I walked around for several hours today at the car-lot. Not much going on thats good in the car industry these days. The economy doesn't help. Neither does the war. People are being frightened into not spending money.
The news media has a field day "playing" on all of our fears.
For me, regardless of the lack of activity, my day was pretty magical.
Early this morning I approached a customer to get her license to put her on a test drive, and her birthday was 4-4.
About an hour later I approached a customer that had just pulled on the lot. She had a very thick Australian accent. She introduced herself to me, and told me her name was "Wallace." She had stopped in to look at a Volkswagon Toureg.
I shared with her I had spent time in Australia in my early 20's. We spent about 20 minutes together talking about the vehicle, yet I sensed something more.
As she was getting ready to leave, she asked me for a business card. I told her I didn't like business cards, and reminded her I was the only "Blayne" that worked at the dealership.
She mentioned she wanted to call me to schedule a time when her partner felt better to come back and drive the vehicle.
We both walked inside so I could get a pen and generic business card to write my cell number down.
I mentioned to her it would be best to call my cell phone directly, as I only worked part time.
She inquired about what else I did to keep myself busy. I told her I was getting into consulting, life/coaching, and counseling. She piped up immediately and said she did something similar.
I asked her what type of consulting/life-coaching she was involved in. I knew the answer before she even started talking.
I can't remember her exact words, but the effect was this. She consult's people in how to use the Law of Attraction, and she takes it a bit further.
I told her we "manifested" each other. She smiled and said I was probably right. I spoke to her about my awakening/enlightenment, and told her of some of the amazing things that were happening to me on a regular basis. We exchanged phone numbers, and I promised to bring a hard-copy of my manuscript for her to read, as well as a few other pieces I have been working on.
It seems "Wallace" and I were met to meet today, and I got to experience a little "magic" in my life.
It's a good thing I have been able to get some inspiration from other sources, because right now this business is not the best to be in. If I lived in fear and lack...life might just suck right now..
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
The Past Few Days
Yesterday was 5-15-08. I accompanied Shanna, Tehya, my two nieces Kyleigh, and Kayla, and my one year old long haired Dacshound Lexi to the beach. It’s about a five block walk from my house.
The afternoon was perfect, It was about 75 degrees I decided to skip out of work early to hang out with my family. I buried Tehya and Kyleigh in the sand. I love watching the joy in little kids faces, when you play with them at their level, and are “present” with them having fun, instead of worrying about what happened at work two hours ago, or what the gas prices will be by Monday.
We left the beach and I was a little ahead of the group. Two of my former Psychology professors, Rona Rubin and Russell Hollander drove right in front of me and parked. I approached them both and said hello. They didn’t recognize me at first. After 15 seconds we were talking about old times at St. Martins.
I went into my awakening with them both and told them I would send them a copy. I told Rona I was trying to write a book about what I had learned, and what I felt I had to share, and she told me she was writing a book on compassion. What a beautiful subject, and something very dear to my heart. If we all understood our “oneness” and operated from these very simple principles, compassion naturally flows from us.
Today, 5-16-08 I accompanied a co-worker to climb a portion of Mt. Rainier, then snowboard down. He had mentioned the idea about a month ago. He mentioned it again earlier this week and I balked because finances aren’t the best as a result of the economy right now, and I felt like I should be at work working. I immediately recognized I was living from a fear/lack based perspective. We chatted again on 5-14-08 and agreed to do it today.
The plan was to climb from Paradise Lodge in the national park at about the 5000ft. level, to Camp Muir at the 10,000ft level. I want to mention neither one of us has any kind of climbing background, and neither one of us had been to Camp Muir. I had climbed to the 6500ft level several years ago to snowboard down, but I have never been above the tree line.
I slept in Beau’s bedroom because I had my alarm set to go off at 5:45 AM, and Shanna didn’t want to get up that early. The alarm went off and I walked in our bedroom to take a shower. I looked out of our bedroom window and saw two deer eating grass and flowers in my back yard. What an amazing way to start the day
The drive up was amazing, and almost dreamlike as we drove through the old growth forest of the Cascade Range. On the way up, “intuition” told me to glance at my cell phone and it was 9:11. All along the drive, and for the three days leading up to the climb, I have felt as if I was being led to go to the mountain. Seeing this solidified it for me.
