Great Tony Robbins message - very timely. Watch it all the way through.
I love the life I have now. At various time, it felt like I had insurmountable problems. I dealt with each one with the same set of results Tony talks about in the video. Each one of those circumstances ultimately led to a decision and to the life I am living today. What you experience in life is very much how you “frame” that experience. More on that later. 
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It’s that time again..Time to figure out what worked in 2008 and enhance it and figure out what didn’t — and change it.. That’s the mindset you have to adopt as you go into 2009. I know you’ve heard it before, but if you really want to see different results, you’re going to have to do different things. Sometimes, just the act of making one small change opens new doors and starts a whole new pattern of thinking.
I’m sure you’ve noticed some changes to this site. I’m in the process of updating it and working on a new layout and content that will hopefully provide you with the tools you need to start 2009 on a positive note. I know it’s been a tough year for many, but what you do right now will be critical to what happens next year. This holds true both personally and professionally.
I’ve decided to update this site over time rather than trying to get it perfect and unveil a brand new site overnight. Life usually doesn’t work that way. It’s a series of small consistent changes that most often leads you to something new and exciting. Start today. Go do that thing you’ve been putting off, who knows what exciting new things it will lead to..
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Even with the abundance of information in today’s world, many people hear the word AIDS and chalk it up as a “gay disease”. This unprejudiced and devastating disease affects people of all ages, ethnicities and sexual orientations. In 1991, basketball Hall of Famer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson shocked the world by announcing that he tested positive for HIV as a result of unprotected heterosexual sex. We were slapped into reality with the ugly proof that AIDS spares no one.
I was teenager when the first few cases of AIDS were identified in the U.S. in 1981. During those early days, much was unknown and misinformation was rampant. I don’t recall AIDS awareness or prevention being taught in our school system as it thankfully has been in my children’s. Even though this generation has never known a world without AIDS, we still need programs in place that will reach our children before they start experimenting with sex, alcohol and drugs and the less commonly associated opportunity for transmission – tattooing and piercing in establishments that don’t follow safe sterilization procedures.
Over two decades and countless lives later, there is still no “cure” for AIDS. We’ve made progress in available treatments, yet many literally cannot afford to live. We desperately need your help to fight this disease, and today, I am asking for just that. Please help support the AIDS foundation of your choice by donating or volunteering. By now, either you or someone you know has lost a loved one to AIDS. I’ve listed a few organizations below that could use your support as well as additional sources for AIDS/HIV awareness.
Donations/Volunteering:
Educational/Informational Sites:
California Department of Health AIDS/HIV
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In my haste to leave, I never hit the “Publish” button for this post. oops, guess I really needed that vacation! Pictures and stories later this week.
This is a very short post on my way out. Last week my husband and I celebrated our 15th anniversary and in a few short hours we’re heading off to Vietnam for a little R&R and to our quest of living life to it’s fullest. I’m sure we’ll come back with plenty of stories and pictures to share.
In the meantime, remember to be fully present in each moment, and do something that makes you smile each day. Will be back in a couple of weeks!
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Dear World,
Please let today be the first day of our journey into a brighter era. That the last eight years has been difficult is a gross understatement. Rather than focus on the past and what went wrong, I’d like to focus on a brighter future. I want to wake up on November 5th knowing that we are capable of true change, and creating a deep and powerful bonding and healing of our people and nation.
As someone who grew up in the midst of forced busing, I’ve experienced a first-hand and very frightening view of racism at it’s ugliest. For those that have never encountered it, I don’t know that I can ever adequately explain how it changes and haunts you. I’m sure it’s what’s fueled my life-long quest for equality, self-improvement, empowerment, and the American dream for each and every one of us.
I’ve loved watching Senator Obama bring people together. At the end of his speeches, as the camera pans the crowd I’ve been moved to tears to see the diversity of his supporters. There’s something powerful about seeing the hands of people coming together to shake his- they are the hands of all ages and ethnicities banding together for our future, and the beginning of a new era.
Please take a moment to watch this video, it really is worth the time.
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