I am doing well and in a place of change right now. I have been in a place of change for years now and sometimes it is slow changes and sometimes its huge changes that come all at once..Hence..I am moving house today. A grand adventure! I have been listening to Zig Ziglar alot lately as well as listening to conference calls that my mentor hosts. They are so inspiring to me and keep me going. I found the below poem today and wanted to share it....More to come!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Author unknown

My Dream

I just woke up and finished reading my morning book "Simple Abundance" and having a cup of coffee. I am in in a mellow mood and still thinking about my dream this morning. It was just before I woke up and some may call it a nightmare and it was a bit powerful but I would not call it a nightmare at all.

My dream was that I was with a person on the side of a swimming pool. I remember the water was a brilliant blue and beautiful and the person near me was a person that I feel save with. I do now know who that was right now as I type this. I do not know if they were male or female etc. Just that they were full of love and they were for me in life. Maybe this person or figure at the side of the pool was God. Or one of my angels here on earth.

At some point while standing at the side of the pool I fell in the water and I went down to the bottom of the pool. I was not afraid in falling because I knew in the past that I could just swim right back up on my own power.

I could feel the hard surface and had hit the bottom of the pool. I then was afraid and tried to swim to the top and could not even manage to go a inch. I then panicked and was afraid. That part lasted a few seconds and my thought was that the friend at the top would be sad and could not even come rescue me because they did not know I was not able to get up to the top on my own.

I then took a deep breath of surrender and took in a huge amount of water and felt nothing but peace and relaxation. It was beautiful and somehow very good and then I woke up.

I never can usually remember my dreams but rememberd this one very clearly and in color which is strange to me and yet was not disturbing and I smiled when I woke up. I thought "wow" how awesome for God to give me a surrender dream that was so peaceful and beautiful and just right for my life today as I have gone a bit further down the road of surrender last night. I let go of the need to control my life and made a choice to let God take over and it was beautuful and effertless and beautiful.

Now. In no way does that dream mean I'm going to die or think my time on earth is done. It just represents to me total surrender and while I am not there yet I can see that God is telling me that it will be peaceful and good.

I have come a long way because a few months ago I would have seen this as a nightmare that would have scared or disturbed me. Now I see it as a beautiful conframatoin from God that all I am doing here in Colorado is good and from him. I am blessed.....I am grateful.

Knight And Day

I went to see the new movie "Knight And Day" with Tom Cruz and Cameron Diaz yesterday. While the movie was not an academy award movie it was cute and my only gripe was that the car chases were a bit silly but other then that I liked it as it hit home with me on so many levels.

The character played by Cameron Diaz was a very smart and capable lady who was very much a sheltered person who had a air head / blond quality about her. She was put in a situation where she had to listen and depend on her captor to live and to move froward and in the beginning had no clue what was going on except that she trusted that if she followed she would be ok in the end. She did not do this perfect and ran the opposite way and did her own thing out of panic and fear more then a a few times and every time the result lead to disaster. (See how I can relate here) and She did this with blond charm. And if you must live life then do it with charm......

Cute move...Thought provoking. In the end she used her brain and strength to save the day.