Week 9 A Happy Thanksgiving.

AS instructed...  This week I have been trying to see the fulfillment of my DMP as a service to others and that idea alone has been a tremendous experience.  With three married kids we decided years ago to hold our family Thanksgiving on Wednesday.  That way there wouldn't be any pressure for the married kids and the in-laws.  It has worked out great over the years but this year my wife is working on an advanced degree and has had major stress with over the top assignments and projects.  This Wednesday was no different so we decided to be UN-traditional....  We gave all the kids and grand kids all day passes to Boondocks (a family fun center) and met there around noon.  We played miniature golf, rode the go-carts, went bowling, played lazer tag etc. etc.  Then around 5:30 we came home and I barbecued some marinated turkey breasts, we had instant stuffing, rolls, salad, baked sweet potatoes, beans all on paper cups and plates (easy clean-up).  I had previously had made four apple pies and we drank my homemade apple cider and grape juice. After dinner we played games until late into the night while my little girls and the grand kids tour up the house. It was the best Thanksgiving ever.  My wife was also able to finish an assignment and still feel a part of the festivities.  The best part was that previously on Monday, my wife had invited over a contractor to give a bid on expanding the family room / kitchen area.  WOW... That is one of my DMP goals and I had never told her.  I sat there in the house all Thanksgiving thinking how much more comfortable the party is going to be when we finish the re-model and that every second with my family is precious.  I was also able to visualize all my other DMP ideals fulfilled as I spent time with my family.  To be my best self for them makes my heart beat and life is truly heaven on earth.  I got a glimpse of eternity last night and realized in my heart that all  I want in life is really being in the service of others.  GIVE MORE GET MORE.  Do the remodel, take cooking lessons, invite the neighbors over to eat, let my kids see the joy in serving others - "Affirm it as an already existing fact"  I get it!  Love, eat, and praise God for this bounteous life.

#8 11-20, Keep Moving Forward...

 I am all caught up and moving forward.  I was having a hard time seeing colors and shapes.... so after making my movie poster, I made a whole bunch more shapes w/ their corresponding color and put them all over the house.  For example, Red circles are for true health and one of my DMP statements is to make healthy choices so I put a red circle on the fridge, the pantry, the treat box, my office desk and workroom etc.  I have really struggled to meet my true health promises and this has really helped.  After the webcast, I bought some snickers bars and other favorite treats and put them where I can see them and then put a red circle on each of them so when I see them I am more excited to not eat it, keep my promises and be in great health than I am  to just satisfy my sweet tooth.

I am also wearing a blue wrist band to remind me to meditate and I carry a compass in my pocket every where I go.  I have yellow triangles on all the doors to remind me to follow the spirit and to draw closer to my Father in Heaven.  Green is to remind me to GO AND DO it now!  To be the person I am dreaming of being.  I also am wearing a necklace to remind me to be more patient and give all my time to my wife and kids first.  I have been so caught up in doing my reading, meditating etc. etc. so I can become a better person that I was neglecting the family which is the reason I want to be a better person in the first place.   To be my best for them makes my heart beat and life becomes heaven on earth.   And it has been so helpful.  I can feel the difference...  In chapter 8:24 of Master Keys, I know that successful men make it their business to hold ideals of the conditions which they wish to realize.  That is what I intend to do.  8:25 He states that if you have been faithful to your ideal, you will hear the call when circumstances are ready to materialize your plans and results will correspond in the exact ratio of your fidelity to your ideal.

I have been studying Qi Gong to help me meditate and am so excited to keep moving toward the person I desire to be.  when I am happy with who I am, then everyone around me is more at peace and I find we connect on a much deeper level that we ever have before.

