“Eight Choices You Can Make Today That Will Change Your Life Forever”

The direction of our lives is determined by the choices we make every day. They accumulate and add up to our ultimate destiny. Here are eight choices you can make—choices that will create for you abundance and prosperity in all areas of your life.

1. Choose to grow personally. This sounds simple but many people only wish to grow personally. They never choose to grow by taking action, such as actually exercising, saving more money, etc. Make a decision today to be a person who is on the never-ending journey of personal growth.

2. Choose to always treat others right. We come across all sorts of people, many of whom will treat us poorly. We can choose to treat them right, no matter how they treat us. When they lie, we will tell the truth. When they cheat, we will play by the rules. We may get the short end of the stick sometimes, but in the long run we will win. And most important, we will be able to sleep at night.

3. Choose to break a bad habit. Take the biggie first. Tackle it head on. If you don’t know what it is, ask a friend. Then spend every effort you can to break that habit. Forget about the others, as you will get to them later. Stop smoking, get out of debt, lose your excess weight. Exercise the power to choose!

4. Choose to work smarter. Many people I work with feel like they are out of balance. One of the first things I do is try to find out how much time they are wasting at work, which makes them work longer, which throws the rest of their life into chaos. Getting your work done by diligently working in the time you have will free your life up extraordinarily.

5. Choose to see your work as a way to help others, and not a way to make money. If you put your heart into helping others, the money will most assuredly come. Spend time helping others grow and your finances will grow with it.

6. Choose to become balanced spiritually, emotionally and physically. Our lives are best when we have these three major areas in balance. Spend some time cultivating your spirituality, becoming emotionally healthy, and physically fit.

7. Choose to sow more than you reap. There are many takers in this world, but our lives will be better as we become givers. The world will become better as we become givers. Give away your time, give away your money, give away your love.

8. Choose to get home for dinner more often. The family is the most important group of people you will ever belong to. Make a decision today to grow in your relationship with your parents, siblings, spouse and children. This one choice you will never regret.

One of my favorite quotes: “The history of free men is never written by chance, but by choice; their choice.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower

—Chris Widener

“Faith is Living”

I love this amazing song by John Waller!!!

I wish I could see just three steps in front of me
But the lamp unto my feet it only moves when I take a step
And believe Your word to me Lord, You have a history
That proves You’re worthy of my faith

It’s the evidence of things I cannot see
And Faith it’s the confidence that You are holding me
It’s stepping out, it’s breaking through
All my doubts and all I thought I knew
’Cause you’ve never lived until you’ve lived
(By faith)
You’ve never lived until you’ve lived
By faith

I want to be a man like Abraham
[ John Waller Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
He went to a foreign land ‘cause You said go
He trusted You by faith
Of a tiny mustard see to mountains we can speak
Believe and move them by faith

You are who You say You are
And You will do what You have promised to
And I believe

You’ve never lived until you’ve lived by faith
You’ve never lived until you’ve trusted grace
You’ve never lived till you lay it all down
So come and live, faith is living

Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday was this past Sunday, and when my husband asked me what I wanted this year I told him I could really use a netbook. I am constantly needing to look things up when I’m out during the day, or when I’m traveling. I have a Blackberry, so that covers most of what I need to do, but sometimes I need to get on Arbonne’s site and place an order and my Blackberry hates the flash on their site. It also hates the webserver for one of my email accounts, so I have to manually check that account. I was also wanting something that I could take with me when I’m meeting with new consultants to show them the info they need, without having to carry a stack of papers with me. (I drain ink cartridges in nothing flat). So, I ordered my new computer, and it will be arriving tomorrow. I’ll post when I get a chance to play with it. I’m hoping it will work for quite awhile and not get a virus. I have an iMac for home, so it’s been awhile since I’ve had to mess with the whole virus scan stuff. I bought some really cute accessories for it as well.

I received a gorgeous fall table runner from my Grandma Katie for my birthday. I also bought myself a new journal to use as a prayer journal.

I will post again tomorrow after I get the new netbook. I am hosting a Beijo Purse Party tomorrow, so it will be after that. I’m hoping I have a good turn out so that I can get a free purse from the Beijo Representative!

Quotes for my day…

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. – Emerson

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. – Proverb

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, HOLD ON. – James Frey

Wasted Time

I’ve had a long, melancholy day today. I’ve realized things about relationships that I cannot change. My day was spent processing the hurt of being lied to, and the fact that I have wasted so much of my time on a poor investment. My time is valuable, and I spent way too much time pouring myself into someone I wanted to help. Someone who I thought wanted my help. It’s funny, looking back you realize things you should have seen a mile off, but didn’t notice until they smacked you in the face. On top of those realizations, I’ve been processing the fact that someone who was in a leadership role in my life isn’t going to be there anymore because of a poor choice she’s made. Thankfully, someone has stepped in to take her place, but it’s sad to see her go.

I am posting in something that I blogged about last September, and that really struck me while reading today.

