My journey towards a million!

People are asking me recently why I have gone on this crusade to
become an Inspirational Millionaire. They look at me as if I am crazy,
like who am I to want to make a million.  In fact who am I to even
think I can make a million! Only that’s not what they say, so of course
that is my perception, they just stare blankly at me, smile politely
and go back to reading their magazine or watching the television!

One of the major obstacles I overcame this year was my belief in the
fact that I deserve and could in fact manage to manifest/create a
million pounds.  It hadn’t even entered my consciousness to try! I kept
thinking, well, as long as I have enough to buy what I needed that was
good enough.

And sure enough that is what life provided… just enough.  I would
always have a large sum of money come in and there would be something
that needed repairing or something to buy that would take that large
sum away. This of course was the exact pattern my parents had too!

So now I am thinking, feeling, visualising and affirming differently
and the most important reason I am aiming for this is because the more
I have the more I can give away.

I help charities all the time, Cancer Research, Age Link (our elders
get a raw deal in my opinion), NSPCC, Every Child Matters, these are my
regular financial ones. Then there are the odd ones, St Lukes Hospice
Harrow, world wildlife fund, friends of the earth, save the children,
every drop matters, my local children’s hospital Northwick Park, The
Big Issue for the homeless.

Just imagine how much more more I can provide these charities with if I was a millionaire.

Imagine how many more chairities I could contribute to on a regular basis.

I want to be able to give, give, give, but not to lazy arse friends
and family who think they can have my money, but to organisations who
are out there making a contribution to the world, making a difference
to people.

I also want to be able to have a foundation that supports the
building of aspirations, confidence and self-esteem from as young an
age as 5, so that this becomes a welcome and every day part of our
life, rather than the negative name calling that sometimes exists.

I have a vision, I have drive, motivation and ambition. 

I deserve to be an Inspirational Millionaire and I will be an
inspirational millionaire. Whether it takes me 6 months or 3 years is
irrelevant. I will get there because I have never set my mind to
anything before and not succeeded.

Even Life Coaches bleed!

There seems to be this belief amongst some that life coaches are perfect, that everything in their life is perfect and in order, that they are totally joyous 24/7 and never want for anything. Of course there are some life coaches that are like that……. and they are dead! They have left this world and moved onto another realm!

For those of us still here I want to let you know that we bleed just like the rest of you, the difference is we have a different perspective and we have "tools", coping strategies, methods to help us dig ourselves out of any hole we may have created fairly quickly.

On Friday I had the experience of being refused help. Now I very rarely ask for help, I am Ms Independent and the only group of people I would ask for assistance from are mothers. Otherwise I would sort it, do it, work it out myself. Then realising that no man (or woman) really is an island I ventured into the realm of asking others, but only since March this year! So this could be considered my first "no".

I think what made it worse is that it came from someone that I actually admired a lot, a helluva lot! And being a very sensitive soul (aahhh!) and a Scorpion (you know what water signs are like!) AND a double creative numerology number 29/11 (1 is creativity and double 1 - no it’s not 11! - is double creative, double sensitive, double mastery!!!!).

The funny thing is the words that got me the most is "stop asking for handouts" ME! Please, ask for handouts, I would rather cut my nose off to spite my face!! And so I did what I usually do when someone pisses me off (you do know never to piss a Scorpion off right!!!). I cut him out of my life, instantaneous and (probably) for ever. Who knows!

And I worked myself towards healing, because this incident happened so I can heal whatever part of me needs to about feeling like I am being personally attacked, really it was just a few words! I do take these things kinda personal and get way too significant!

And it’s Monday and I am over it :0) That’s because I used my tools to wipe out the emotional connection to this incident. So I think about it and there is no hurt. Perfect.

Oh and I am not great at vulnerability either…. ;0)

So this post will just about wipe any of that out of me too :0)

The power of blogging to the world. I recommend it. Writing as a way of healing. Fantastic

When did divorce mean desperate?

I wanted to clear up some confusion. I am divorced, which means I am no longer married. When did divorce begin to mean "a woman who needs a man to fill the space real quick, and he should get in there because she has kids and will be desperate for it AND she should be damn grateful!".

There is something quite empowering about having to manage alone. Changing light blubs, managing finances, sorting out the car. Now I was lucky enough to be raised to handle myself anyway, so there really wasn’t much stuff to learn, but I know there are women who feel they cannot possibly cope without a man beside them.

