and am so grateful for it!

Today I want to share with you another article by a guest author at SuccessConsciousness.com (I encourage you to check out this amazing site). Julie Plenty is the author of 5 Key Ways to Attract Abundance and Prosperity .

Julie’s blog The Essential Connection is worth checking out.

Enjoy.
Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

Today is the first day of Vision Week for Q1 2007! This next week I will share with you resources, people, opportunities and insights grounded in the intention “We’re Having our Best Year Ever”. (This powerful affirmation sits in a frame on my desk.) Coming are posts about vision, leadership, gratitude, success, goal setting, intention, affirmations…. you know, the good stuff!
I have decided to start this weeks posts with Gratitude for one very simple reason; If we are not grateful for what we have, we will not attract what we want.

Cruising the web this morning I came across a GREAT article about Gratitude. The article is by Ken Eikenberry, and was posted on SuccessConsciousness.com (a valuable site in it’s own right).

Part of how I create Vision Week for myself is all about acknowledging my accomplishments, having gratitude for where I am right now, and looking to the future knowing that all my dreams are coming true. A great quote on Joe Vitale’s blog, spoken by a friend of his is this: “I am satified, I just want more”. That’s the essence of gratitude.

Here’s Ken’s article, The Power of Gratitude.

Enjoy.

Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!