Single Mom Shares How To Find Inner Peace, Self Esteem & Confidence. Transform Your Life!

Category: Personal Growth

  • President Obama on Jay Leno

    Here is the video link directly from NBC website that shows the full interview of President Obama on Jay Leno last night:

     

    Some highlights of what President Obama said(in italics):

    Growth wasn’t real in the past years. What we need is real growth. 

    Break the pattern of everyone in Washington looking to blame others.

    The problems are not going to be resolved immediately. The key is for everyone to stay focused.

    Don’t put your money in your mattresses. Be prudent.

    What has built America is the confidence and faith in the future. The future is going to be bright for all of us if we all focus on this.

    The key point that stands out for me is about the pattern of blame needing to break.  To be able to move ahead we have to have the courage to make great change. And great change requires a focused mind with vision instead of bashing with blame. I do believe President Obama has a true desire for change as do all of us. The building has crumbled, so to say. Now the pieces have to be cleaned up and a new way of governing has to be established.

    The financial meldown was like the underground volcano that erupted this week. It was inevitable.

  • Volcano Erupts in Tongan Coast

    This  live footage of the underwater volcano off the Tongan coast is incredible. Here you can see the power of nature in action. The immense force gives me a moment of pause.  What does this visual evoke in you? For me, it shows that all of life must be respected including our own individual lives.

  • Update on Sparky’s Wound..My Labrador

    sparky my labrador march 09Sparky’s paw still has an exposed wound. I have been taking many precautions and  care  in the past six months so it doesn’t get infected. However, he is over 100 pounds, very stubborn and refuses to let it heal with the bandage. This picture where I found a brace usually only lasts about a couple of hours. Then he maneuvers to take it off, when I am not looking.

    I am at my wits end. I am tired of yelling at him. I yo- yo between ignoring him and back to worrying about his paw. As I observed him the other day, I wondered if he is now used to the pain of this exposed wound. I know it must hurt him, even though he still walks normal yet with a slight limp.

    I finally had an idea the other day of maybe getting a cast on it, just like I had when I broke my bones.  My brother, Ricardo, who is a dermatologist sent pictures of  Sparky’s wound to a dermatological vet. He said that Sparky’s condition is an obsessive compulsive disorder.  The wound started because he scratched a groomer. What started as a small wound ended becoming bigger and bigger as he continuously licks it.  The vet says that this type of condition is very hard to get rid of and that some people have tried snake venom to prevent this.

    The problem is that it keeps getting bigger and bigger as time goes by. Isn’t this true with our own emotions? Don’t we sometimes suppress them again and again when a trigger causes us to react and suddenly we are exposed?  My own process  has been long and painful. At least I finally feel my heart is in a better place, stronger and ready to take the punches without a meltdown. I only hope Sparky heals soon.

  • A View From the Top

    If you were a building, how high could you soar? They say that if you can imagine it, you can build it.  I just saw this video of the world’s tallest building called the Burj Dubai. I am not suggesting that you can build something taller than this. I am using this as an analogy of the possibilities of what can be achieved. As they say in the video, “the giant dreams of man and nature.  It took 29 million man hours to build!

    If you are at the bottom of the barrel and rebuilding your life , all it takes is a blueprint and a plan. But the concept and dream always comes first. I am sure the planning of this took years. As they say in the  But now that it is completed, no matter how ostentatious, it is a wonder to the eyes.

  • My Dreams Push Me to Work on the Details

    I Took This Picture Right After This Butterfly Was Born Ready to Fly
    I Took This Picture Right After This Butterfly Was Born Ready to Fly

    This past month has been a time to keep on focusing on recreating income. I have been working with an asset management company. They send me on assignments to gather information for pre-foreclosure cases. It is hard work, but I am willing to do it to find new avenues to provide for my sustenance this year. Even though I am continuing my creative projects with publishing, it entails a great amount of detail.

    Because real estate is something I have done for the past 23 years, I have confidence that I can create new deals. The atmosphere is not the best. I think I was burned out from most of my deals that fell apart. I also was dealing with the stress of getting all new certifications to pursue the REO listings now.  I finally feel organized. The focus has to be very directed because I cannot afford to have more deals fall apart.

    It is because I have awakened my passion of writing and doing this blog that keeps me going most of the time. I get sudden bursts of energy to work the real estate when I get so many ideas of projects I want to do with publishing. One of my dreams is to create children’s books. So keeping that dream alive helps me to do the detail work now.

  • How To Have A Good Meltdown

    In this video, I discuss how to handle a meltdown, take in your strengths, and take the opportunity of a meltdown to see how you can change your life for the better.