Standing at "Rock Bottom"

Rock Bottom

I stand at the bottom of the spiral

Looking up at its whirling flow

I see Pure Potential above me

And solid bedrock below

“Rock bottom” is not a bad place to be

It’s a place to make a new start

To let go of what has been before

To accept, with a wide-open heart

Single-mindedness does not serve me at all

It keeps me from seeing clearly

The fullness of all that is offered to me

While I LOSE what I hold onto so dearly

That brings me to this “rock bottom” place

Where all that’s Possible shines

I look up with wide-open wonder

As letting go reveals the Divine

Rev. Sandra Anne Daly

July 24, 2013

New Choices...

"Work with the people who deserve it -
not the people who NEED it."
Jim Rohn

Anybody who knows me knows that I was a victim for the first 34 years of my life. I was abused as a child, and I learned very thoroughly during those years that I was MEANT to be a victim and that I could never be anything else. As a teen and a young adult I desperately, desperately wanted to be loved, while not believing for a second that I was worth loving.  So what kind of men do you think I consistently got involved with? Yep. The ones who had no idea how to love another person in a healthy way.

During those years I got hurt. A lot. And I whined and complained to everyone I knew about how miserable my life was and how much I wished it could be different and better. (Yes, I was very much the Drama Queen.) Every once in a while someone would try to help me, but that never lasted for very long...

And then in 1999 - when I was 34 - I had a thought that I had never had before. And it caught my attention because it was so DIFFERENT from what I was used to thinking. That thought was, "There has GOT to be a better way for me to live than this!" The difference being that any time before that summer that I had a thought like that I would immediate squelch it as an impossible thing. THIS time, though, something in me decided to be willing to believe that it could be possible. I stayed in that willingness to believe for the next several weeks as I actively looked for that "better way" with the willingness - no, the INTENTION - to find it.

And on September 19, 1999 I DID find it, in the form of some tools and principles that I could actively and purposefully apply, right in the midst of whatever unpleasantness was happening (up to and including cowering in a corner protecting my face from a beating). I applied those tools and I changed my life from the inside out.

Now here I am 14 years later, and I've come across the above quote by Jim Rohn and - oh boy - do I get what he means. I NEEDED help all throughout those years. It wasn't until I was willing to do the work for myself, though, that I became DESERVING. People who NEED help...  are completely UNhelpable. It is not until a person is willing to change the way they do AND perceive things that they become "helpable."

I guess I've been going about this all wrong. Well, maybe not ALL wrong. I want to help the people that I can see are living their lives in pain. I guess the ones who DESERVE my help are the ones who are willing to stop complaining about how awful their life is and start making different choices FOR THEMSELVES. Those are the only people that any of my work is ever going to be helpful to anyway. The ones who are saying, "There's GOT to be a better way to do this!" And are willing to believe that "better way" actually exists. And are willing to LIVE that "better way" when it presents itself to them. (That is really the key...)

So what WAS the "better way" that presented itself to me when I decided to be willing to believe that it existed? I could write a BOOK about that experience!

Oh wait! I HAVE written TWO books about it! LOL

Just kidding! That "better way" is actually the topic of Episode 1 of my new show, which I launched just a little while ago. 

The link to the recording is just below... Take a listen if you choose to, and be ready to receive some tools that - should you CHOOSE to - you can apply right in the middle of whatever you're experiencing... and change your life for the better, from the inside out.

Love to you all!

Rick and Sandi
www.chooseyouruniverse.com
www.dancingacrossamerica.com
www.stiltogram.com

Here's the link to the recording:

Audio Recording: 'EPISODE1 - Choose Your Universe: In the beginning' From 'Choose Your Universe'


Your comments are very welcome! Let me know what you think! :-)

"Mastery Over Misery" 3-Call Series - Call #3

"MASTERY OVER MISERY" Series - Call #3

"Harness the Power of Your Mind
to
Create the Life You WANT!"

You know what each of your five physical senses are, right? Well, did you know that (and this is a FAR more important thing to know!) you ALSO have SIX FACULTIES of your MIND??? Every human being on this planet has these six mental faculties, and they are meant to be used deliberately by us to create our own best life! They are TOOLS to be purposely used to navigate our way through the circumstances, conditions, and situations that show up in every individual's life on Planet Earth.

Did you also know that your life is supposed to be FUN and JOYFUL and AMAZING??? The more you practically apply these tools - which are easily available and accessible to you any time you choose to remember that you have them - the more you will find yourself deliberately directing your experience of your life to where you want it to be.

In school we are taught how to read, write, and remember. If you would like to also know how to purposely create the life you want to be living through deliberately directing your own powerful, fabulous mind, then this is the call for you!

Join me for this 1-hour tele-seminar on Tuesday July 30, 2013 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Mountain time) and by the end of that hour you will have been introduced to each of your six mental faculties AND how to USE them to create the life you WANT.

Only $15.00, and the recording WILL be made available to you!