And! Just to be clear. I am not knocking men either, I love men dearly, they serve a purpose in my life that only they can fulfill.

But I would never take on a relationship out of a fear of being alone. I have come to terms with being alone (because I believe in God and believe I am never truly alone) and have no problem with it. In fact I go out of my way to be alone sometimes as I find answers in solitude.

Because of that opportunities have opened up to meet wonderfully kind and generous men.

I am determined to get married again, but when I am in my 80’s, having done all there is to do and seen all there is to see, and I meet the man of my dreams who will be no older than 85!! We will share our stories about transformation and the people we have met along our journey. After all my intention is to live to be 145 years old. Only God really knows if that will happen!

Stay blessed
Diane

Nick Vujicic - An Inspiration to us all

Its Amazing….. Wonders can happen with WILL POWER…..

My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles.

"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."

….To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knew that verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 in Melbourne (Australia), the last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby.

The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn’t survive for very long, but tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few limbs missing.

Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life I’d be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and courage through those early years and soon after that I was old enough to go to school.

The law in Australia didn’t allow me to be integrated into a main-stream school because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Mom the strength to fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the first disabled students to be integrated into a main-stream school.

I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, but it was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get used to, but with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I was different but on the inside I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn’t go to school just so I didn’t have to face all the negative attention. I was encouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just like them, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.

There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn’t change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn’t understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I’m the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it’d be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to comfort me and give me strength.

Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteem and loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.

One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted.

"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him."

That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in our life.  I had complete peace knowing that God won’t let anything happen to us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it’s God’s will, it’ll happen in His time. If it’s not God’s will for it to happen, then I know that He has something better.

I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and in ways others can’t be used.  I am now twenty-one years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today’s teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector.

I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow. I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become the best witness I can be of God’s Love and Hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"!

Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"

 

I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it’s God’s will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What’s worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can’t do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available for God’s work, guess whose capabilities we rely on?  God’s!

Joys of BEING SINGLE

And now for something completely different

‘What was that?’
‘That was your life, mate.’
‘Oh, that was quick. Do I get another?’
‘Sorry mate, that was it!’

Basil Fawlty

I read this and thought it was so simple and yet really hits home, that’s it, done, when it’s your turn will you be happy with what you left behind?

Can you help?

A
friend of mine asked me a question and I thought I would put it up here
in case anyone can support him in finding what he needs….

"Can
you suggest a place where I can find details of the bigger black owned
businesses in the UK ?. I am looking for sponsors for my compilation of
mini-biographies of black leaders. This is a project which I initiated
in January and wish to devote more time to now. You can find the
website at following www.black-history-pages.org.uk."

You can find Timi here:

http://www.ecademy.com/account.php?id=73924

My own acronym

In self help people have created all kinds of acronyms as a way to describe something we want to overcome, or as a way to empower people. FEAR is my favourite

False, Experiences, Appearing, Real

There are many others! So now I have made up my own, it came to me the other day and I love it. The part of us that seems to have huge control is the EGO - it doesn’t have to be that way just so you know - you can control it! You just need to learn how.

So I have come up with an acronym for EGO which is

Everyone’s
Godless
Omen

It is everyone’s because we all have one and your godless omen because it limits you (only to protect you mind) but there is a part of you which is bigger, your higher self, if you only take the time to listen. Perhaps I will blog more on the higher self, but in the meantime, I will enjoy feeling creative because I created something!!!

To let go is to love

  To let go does not mean to stop caring,   
it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,   
it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable,   
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means   the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,   
it’s to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,   but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,   but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,   
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,   
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,   
it’s to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,   but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,   
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,   but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,   but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,   but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more      
Remember: The time to love is short

Do you need a clear out?

Well do
you, would a good clear out help you right now? (no not that kinda
clear out!). I am talking about de-cluttering, getting rid of the old!

Spring
time is a time to get rid of all the old to allow the new to come into
your life. What do you have that you no longer wear or use? Your junk
is somebody’s gold! Energy becomes stuck when you hang on to old stuff.

And
it’s not just stuff either! Have you unfinished business? Something not
said or someone you haven’t completed with? All this drains your
energy.

Clearing it all out, having a conversation and shutting the door, will make you feel like you are
"back together", as your spirit returns and you have more time for
other things. Go forth and clear out!

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