Happy Valentines Day (a little late)
I would like you to remember those you love. Why not take a few moments and call them and tell them you love them or what they mean to you. It may just make their day and yours too!
One quote that I have always liked and has inspired me to reach out to people is that: "To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world." (author unknown)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! Enjoy the time you will spend with you loved ones over these next few days. Have fun giving presents, recieving presents, and eating all the yummy food that is sure to come in the following days. And most importantly remember to be thankful for the time you have with your family!
Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
How I Faced My Limiting Beliefs in One Step
How I Faced My Limiting Beliefs in One Step
If you take nothing else away from reading these words remember this: limiting beliefs are lies, and when we mistakenly believe them to be true it can impact the destiny of our lives. I know firsthand, and would like to share how one step led me to face the limiting beliefs in my life.
First let me explain what limiting beliefs are. They are thoughts we believe to be true that prevent us from moving forward in life. Many of us have limiting beliefs that are holding us back. Examples of these thoughts include:
“I’ll never be good enough.”
“I don’t deserve good things in life.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
“I’m unlovable and unwanted.”
“There is no purpose for me.”
“Why try? I’m just going to fail.”
“Change is hard.”
Despite a wonderful childhood I had limiting beliefs about myself. I was nearly 9 inches taller than all of my friends and being so tall made me dislike what I saw in the mirror. I had extremely low self-esteem and didn’t believe I would accomplish much in life. Subsequently my dreams and goals were only mediocre because I believed that I wasn’t destined for greatness and was afraid of failure.
Perhaps you had similar thoughts about yourself when growing up. If so then we have a lot in common, although most likely it’s at this point that my story takes a sharp turn from yours. I was a junior in high school when a single step changed my life.
While practicing for the high school production of The Wizard of Oz, I took a step back into nothing. Unbeknown to me, a trap door in the stage floor was opened for a set change; I fell 16 feet to a cement floor, landing on my head with all of my body weight on top of me. I broke my neck and severely crushed my spinal cord. The accident left me paralyzed from the chest down.
When the doctors told me that I would never walk again I was overcome with depression, sadness and hopelessness. I was also filled with many negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, not about my height but about what I would be able to accomplish in life while confined to a wheelchair.
I spent many months feeling lost and sorry for myself, when it finally struck me that to be happy and fulfilled I would need to make some changes. I couldn’t control the circumstances of the accident or the outcome of my injury. I could however control my attitude, my way of thinking and the thoughts I chose to believe. I became conscious of the fact that my negativity and my limiting beliefs were not helping to get me where I needed to be, and it was then that I began thinking about what I was thinking about.
I started examining my thoughts and realized that if I was going to get somewhere in life I needed to take the limiting beliefs and turn them around by thinking positively instead. Having recently become a Christian, I turned to the Bible for these positive words, determined to discover the 300 promises for my life.
Today, 13 years later I have overcome more than I ever thought possible. I have two bachelors degrees, I drive independently, I live in a beautiful home on my own, I have three jobs, I travel all over this beautiful earth, and most of all I live a fulfilling, purposeful life.
I often look back and wonder what I would have become if it hadn’t been for that one step. Who would have thought that what would appear so tragic on the surface would actually set me on a course for my true calling. I would have settled for mediocrity and played life safe. Instead I found courage, strength, a new way of thinking, and by telling my story can help others do the same.
So I ask you today, what negative beliefs are holding you back in this life? What are you thinking about? Are your thoughts helping you or are they hurting you?
Your mind can be a junkyard or a treasure chest, and you alone choose what it will be; you can think life enhancing facts or life limiting thoughts. Limiting thoughts steal your peace, your joy, and ultimately rob you of a great life. Be determined that you will no longer be dominated by limiting beliefs and watch your life transform into something amazing!
If you take nothing else away from reading these words remember this: limiting beliefs are lies, and when we mistakenly believe them to be true it can impact the destiny of our lives. I know firsthand, and would like to share how one step led me to face the limiting beliefs in my life.
First let me explain what limiting beliefs are. They are thoughts we believe to be true that prevent us from moving forward in life. Many of us have limiting beliefs that are holding us back. Examples of these thoughts include:
“I’ll never be good enough.”
“I don’t deserve good things in life.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
“I’m unlovable and unwanted.”
“There is no purpose for me.”
“Why try? I’m just going to fail.”
“Change is hard.”
Despite a wonderful childhood I had limiting beliefs about myself. I was nearly 9 inches taller than all of my friends and being so tall made me dislike what I saw in the mirror. I had extremely low self-esteem and didn’t believe I would accomplish much in life. Subsequently my dreams and goals were only mediocre because I believed that I wasn’t destined for greatness and was afraid of failure.
