Want to change the world? Unite with others in common cause
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
~ Margaret Mead
Melissa, who posted the video at URTH.tv wrote this: “We are the World featured the mega music stars of the time and ultimately raised $50 million for famine relief in Africa. The artists were famously asked to ‘leave their egos at the door’ in an effort to come together, raise consciousness and jumpstart action to reach out to those in need.”
Do you remember this song, this video, and the way this collective undertaking affected you?
What has love done?
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
~ Mother Teresa
Love is such a powerful energy in our world. One that transforms us and softens the hard places in our hearts and smoothes the rough places in our lives. I hope that listening to this song and watching this video from U2 will help you feel the love that flows through your life.
Thanks to my dear friend Lance Secretan for sharing this video with me. Click the “play” triangle at the bottom left-corner of the video to watch (turn on your speakers too).
Lyrics to U2 Window In The Skies
The shackles are undone
The bullets quit the gun
The heat thats in the sun
Will keep us when there’s none
The rule has been disproved
The stone has been moved
The grain is now a groove
All debts are removed, ooh
Oh can’t you see what our love has done
Oh can’t you see what our love has done
Oh can’t you see what our love has done
What it’s doing to me
Love makes strange enemies
Makes love when love may please
Soul in a strip tease
Hate brought to its knees
Sky over our head
Can reach it from our bed
If you let me in your heart
And out of my head
Oh can’t you see what our love has done
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Oh can’t you see what our love has done
Oh can’t you see what our love has done
What it’s doing to me
Oh oh oh hhhhhhhhhhh
Oh oh oh hhhhhhhhhhh
Please don’t ever let me out of here
I’ve got no shame
oh no oh no
Oh can’t you see what love has done
Oh can’t you see
Oh can’t you see what love has done
What it’s doing to me
Oh I know I hurt you and I made you cry
Did everything but murder but you and I
But love left a window in the skies
And to love I rhapsodize
Oh can’t you see what love has done to every broken heart
Oh can’t you see what love has done for every heart that cries
Love left a window in the skies
And to love I rhapsodize
Oh can’t you see
The Secret teachers speak about wealth with Ellen DeGeneres
If you’re new to The Secret or haven’t heard of the Law of Attraction, you can learn a bit by watching the video from the Ellen DeGeneres show (6:28 minutes long). In the clip, guests, Bob Proctor and John Assaraf, both men of much success, talk about aspects of The Secret. Specifically they discuss:
- Debt and the Law of Attraction
- Outside world vs. Inside world control
- Seeing “more” — all we need is available to us right now
- Focusing on what you want (Read about how I’ve brought more money into my life than ever before by using The Secret.)
- Gestation period of our thoughts
- Taking inspired action
- Current reality is the result of past thinking and actions
One of my favorite moments from the video clip is when Bob Proctor shares one of his affirmations.
“I am so happy and grateful now that money comes to me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a continuous basis.”
~ Bob Proctor
Click the “play” triangle in the left corner below the image. Make sure you have your speakers or headset turned on too.
While I cannot predict the future (though I once had a premonition about an earthquake), I can unequivocally say that the Law of Attraction and the principles taught in The Secret have been producing the results I’ve wanted to create in my life. You can call it luck, coincidence, or a fluke it matters not to me. I’m enjoying the abundance and giving thanks that I now know The Secret.
If you want to learn more on your own, you can check out The Secret DVD or the book version of The Secret.
Thanks to Steve Celmer for putting several resources about The Secret in one place.
The money I’ve earned proves that The Secret is no joke
The Secret has worked for me, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. If you’ve read Newsweek lately or if you view the “Today” show regularly, you may be having your doubts about The Secret and the Law of Attraction. Whether these naysayers actually don’t believe in the Law of Attraction or they’re too greedy to share the goodies with others, I don’t know. What I do know is that I’m a believer because I’ve seen it work in my life in the one area that was once a frequent challenge — money, finances, and material wealth.
The financial goals I have focused on
When I worked in the corporate world (I left in December 2004) I made approximately $3,500/month and I hadn’t earned near that amount since going out on my own. Starting after I attended the phenomenal Millionaire Mind Intensive event in Atlanta in November 2006, however, I’ve focused on earning “at least $5,000 or more each month.” I did NOT busy myself with “figuring out” how I was going to earn this amount, I simply put my attention on what I wanted.