I have loved the Battleship exercise although going backward to it's beginning has been more difficult for me than thinking of a part and moving forward from it's creation to its placement in the battleship.  The first night, I followed the instructions given by Hannell and saw all the steel back to the smelting, the digging of the ore, and the geologist who discovered it.  The next night, I did the same thing with the wiring and then the next night again with the power plant in the ship - I determined it to be nuclear.  It has been so much fun that I can't wait to see what my imagination will come up with tonight.  Hannall was right...  with this exercise, everything  has taken on a different appearance, the insignificant becomes significant, the uninteresting interesting;  the thins which we supposed to be of no importance are seen to be the only really vital things in existence ---  especially me!

I know I can't force anything but I am so excited to see what happens on Dec. 8th.  Until then, I'll KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

Week 7 "I'm in the dynamic flow of giving and recieving"

This week I have spent hours laboring over the 20 min assignment to build my movie poster, make 8 8X10 + the 16 various copies and 3x5 bookmarks....  But their done and put in places around the house, in my car, office, wallet, pockets and everywhere else I can think to put them.  Now I'm making my soundtrack to my DMP.  I love it all even though I feel I am a week behind...  I have generally  been a week ahead. For example, a few weeks ago I picked red for true health, Yellow for spirituality, Blue for meditation, and Green for DO IT NOW! GET ER DONE assignments and service, and then color coded my DMP.  Then the next web cast we were told to do that exact thing. Wow...  This has happened several times in the past month and I feel like I'm getting the direction were going and then to have it verified has been a thrill.  This is fun.

I am excited to work on the 7 day mental diet and got my first opportunity this week when I was downtown with my wife and little girls and locked the keys in the car.  So rather than get mad, we made a night of it all, walked across the street and went to dinner, shopping....  By the time we finished and walked back to our car our rescuer had arrived with the extra set of keys.  I like the new me!  I like being inspired and acting on those impressions and then finding out  I am on the right track...  I'm excited to really create a new blue-print for myself and my future and I'm getting a glimpse of how I can get there.  (Live in the dynamic flow of giving and receiving)

Week #6 Lights, Camera, ACTION!

Wow, It's happening and I love every moment of it. As part of my DMP I have been meditating, desiring, focusing on becoming more charismatic, self confident, outgoing and creative.  Several weeks ago and completely out of the blue I was asked to M.C. a talent show for the whole county where I live. BIG STEP!
I began early each morning by  mentally creating my day and envisioning how funny I would be, how commanding and vivaciously I would introduce each act and then during that day ideas would come, jokes would materialize in my head and the program began to flow.  This last week I spent hours upon hours designing gags with prizes that would lead into each talent and uplift the audience as well as give credit and applause to the performers.
Then the big night, Friday came and I will admit I was mildly nervous wondering if  the audience would think my jokes and skits were funny and relevant but I was prepared and took that step into the darkness... and into the spotlight and it was great.  I wasn't perfect but it flowed well, I was able to adjust to fit the schedule of the performers and even concluded with a quote from Mandino about love. I was rewarded with applause, laughter, and some giving a standing ovation.

That was a fantastic feeling but the really great part happened after.  My wife and I met this couple who came up to say thank you and remarked that some of the jokes I had made about Korea and adoption were funny...  I told them that they were all from real experiences and they couldn't believe it because the husband had also lived in Korea and they were interested in adoption.  My wife and I have been adoption advocates for years and were able to answer some of their most urgent questions.  We spoke for over an hour and then made plans for a future dinner get together.  On the way out my wife mentioned how much she wanted to help this couple which is another  manifestation of  one of my DMP's - to help others with adoptions.  BOOM  It hit me like a boulder that things were falling into place to fulfill my hearts deepest desires and I was immediately humbled, awestruck, excited and quite honestly full of absolute faith that all the other dreams will come to fruition. 

I am so excited to see it all unfold that each day is becoming an adventure in possibilities.  Mandino was right... that you will begin to awake each morning with a vitality never known before, an increase in vigor, enthusiasm and desire to meet the world and overcome every fear... and yes I am happier than I ever believed possible.  

The light was on... The camera was rolling... and the Actions flowed to surpass all expectations.  WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!