Perhaps you had similar thoughts about yourself when growing up. If so then we have a lot in common, although most likely it’s at this point that my story takes a sharp turn from yours. I was a junior in high school when a single step changed my life.
While practicing for the high school production of The Wizard of Oz, I took a step back into nothing. Unbeknown to me, a trap door in the stage floor was opened for a set change; I fell 16 feet to a cement floor, landing on my head with all of my body weight on top of me. I broke my neck and severely crushed my spinal cord. The accident left me paralyzed from the chest down.
When the doctors told me that I would never walk again I was overcome with depression, sadness and hopelessness. I was also filled with many negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, not about my height but about what I would be able to accomplish in life while confined to a wheelchair.
I spent many months feeling lost and sorry for myself, when it finally struck me that to be happy and fulfilled I would need to make some changes. I couldn’t control the circumstances of the accident or the outcome of my injury. I could however control my attitude, my way of thinking and the thoughts I chose to believe. I became conscious of the fact that my negativity and my limiting beliefs were not helping to get me where I needed to be, and it was then that I began thinking about what I was thinking about.
I started examining my thoughts and realized that if I was going to get somewhere in life I needed to take the limiting beliefs and turn them around by thinking positively instead. Having recently become a Christian, I turned to the Bible for these positive words, determined to discover the 300 promises for my life.
Today, 13 years later I have overcome more than I ever thought possible. I have two bachelors degrees, I drive independently, I live in a beautiful home on my own, I have three jobs, I travel all over this beautiful earth, and most of all I live a fulfilling, purposeful life.
I often look back and wonder what I would have become if it hadn’t been for that one step. Who would have thought that what would appear so tragic on the surface would actually set me on a course for my true calling. I would have settled for mediocrity and played life safe. Instead I found courage, strength, a new way of thinking, and by telling my story can help others do the same.
So I ask you today, what negative beliefs are holding you back in this life? What are you thinking about? Are your thoughts helping you or are they hurting you?
Your mind can be a junkyard or a treasure chest, and you alone choose what it will be; you can think life enhancing facts or life limiting thoughts. Limiting thoughts steal your peace, your joy, and ultimately rob you of a great life. Be determined that you will no longer be dominated by limiting beliefs and watch your life transform into something amazing!
If you take nothing else away from reading these words remember this: limiting beliefs are lies, and when we mistakenly believe them to be true it can impact the destiny of our lives. I know firsthand, and would like to share how one step led me to face the limiting beliefs in my life.
First let me explain what limiting beliefs are. They are thoughts we believe to be true that prevent us from moving forward in life. Many of us have limiting beliefs that are holding us back. Examples of these thoughts include:
“I’ll never be good enough.”
“I don’t deserve good things in life.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
“I’m unlovable and unwanted.”
“There is no purpose for me.”
“Why try? I’m just going to fail.”
“Change is hard.”
Despite a wonderful childhood I had limiting beliefs about myself. I was nearly 9 inches taller than all of my friends and being so tall made me dislike what I saw in the mirror. I had extremely low self-esteem and didn’t believe I would accomplish much in life. Subsequently my dreams and goals were only mediocre because I believed that I wasn’t destined for greatness and was afraid of failure.
Perhaps you had similar thoughts about yourself when growing up. If so then we have a lot in common, although most likely it’s at this point that my story takes a sharp turn from yours. I was a junior in high school when a single step changed my life.
While practicing for the high school production of The Wizard of Oz, I took a step back into nothing. Unbeknown to me, a trap door in the stage floor was opened for a set change; I fell 16 feet to a cement floor, landing on my head with all of my body weight on top of me. I broke my neck and severely crushed my spinal cord. The accident left me paralyzed from the chest down.
When the doctors told me that I would never walk again I was overcome with depression, sadness and hopelessness. I was also filled with many negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, not about my height but about what I would be able to accomplish in life while confined to a wheelchair.
I spent many months feeling lost and sorry for myself, when it finally struck me that to be happy and fulfilled I would need to make some changes. I couldn’t control the circumstances of the accident or the outcome of my injury. I could however control my attitude, my way of thinking and the thoughts I chose to believe. I became conscious of the fact that my negativity and my limiting beliefs were not helping to get me where I needed to be, and it was then that I began thinking about what I was thinking about.
I started examining my thoughts and realized that if I was going to get somewhere in life I needed to take the limiting beliefs and turn them around by thinking positively instead. Having recently become a Christian, I turned to the Bible for these positive words, determined to discover the 300 promises for my life.
