Affirmations for Prosperity and Abundance
I am now open to receive
Life is easy
I have an abundance of whatever I need
I now have surplus, all my needs are being met
I have unlimited abundance
I now give and receive freely
This is a rich universe and there is plenty for all of us
I now live in a rich and loving universe
Money comes to me easily and effortlessly
I am always supplied with whatever I need
I move forward with an expectancy of my greatest good
I look for and receive a bountiful supply
My greatest good is coming to me NOW
Affirmations courtesy of Abundance Secrets
Try these to change your mindset.
Quote on Adversity
” The seeds of great success are often right in front of you, hidden in the ashes of adversity”
~ Francis Ford Coppola
Many successful people have failed to begin with. It is almost a pre-requisite to success! Adversity is a learning tool. The secret is not to give up.
Great shot by terren in Virginia
Kurek Ashley; Life Success Coach
If you are serious about achieving your life goals, why not get a professional
“Life Success Coach”?
Kurek Ashley was a successful Hollywood actor. When his life took a turn for the worse and he found himself at rock-bottom, he was forced to re-assess and re-build his life. He formulated a method for achieving peak performance based on hard experience. Subsequently he moved from the USA to Brisbane, Australia and became a Peak Performance and Life Success Coach, running seminars and teaching personal development, amongst other things.
Still on our never-ending quest for personal growth and financial freedom, my husband attended a weekend seminar of Kurek’s in Auckland, NZ, which culminated in firewalking! This was a life-changing experience for him.
We wouldn’t usually join a group like this, but Kurek’s philosophies struck a chord and we decided to join his Life Success Club.
Every night for over a year we listened to CD’s from Kurek. He introduced a new CD with new subjects every month. They covered all sorts of ‘strategies for taking your life to a higher level, mentally, financially, physically and spiritually‘.
Listening to the same thing 30 days in a row makes sure that it sinks in!! There was also an “action track” to do. It was very effective and we felt a lot happier too.
As we became more personally developed we felt confident enough to make some life-changing decisions. Using Kurek’s teachings (his “Thoughts create Actions which create Results”, is the “Law of Attraction”, which we also used), we eventually made the leap of faith; quit our jobs, sold everything and moved to Australia (our first major goal) with our young son.
Sunny Queensland is better than we imagined. We are achieving our goals and manifesting our dreams due, in no small part, to Kurek. We are deeply indebted to him for this.
Thank you Kurek.
101 Ways to Feel Happy
Feeling low or even downright sad?
Have a look at this comprehensive list of suggestions to make yourself happy, written by Annabel Candy, of “Get In The Hot Spot” fame. There’s sure to be at least a few ways to bring a smile to your face, from her list of 101 Ways to Feel Happy.
We find a good sing at the top of our voices, does wonders:
“Who Let the Dogs Out” is a great song, along with “I get Knocked Down but I Get up Again” by Chumbawamba.
Our current favourite to sing along to is “Red, Red Wine” by Neil Diamond. Turn up the volume!!
What makes you feel happy?
Pic of my happy boys
Power of the Mind ~Shakespeare
“There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.”
- William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Shakespeare also believed that “perception is reality.” We create our own experiences; our own experience of life, through our thoughts.
Don’t like what’s going on in your life? Change how you think about things.
Leo Babauta from the popular Zen Habits has also recently mentioned this quote from Shakespeare. Read his take on it here.
A great picture by alicepopkorn
A Daily Mantra for Uncertain Times
” I am guided by Divine Intelligence
In my words, thoughts and actions;
I am guided and protected,
I am full of the joy of living.”
~Anon
Try using this mantra. It’s a good “all-rounder” and great to use to re-assure yourself in times of uncertainty. It’s not hard to remember either!
Use it often and by the power of attraction it will manifest and become true for you.
Picture by Felipe Venancio
Escape the Rat Race; Read these Books
Here are ten of the many great titles that helped us on the road to financial freedom:
Rich Dad Poor Dad ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Cash Flow Quadrant ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Retire Young Retire Rich ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Think and Grow Rich ~ Napolean Hill
The Science of Being Rich ~ Wallace D. Wattles
The Secret ~ Rhona Byrne
The Power of Intention ~ Dr Wayne W. Dyer
Conversations with God 1-3 ~ Neale Donald Walsche
Your Best Life Now ~ Joel Osteen
The 4- Hour Workweek ~ Timothy Ferriss
These books have been indispensible to us; a quick precis:
Firstly, Rich Dad paved the way with his lessons on handling money and the importance of being financially literate. A great start.