The financial bounty that has resulted from my focus
Since putting my focus on what I wanted–though this includes other things, I’m looking specifically at the monetary desires–all manner of awesome things have happened.
- Out of the blue, through NO solicitation of my own, a $5,000 engagement came my way. In one fell swoop I reached my goal! I was giddy with excitement to see how abundance came looking for me.
- Three people have approached me for coaching without my lifting a finger (except to answer their calls or reply to their emails). So far, one is a new client and the other two are in the process of deciding.
- Over 100 people registered for a free blogging teleclass I offered and several have become clients. Current income from this (all these people got special pricing) = $1,200 with more on the way.
- A teleclass series that hadn’t met it’s minimum registrants, climbed over that threshold, so we’re now “all systems go.” Net income here = $1,800 spread over a couple months.
So the total to date for March (and we’re just at mid-month) is $8,000 and though I’ll owe taxes on this, it’s still my most profitable month ever! Add to all this an A+ in my first graduate school class, an amazing “out of the blue” opportunity to do an Outward Bound course in the Linville Gorge area of North Carolina, and great health (I did have bronchitis for 4 weeks prior), I am living proof that the Law of Attraction and the other teachings of The Secret do apply to me and work in my life.
I’d love to know what you think about The Secret. Have you practiced these principles? Are you skeptical? Drop your comments into the mix and let’s see if I’m “just lucky” or if others have also been creating powerful results using the Law of Attraction.
Check out The Secret yourself and make your own decision. Get the book or DVD version.
How you can give to charity regularly and easily
Though we’re far from Christmas and it’s not time to buy those Girl Scout cookies, I’m still finding ways to make charitable giving part of my life. I know that most of you reading the Lavender Log have values of service and contribution that you want to express, so I want to make it easy for you to do so. Below I’ve highlighted a handful of ways that you can easily make charity part of your daily habit.
Click for a good cause
If you’re at your computer on a regular basis, make your first stop one of these webpages. Simply by clicking on their “give” button you make a positive impact. Corporate sponsors make the actual donations based on the number of “click donations” from each site, so the only cost to you is your time and the click of a button.
The Animal Rescue Site — Provide free food to animals in shelters. As a momma to five wonderful cats, I made the Animal Rescue Site my homepage over 5 years ago and have clicked almost daily since that time.- The Hunger Site — Your click helps funds organizations that provide food for hungry people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.
- The Breast Cancer Site — Clicking here allows you to help provide mammograms for low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Having a mom who died from breast cancer makes this one of the most important sites I visit daily.
- The Child Health Site — Help fund simple and very effective preventatives and treatments with the goal of robust child health around the globe.
- The Literacy Site — When you click at this site, you help provide free books for children.
The Rainforest Site — Clicking here funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and The Friends of Calakmul. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.
Tamponification — This site provides tampons and sanitary pads to women’s shelters. They’ve been inundated by the response to their efforts and have temporarily suspended taking donations (as of March 12, 2007). However, I urge you to bookmark this site so you can come back and give as soon as they’re ready.
“Service rests on the basic premise that the nature of life is sacred, that life is a holy mystery with an unknown purpose. When we serve, we know that we belong to life and to that purpose.”
There are so many people and places in need in our world, that the least we can do is to take some action daily to show we care. I hope you will make supporting these organizations part of your daily routine.
If you know of other great websites where we can express our charitable and generous nature, please post a link in the comments section so we can support other organizations and initiatives as well.
Thanks for living your values and being of service in our world!
Do you allow fear to stop you from trying new things?
“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”
~ Robert H. Schuller
Browsing through YouTube, I came across this video from Peter in England. While YouTube is full of diversity, this was something I hadn’t seen before, a 79 year old YouTuber. I’ve watched just a handful of his 65 videos (I’ve posted one below), yet I think it’s inspiring to see someone jump into new media in this way.
Unlike Peter, many people get set in their ways and don’t keep learning and growing much after a certain point. Still others limit their potential with their mindset or perceived inadequacies (”I don’t know how to make a video.” or “No one would want to hear what I have to say.”) But if we stop growing we’re dying and if we say we can’t then we won’t even try.
So, my hat’s off to Peter, for jumping into vlogging (video blogging) rather than continuing to simply view other’s videos. He has something to say and he’s saying it. Like Peter, I’m sure you have something to say. . .or do. . .or be, so get out there and get saying, doing, or being it. Step through your fears. See where it leads you.
“There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dream or imagined you could become.”
~ Orson Swett Marden