“Having said that, I have so many things that I want to write about, but the one thing popping into my head over and over is lonliness. I’ve been reading “Dare to Dream and Work to Win” by Dr. Tom Barrett. The book was a gift from my upline RVP, Renee Weight, for completing a challenge that she gave her team. The chapter that I just finished was about the lonliness of being an entrepreneur. At the time, I didn’t understand what Dr. Barrett meant, but it became crystal clear to me today. While I was out among friends and family, I experienced such an overwhelming feeling of loneliness and sorrow. You see, I have a dream for my life. I’m not satisfied to just make it through one more day…to tread water, just trying to keep my head above the waves. My God gave me a purpose, and it isn’t to waste my days struggling along. I look at the people I care about most and sometimes I am so amazed at the things they say and believe. Part of me wants to grab them and shake them, and the other part of me just wants to turn and walk away. What actually happens, is I stand there silently and just nod with a little half smile. What is the proper response to someone who is so jaded that they can’t see what God has to offer them. I’m not referring to salvation, as many of these people are saved, but instead, the plan he has for their lives. God calls us to lead extraordinary lives, not to worry from month to month how we’ll make the car payment. I get so frustrated by people who are either content in their mediocrity, or too afraid to go for the dream that their God has given them. In Dr. Barrett’s book, he says that we should thankful that we, as entrepreneurs, have extraordinary vision and can see what lies ahead. That we should quit trying to drag everyone along with us if they don’t want to go, but I have such a hard time with that. I find myself looking back over my shoulder at all the people I want with me on this journey and seeing them stuck in the same situation as before. For some it’s debt, for others it’s fear of being hopeful, for others it’s substance abuse, and some have other issues holding them back. I don’t know how to stop looking back. I know that there are people that will never realize their true potential, but it hurts to realize that some of those people are those that I hold most dearly. Is there anyone else that feels this way?”

Collection of Thoughts

Collection of Thoughts – JJ Heller

I wanted to save the day
I wanted to drown all your sorrows
I did what I thought I should
It didn’t do anyone a bit of good
But I tried

So who do you want me to be
I will give my best effort
And if I succeed consequently I will be the lesser

This is my collection of thoughts
Take it or leave if you want
I can’t be who I’m not anymore
I’ve been wasting my time
Going out of my mind tryin’ to please you
I find it’s never enough

I have grown tired of being afraid to cry
When I live a lie I feel something inside of me die
Then a revelation comes from the inside

‘Cause I am who I am
Who am I to question creation
For whatever it’s worth here is my humble reflection
A collection of thoughts…

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An Answer To Prayer!

Many of you knew that Tyler and I were praying about God’s Will in our lives. We have been feeling for the past couple months that I needed to quit my job. At the end of January I gave my business over to God. In the first 5 days of this month, my sales have been over what I’ve totaled even in my best full month. I asked God to make it blatantly obvious where he wanted us to go from here, and today he did. I was laid off from my job today, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m nervous about this new chapter in my life, but know that God is here through it all. I am now a stay at home wife, and full time Arbonne Consultant. I am so eager to really give my all for my business, and finally have the time and energy to do so. Thank you to all of you who have been praying for us. I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on in our lives.

With Love,
Megan

What Are You Waiting For???

What Are You Waiting For by Natalie Grant

Sometimes I get that overwhelmin’ feelin’
So sad the faces on TV
If I try to make a difference, would it help anyway?
But then I stop and to myself, I say

So you wanna change the world
What are you waiting for?
Say, you’re gonna start right now
What are you waiting for?

Now, it only takes one voice
So come on now and shout it out
Give a little more
What are you waiting for?

Sometimes I feel a little helpless
Seems like I can’t do a thing
But anything is possible just you wait and see
Good things happen if you just believe

So you wanna change the world
What are you waiting for?
Say, you’re gonna start right now
What are you waiting for?

It only takes one voice
So come on now and shout it out
Give a little more
What are you waiting for?

Someday, somehow you’re gonna take that step
‘Cause time is ticking away
Right here, right now, before it’s too late
Gonna face tomorrow today, yeah, yeah, alright yeah, oh yeah

So you wanna change the world
What are you waiting for?
Say, you’re gonna start right now
What are you waiting for?

It only takes one voice
So come on now and shout it out
Give a little more
What are you waiting for?

So you wanna change the world
What are you waiting for?
Say, you’re gonna start right now
What are you waiting for?

It only takes one voice
So come on now and shout it out
Give a little more
What are you waiting for?

Ooh, yeah, what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting, what are you waiting
What are you waiting for?

Revelation

This song perfectly matches my daily prayer!!!

Revelation by Third Day

My life,
Has led me down the road that’s so uncertain
And now I am left alone and I am broken,
Trying to find my way,
Trying to find the faith that’s gone
This time,
I know that you are holding all the answers
I’m tired of losing hope and taking chances,
On roads that never seem,
To be the ones that bring me home

Give me a revelation,
Show me what to do
Cause I’ve been trying to find my way,
I haven’t got a clue
Tell me should I stay here,
Or do I need to move
Give me a revelation
I’ve got nothing without You
I’ve got nothing without You

My life,
Has led me down this path that’s ever winding
Through every twist and turn I’m always finding,
That I am lost again (I am lost again)
Tell me when this road will ever end
[Revelation Lyrics On http://www.elyricsworld.com/ ]
Give me a revelation,
Show me what to do
Cause I’ve been trying to find my way,
I haven’t got a clue
Tell me should I stay here,
Or do I need to move
Give me a revelation
I’ve got nothing without You
I’ve got nothing without…

I don’t know where I can turn
Tell me when will I learn
Won’t You show me where I need to go
Oh oh
Let me follow Your lead,
I know that it’s the only way that I can get back home

Give me a revelation,
Show me what to do
Cause I’ve been trying to find my way,
I haven’t got a clue
Tell me should I stay here,
Or do I need to move
Give me a revelation
I’ve got nothing without You
I’ve got nothing without You

Oh, give me a revelation…

I’ve got nothing without You
I’ve got nothing without You