Today, 13 years later I have overcome more than I ever thought possible. I have two bachelors degrees, I drive independently, I live in a beautiful home on my own, I have three jobs, I travel all over this beautiful earth, and most of all I live a fulfilling, purposeful life.
I often look back and wonder what I would have become if it hadn’t been for that one step. Who would have thought that what would appear so tragic on the surface would actually set me on a course for my true calling. I would have settled for mediocrity and played life safe. Instead I found courage, strength, a new way of thinking, and by telling my story can help others do the same.
So I ask you today, what negative beliefs are holding you back in this life? What are you thinking about? Are your thoughts helping you or are they hurting you?
Your mind can be a junkyard or a treasure chest, and you alone choose what it will be; you can think life enhancing facts or life limiting thoughts. Limiting thoughts steal your peace, your joy, and ultimately rob you of a great life. Be determined that you will no longer be dominated by limiting beliefs and watch your life transform into something amazing!
If you take nothing else away from reading these words remember this: limiting beliefs are lies, and when we mistakenly believe them to be true it can impact the destiny of our lives. I know firsthand, and would like to share how one step led me to face the limiting beliefs in my life.
First let me explain what limiting beliefs are. They are thoughts we believe to be true that prevent us from moving forward in life. Many of us have limiting beliefs that are holding us back. Examples of these thoughts include:
“I’ll never be good enough.”
“I don’t deserve good things in life.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
“I’m unlovable and unwanted.”
“There is no purpose for me.”
“Why try? I’m just going to fail.”
“Change is hard.”
Despite a wonderful childhood I had limiting beliefs about myself. I was nearly 9 inches taller than all of my friends and being so tall made me dislike what I saw in the mirror. I had extremely low self-esteem and didn’t believe I would accomplish much in life. Subsequently my dreams and goals were only mediocre because I believed that I wasn’t destined for greatness and was afraid of failure.
Perhaps you had similar thoughts about yourself when growing up. If so then we have a lot in common, although most likely it’s at this point that my story takes a sharp turn from yours. I was a junior in high school when a single step changed my life.
While practicing for the high school production of The Wizard of Oz, I took a step back into nothing. Unbeknown to me, a trap door in the stage floor was opened for a set change; I fell 16 feet to a cement floor, landing on my head with all of my body weight on top of me. I broke my neck and severely crushed my spinal cord. The accident left me paralyzed from the chest down.
When the doctors told me that I would never walk again I was overcome with depression, sadness and hopelessness. I was also filled with many negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, not about my height but about what I would be able to accomplish in life while confined to a wheelchair.
I spent many months feeling lost and sorry for myself, when it finally struck me that to be happy and fulfilled I would need to make some changes. I couldn’t control the circumstances of the accident or the outcome of my injury. I could however control my attitude, my way of thinking and the thoughts I chose to believe. I became conscious of the fact that my negativity and my limiting beliefs were not helping to get me where I needed to be, and it was then that I began thinking about what I was thinking about.
I started examining my thoughts and realized that if I was going to get somewhere in life I needed to take the limiting beliefs and turn them around by thinking positively instead. Having recently become a Christian, I turned to the Bible for these positive words, determined to discover the 300 promises for my life.
Today, 13 years later I have overcome more than I ever thought possible. I have two bachelors degrees, I drive independently, I live in a beautiful home on my own, I have three jobs, I travel all over this beautiful earth, and most of all I live a fulfilling, purposeful life.
I often look back and wonder what I would have become if it hadn’t been for that one step. Who would have thought that what would appear so tragic on the surface would actually set me on a course for my true calling. I would have settled for mediocrity and played life safe. Instead I found courage, strength, a new way of thinking, and by telling my story can help others do the same.
So I ask you today, what negative beliefs are holding you back in this life? What are you thinking about? Are your thoughts helping you or are they hurting you?
Your mind can be a junkyard or a treasure chest, and you alone choose what it will be; you can think life enhancing facts or life limiting thoughts. Limiting thoughts steal your peace, your joy, and ultimately rob you of a great life. Be determined that you will no longer be dominated by limiting beliefs and watch your life transform into something amazing!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Hello all! I can’t believe that Thanksgiving 2010 has come and gone. I also can’t believe I haven’t written you in a year and a half. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.
I have been speaking a lot lately and started writing a book, during all that I lost track of time on the blog. I want to remind you that we all have something to be thankful for. Something my friend once told me was to start a thankfulness journal and before you go to bed each night write down 3 things you are thankful for; they could be what happened that day or could be overall in your life. The first day you may only be able to be thankful for one thing, but as the days go on you will find more and more. There is no wrong or right way to be thankful. For example, at night her daughter thanks God for the ceiling and the walls. So start basic and over time you will notice more things to be thankful for. You may also begin to notice all the little things that are positive that happened during your day. These little positive things may soon start to outweigh the negative things. This idea has the power to change your whole outlook on life.