Napolean Hill introduced the importance of the “Power of the Mind”‘ along with Wallace D. Wattles who had a mental and spiritual approach to getting rich. Wallace D. Wattles ‘thinking stuff’ was an early forerunner to the “Law of Attraction”, a la “The Secret”. The LOA is a very popular concept nowadays and rightfully so, though it’s nothing new.
Dr Wayne Dyer’s book is in a similar vein, the “Power of Intention” being a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. I love his meditation CD, “Getting in the Gap” also.
The “Conversations With God” series is for the open minded. God spoke to Neale Donald Walsche! The ‘conversation’ is riveting and answers many questions about life, the universe and everything. I really enjoyed these books, though they made my head spin for a while!
Joel Olsteen is a senior pastor at Lakewood Church, Houston. He is quite progressive and open-minded and his book, about living at your full potential, is inspiring.
Tim Ferriss is a radical (in the nicest way of course!) and wraps up this list well. His book, “The 4-Hour Workweek” is about throwing out old outdated concepts and living your life as you want it. He calls it ‘lifestyle design’. Very interesting.
The “Law of Attraction” Works!
I’ve got another hot tip for you; the Law of Attraction works!
Now, I’m not going into a lot of detail about LOA here. For that I suggest you read
“The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne. But, in short, the LOA states “Like attracts Like” so whatever you think about comes about. Your thoughts create your reality. It’s the secret to life.
Now for all the doubting Thomas’ out there, I thought I’d give you a few examples of what the Law of Attraction has done for us, but firstly I want to say that we were quite a long way along the track to financial freedom by the time we learnt about the LOA, but somehow we couldn’t make the final break-through. The LOA did it for us.
When we first started out we watched “The Secret” DVD over a dozen times. On the DVD Joe Vitale advocates just asking the Universe for what you want “Like you’re ordering it from a catalogue”.
As a test run we decided to ask for $50,000. We had no idea where it was going to come from, but we gave ourselves til the end of the month to achieve this. Only a few days later my husband’s superannuation statement arrived in the mail. There was exactly $50,000 more in the account than we expected. We were blown away!
For several years now we’ve had dream boards (also known as vision boards) on which we’ve pinned pictures of all our goals and dreams. They were on our dining room table so we saw them constantly throughout the day.
One board had all the things we wanted regarding our future life in Australia. The other was more general; places we wanted to visit etc. On it I had a picture of a sportscar that I really liked, with a little picture of me pinned on it (our son called it “tiny mummy”!). Well, within a couple of months I got an Alfa Romeo TS147! The business had done well and my husband decided it was time to reward me for all my efforts! We never spent money on extravangances like this!! I’d driven rust buckets all my life. Wow, I liked this LOA stuff!
See this photo of Sunshine Beach in Queensland, Australia? It was on our dream board. We now live there. We walk on this beach every day. It really is so astounding that we pinch ourselves (well, we pinch each other actually…it’s more fun!) to make sure we’re not dreaming!
You can attract what you want too. Know what you want and visualise it as though it’s already happened; as if you already have achieved your goal.
Ask, Believe, Receive! It is yours. Good luck!
Dale Carnegie on Happiness
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
~ Dale Carnegie
All Thanks to Rich Dad!
Have you thought about retirement?
Do you have a nice retirement nest egg? Will you struggle on superannuation? Maybe, you’ll end up living with your relatives. There is another choice… financial freedom. That’s when your passive income (i.e money you don’t have to work for) exceeds your outgoings, so your money works for you when you can no longer work for it.
If this sounds good I suggest you go to a book shop or local library and get a copy of “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. When you’ve finished that read “Cashflow Quadrant” and then “Retire Young Retire Rich”. You will learn that it is possible to be financially free and out of the ‘rat race’ of life if you follow Rich Dad’s philosphies.
For those of you who’ve been in outer space for the last ten years or so this is the story: Robert had two dads (Rich Dad was the father of his best friend)) who had opposing views about money. One dad would say “I can’t afford it” and the other dad would say “How can I afford it?” He decided to listen to Rich Dad.
The “Rich Dad” book series focuses on Cash Flow and Leverage. It’s about building your asset column so the money keeps coming in even if you’re not working. An example of this is a rental property where the rent covers all the outgoings and gives you some cash to put in your pocket as well.
As well as books, Robert devised an educational game called “CashFlow.” See my previous post here. It is well worth investing in if you are serious about becoming financially free.
