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Gratitude Happens

6/21/2014

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Whenever I hear someone say  “have an attitude of gratitude” something inside me cringes a little.  For a long time I thought something was wrong with me.  I heard a speaker say  “It’s not an attitude of gratitude, but a practice of gratitude” and that resonated with me.  Gratitude is hard work, especially when we are in a difficult place.  I know if I start thinking about all the things I am grateful for it might pull me out of a funk.  Yet I resist.  Is it just me?  

This week I was facing some struggles and I made a decision to stay right in the moment.  When my thoughts wandered to “what am I going to do?” I brought them back to the present moment.  How was I in this very moment?  I had a roof over my head, food in my cupboards, a car that ran.  I was not hungry, I was not in any danger.  I was safe in my home with plenty around me.  That is when gratitude happened.  I was so caught off guard that here in the moment with all the wonderfulness of my life in the span of less than a minuted I had gone from sheer panic, to full blown gratitude.  True gratitude where I felt it.  I wasn’t trying to have an attitude of gratitude, I wasn’t trying to feel better by making a list of all the things I was grateful for, but I chose to be very present to the moment I was in and that there was absolutely no lack in that moment.  That’s when I began to dance.

Are you “Dancing in the Moment?”
Coach Laurie  

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Before You Do Anything Else

6/13/2014

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It seems like I am getting bombarded with “before you do anything else... do this or that.
Who am I supposed to listen to?  If I did do all the “before you do anything else’s... I would spend my whole day doing all these things and not be able to get on with my life.
I am a learner, I will try most anything that sounds reasonable, but i can’t do them all and i can’t do them all -- all the time and i certainly can’t do them all “before I do anything else.  

Shall I drink water before I meditate, pray before I get up?  Exercise before I eat?  Everybody has a different idea of what is really important and non negotiable. So this is what I have decided... are you ready? .... I do what I want, taking into consideration all the “MUSTS” put out daily and then I choose what is good for me.  What is right for me.  My style, my body, my life.   

What about you?  What is best for you?  What is it you need that fuels you and inspires you?  I say Do it!!! Life is to short to try to do everything others think we need to do. Do what you want to do.  What works for you.  What is good for you.  Before you do anything else..... Take care of you.

Live What You Love
Coach Laurie

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    Laurie was a single mom, whose hopes and dreams helped her survive the tough times.  Her dreams are manifesting with the release of a new book Did Not See That Coming.
    But most of all she wants to show women they are ENOUGH!

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