Divine Strategy - Get Results Now

It never ceases to amaze me how the universe works.  Even when we think it has forgotten our dreams or passed us by on life's highway with a wink and a nod, the universe is always and forever creating the results we've planted.  It may take years before a chosen desire or dream becomes a reality but I know now, more than ever before, that our deepest desires and truest dreams will indeed come to pass in just the right way at just the right time. 

It has done so for me in my dream of having a child of my own with a man I really love in  a place I feel at home.  Once told I would never have children I still kept a vigilant (though often silent) prayer of hope that just maybe they were wrong.  With a missed pregnancy early in my marriage, again I found my faith falter but ultimately rebound, somewhere inside a voice comforted me with the thought that it would happen someday.  Months and years have passed since then and while the idea of having my own child has never fully disappeared it was tucked away into the closet of "wishing for miracles" and in its place came work and life and growing a new business.

As it was often said to me, once I relaxed and stopped worrying about not having a child our miracle came, slipping in between the breath of sleeping and waking.  Today, I stand on the threshold of parenthood more ready than ever to be a mother, a wife, a coach and mentor, and ultimately a witness to the new adventures this little life brings.  To all of you still holding on to dreams that might come true, remember, time is the weapon of the universe and it knows exactly when the time is right.

I'm off in Montana visiting my GREAT niece, which quite frankly I am too young to have, and it's amazing to see how a family grows.  Remembering together all the stories of days gone by with my Mother and Sister and then watching one niece and nephew grow from a little pea pod to adulthood and now motherhood.  It's a bitter sweet reminder of how life passes quickly and also how much you can either pack into it or take away from it.  I am enjoying the gift of this time together and knowing these stories will be added to our family tree as it continues to grow.

Put away your watch for a day.  Do whatever you can to feel time passing, rather than checking to see how much time has passed, and you will be amazed at how much time you really have.  More importantly you may begin to realize, to your own delight, how much time you spend doing things you don't care to do - just to fill up time. 

Often we are so busy doing one or two more things before the next appointment or errand that we don't ever realize that our time is our own.  Our minds are hours, days or even months ahead of the current moment and in habitual fashion we have polluted those future possibilities with our current mind-sets, worries, frustrations or life demands.  All the while the actual moment we have, the one that is truly ours, RIGHT NOW is quickly slipping past unrecognized and more often than not unappreciated. 

Ask anyone who's had a near miss with death and you'll know - there is no guarantee on length of life but in each moment we have the choice to make whatever we want of the life we have. 

So, just for today, I challenge you to be here now and enjoy the life you have just as it is - the rest will come in time.

Be a gracious hostess to life and your rewards will be plentiful.  Not only will others speak highly of you but you will be lifted up by the pride of doing more than is expected.  To bring an element of surprise and delight into another's life is always uplifting for both the giver and the recipient.

I witnessed this first hand during my recent house warming party when I surprised my guest with a giving game I use to get people involved in the festivities.  The guest were each given a small gift for attending and a note card, but before they could open the gift they were instructed to open the card and figure out (by the clue inside) who the card belong to, once they did they actually gave that gift to the other guest.  This continued until everyone not only had a parting gift but also had the extra gift of getting to share something interesting about each other with the whole group, and also being able to give a gift to a new acquaintance. 

I believe it was that little something extra that amplified the act of giving from just handing someone a gift as they heading into or out of the party to a spirited celebration of giving and receiving.  My guests were delighted to see the brightly colored gifts appear but even more excited to be able to give to each other.  In the end I received the biggest gift by being able to create a community of giving and christen my home as a place of joy and love.