We got to the parking lot at Paradise, and my adrenaline started going. I looked at Shane and I could tell he was feeling some of it too. We ate a little food, put on the packs, and headed up the mountain.
I didn’t look at my phone again, to see if it had any service on the mountain until exactly 11:11 A.M. As this happens to me I begin to start looking for anything of significance or relevance, or anything that is “synchronistic.”
Our first stop was shortly thereafter, at about 7,000ft. As I was eating a snack of dried bananas and strawberries, a blue bird landed in the tree next to me and looked at me. Without hesitation, II held up a piece of banana. He flew over, snatched the banana out of my hand, and flew back to his spot in the tree. It amazed me. Within moments a man approached us sitting on our backpacks as he was coming up the trail. I immediately recognized him as one of my very first customers in the car business. I was new in the business and didn’t “pre qualify” him. As a result I sold a car that day. He walked past several salespeople before I approached him. I said hello and told him I sold a car to him. He looked, smiled and remembered, then sped off talking about keeping his heartrate up. I just sat there in wonder, as I do often right now, wondering what the odds are for that to happen.
Shane and I pressed on for several more hours, stopping several times. At one point at about the 8500ft level my quadriceps were at what felt like total failure. I was finding it difficult to place my legs in the next foothold. It was painful. I found myself laughing loudly at the pain I was feeling in my legs, and for a moment, it went away. It was pretty amazing.
We had agreed to climb until 5:00 PM. However, as we got higher and as oxygen got thinner, both of us started to fatigue rapidly. We approached an outcropping of rock we had designated as a stopping point, and Shane was about five paces behind me. I started to think it would be a good time to turn around because I felt like I might have a hard time boarding down, as a result of my legs being so fatigued. At this point, my legs were close to total failure between breaks. Shane piped up and said, “do you want to stop here and start heading down?.” I immediately agreed.
We stopped, strapped on the gear and got ready to head down the mountain.
The next time I looked at the phone, after I had been prompted to look at the time by Shane, was 4:40.
Heading down a bit early was a good call by Shane. My legs nearly gave out on me a few times on the way down. Shane said he crashed once as a result of tired legs.
I believe if we would have pushed until 5:30 or 6:00 we could have got to Camp Muir. However, the odds of one of us getting hurt on the way down would have been increased due to the amount of fatigue we were each feeling
After we left the diner, after grabbing a burger and a Guiness, I looked at it again to see if I had cell service yet is was 5:55.
In the end, the entire day was magical. I was called to go play on that mountain. I saw some amazing things as a result. I lived in “present moment awareness” the entire day
Going there, and getting to 9000ft feels like a huge accomplishment for me. The summit was so close it felt like I could reach out and grab it. Going there inspired a new passion within me, and it also reminded me of my limits. Most importantly it reminded me never to let fear stand in the way of reaching my goals
The afternoon was perfect, It was about 75 degrees I decided to skip out of work early to hang out with my family. I buried Tehya and Kyleigh in the sand. I love watching the joy in little kids faces, when you play with them at their level, and are “present” with them having fun, instead of worrying about what happened at work two hours ago, or what the gas prices will be by Monday.
We left the beach and I was a little ahead of the group. Two of my former Psychology professors, Rona Rubin and Russell Hollander drove right in front of me and parked. I approached them both and said hello. They didn’t recognize me at first. After 15 seconds we were talking about old times at St. Martins.
I went into my awakening with them both and told them I would send them a copy. I told Rona I was trying to write a book about what I had learned, and what I felt I had to share, and she told me she was writing a book on compassion. What a beautiful subject, and something very dear to my heart. If we all understood our “oneness” and operated from these very simple principles, compassion naturally flows from us.
Today, 5-16-08 I accompanied a co-worker to climb a portion of Mt. Rainier, then snowboard down. He had mentioned the idea about a month ago. He mentioned it again earlier this week and I balked because finances aren’t the best as a result of the economy right now, and I felt like I should be at work working. I immediately recognized I was living from a fear/lack based perspective. We chatted again on 5-14-08 and agreed to do it today.
