Moving across the Tasman AGAIN
Who would have believed it? We are returning to New Zealand in January! I guess we achieved our goal of moving to Queensland, even if we are moving back again!!
In 2001 the Australian Government changed the law so NZers immigrating to Oz are only temporary residents unless they are aged under 45 years (ooops, I am just past that) and have a skill that Australia wants e.g brain surgeon or good rugby player (I’m not on that list either). 
This means that the boat people who are streaming into the country have more rights than us as they are granted permanent residency status.
Our 9 year old son is also affected by this law so we have decided that, for his sake, the best thing to do is move back to the “Shaky Isles” (so named because of all the earthquakes) and when he grows up (and becomes a brain surgeon) he can always return.
Sunshine Beach has been great and we’ve made some good friends, but it’s time to go. The universe obviously has more adventures in store for us!! I will keep you posted…
So Long, Time to Wrap Things Up
It has been a very long time since I updated this blog. Although we are STILL not quite financially free we are getting there! The principles we followed are still good but the GFC has affected our plans in a big way. So, I will not be posting regularly from now on.
My interests are now a lot more spiritual. We wouldn’t have got this far without a lot of divine guidance!!
Anyway, this is the story so far:
- I discovered Robert Kiyosaki and we read his books avidly. We bought the game “CashFlow 101″ which is brilliant
- We paid a top investor (with the same philosophies as Rich Dad) to mentor us for a year or so
- I became a Real Estate Salesperson. Rich Dad said “learn how to sell”
- We bought two cash flow positive properties in Auckland and added to our income stream by adding minor dwellings to both of them
- We built a motorhome company and ran it for several years
- We joined Kurek Ashley’s “Life Success Club” and listened to Success CD ‘s every night of the week
- We read many, many books on investing
- We attended lots of seminars on investing: Dolf de Roos, Robert Kiyosaki, Brad Sugars, ESC to name a few
- Finally we threw caution to the winds, sold everything and moved to Australia
- We bought several ‘pre-foreclosure’ properties in the USA for cash flow
We were fortunate that we could buy some cheap houses in the USA. These houses were purchased well below market value so provide passive income now, and will provide capital gain when we sell.
So, not quite, but nearly there!
Follow your dreams …at the end of the day, remember we were sent here to have fun!
All the best!
Life ~ Quote from Helen Keller
“Avoiding danger is no safer
In the long run
Than outright exposure…
Life is either a daring adventure
Or it is nothing.”
~ Helen Keller
Change Your Perception; Change Your Life
Did you realise that you have the power to change your life by changing the way in which you view the world?
We view the world based on an internal map of rules that we have developed over the years. This is comprised of personal experience and beliefs we have gleaned from parents, friends, teachers etc.
Some of our rules are based on what society has determined is the correct way to behave, and are necessary to ensure we can all live and prosper together. This is our reality. We use this framework on which to base our decisions.
You can have two people with contrasting views, who both feel that they are right. This is because they have contrasting perceptions of reality. They see the world through different coloured lenses and they think their perception is ‘The Truth.’ However the term truth has no singular definition on which philosophers and scholars can agree.
Events, of themselves, are not good or bad; right or wrong, they just are. It’s the way we view them that makes the difference.
Because what we focus on expands, our perceptions of reality and thus our experience of reality, attracts more experiences that validate that perception. In other words, our thoughts lead to actions, which lead to results which cause us to prove ourselves right.
A life changing and empowering way to view any negative event is to ask yourself is, “what is good about this?” You may find this a hard question to answer at first and may not come up with anything positive, however keep asking yourself the question and your mind will give you the answer. The seeds of success are often hidden in adversity.
Learn to question your perceptions and assumptions. Become aware of the way in which you are seeing the world. Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world. Changing your perception puts you on the path to deliberate creation of your life.
Fun photo by -RobW-
Paint Your Own Life
“Life is a great big canvas
And you should throw all the paint on it
You can.”
~ Danny Kay
Colourful picture by ajagendorf25
Is Reality an Illusion?
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
~Albert Einstein
The very first book I read on the subject of spirituality, many years ago now, was “It’s All in the Playing” by Shirley MacLaine. She expounded that the world is just a stage and we are the actors, playing out our lives.
I think this is true. What do you think? Is this life real or have we been fooled?
And what about the photo? (It was actually snapped at Madame Tussad’s Wax Works in London!!).
Many thanks to Cliff1066 who took it.
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
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)
“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
Dale Carnegie on Human Nature
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.
We are dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today”.
~Dale Carnegie
Mantra on Being
“There’s nothing I have to Have
There’s nothing I have to Do
There’s nothing I have to Be
Except exactly what I’m Being right now!”
So, be happy here in the eternal moment of now.
Affirmation on Living in Harmony
“I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy”
~Charles Haanel, author of “The Master Key System”.
This affirmation is to bring harmonious conditions in all things.
Beautiful photo by Per Ola Wiberg (Powi)
Poem on Life
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer,
It’ll give you what you ask,
But, once you have set the wage,
Why you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life
Life would have willingly paid.”
~Unknown
Photo by Per Ola Wiberg (Powi)
Quote on Imagination
“I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free.”
Wonderful words from the imagination of Michelangelo
Photo by Brooke Anderson
Be Happy NOW
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans”.
Wise words from John Lennon.
Life is happening now! The time to be happy is now. There is no other time; yesterday has gone and tomorrow isn’t here yet. We live in an eternal moment of NOW.
So many people continually postpone happiness. We tell ourselves that we’ll be happy when we get a promotion/get married/have a baby…whatever. We tell ourselves that one day we’ll get a new car or go on an overseas holiday; then we’ll be happy. It goes on.
Human life is full of challenges. It’s best to accept that and be happy anyway. Happiness attracts happiness, by the Law of Attraction!
Have a wonderful, happy day!
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