Archive for November, 2006

What is Prosperity

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Those of you who have started the Prosperity Challenge will remember that I asked you to consider that Prosperity means to you.  Several of you submitted your responses to me (thank you!), and it’s interesting how many of us look at Prosperity in similar ways.

For most of us, it doesn’t involve money so much as satisfaction.  There is, however, that element of moving from lack to choice.  That’s a good thing because focusing on lack just keeps it in place.

Choice is a recognition that anything is possible.  It’s a way of looking at things with an open mind and an open expectation.  Rather than “buying in” to someone else’s defiinition or limitation, choice is ultimately a very personal matter – it’s about what makes us happy.  That’s why it’s so important.

A high school friend of my husband’s is visiting from Lake Tahoe tonight.  He is funny, gracious and easy to be around.  At dinner we discussed how he had closed his business – the one he started 30 years ago – because he decided he didn’t want to be a 55 year old doing what he had always done.  He’s very comfortable with his choice and right now his focus is on how he’s doing exactly what he said he would do…not be a 55 year old doing what he had always done.

How cool is that?  Declaring yourself, following through with your word, and recognizing the value of simply “being”.  He knows that 5 months from now is soon enough to figure out what he wants to do next.  No pressure, no urgency, no emergency.

Most of us never give ourselves the opportunity to discover what we’re capable of being and doing, because we’re so locked into being and doing the same old thing – what’s expected of us.

True Prosperity consciousness recognizes that when we allow ourselves the moments of freedom, we allow ourselves to discover what will give us that next sense of satisfaction.

Oh, and right now he’s in my kitchen doing my dishes – what a great guy!!

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Changes and Updates

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

In this post:

  • Changes to the Site
  • Joe Vitale, Larry King and The Secret
  • Spiritual Cinema Circle – a Free Month
  • Free Drawing for DVDs

Well, I seem to be on a roll…this is the second blog I’ve moved in a week.  So, I’m getting pretty good at installing blogs.

In fact, because I have not had nearly as much time to promote and support the Prosperity Challenge as I would have liked, I decided to make this blog the landing page for people who are coming to the site for the first (or second or hundredth) time.

That way you can always find out what’s new by simply dropping by periodically.  You can leave your stories, your questions and your comments. You’ll need to register first, but anyone can register.

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Joe Vitale, Larry King and The Secret
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A couple of days ago I sent an email to this list about Dr. Joe Vitale being part of an interview panel on Larry King.  And how the idea for the panel came out of Larry King’s experience with the internet movie “The Secret”.

Unfortunately I was unable to be home the night the TV interview aired, and I still haven’t seen “The Secret”.  But as I mentioned in the email, “The Secret” will be part of the December offering from the Spiritual Cinema Circle, the wonderful DVD program that I’ve been a part of since it began nearly 3 years ago.  So I’ll get to see the movie next month.

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Spiritual Cinema Circle – a Free Month
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In the email I also sent you a link to a free video short from the October SSC DVD and a link that allows you to get a month of the SSC free (except for the shipping costs).  If you hurry, you can get December issue that includes “The Secret”.  And that brings me to my final comments for this post.

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Free Drawing for DVDs
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One of the reasons I missed Larry King is that I was at a special pre-Thanksgiving event in one of our local communities.

The event is held every year at this time in a part of town where my husband and I first lived when we moved to this community nearly 15 years ago.  We lived in this very cute neighborhood for a little more than a year before buying our lovely ocean-view home 30 miles north of town.  So, that evening we spent some extra time walking around, seeing what had changed and what was still the same.

Of course, many things had changed in 15 years, especially the neighborhood stores we remembered so fondly.  The really cool book/video store where you could find the most eclectic entertainment was long gone, as was the trophy and award store, and the upper class home furnishings store was closing because the owners were retiring.  Then there was the new bank, and the drug store where Food Mart had been.

But the American Cancer Society’s very classy secondhand store was still there.  I always liked going in there – not only because it was a cause I felt really good about supporting, but also because it never felt like a “thrift store”.  It’s always been clean and well-tended.  Gently used, and still very useful stuff in there.

So anyway, my point.  I was looking through the CDs to see if anyone with my taste in music had decided to part with some of their collection.  Unfortunately not.  However, I did find 3 volumes of the Spiritual Cinema Circle DVDs!  Well, for the price I couldn’t pass them up.  I know the value (and I know that I pay $21 + shipping each month to get mine).

Of course I already have these DVDs, but many of you don’t.  So I’m holding a special drawing on December 15.  All you have to do to enter is to communicate with me in writing between now and then.  Post a comment to the blog, send me a question, an idea, a story, a resource.

Tell me how the Prosperity Challenge has made a difference for you – or that it hasn’t.  Ask me that question that’s been challenging you.  Make a suggestion about something you’d like to see or hear.  Or just send me a blank email.

I’ll put your names and addresses in a basket and on December 15 I’ll have my husband draw three names.  Each person whose name is drawn will get one of those 3 DVDs I just purchased. That’s all you need to do.  And 3 of you will have a chance to enjoy the DVD for free.

So I’ll be sitting here waiting to hear from you….just be sure to include an email address so I can contact you afterwards.

Warmly,

Katie

P.S.  Now, I haven’t looked very closely at the DVDs and I can’t guarantee the physical quality – they are used, but seem to be in very good shape.

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