The plan was to climb from Paradise Lodge in the national park at about the 5000ft. level, to Camp Muir at the 10,000ft level. I want to mention neither one of us has any kind of climbing background, and neither one of us had been to Camp Muir. I had climbed to the 6500ft level several years ago to snowboard down, but I have never been above the tree line.
I slept in Beau’s bedroom because I had my alarm set to go off at 5:45 AM, and Shanna didn’t want to get up that early. The alarm went off and I walked in our bedroom to take a shower. I looked out of our bedroom window and saw two deer eating grass and flowers in my back yard. What an amazing way to start the day
The drive up was amazing, and almost dreamlike as we drove through the old growth forest of the Cascade Range. On the way up, “intuition” told me to glance at my cell phone and it was 9:11. All along the drive, and for the three days leading up to the climb, I have felt as if I was being led to go to the mountain. Seeing this solidified it for me.
We got to the parking lot at Paradise, and my adrenaline started going. I looked at Shane and I could tell he was feeling some of it too. We ate a little food, put on the packs, and headed up the mountain.
I didn’t look at my phone again, to see if it had any service on the mountain until exactly 11:11 A.M. As this happens to me I begin to start looking for anything of significance or relevance, or anything that is “synchronistic.”
Our first stop was shortly thereafter, at about 7,000ft. As I was eating a snack of dried bananas and strawberries, a blue bird landed in the tree next to me and looked at me. Without hesitation, II held up a piece of banana. He flew over, snatched the banana out of my hand, and flew back to his spot in the tree. It amazed me. Within moments a man approached us sitting on our backpacks as he was coming up the trail. I immediately recognized him as one of my very first customers in the car business. I was new in the business and didn’t “pre qualify” him. As a result I sold a car that day. He walked past several salespeople before I approached him. I said hello and told him I sold a car to him. He looked, smiled and remembered, then sped off talking about keeping his heartrate up. I just sat there in wonder, as I do often right now, wondering what the odds are for that to happen.
Shane and I pressed on for several more hours, stopping several times. At one point at about the 8500ft level my quadriceps were at what felt like total failure. I was finding it difficult to place my legs in the next foothold. It was painful. I found myself laughing loudly at the pain I was feeling in my legs, and for a moment, it went away. It was pretty amazing.
We had agreed to climb until 5:00 PM. However, as we got higher and as oxygen got thinner, both of us started to fatigue rapidly. We approached an outcropping of rock we had designated as a stopping point, and Shane was about five paces behind me. I started to think it would be a good time to turn around because I felt like I might have a hard time boarding down, as a result of my legs being so fatigued. At this point, my legs were close to total failure between breaks. Shane piped up and said, “do you want to stop here and start heading down?.” I immediately agreed.
We stopped, strapped on the gear and got ready to head down the mountain.
The next time I looked at the phone, after I had been prompted to look at the time by Shane, was 4:40.
Heading down a bit early was a good call by Shane. My legs nearly gave out on me a few times on the way down. Shane said he crashed once as a result of tired legs.
I believe if we would have pushed until 5:30 or 6:00 we could have got to Camp Muir. However, the odds of one of us getting hurt on the way down would have been increased due to the amount of fatigue we were each feeling
After we left the diner, after grabbing a burger and a Guiness, I looked at it again to see if I had cell service yet is was 5:55.
In the end, the entire day was magical. I was called to go play on that mountain. I saw some amazing things as a result. I lived in “present moment awareness” the entire day
Going there, and getting to 9000ft feels like a huge accomplishment for me. The summit was so close it felt like I could reach out and grab it. Going there inspired a new passion within me, and it also reminded me of my limits. Most importantly it reminded me never to let fear stand in the way of reaching my goals
Thursday, May 15, 2008
An experiment
This is a shot in the dark.
I had this spititual awakening back on 7-1-07, and i'm going to start writing about it here
I had this spititual awakening back on 7-1-07, and i'm going to start writing about it here
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