I was now a firm believer that I was able to get what I wanted in life by: 1) determining what I wanted, 2) writing it down, and 3) believing that it would happen. It had worked like magic with my husband. He was everything I had "ordered" :) It was also working for my great friend Kathy, who is detailing her experiences in our blog as well. Now I was excited to see what other things I could order and get!
I was pushing 40, was newly married, and we both wanted a child/children. For some unknown reason though, I was nervous to create a new list of programmation for a baby and kept stalling. At that time, Kathy wanted to go with me to a locally advertised evening where all present would be creating a dream/vision board. This involved an evening of searching through magazines and finding pictures and quotations of items you want to attract into your life that you paste onto a cardboard surface. You then put this vision board in a place where you can see it each day as a reminder to keep focusing on your goals and dreams. During that evening, I found this adorable picture of a dark haired baby boy. I had to put him on my vision board. He looked a lot like my husband. That evening was what I needed to get me motivated to focus my energy on a baby - what we were wanting.
From that evening on, I was re-energized. I created a list of programmation for our baby and found myself spending more and more time trying to make our baby a reality. I joined "baby clubs" online (www.babycenter.ca), calculated, using my monthly cycle, when I could get pregnant, and daily read articles online on this topic. I was so focused. Within a short time, I was pregnant! I had never been pregnant before, yet here I was! I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy who is now four years old and as wonderful as ever.
My husband and I both wanted more children, yet neither of us could get motivated the way we were with our baby. I tried creating a new vision board and more than once a list of programmation, but my heart just wasn't in it - and it never came about. It's like it wasn't meant to be. I really believe in my case that the desire and feeling of expectation helped make our baby a reality for us.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
The law of attraction is simple physics....
In reading Susan's blog, I realized how similar my story was in meeting my husband and her blog inspired me to write about it. At that time I didn't title it programmation or thought of it as programming. I simply thought of it as Newton's third law of motion - to every action there's an equal and opposite reaction.
The action = Put your energy and passion towards what you want while articulating it clearly in writing. Do this often - everyday, several times a week or a couple of times of a week but somehow make time to prioritize it.
The reaction = The universe will find a way to bring it to you.
Several years ago, I was divorced, a work-a-holic (90 hours per week) and a runner. I wasn't dating a lot because I wan't making time for it and when I did go out on a date, it simply wasn't a match. During the second year of my newly divorced life I decided to start a gratitude journal (my first entry was on Feb 24, 2008) to take me out of my work-a-holic cloud and bring me back to reality a bit. All I did was write the things for which I was grateful that day some of which were my health, being alive, my family, the smiles and laughter I share with my niece and nephew and "to be given the experiences I encounter in my job and being exposed to cultures in many different countries."
On Feb 26, 2008 I modified my journal to include "I want..." after I documented "I am grateful for..." I figured it was important to focus on gratitude as well as articulating my wants in life. Here is what I wrote:
"I want to have a positive influence on all people with whom I come into contact."
" I want to marry a man w"
I wasn't able to finish the sentence when it came to the man I wanted to marry because I didn't yet know how to articulate what I looking for. How could I even meet the man I wanted to meet if I couldn't even define him in words?
Feb 28, 2008 I was "grateful for having a great evening with Susan (This is the Susan with whom I write this blog) and for attracting such a nice girl into my life." That day I started my journey to articuating the man for whom I was looking and wrote " I want to meet, fall in love with and marry a man who is intelligent, honest, trustworthy, has integrity, credibility, to whom I am wildly attracted, who is supportive, is in love with me, who is wild about me, brings out the best in me and in whom I bring out the best." I vividly remember writing these words and not feeling connected to them. I wasn't yet emotionally assocating the words with the wants but it was a step closer to meeting him. I know knew how to define him but it felt a little robotic.
As I was journaling, people had been trying to set me up with this person named Barry. Barry and I knew each other for nearly 15 years but we had not dated. About one year before I met my former husband, a friend wanted to set me up with Barry but he thought I was too tall for him (we're actually the same height but I used to wear high heels which made me tower over him). I let it go and she then set me up with the man who became my former husband.
Back to my second year of being divorced. When people would ask to set me up with Barry, I would simply tell them to forget it because he thought I was too tall. Over the year this happened 8 times! Some were friends, some were people I met at the salon while getting my nails done but it happened quite often. The last one was the strangest and the catalyst to meeting the man I would later marry.
