I’ve been meaning to stop procrastinating. Then yesterday I decided to listen for the second time to the self help CD that I had recently purchased.

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Shortly after listening to it, I started doing tasks that I always put off for another time or day. And I was doing them without hesitation.

What a nice surprise!

Could this CD be a way to stop procrastinating?

I plan to listen to it some more because procrastinating is a lifelong bad habit of mine.

Is it one of yours, too?

How does it affect you when you procrastinate?

Does it make you less productive?

What if you were more productive?

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Another post for you about positive thoughts.  It’s been awhile since my last post, and there’s a very good reason for that.

I’ve been busy writing my first book that will soon be published. So for me, that’s really exciting! I get to share my positive messages in a mini book that people can hold in their hands. No internet access required.

Do you have a burning desire to make a positive change in the world?

What are you doing to make that happen?

Is there a better way?

Let me share with you some inspirational lyrics from my song, ‘Uplifted and Inspired’ –

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Several days ago the positive thoughts I had been enjoying were rudely disrupted by an email that aroused my anger. It was from a company representative who obviously had not read and comprehended every previous correspondence I had sent.

Or did she choose to ignore them because she didn’t want to give me a refund?

Maybe she’s on commission?

Or does the company that employs her use an intentionally misleading slogan “…our goal is to exceed your expectations”?

Let me tell you, not only were my expectations not exceeded…They came a long way from being met!

Because of that company’s lack of customer service, this blog was unavailable for 2 days before Thanksgiving. When I paid online, I expected to receive clear instructions of what to do next. But all I got was an email receipt saying that if I had questions to go to their online support address.

Can you believe it? They didn’t even send me a friendly welcome!

The only clear instruction I could find in their online support was to change the DNS, so I did that. Later I discovered that instead of seeing my blog, visitors would see the page this company had put up which mainly advertised their hosting service.

They were getting free advertising while my blog was unavailable! So why should they be in any hurry?

Then when I alerted them that my blog was unavailable, they asked me to re-submit the information I had already given them!

So I knew my blog might be unavailable for a lot longer, especially with the Thanksgiving holiday.

Reflecting on the fact that no clear instructions were given when I paid, I began thinking this was not the type of company I want hosting my blog. But I didn’t want to make a hasty judgment, and Thanksgiving was the next day. I really did want this to work out.

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I’m wondering what you know about binaural beats.  Basically, they are sounds that may affect your brain’s functions in ways that can be very helpful to you.

Although I was already using binaural beats for self improvement, I became even more interested in them when I was interviewing Erica Douglass (www.Erica.biz).

Erica told me that while writing a blog post, she was listening to binaural beats that help with inspiration and creativity. After about thirty minutes of listening, the writing became so easy for her.

You can get those same binaural beats that Erica uses for free at www.i-dose.us.

So… guess what I’m doing while writing this blog post?

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Change doesn’t come easy for most of us.

Stop Procrastinating

Does it for you?

Isn’t it your time now to stop procrastinating?

Several nights ago I was listening to a New Wealth Experience interview of Ariane De Bonvoisin, an expert on handling life changes. Even though I had never heard of her before, I decided to take the time to listen because her topic of handling changing times with clarity and hope was perfect for me on that day.

I was feeling down that afternoon. My business wasn’t progressing the way I expected. Then while going through older emails, one of them caught my attention.

The email that attracted me was inviting me to listen for free to a series of interviews of 21 thought leaders, including several stars of the movie, ‘The Secret’. These leaders are experts in helping others achieve health, wealth and happiness in their lives, so I decided to register.

As luck would have it, the first call was that same night and was about the very topic I needed that day. That call really helped get me out of my sad state.

Would you like a few highlights of that interview?

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What are you thinking about?

Positive thoughts, I hope.

Why?

Well, for one thing, with positive thinking you’re more likely to come up with a solution to a problem.

I’ve got a little inspirational story to illustrate this.

Yesterday Brian walked into my office with a big smile on his face. He was just about to burst with something to tell me…so, of course, I let him do that… on the spot!

And I’m glad I did!

With excitement he said, “I just saved a bee!”

That’s something he hadn’t had much chance to do lately. Previously, as I told you in my story, ‘Can A Bee Show You How to Find Happiness?’, he used to find a struggling bee in our swimming pool almost every day. But lately, he rarely sees a bee.