God is real and He wants to bless us. If we are always focused on the negative it is hard to see how God is blessing us. By changing one little thing in our life we can change how we see the whole world. I challenge you to give thankfulness a try.
I would love to hear from you. If you have a question I would love to address it in this blog! Happy Holiday Season!
I have been speaking a lot lately and started writing a book, during all that I lost track of time on the blog. I want to remind you that we all have something to be thankful for. Something my friend once told me was to start a thankfulness journal and before you go to bed each night write down 3 things you are thankful for; they could be what happened that day or could be overall in your life. The first day you may only be able to be thankful for one thing, but as the days go on you will find more and more. There is no wrong or right way to be thankful. For example, at night her daughter thanks God for the ceiling and the walls. So start basic and over time you will notice more things to be thankful for. You may also begin to notice all the little things that are positive that happened during your day. These little positive things may soon start to outweigh the negative things. This idea has the power to change your whole outlook on life.
God is real and He wants to bless us. If we are always focused on the negative it is hard to see how God is blessing us. By changing one little thing in our life we can change how we see the whole world. I challenge you to give thankfulness a try.
I would love to hear from you. If you have a question I would love to address it in this blog! Happy Holiday Season!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Make it a happy day!
I can't believe that it is already March! Where has the time gone? I see that the last time I wrote was December! I apologize! Well, the last two months have been amazing. I have been speaking a lot (7 times in the last two weeks) and keeping extremely busy with all the other things in my life. One phrase that recently has really impacted me is "Make it a happy day." With life being so crazy busy it's easy to get focused on the negative or just even the mundane things of life. Are you frustrated at the end of your day? Do you feel that your day goes by without accomplishing much of anything? I heard the saying "make it a happy day" in an e-mail of a teacher that I was speaking for and it really struck me. I kept thinking about it and realizing that yes it is our decision what kind of day that we have. Not only did it make me think but it helped me prioritize my life so that I could make it a happy day. I stopped watching TV because I felt it brought me down (even though I never really watched it that much) and I began going through my list of things to get done and I actually did them. This helped me focus on the things that I needed to get done and really feel so much more better at the end of the day. My challenge to you is to meditate on "make it a happy day" and see what it does for your life. God bless!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
With the new year brings many new opportunities for me to share my story. I'm so very excited about all of these and want to let you know about a few of them:
January 4th Abundant Life Church, River Falls WI 10:00 AM (896 State Road 65)
January 7th River Falls High School Diversity class
January 14th Woodbury Highschool Leadership class
January 27th Salvation Army of Brown County, Green Bay WI
February 4th Mayo Clinic Nursing Retention Event
February 7th Faith Community Women's Conference, Hudson WI
I invite you all to come hear me speak January 4th, as the rest are closed engagements or registration is needed.
Thanks!
January 4th Abundant Life Church, River Falls WI 10:00 AM (896 State Road 65)
January 7th River Falls High School Diversity class
January 14th Woodbury Highschool Leadership class
January 27th Salvation Army of Brown County, Green Bay WI
February 4th Mayo Clinic Nursing Retention Event
February 7th Faith Community Women's Conference, Hudson WI
I invite you all to come hear me speak January 4th, as the rest are closed engagements or registration is needed.
Thanks!
Merry Christmas!
I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! My Christmas was great! It was filled with family, laughter, giving, and most of all celebrating the birth of Jesus! I love this time of year! I tell everyone that I wish I could keep my Christmas tree up all year round; and the reason for it is because of how much I wish all year could be celebrated like this time of year. When we were growing up, my mom would get so excited to play Christmas music on her new contraption; the CD player. It would take her a few days to figure out how to use the thing again, and then we'd hear Elvis singing "Blue Christmas." Though Elvis was not very cool when I was listening to him, he had a song that just melted my heart titled "If Everyday Was Like Christmas" and the older I get the more I love the song. The concept of the song is self explanatory by the title; yet it tells about peace, cheer, and giving. Of course, I don't enjoy hearing of rude shoppers trampling down an employee, and how out of control spending has gotten; yet the part of christmas that I love is being with family and friends, giving to others, and just reflecting on God's love. If we could focus on those three things all year round I believe our world would be a better place. So, i'm challenging myself to not lose the Christmas spirit but to carry it with me everyday all year round; will you challenge yourself also?
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