Hey , cool cats! If you're—geez—almost anywhere in the U.S. except the Pacific northwest, you know one thing is true: it's HOT!! Is the globe warming?? Or are we just having a heat wave? I realized the other day that I hadn't heard the term "heat wave" in a really long time...is that because our meteorologists are completely invested in global warming? Or have I just not been watching TV?
Anyway, here in Augusta the high tomorrow is projected to be 99 degrees. This calls for serious measures. So here's what we did: we went to Walmart.
First of all, Walmart is air conditioned. (But crossing that incredibly huge asphalt parking lot makes you want it even more.) Secondly, Walmart has FLOATS. And not just any floats, but floats that fold up into little packages and carry bags so that you can easily carry them to the beach. Or where ever. Because as you probably already know, Augusta doesn't have a beach. What is does have is a RIVER.
The Savannah River, in fact. And the truth is, I'm not really in Augusta, GA...I'm in North Augusta, SOUTH CAROLINA. Which is right on the other side of the Savannah River. My house is across the street from the Savannah River. I have a front hang-out room (I refuse to call it a "sitting room") that we call The River Room, because it has a small view of the river.
But what's really cool is that my swanky development has a public dock that nobody uses. So, we bought our floats and a little cooler, filled the cooler with beer, drove a block to the dock, and jumped in the river. We tied our floats to the dock, stuck a couple of cold ones in our drink holders (we specifically chose the floats for their drink-holding design), and floated the afternoon away. We had so much fun that we decided to do it again today. This time we also brought snacks and books. Perfect. We believe we've solved our summer heat problem.
What's amazing us is that no one else is jumping in the river. Lots of boats go by, jet skis, water skiers, tubers...but no actual swimmers. My boyfriend paddled his float to the other side of the river and talked to some kids that were hanging out in the riverfront park. A little girl said, "how do you do all that?" And he said, "It's easy." And she said, "Aren't you afraid of alligators?" And he said, "Noooo. If an alligator comes, I'll eat him!" She thought that was the bravest thing she'd ever heard.
But there are no alligators in the Savannah River. Someone's mom must have been closing down some possibilities for her children. Lesson: always question everything your parents say. More on this later. ;-)
I just watched a documentary about a long-married couple, who, having both been deaf since birth, decided to get cochlear implants at the age of 65.
Talk about amplifying possibility into reality.
The husband adapted more readily than the wife, primarily because he was less attached to the outcome. He thought, what have a I got to lose? I can always go back to being deaf.
His wife had higher expectations. She wanted to understand everything she heard right away. She thought if she turned up her implant all the way, somehow the sounds she was hearing would make sense to her.
Instead, they just gave her a headache.
A year after having the implants, both of them had figured out the role they wanted sound to play in their lives. They had unraveled some of its mysteries, and they had discarded some of its features.
But mostly, they had learned how to support each other through the process. They paced each other so that neither would get left behind.
Ultimately, these are the lessons we learn when we try something new. And our attachment or detachment from the end result will make the process easier or harder for us.
What I learned from watching this documentary is that if you want to make significant change in your life--if you want the possibility of hearing after being deaf your whole life--then you must take a risk; you must accept and weather it's consequences; and you must let go of your expectations and let the universe do its work.
And it doesn't hurt to have someone who loves you nearby.
Love and possibility! --Kim
57-year-old Irishman Bob McNichol was blinded two years ago when red-hot aluminum exploded in his face. This year, he's had his eye rebuilt using his son's tooth and regained some sight.
Yes! They've put his son's TOOTH in his EYE. And he can SEE.
Will miracles never cease?! All possibilities are available!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts_afp/irelandbritainhealthoffbeat
Here's a guy who says he figured out how to transfer the intoxicating effects of alcohol into water without all of those debilitating side effects using a spin field generator:
http://www.rialian.com/rnboyd/spinfield-effects.htm
Here's how to build your own spin field generator:
http://amasci.com/freenrg/tors/spin1.html
Happy New Year!
10. There's so much of it. Or at least, I think there is. Like most humans, I consider myself relatively immortal. The older I get, the more I become familiar with my own creaking life cycle, but I still can't see the end on the horizon...
9. It's unpredictable. I'm surprised by the number of the times I've said to myself, "I never imagined that my life would take this turn." It's encouraging to know I can't predict it all the time, no matter how good of a futurist I am.