I'll continue this story next time ....now I have to go purchase some things for our soon to be 3 year old's birthday party.....: )
The action = Put your energy and passion towards what you want while articulating it clearly in writing. Do this often - everyday, several times a week or a couple of times of a week but somehow make time to prioritize it.
The reaction = The universe will find a way to bring it to you.
Several years ago, I was divorced, a work-a-holic (90 hours per week) and a runner. I wasn't dating a lot because I wan't making time for it and when I did go out on a date, it simply wasn't a match. During the second year of my newly divorced life I decided to start a gratitude journal (my first entry was on Feb 24, 2008) to take me out of my work-a-holic cloud and bring me back to reality a bit. All I did was write the things for which I was grateful that day some of which were my health, being alive, my family, the smiles and laughter I share with my niece and nephew and "to be given the experiences I encounter in my job and being exposed to cultures in many different countries."
On Feb 26, 2008 I modified my journal to include "I want..." after I documented "I am grateful for..." I figured it was important to focus on gratitude as well as articulating my wants in life. Here is what I wrote:
"I want to have a positive influence on all people with whom I come into contact."
" I want to marry a man w"
I wasn't able to finish the sentence when it came to the man I wanted to marry because I didn't yet know how to articulate what I looking for. How could I even meet the man I wanted to meet if I couldn't even define him in words?
Feb 28, 2008 I was "grateful for having a great evening with Susan (This is the Susan with whom I write this blog) and for attracting such a nice girl into my life." That day I started my journey to articuating the man for whom I was looking and wrote " I want to meet, fall in love with and marry a man who is intelligent, honest, trustworthy, has integrity, credibility, to whom I am wildly attracted, who is supportive, is in love with me, who is wild about me, brings out the best in me and in whom I bring out the best." I vividly remember writing these words and not feeling connected to them. I wasn't yet emotionally assocating the words with the wants but it was a step closer to meeting him. I know knew how to define him but it felt a little robotic.
As I was journaling, people had been trying to set me up with this person named Barry. Barry and I knew each other for nearly 15 years but we had not dated. About one year before I met my former husband, a friend wanted to set me up with Barry but he thought I was too tall for him (we're actually the same height but I used to wear high heels which made me tower over him). I let it go and she then set me up with the man who became my former husband.
Back to my second year of being divorced. When people would ask to set me up with Barry, I would simply tell them to forget it because he thought I was too tall. Over the year this happened 8 times! Some were friends, some were people I met at the salon while getting my nails done but it happened quite often. The last one was the strangest and the catalyst to meeting the man I would later marry.
I'll continue this story next time ....now I have to go purchase some things for our soon to be 3 year old's birthday party.....: )
Monday, May 6, 2013
Programmation to get what you want in life - Part 2
I was newly dating a cute, short, brown haired guy, yet I had "ordered" a tall, dark haired guy. I knew that he was not the man I had described in detail on my programmation list. I thought at first that I could just play along and see where life took us, but that was the way I had always done things. This time I wanted things to be different. This time I wanted things to work out for us.
I had been invited to attend a gathering of co-workers for drinks before the Christmas holidays, and I invited my short, brown haired guy. Fortuitously, he couldn't make it. Oh well I thought. I still wanted to go. When I first arrived, my eyes focused on this amazing looking, dark haired guy. He was sitting nearby, surrounded by friends/co-workers. Our eyes met each other over and over again, yet the evening progressed with nothing more than a quick smile.
Some of my co-workers wanted to grab a bite with me elsewhere. I looked at him and thought to myself that I guess he's not "the one". I was gathering my belongings and heading to the door when suddenly he was in front of me! It was crazy. How did he get there so fast I thought. He told me that he had wanted to meet me all night, but saw that I was surrounded by friends and looked busy. He said that he'd noticed I was leaving, but wanted to know if I would call him if he gave me his phone number. I looked up at this tall, dark, beautiful man and blurted out "yes!" I was so happy and couldn't stop thinking of him all night, and haven't stopped now 10 years later! Mark truly was everything I had ordered, everything I had written on my list.
It's amazing that the two of us were both there, single that night. I found out from Mark later, that some of his co-workers had been trying to set him up with someone, and they were preparing to go on a date. He also told me that he had nearly driven home and missed this evening, but at the last minute changed his mind, and decided to go after all. As mentioned earlier, I had invited the short, brown haired guy to attend with me. As fate would have it, he couldn't. Further, I had a male friend in the US who was going through some difficulties whom I had invited to stay at my place. Had he been in town, I would not have been there, and Mark later told me that there was no way he would have approached me if I was with another guy.
