Live Your Life in Possibility

I just watched the coolest video, which of course, one of my brilliant friends suggested! It came from www.poptech.org. The speaker was Benjamin Zander, who was conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra. 

He was speaking about 2 different worlds...one a fixed world where there is scarcity, competition, and people are looking for wealth and fame. The other is a world of possibility. A world of abundance. We have a choice of which world we live in. He illustrates this using a 15 year old cello player. This kid was not someone he knew, except to meet him while he was in town. This kid, who Zander thought was 17 years old, plays a piece. Zander then talks and "coaches" the kid...changing his frame of reference about how and why he practices and plays. Even I, with no musical ear at all, could see and hear the difference in his playing. It was amazing! Phenomenal. Brilliant.

This illustrated a few points. First of all, it's how I want to live my life. In possibility. Of what can happen...what will happen. Sounds a lot like the Law of Attraction, right? Second, Zander showed me that this is the kind of mother I want to be. I want to see all of the possibilities of/for my kids. And I want them to see them too. I already believe that they have the whole world at their feet. They truly can do anything they want to. 

Where Has All the Writing Gone?

So I have learned the first lesson of blogging...if you are going to have a blog, you have to update it! This has proven to be harder than I first thought. Just look at the last time I wrote. Pretty pathetic, I know. Like I have said before, I read a few other blogs and other people seem to have this life-altering/enhancing, big, "deep" stuff happening and this is not the case for me. Or I am not noticing or feeling like it is going on in my own life.

Here is my renewed effort to keep you updated...I will sign off on this post, but look for another one, coming soon. I promise!

New Year, New You?

Happy New Year, readers and friends!

I have always been into "new beginnings." If I am going to start an exercise program (ok, stop laughing, it's just an example), I like to start at the beginning of a new week or a new month. I think this is why I have always liked Mondays when I was teaching. Of course, I loved weekends, but Monday was like a fresh start.

Because I think like this, the new year is always a huge time of reflection for me. I have always had new year's resolutions...I haven't always kept all of them (has anyone?). I even went so far as to write them down...ok, if you haven't already figured it out, I'm a nerd! I'm not always proud of it, but it is what it is. So, now I actually have written proof of my successes and failures. It always gives me something to reflect on in the new year. I am not only a note-taker and data-collector, I also analyze everything (sometimes to death).

As the new year approaches, I start thinking about what my goals were for the previous year, did I meet those goals, and I start really contemplating my goals for the upcoming year. If I didn't meet a goal for the year, I don't beat myself up about it (picture that). As I have been learning, there is no failure, only feedback (thank you Alix and NLP Gods). It's not a failure, it's an opportunity to learn, change, and grow.

Usually I have a list of anywhere between 4 and 7 resolutions. They encompass every part of my life: improvements/changes I want to make in my physical, mental, spiritual, emotional life. This year I decided to try something a little different. Instead of a list, I have made one resolution that I think takes everything into account.

So, here it is...

Be Happy!

I think this applies to most things I want in my life. This revelation came to me after I started reading/learning about the Law of Attraction and getting involved as much as possible with http://www.expandingpossibility.com/. This has taken place over the last six months or so.

I don't want to say too much (oh, ok, stop laughing). I just want to see how this works out as a resolution. I will keep you posted on how this is going. I would also love to hear what you think about resolutions. If you want to share your resolutions, that would be awesome!

Why Blog?

Ok, so I posted my first entry and was feeling quite pleased with myself. That is until I shared it with my husband. Ron, who is usually extremely supportive, said that the writing was good, but wanted to know what the point was. He had a couple of questions:

1. Why would anyone want to write a blog?
2. Who in the hell would spend time reading someone else's life story?

After pondering what he said, I got to thinking that there may be some merit behind this opinion of his. Why am I spending the time writing about my journey when I am actually living it? Who will read it? Who will care? I think these are all questions that I pondered before I began this task...but do I really have any answers? Is this just a guy thing, this thinking that reading someone else's story is a waste of time? Or does he just not get it?

These are all good questions and I will spend some time thinking about them. I am also interested in everyone else's thoughts and opinions. If you are so inclined, please drop me a line letting me know what you think about this. Thanks for reading!

Endless Possibilities

I think starting a blog is a strange undertaking...I feel like I have to say something profound to start out. Reader beware...I am not sure how profound you will find this...so read on and you can decide for yourself.

I have been reading blogs for quite awhile now and have been encouraged to start my own (thank you, Alix, for pushing me out of my comfort zone). I have actually toyed with this idea before, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. Like I said, I feel like my writing needs to be something profound or deep...and I just don't know if I would describe my life that way. I have decided to just go with it and see what develops. I hope you will join me and learn with me about the "Possibilities of Me."

One more thing I have to put out there before I begin my blogging life...this is a positively terrifying experience for me. Journaling has always been a part of my life, but it was handwritten. And private. No one read it but me. Writing has always been cathartic and I am curious to see how blogging compares. Obviously, the biggest difference between a journal and a blog is privacy. Anyone will be able to read this...I am really putting myself out there, which could be good or bad. Putting myself out there, for anyone to see/read, is frightening. Really, really scary.

I am so excited about the direction my life has started to take and I feel like this blog is one more part of the journey. Please join me as I discover not only the possibilities of me, but of what life has to offer.