Amp It Up!

What if…you allowed yourself to imagine a life that scintillated with beauty, inspiration, joy and love?

What if you allowed yourself to hope for, desire and pursue this scintillating vision?  

What if you spent time every day imagining yourself in that joyful world of beauty and light, as if it were the life you are leading now?  

What if you allowed yourself every day the opportunity to feel the emotions that come with such a life: the joy, the serenity, the peace, the connectedness?

Is it possible that you might begin to draw this dream life out of the ether?  That every day—little by little at first, and then faster and faster—your life would begin to look more and more like your dream life?  

Could it be that your passion would be ignited, that your head would clear, and that suddenly you would know, really know what you’re supposed to be doing in each moment?

Get your vision crystal clear in your head.  At every opportunity, make it bigger, bolder and juicier, until it is a towering and magical fairy castle in which you live.  

Only you can protect the integrity of your dreams.  Dream now.  Dream boldly.  Take action.  

2009 is your year.  And it will never come again.  Make your move now.

Watch this! Everything is possible!

http://www.flixxy.com/lucky-car-motorcycle-sport.htm

P.S., pay special attention to the bank robbery…

I’m still thinking about Jessica Cox, a woman who was born without arms, who is now a certified pilot who flies with her feet.

She checks the oil with her feet.  She makes entries in her flight log with her feet.  She says the hardest part of flying solo is putting on the seatbelt!  But she figured it out.

She used to wear prosthetic arms, but gave them up when she was 14.  She wanted to stop trying to be “normal” and instead celebrate her uniqueness.

Oh, BTW, she has a black belt in tae kwon do.  And she’s a motivational speaker.

I love stories like this because they remind me that I have absolutely no problems.

But further, it makes me think: what prosthetic arms am I wearing to try to be normal?  What uniqueness should I be celebrating and living from instead? 

Even the lipgloss. What a celebrant!  She’s my heroine!  

In a recent speech I gave to the members of the Latin Business Club at a recent awards ceremony, I shared with them the concept of saying, “Sure!”  to propel their careers.  I encouraged them to say “Sure!” when they were asked to take on new responsibility–even without pay.  

Sound crazy?  I’ve been promoted a dozen times in my career, and “Sure!” is one of the main reasons why.  Although I might not have received a big enough title with the responsibility, or I got a lot more responsibility without pay, eventually the recognition and pay came to me because I was willing to step up first.

Here’s what I now know: the universe has about 100 million ways to deliver your desired outcome to you.  You may not recognize it at first when it shows up, because you’ve crafted a vision of the delivery mechanism in your head, and it doesn’t match up.  When you resist those sorts of offers and say “no” to them, you slow down the possibility amplification process dramatically.  That resistance creates friction against your forward motion.

By letting go of your idea of the path, and instead following the markers the universe is providing, you will open yourself up to and be able to access more possibility.  And that’s where success lies.

What’s the worst that can happen? You learn a lesson.  Or you learn a new skill.  Or you…get promoted!

The universe has so much in store for you.  Let it come to you!

Welcome to my new blog on the PossibilitesAmplified.com website! I’ve moved my old blog site from ampitup.vox.com, with one sad omission: I can’t bring the comments of my visitors with me.

So we shall start all over again.  

Today I feel compelled to mention the economy. Okay, so I have. That’s about as much attention as you should spend on it, too.  Envision a perfectly healthy economy, for sure, but focus even more so on your vision.  

Focus on what you want to create instead of on what you don’t want to create.  That focus will keep you moving in the right direction.

Wishing you every possibility! –Kim

Then visit my new blog on skirt! Magazine’s Web site, skirt.com.  The blog is all about blog promotion and various and sundry other issues, particularly as relates to women, since skirt! is a magazine all about women.  It’s a lot of fun:

Jacksonville, Florida, that is.  Ran along the beautiful St. John River yesterday morning. 

Do I have a great life, or what??

Ha!

http://news.scotsman.com/dinosaursandprehistoriclife/Dinosaurs-were-nervous-rex.4159049.jp

Read down to the end and discover that now they can start working on medications for depression that focus on the CAUSE, not on the SYMPTOMS.  Really critical.

At Tokyo University, they have figured out how to take the fear of cats out of mice.  By switching off a gene, they removed certain nasal cells that the mice use to identify predators, and the altered mice showed absolutely no fear of cats.  They even snuggled and played with cats.  Check out some great pics of the mouse-kitty interplay here.  Super cute.

Okay. So we know that some of our fears are genetically programmed.  We’re afraid of large carnivorous animals, and we’re afraid of things that go bump in the night.  But…spiders?  Cockroaches?  Public speaking?  What’s that all about?

Let’s say that some of our fears are rooted in our genetic makeup.  And some have been conditioned into us by our parents, other role models and experiences.  Whether our fears are genetic or conditioned, is there a way for us to overcome them?

I believe in the Susan Jeffers “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” approach.  I am certainly not at the point where I’m applying it 100%, but the awareness of actions born of fear is a huge step.  So my focus is now to become very aware of what’s driving my behavior.  If I see myself choosing to be afraid rather than going forward in courage, I all of a sudden can choose.  It’s when I’m not aware that I have no choices.

While riding our bikes on the North Augusta Greeneway today, Michael and I came around a curve in time to see a doe cross the trail right in front of us.  Within seconds, we spotted her two fawns on the other side of the pathway. We couldn’t help but stop and admire their beauty and adorableness for a moment.  But in just that moment, we became aware of the fact that we were separating the doe and her babies, which were too afraid to cross the trail while we were there.  We re-mounted our bikes and pedaled on so that the lovely family could be together again.

Everyday life is full of surprises.  It’s the license plate that makes you laugh out loud.  It’s the door held open when your hands are full.  It’s the perfect connection at the airport.  It’s the way the attendant in the hospital has the goal of giving you a gift every time he comes in to take care of you and your family.  (Thanks, Guy. You da bomb.)

Just like you, your life is a beautiful, beautiful thing.  Can you see it?  Even if life seems to be holding you down now, the sun might be shining, the rain might be falling, a rainbow might be forming.  Can you see it? 

Write it down.  Write down the beauty.  Remember it.  Cherish it.  For you may not pass this way again.