My mind can go in circles trying to determine just how much fate intervened that evening. Did we meet by chance or were we programmed to be there that night? No one can answer that, but I do know that making my list made what I wanted in a partner crystal clear to me, and when we met, I knew he was the one for me. There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear, but it could aptly apply here: when I was ready, my partner would appear. All I had to do was make my list and believe that I would get what I had ordered. And I did! There is so much more to say on this topic that I decided to make this part of a trilogy. My next blog will discuss how I got the other most important person in my life.
I had been invited to attend a gathering of co-workers for drinks before the Christmas holidays, and I invited my short, brown haired guy. Fortuitously, he couldn't make it. Oh well I thought. I still wanted to go. When I first arrived, my eyes focused on this amazing looking, dark haired guy. He was sitting nearby, surrounded by friends/co-workers. Our eyes met each other over and over again, yet the evening progressed with nothing more than a quick smile.
Some of my co-workers wanted to grab a bite with me elsewhere. I looked at him and thought to myself that I guess he's not "the one". I was gathering my belongings and heading to the door when suddenly he was in front of me! It was crazy. How did he get there so fast I thought. He told me that he had wanted to meet me all night, but saw that I was surrounded by friends and looked busy. He said that he'd noticed I was leaving, but wanted to know if I would call him if he gave me his phone number. I looked up at this tall, dark, beautiful man and blurted out "yes!" I was so happy and couldn't stop thinking of him all night, and haven't stopped now 10 years later! Mark truly was everything I had ordered, everything I had written on my list.
It's amazing that the two of us were both there, single that night. I found out from Mark later, that some of his co-workers had been trying to set him up with someone, and they were preparing to go on a date. He also told me that he had nearly driven home and missed this evening, but at the last minute changed his mind, and decided to go after all. As mentioned earlier, I had invited the short, brown haired guy to attend with me. As fate would have it, he couldn't. Further, I had a male friend in the US who was going through some difficulties whom I had invited to stay at my place. Had he been in town, I would not have been there, and Mark later told me that there was no way he would have approached me if I was with another guy.
My mind can go in circles trying to determine just how much fate intervened that evening. Did we meet by chance or were we programmed to be there that night? No one can answer that, but I do know that making my list made what I wanted in a partner crystal clear to me, and when we met, I knew he was the one for me. There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear, but it could aptly apply here: when I was ready, my partner would appear. All I had to do was make my list and believe that I would get what I had ordered. And I did! There is so much more to say on this topic that I decided to make this part of a trilogy. My next blog will discuss how I got the other most important person in my life.
Finding your passion means trying new things
When my daughter started school in September 2012 I was told I had to ensure everything she had was labelled. We had to label her water bottle, her snack bag, her clothing, her shoes, her hat, her shoe box and every toy she brings with her so as to ensure no mix-ups occur. To be honest, I had no idea where to buy labels so I started asking around. The only information I received was one online company that "everyone uses" and one store near my neighborhood. I felt that this wasn't sufficient information so I decided to do some research to see what other options were available. I wasn't only looking to label my daughter's clothes, I was looking for a quality, long lasting , easy to use product (not an iron-on), reasonably priced, with choices of designs that appealed to me and some other added benefits.
I ended up finding this fantastic online company which not only met the above criteria but provided two very interesting and important benefits not offered by other companies.
- The first was the unique and exclusive "found-it" tracking system, completely free of charge, allowing your lost item to be returned to you using an online coding system so you remain anonymous.
- The second was the comapny offered its agents the ability to fundraise for a charity of their choice by returning 20% of the sale to the charity.
I bought the labels to try them and have been more than satisfied with the company and the product! I love them! They're easy to use, stay on everything on which I've put them, they're adorable, I love the colors, designs and my daughter loves them.
Recently, I was organizing my daughter's 3rd birthday party and decided this would be a great personalized gift to include in the kids' loot bags so I ordered a package for each child, hoping to introduce the other moms to this amazing product. In doing so, I asked the company how I could use this opportunity to get a discount and advertise for them. They informed me that I could become an agent, which I did.
If you're interested in ordering from this company, supporting me in my new venture and a charity please go to: www.oliverslabels.com/kathylempert
I set up a foundation with the Montreal Children's Hospital for my daughter's birthday. I can tell you one thing, this feels good! The fact that I can earn money while giving back to charity by selling a product that I love is amazing. Stay tuned for more "new things..."
I ended up finding this fantastic online company which not only met the above criteria but provided two very interesting and important benefits not offered by other companies.
