I remember when last December I told you that I was moving to Mexico, I wrote that Spirit would lead and I would follow. I had visions of days sun tanning by the pool, reading delightful books, learning my Tai Chi and sipping some exotic drink. A sabbatical in the sun…how appealing!
I can barely stop laughing at how the last five months have evolved. Obviously the Universe and I have very different definitions of what a sabbatical looks like!
I have been back to Vancouver twice on high-powered, busy as all-get-out business trips including several speaking engagements. I have just completed my 60,000 word manuscript for my next book due out this fall. My client schedule, although reduced, still keeps me hopping with appointments 5 days a week. Then working with my dearest friend Monique, the brand-new Sacred Gifts website will be online within the next 10 days, and the home study program ready for this fall. AND last but certainly not least, my life partner Greg and his business partner bought a network marketing company two months ago and I became the VP of Personal and Business Development. In less than a month, I leave
In working with a client last week, she told me that she wanted to work with me because I am a successful author and seem to be busy speaking on top of a very active client practice. She wondered what my business and marketing plans looked like. It was pretty funny telling her that I don’t have any. I confessed that the sum total of my business and marketing plans these days sound something like this every morning: “I don’t know what you have planned for me God, but I am sure it’s good. I am so excited to find out.” And then I get to work with what the day has brought and it certainly never fails to bring excitement!
I don’t think any business plan could have foreseen Greg and Alfred buying Plexus Pink, a network marketing company that was all about early detection of breast cancer and is now evolving into a company about breast health. I have been test-marketing (along with several of my clients), a breast cream that Greg developed last year with Spirulina algae as its base. Plexus Pink, the obvious home for this cream was not for sale and it wasn’t looking at all possible that a deal would be struck with the management anytime soon. Then out of the blue, the former owner got cancer and it was an almost immediate transfer of power. A breast company without a woman in corporate? That didn’t sit well with Greg and Alfred and so I was asked by two of my most favorite men in the world if I would step up to the plate as VP.
It certainly wasn’t what I had intended this year - but as the laying by the pool for hours, reading countless books and basically relaxing hadn’t happened either, I decided to seriously contemplate the offer. It’s now been 4 weeks in the role and although I have no idea how we are going to get everything done that needs to get done, except by sheer miracles and the grace of God, I have learned to have fun with this assignment!
Why am I telling you this? Because one of the things that I am seeing in my new role in this company is that people worry an awful lot. They worry about stuff that may never happen, probably won’t happen and is almost impossible to happen. Why do people have such an addiction to worry? It’s not like it feels good, last time I checked. I’ve actually heard people say that if they didn’t have anything to worry about, that made them worry!
So my most ardent suggestion to you is STOP worrying! It’s simply not worth it. STOP asking so many questions about the HOW of everything and start exercising some faith and trust that things will work out.
I may sound flippant about my lack of business and marketing plans for 2008 but there is nothing casual about how I direct my life. It’s why it works and it works well. I am very clear on the quality of life that I expect. I am crystal clear on the level of contribution I wish to make to this planet before I die. I have totally surrendered to the Universe on HOW that happens. I live every day in a place of peace, joy, love and prosperity.
I demand a lot from my life and I am a very exacting tenant here on planet Earth. I expect to be supported and while I do my share, I absolutely, totally expect the Universe to do its part. Monique tells me that I have a radical relationship with the Universe. Maybe I do, maybe I just push the limits further than most. What I do know, is that it works, which is exceedingly clear in my next story.
Greg and I decided that we wanted to come back to Mexico together in November and be here for about 7 months. We knew that we wanted a beautiful, elegant, spacious house or condo with ocean views and we were very clear on our price range. Quite serendipitously, while in Vancouver attending a large event of more than 500 people, a woman approached me who had met me last November at the Sacred Gifts workshop. She had connected me in November with a woman she knew in
Not being slow to the draw, I picked that up as a BIG clue and contacted Drucilla last week, told her what Greg and I were looking for and sent her off looking. It wasn’t an easy task based on the number of months we wanted, the price we wanted and the long list of amenities we wanted but all three of us, Drucilla, Greg and I were clear, we would manifest the perfect home. Miracle after miracle happened and this week we just received notice that our new home in Bucerias, outside of Puerto Vallarta is waiting for us November 1st. Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, 8 pools, ocean views everywhere, this luxurious, deluxe condo is perfect for Greg, his 96 year old mother, and I to spend next winter. Even the little dog is allowed!
I have watched people plan their lives down to the second, worry about every little detail, fret about every penny and get very little for all their effort. I have also seen people have a laissez-faire attitude towards life, a “whatever” attitude, a roll with the punches and take what I get belief, and they often wonder why life doesn’t treat them better.
I don’t believe that either approach works. I have seen personally that clarity is critical - that magical question: What do I really want? Faith and trust in oneself is imperative. Lose the “I am not good enough to have what I want” attitude. Belief in a Higher Power really helps as doing it alone is harder than it needs to be. Confidence that you can manifest the life of your dreams is critical. Why can’t you? You’re already manifesting the life you are living now - why can’t a few things be modified and changed for the better. Find a balance between needing to know all the details and allowing the magic to occur.
I start every single day in conversation with God about the great day we have planned together. Every night I end the day filled with gratitude for all the surprises, unexpected treats that I had no idea were coming, and for the support I feel in the amazing people I attract in my life. It’s a business and life plan I’m sticking with because it works. You may wish to adopt some aspects of it and see what miracles you can create in your life.
To Your Outrageous Success!
Jan
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