Just a day or so before yesterday he rescued a bee from the pool. After keeping that bee on his finger for awhile, he set it on a chair outside in the sun to let it dry off its wings. Unfortunately a lizard ate that bee because it couldn’t fly away.

As I told Brian just now that I was writing about his amazing story of saving a bee yesterday, he said: “Did I ever tell you about the wasp?”

“No,” I replied.

“A wasp raises its wings when it lands in the pool, so it doesn’t get its wings wet like the bees do.”

So those bees that land in our pool get their wings wet and can’t fly. Some of them are lucky enough to be rescued by Brian, if he gets to them in time.

Alright, back to yesterday’s story of the bee that survived….I got a little sidetracked when Brian summoned me to come outside. And I couldn’t resist…it’s such a gorgeous, cool and sunny day.

Brian really wanted to save that bee, even though the bee was really out of it, near death. So he was thinking about how he could save the bee.

Since the last bee he had tried to save was eaten after he left it outside, Brian brought this delirious bee inside.

Then he asked God “How can I give this little bee more help? Lord, I need a miracle.”

And instantly the answer came to him…

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This is a follow-up to the inspirational story I wrote last week (my last previous post).

So if you haven’t yet read “How Can You Be Helped by This Inspirational Story?” do it now because it is the beginning of this story.

Here’s the follow-up story.

It was late at night, shortly after I had finished writing the rough draft of that story, when Brian called me to have a look in our atrium.

I couldn’t believe what I saw!

So many snails gathered together on the rocks (See the picture above) in our atrium and, of course, not a snail shell in sight! As best as I could tell, I’d say there were at least fifteen snails.

What did this mean?

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Little did I know when I began work on a project many weeks ago that it would lead to an inspirational story.   And as the project is coming very close to completion, I have been noticing how focused I am.

I have also noticed signs from nature.

How much attention do you pay to what is going on in nature?

Have you ever noticed the trees waving to you?

What insights does nature hold for you?

Now that I have learned the value of nature awareness, I am more grateful for the gifts nature gives us. And I pay close attention to nature. When I say that, I don’t mean listening to or watching the weather news unless I know very bad weather looms nearby. And even then, I don’t pay that much attention to it. When Hurricane Ike boldly whirled through our area last year, I slept through it.

One night a couple of weeks ago after heavy rain, as Brian walked by the atrium in our house he noticed something sparkling on the atrium ground. He summoned me to have a look.

What we saw was a sparkling, glittery irregular spiral line. Brian noticed a snail without a shell by the sparkly trail, and it was then we knew that the sparkling trail was left by a snail, a gift to us. The gift remained for several days, until a heavy rain washed it away.

Years ago I never thought I would enjoy seeing a snail in our atrium. After all, there were a lot of snails in there back then, eating our wandering jew plants while destroying their lovely leaves. We did our best to get rid of those pesky destructive snails, and finally we no longer saw snails or the shells that protected them.

I’m not sure when we began to see snails without shells inside our house near the atrium door.

Snails in Our House!

Maybe it began a year ago, but it has occurred quite a few times since. It was a mystery to us how they got inside and why we never saw their shells…

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A few months ago I heard Ben Mack speaking about Good Energy Day. That’s when I first heard about what happens on 09/09/09 and a global movement of peace, love and harmony.

Since there’s an entire website dedicated to this movement, you can learn all about it there:
htp://goodenergymovement.com/

A great song to go along with this is ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. You can watch a YouTube video of it here:

In a previous post ‘What’s Your Plan for Making Peace’, I gave you the lyrics to my song ‘Arise With Peace’, and here they are again:

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Ready for another story? Since money problems concern so many people, I’ve got another story for you on that topic.

On Sunday while going through my emails I saw one that had an urgent subject line. Since it was from someone whom I
respect, I couldn’t resist reading it.

It was quite fascinating, about some ‘insider information’.

Hmm, insider information…is that legal?

In this case it is!

Although that email had some very compelling information, I didn’t think it was right for me so much as it was for other people I know.  And the email was time-sensitive, but since I already had plans for the rest of the day, I didn’t get the chance to let anyone else know about it.

Monday morning as I set my intentions for the day during my spiritual time, I was reminded of that email. And I knew that the information it contained was very right for me.

As I’ve mentioned before, I have a big dream of founding a charity that will help poor children and orphans.  It’s going to take a lot of money to fulfill that dream, so I’m always on the lookout for ways to make money in a time-efficient way.

Further confirmation came as we approached the park for our morning walk in nature.

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