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As I live and breath I know that Self help books and cd’s and inspirational ’stuff’ is a multi-million dollar business maybe more.

And the bottom line is, we don’t pay attention to the very first word.  “Self.”  “Excuses be gone.”  A wonderful book and very inspiring and it all makes sense.  So why will some read it and be in the exact same place at the end?  Because there’s no magic wand being waved to make ‘your’ excuses disappear.

Today I find myself tired of the ‘excuses’ that we as a society come up with.  My god we’re absolutely amazing at making up excuses why we can’t get on with our lives.

You better prepare because we’re gonna get heavy rains and winds.  Hmmm, sure. -  I can’t right now because I’ve got too much to do.  Hmmm, ever consider that if you had of ‘gotten on with things’ that you wouldn’t have so much to do?  -  I have to do my laundry because I have nothing to wear.  Hmmm, I guess that when you reached for your last pair of underwear that you possibly thought that tomorrow wouldn’t come so why do the laundry?

I was joking with a friend of mine this morning and then realized that I wasn’t joking.  “Do you want a piece of me?”  Really, “Do you want a piece of me?”  Some do because they view my world and life is wonderful and maybe magical.  Well guess what?  It wasn’t always like that and I’ve now created it that way.  No fairy god mother appeared, no ruby slippers made it happen and magic Tom was no where in sight.  I did it all on my own.

Oh poor me.  Every one around me has amazing lifes but I don’t.  Everyone around me has money, but I don’t.  Best you start paying attention to what is coming out of your mouth.  If you say you don’t have something then guess what?  You’re right!

Stop focusing on what you don’t have and start focusing on what you do have.  If you have a mouth, then you can open it and take action on your own behalf.  If you don’t open your mouth and speak up and speak out then what I have to share with you is that you’ll get back exactly what you put out.  NOTHING!  Feel sorry for yourself if you wish and know that you’ll be pittied.  Bravo for you.  Now that you know that you’re capable of having others feel sorry for you how about you turn things around and start having them cheer for you?

My life hasn’t always been perfect.  I’ve had my own tragedies in my life and at some point I had to take a deep breath and be done with feeling sorry for myself and get on with my life differently than what I’ve always known.

Open your mouth and ask for what you want.  This is a simple and easy investment in Self and yet we find in easier to bitch and complain about our miseries.  I can’t even afford  ‘X’ amount to do the little things that I want to do.  If you’re busy looking to take part in only the things that are ‘free’ ask yourself how much of an investment are you truly willing to make in yourSelf?

You must ‘Pay’ attention to what is coming out of your mouth.  You’ve heard the expression, “You get what you put out”?  Well you do.  Funny when I thought that my life was shitty…I had a shitty life.  Now I think my life is absolutely amazing and…that is exactly what I have.

Lets see how about, “You reap what you sow?” Everything that happens to you is a result of your own actions.  So if you’re not taking action, those are the results that you’ll get.  Nada!

Focus on what you have and consider what else you can create for yourself and stop talking yourself out out it.  Take a deep breath and know if you say you can, then you can.

Creating space for others to consider their lives differently.

Amy