As you probably know I’m a great fan of the ‘Power of the Mind”. This is what Robert has to say about our thoughts shaping our lives:
The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself. I noticed that my poor dad was poor not because of the amount of money he earned – which was significant – but because of his thoughts and actions. As a young boy, having two fathers, I became acutely aware of being careful in deciding which thoughts I chose to adopt as my own and to whom should I listen – my rich dad or my poor dad? At the age of nine I decided to listen to and learn from my rich dad about money. In doing so, I chose not to listen to my poor dad – my real dad – even though he was the one with all the college degrees.Being a product of two strong dads allowed me the luxury of observing the effects that different thoughts have on one’s life. I noticed that people really do shape their lives through their thoughts.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet several people lately who became financially free by following Rich Dad’s teachings. Actually, they’re more than financially free…they’re rich.
I’d like to say a huge thank you to Robert Kiyosaki for writing these books. Rich Dad’s wisdom has helped a lot of people.
To everyone else; this is a strategy which works. Read these books; get financially educated. Start as young as you can. Good Luck!
Success ~ Henry David Thoreau
“I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Wonderful picture by alicepopkorn
A Few Words on Creation
“It is your mind that creates the world.” ~Buddha
Beautiful Photo by Hamed Saber
How to Feel Happy at Least 80% of the Time
BANISH ALL NEGATIVE THOUGHTS before they can take hold.
This is the number one reason I manage to feel pretty happy at least 80% of the time. The tactic is not to get yourself in an unhappy state in the first place.
If a violent story comes on the TV News, I mute it! If I see disturbing images, I turn away! If my friends are bitching and moaning about all the things they hate, or exchanging horror stories, I change the subject (or leave the room!). I never ponder upsetting scenarios…especially ones that don’t exist!
DO NOT watch, read, listen to or think about anything that gets you down. You don’t have to be ignorant, but don’t take all that negative stuff on board. Sift it if you have to, then dump it.
If banishing unhappy thoughts isn’t appropriate or possible, you can change them instead. Recently my father had a heart attack; of course I wanted to think of him, so I changed the way my thoughts went. I imagined him saying “You’re not going to get rid of me that easily” and filled my head with a vision of him 100% well again.
A week or so later, after a successful operation, I called him and he said those exact words!
So, what about the other 20% of the time? I believe it’s close to impossible to be happy all of the time (with the exception of a few very advanced monks who live in caves) because, let’s face it, we still face plenty of adversity in our day to day lives. Recognise the adversity for what it is. It will pass.
Remember, you get what you focus on, so the more unhappy thoughts you have the more you get. Mentally, put up a “NEGATIVE THOUGHTS NOT WELCOME” sign and you will be amazed at how much better you feel!
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The Serenity Prayer (all of it)
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway
to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
I surrender to His will
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
~Reinhold Niebuhr
Great photo by TroyMason
Another on Life ~ Mark Twain
” I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
~Mark Twain
Amazing photo byalicepopkorn
“Life” by Mother Teresa
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Photo byPer Ola Wiberg (Powi)
“Risk” by Mark Twain
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain
Photo by extranoise
The Universal Truth
“Through the rise and fall of empires, through the creation of vast bodies of symbols that give shape to our dreams;
through the forging of magic keys with which to unlock
the mysteries of creation…through it all we are
marching from epoch to epoch towards the fullest
realization of our soul.
“Yes, we are coming, the pilgrims, one and all…
coming to our true inheritance of the world,
we are ever broadening our conciousness,
ever seeking a higher end and higher unity;
ever approaching nearer to the one universal truth
which is the All…comprehensive all embracing.”
-Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941
Great Photo by Hamed Saber
“Steps to Happiness” ~ Poem
Everybody Knows,
You can’t be all things to all people.
You can’t do all things at once.
You can’t do all things equally well.
You can’t do all things better than everyone else.
Your humanity is showing just like everyone else’s.
So,
You have to find out who you are, and be that.
You have to decide what comes first, and do that.
You have to discover your strengths, and use them.
You have to learn not to compete with others, because no one else is in the contest of “being you”.
Then,
You will have learned to accept your own uniqueness.
You will have learned to set priorities and make decisions.
You will have learned to live with your limitations.
You will have learned to give yourself the respect that is due.
And you’ll be a most vital mortal.
Believe,
That you are a wonderful, unique person.
That you are a once-in all history event.
That it’s more than a right, it’s your duty, to be who you are.
That life is not a problem to solve, but a gift to cherish.
And you’ll be able to stay one up on what used to get you down.
~Unknown
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