Jessica Watson the 16 year old who sailed solo around the world in 7 months arrived at Sydney today to an amazing welcome.

Even the Prime of Australia was there to greet her at the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

In her first press conference shortly after arriving, she shone like a seasoned celebrity.

When asked how she got through the tough times, she said that she really didn’t have any choice except to deal with whatever was at hand.

She talked of her passion for sailing and her determination to achieve the seemingly unachievable.

“If the boys could do it, then so could I.”

She said that she was just “an ordinary teenager” with a strong belief in herself and that “anything is possible”.

What did she learn?

“To have fun and not to take anything too seriously.”

“To lighten up.”

“To believe that anything is possible.”

“To enjoy the small things each day.”

In all, she showed great composure, humility and appreciation for those who had supported her.

All in all – what a wonderful inspiration for people of all ages!

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Posted: May 15th, 2010 under dreaming-visioning, media.
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Today I read a new study in which the researchers found that women who drink alcohol (wine, beer, spirits) regularly – lose weight. How nice is that. I certainly enjoy a drink. The study was conducted over a 13 year timeframe.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than women who do not drink at all, according to a study published Monday. Full article here

Why would this study run counter to mainstream thinking on this topic? Drink and lose weight? You must be kidding!

What’s going on from a law of attraction perspective?

Let’s speculate for a moment. Let’s look at what’s going on from a Law of Attraction perspective.

What you think (believe) and how you feel – determine the results you see in your life, in any area of your life.

For example.  If you would like a drink but feel guilty or worried that drinking may add unwanted kilos, then don’t drink!  If you drink in this state of mind, then it will add kilos.

But if you feel deprived because you’d like to join your partner or friends in social drinking – but you don’t drink – guess what’s likely to happen?

Exactly! You are still going to put on weight! It seems you can’t win on this, doesn’t it? You put on weight whether or not you drink!  How unfair is that?

So why did the women in the study who drank regularly, not put on weight?  Well, I’d speculate they weren’t concerned about putting on weight.  They drank because they enjoyed having a drink.  They felt good having a drink.

Your vibration determines your point of attraction

Okay.  Law of Attraction 101 to the rescue. Your vibration (what you think and how you feel about it) determines the results you get: it determines your point of attraction. “Feel good” and you will get good results. “Feel bad” and you will get unwanted results.

So if you “feel good” about drinking, eating chocolate, whatever – then there won’t be any unwanted effects such a weight gain, or a hangover. If, on the other hand, you feel bad (guilty, worried, angry, etc) – then you are better to not drink, eat, etc – until you have settled down; until you have found a way to relax; until you “feel better” about your intended action.

Your feelings indicate your point of attraction

As you change what you are thinking, you change how you feel. Use your feelings as a valuable feedback tool for what you are thinking about a topic. If you aren’t feeling good about something – if you feel annoyed, worried, etc – then use this as feedback that your thinking is heading you in an “unwanted” direction. Change your thoughts in that moment – on that topic.  This is an important understanding regarding how Law of Attraction works in your life.

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Posted: March 9th, 2010 under law of attraction, media.
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Join best-selling Law of Attraction authors, Esther and Jerry Hicks, for their newest all-day workshop on September 26th.

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Enjoy the inspiring, heart-warming, stirring, thought-provoking and life-changing wisdom of Abraham! Abraham is a group of non-physical evolved teachers who speak to our level of comprehension through the voice of Esther. The interactive Q&A sessions with audience members are priceless!

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Posted: September 4th, 2009 under law of attraction, media, power of mind.
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That’s to Ed Dale for reminding us of the story of Chicken Little.

“The Sky Is Falling” also known as “Chicken Little”, “Chicken Licken” or “Henny Penny” is an old, classical fable of unknown origin about a chicken who believes the sky is falling. The phrase has also become used to indicate a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent.

Does this sound like the media right now regarding the state of the US economy?

“Chicken Little” is a story for teaching courage

Don’t be a chicken little. Don’t be afraid. The sky is not falling!

Don’t plan for an unwanted future by worrying and becoming fearful as you listen to the media circus on the US economy. The sky is not falling!

It takes a lot more courage to see and expect things to improve than not.

This is precisely a time to start envisioning a positive future. This too will pass – a lot more quickly if it’s not fed globs of mental energy to the contrary.

You get what you think about!

Think about unwanted stuff and bingo it’s on its way to you!
Instead, start imagining things improving – going well. Thinkabout things turning around more quickly than anyone in the media “predicted”.

Be the optimist – not a pessimist. Become the visionary you can be!

Add your energy for positive change by carefully selecting the thoughts you think and hold!

Read an illustrated version of Chicken Little’s story here

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Posted: October 14th, 2008 under media, power of mind.
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You may wonder what Wimbledon 2008 may have to do with the power of mind. A lot!

In the awesome men’s tennis final on Sunday July 6th, spectators watched two stellar athletes and tennis champions playing for arguably the most pretigious award in tennis – the Wimbledon final trophy.

The match was the longest in Wimbledon history - four hours and 48 minutes - with two delays due to rain, taking the entire match time from start to finish to six hours and forty minutes. The final result was 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7, in favour of Rafael Nadal.

Why did Federer (five times Wimbledon champion 2003-2007) lose to Nadal?

Without detracting from Nadal’s brillance, Federer had more to lose (or prove to himself) than Nadal. His track record playing Nadal is 12-6 in favour of Nadal. That alone would have a bearing in terms of mindset going into the match.

And of course there is the intense media scrutiny of Federer’s every match as the current world No. 1 tennis player and the usual post mortems of matches long past. Roger Federer, in my opinion, is too nice, too accommodating to the media.

From a power of mind perspective, every time you give attention to something unwanted, be that answering media questions and hypotheticals, recalling failures or disappointments from the past, speculating about unwanted future events, getting angry with current performance, comparing yourself with anyone else – and coming up either ‘better than’ or ‘less than’ – what you are doing is adding to your point of attraction.

There’s no avoiding it. What you give your attention to – day in and day out – is crucial.

When the balance tips either way – towards what you want or towards what you don’t want – you will see evidence of it in your life.  However even before that time, you will get hints and clues of what is coming.

Sport is like a giant magnifying glass on how Law of Attraction and your amazing mind work with energy. Dreams come true. Often dreams start early in childhood.  Just listen to any sporting great and invariably they will mention having held ‘this dream’ for a long time. Listen to their self confidence and self belief. They will have positive expectations and will talk in positive terms (unless side-tracked by the media). 

What we don’t know or see, however, is what goes on privately in their own mind. This is where the ‘real work’ goes on.  We don;t see or hear what kinds of conversations they have alone or with influential people in their lives. 

All thinking (positive and negative) is adding to their point of attraction. Of course, the same is true for us all.  Being a sporting hero adds public scrutiny and pressure which needs to be managed favourably, from a vibrational stance.

Here’s a BBC music montage of the Wimbledon final in the style of The Secret (ad at beginning). Listen to the backing track! Music is a powerful tool.

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Posted: July 8th, 2008 under law of attraction, media, power of mind.
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