8. It's generous. I know that I will be given so much in the years to come: love, new friends, beautiful days, engaging experiences, laughter...the universe has so much to give, and there's always more where that come from.
7. It's full of discovery. We've come to a time in our evolution when the universe seems like an onion that we're peeling apart layer by layer. I can't wait to see what the next layers will reveal to us.
6. It's mine. If I embrace my own power, I can live in the future any way I want. Every day I have the opportunity to accept that challenge.
5. It's a promise. As I sit here writing, some future is promised to me, no matter how small. I can make every moment of it count, if I stay awake and aware.
4. It will teach me. There is so much more to learn! Before me lie infinite chances to turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom.
3. It's the playing field of my purpose. My legacy is yet to be written. I can choose in each future moment to be true to my purpose and to honor my passions, because no one else can make my contribution but me.
2. It's exciting! As the creator of my own experience, I look forward to all of the wonderful and as yet unknown possibilities that I will amplify into reality!
1. It's a loom. And on that loom, as my life's master weaver, it's my intention to weave a rich, warm and tasty tapestry of life, full of hope, cheer, love, comfort and passion from the fabric of time.
And I must get started right this second! The future waits for no woman!
A gutter installer named Rick came by my house to give me an estimate at 7:30 this morning. He was a pleasant man, and his business was just a few blocks from my house.
The first thing he asked me was, "How did you hear about us?"
(If I could get my all my business coaching clients to do that, I would be so happy!)
I told him that first I'd found him on Google, and then I saw him in the Yellow Pages. On Google there was just a simple listing, and I told him he would be doing his business a favor if he put up a website. That way, he could tell his story to the people who used the Internet to look for services. He agreed that he needed one, but he was just not an Internet person. I told him I could recommend a designer, and then all he would need is the copy and some pictures. He asked me for my card, and read my title.
"Chief Amplifier?" he said. "What's that?"
I said, "I help individuals and businesses discover new possibilities for themselves and amplify those possibilities into reality. For businesses owners, that means I do things like help develop a growth strategy, design new profit centers, open new sales channels, and ultimately, help the owner put together an exit strategy, so he or she can stop working and go on to something else."
He laughed, in an "I wish" sort of way. "I don't think I'm gonna stop working any time soon. I'm raising three kids. I just don't see it."
I smiled, and said, "It could happen. You just need a vision and a plan."
But I could tell he didn't believe me. And I wondered if Rick would ever get his mind out of gutters and set his sights on the stars.
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A study conducted in 2002 at Vanderbilt University showed that two completely different parts of the brain are used when recognizing objects in the real world (ventral pathway) versus imagining them (dorsal pathway).
When examined in the light of amplifying possibility into reality, it made me think some really wacky stuff. Stuff like...
...why does the brain need two different pathways to do this?
Is there some hidden capacity in the dorsal pathway that we will one day discover that will help us understand how visualizations can become real?
Is there some kind of cosmic signaling that happens when we imagine things that might happen to us, or that we might create?
Are we tapping into an available reservoir of past (and possibly future) experience in order to help us "see" better?
If we really only use 30% of our brain, does it behoove us to visualize on a regular basis and get really good at it, in order to exercise more of our brain power?
In my studies, I've gathered a collection of methods for improving your ability to visualize in powerful ways. I'll be sharing those with the subscribers of my Possibility Tips newsletter. I send out a Possibility Tip about once a week. You can subscribe by visiting http://www.kimmarcille.com.
Wishing you every possibility!
Yesterday I ran 8 miles for the first time in my life. In a row. Next week, I will run 10. And on February 18th, I will run a half marathon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As I reach each of these milestones, getting my body to do things it's never done before, I realize what a great metaphor it is for all areas of life. If you're afraid of starting your own business because you've never made money as an independent before, I can assure you the fear evaporates when someone hands you that first check. (After that you just have the fear of whether you can do it again.) Asking your boss for a raise is only impossible until you set the meeting with his secretary and show up for it. By taking just the first steps toward your dream life, the rest will fall in place. You may show up for those first steps with your knees knocking, but you will have started the process of amplifying raw possibility into probability, and then into reality.
Each of us is a perfectly designed possibility amplifier. Design the reality you want to create, and then take the first step. The universe will be right there with you.