Call-in info will be sent to you after you register here:

PS: This is the third call in a 3-call series. They are $15.00 each, or $30.00 if you register for all three.

Call #1: The "Problem" is NEVER the Problem!

Call #2: How to CHOOSE Mastery Over Misery

Register for all three calls and receive the reduced rate right here:

PPS: No worries! If you're not able to make all three calls, so long as you are registered for all three you WILL receive access to all three recordings.

"Mastery Over Misery" 3-Call Series - Call #2

"MASTERY OVER MISERY" Series - Call #2
How to CHOOSE Mastery Over Misery

Sooooooo.... HOW - exactly - DO you just choose Mastery, when what you are FEELING is Misery?

Join me for this 1-hour tele-seminar on Tuesday July 23, 2013 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Mountain time) if you'd like the answer to that question. You will receive some very real and specific tools that you will be able to practically apply in the midst of ANY circumstance that feels "miserable" (or even just mildly irritating) to you, and you will never feel like a victim of your circumstances again. You know that "thing" that happens in your life that makes you feel bad, irritated, angry, sad, etc.? It will never have that power over you again.

Only $15.00, and the recording WILL be made available to you!

Call-in info will be sent to you after you register here:

PS: This is the second in a 3-call series. They are $15.00 each, or $30.00 if you register for all three.

Call #1: The "Problem" is NEVER the Problem!

Call #3: Harness the Power of Your Mind to Create the Results That You WANT! 


Register for all three calls and receive the reduced rate right here:

PPS: No worries! If you're not able to make all three calls, so long as you are registered for all three you WILL receive access to all three recordings.

The "Problem" is NEVER the Problem! Ever.

The "Problem" is NEVER the Problem!

Do you have a person or situation in your life that feels like a "problem" to you? What if you could see that person or situation in a different way? (Hint: That is the ONLY way you are ever going to get it to feel like something OTHER than a problem.) This audio recording is about helping you to understand that what you think of as a problem is never - EVER - the actual problem. And once you find out what the REAL problem is... your problem disappears! Always. No exceptions.

The information on this recording is only for you if you would like to get your problems under control. If you're not interested in that, don't purchase this recording

If you ARE interested in that, then this recording is available to you for just $15.00!

Everything Happens For A Reason: How to LIVE the Truth of this one idea...

Thursday July 25, 2013 In-person Class

Everything Happens For A Reason:
How to LIVE the Truth of this one idea...

(and feel the relief that comes with truly understanding what it means.)

Have you ever had somebody say to you, "Everything happens for a reason!" And how helpful did you find that "assurance?" My mom used to say it to me, without being able to explain to me either how that could be, OR how she could be so sure of it. And that used to drive me bonkers. In fact, she said it so often - and always about things that were really quite painful - that I came to actually resent those words whenever she said them. And then she died. Suddenly. At only 51 years of age. And guess what happened. My Great Aunt Myrtle (my father's aunt) said to me, "Everything happens for a reason!" And that just pissed me off. When I cried, "WHAT REASON????!!!" She could only say, "...I don't know..."

That was when I began to truly HATE that five-word sentence. I think that often, when someone says those words to a person who is struggling, it's because they want to help but they don't know how, and "Everything happens for a reason" is an easy sentence to say and that's truly as helpful as they know how to be in the moment. The trouble with it, though, is that most people find that it only adds to their pain when someone who is not having the same experience says it to them. (And it doesn't matter one bit what the situation is - something that feels big or something that feels little. It could be a diagnosis, a car accident, loss of a loved one, loss of a business, a missed opportunity, a fire in the kitchen... whatever.)

What my mom and my Auntie Myrtle (and probably most of the people on this planet) didn't know, though, was that "Everything happens for a reason" is only PART ONE of the sentence! There is a PART TWO that not only makes it make complete sense, but that can be practically APPLIED in any circumstance to bring us to a feeling of relief and empowerment!

If you're in the Denver metro area and you would like to learn more, please join me on Thursday July 25, 2013 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and as we add the second half of the statement, we'll explore the true depth of meaning in the idea that, "Everything happens for a reason..." Yes, everything really DOES happen for a reason! Join me and find out what that really means.

PGA Superstore (in the meeting room back by the tennis courts)
9451 East Arapahoe Road
Greenwood Village, CO 80112

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm - bring your dinner in with you if you'd like!
Cost: $35.00 if pre-paid online - $45.00 at the door

OR!!!

Purchase this class AND "Master Your Moment - Master Your Life!" (presented at the same location on Thursday August 8, 2013 - see below) together and receive a significant discount on both classes! Just $50.00 for both!


Click this button to purchase the "Everything Happens For A Reason..." Class

Click this button to purchase both classes together and get a SIGNIFICANT discount!

If you are NOT in Denver, but would like to learn more, I will be hosting a telephone follow-up group, the purpose of which will be to help those in the class to integrate this information into their daily experiences. You are most welcome to join us for that if you'd like!