- The first was the unique and exclusive "found-it" tracking system, completely free of charge, allowing your lost item to be returned to you using an online coding system so you remain anonymous.
- The second was the comapny offered its agents the ability to fundraise for a charity of their choice by returning 20% of the sale to the charity.
I bought the labels to try them and have been more than satisfied with the company and the product! I love them! They're easy to use, stay on everything on which I've put them, they're adorable, I love the colors, designs and my daughter loves them.
Recently, I was organizing my daughter's 3rd birthday party and decided this would be a great personalized gift to include in the kids' loot bags so I ordered a package for each child, hoping to introduce the other moms to this amazing product. In doing so, I asked the company how I could use this opportunity to get a discount and advertise for them. They informed me that I could become an agent, which I did.
If you're interested in ordering from this company, supporting me in my new venture and a charity please go to: www.oliverslabels.com/kathylempert
I set up a foundation with the Montreal Children's Hospital for my daughter's birthday. I can tell you one thing, this feels good! The fact that I can earn money while giving back to charity by selling a product that I love is amazing. Stay tuned for more "new things..."
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Attitude of Gratitude Works!
I had forgotten what it was like to have an attitude of gratitude as I had been caught up in my own tirals and tribulations over the last couple of years. However, a little while ago, I decided to revert back to having an attitude of gratitude and began my days being grateful for....whatever it is in my life that I have.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. I had to run several errands and follow up with exercise, to which I have also recently gone back. I walked into the local Staples store to get some large size documents scanned onto a stick. The cashier helping me informed me that it would cost $10 to which I replied, ok, what choice do I have, I must have these documents scanned.
We started discussing what a beautiful day it was and I mentioned how lucky we are to experience winter as it makes us grateful to have these beautiful days. When he finished scanning my documents, we both walked toward the cash and he whispered, I'm going to give you a discount. I couldn`t believe it! I thought, what a nice man, wanting to give me a discount for absolutely no reason. I didn`t ask for one so why would he have even offered. He then charged me $5.99!!! That was a huge discount, I thought. Then, the attitude of gratitude will bring you abundance, came to mind. I saved $4 simply because I was emitting an energy of gratitude and shared it with him. It was truly a wonderful experience.
When I finished my errands, which required me to deal with the permit office at the local borough (also a wonderful experience I must add), I began my exercise regime of speed walking outside. As I was doing my walk, a woman stopped her car, pulled over mext to me simply to tell me that she loved my hair color! Can you imagine.... I absolutely had to blog about this experience because it is the universe telling me that I`m on the right path - my attitude must be of gratitude.
Today I am grateful for having connected with a high school friend, to whom I haven`t spoken in 25 years. She helped to lift an unbelievably heavy weight off my shoulders and guided me along a path that will help me achieve something on which I have been working for over 2 years. Thank you Dara, I am so grateful for your help and I know this will work!
Remember, attitude of gratitude....try it and you`ll see that it works. Stay tuned for more interesting experiences of being grateful.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. I had to run several errands and follow up with exercise, to which I have also recently gone back. I walked into the local Staples store to get some large size documents scanned onto a stick. The cashier helping me informed me that it would cost $10 to which I replied, ok, what choice do I have, I must have these documents scanned.
We started discussing what a beautiful day it was and I mentioned how lucky we are to experience winter as it makes us grateful to have these beautiful days. When he finished scanning my documents, we both walked toward the cash and he whispered, I'm going to give you a discount. I couldn`t believe it! I thought, what a nice man, wanting to give me a discount for absolutely no reason. I didn`t ask for one so why would he have even offered. He then charged me $5.99!!! That was a huge discount, I thought. Then, the attitude of gratitude will bring you abundance, came to mind. I saved $4 simply because I was emitting an energy of gratitude and shared it with him. It was truly a wonderful experience.
When I finished my errands, which required me to deal with the permit office at the local borough (also a wonderful experience I must add), I began my exercise regime of speed walking outside. As I was doing my walk, a woman stopped her car, pulled over mext to me simply to tell me that she loved my hair color! Can you imagine.... I absolutely had to blog about this experience because it is the universe telling me that I`m on the right path - my attitude must be of gratitude.
Today I am grateful for having connected with a high school friend, to whom I haven`t spoken in 25 years. She helped to lift an unbelievably heavy weight off my shoulders and guided me along a path that will help me achieve something on which I have been working for over 2 years. Thank you Dara, I am so grateful for your help and I know this will work!
Remember, attitude of gratitude....try it and you`ll see that it works. Stay tuned for more interesting experiences of being grateful.
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