"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

Elizabeth Kubler Ross, 1926-2004 Swiss-born Author and Psychiatrist

Welcome to my site. I hope you will take a look around and enjoy yourself while you're here. I'm a writer first and foremost so most of what you read here will be about such. Inside you'll find different aspects of me, so if you want to get to know me you can read some of my work, or more about me, you can also find me if I'm online at any given time.

If you are a drama queen however; you might as well back off now. I don't take much shit and believe me you don't want to give me any. I've been through too much in my life already, I've survived and I am planning big and extreme changes. Join me as a friend because I won't have anything else. It's up to you.

Other than that I'm a pretty laid back girl with big dreams. I take things a little too personally sometimes, this is a fault of mine but please don't be afraid to offend me. I can hold a grudge but I am also very patient and kind. I'm a Taurus, I can be stubborn but I'm also loyal. Again I hope you enjoy yourself here. I'm constantly updating so make sure to check back often.

Every year we set resolutions, write goals, and move forward with determination to make the New Year better. Then, two or three weeks into January, we inevitably find ourselves back in our old patterns and routines, our resolutions and goals a distant memory.

Sound familiar? That's because of the way we have been taught to make resolutions and set goals is innately flawed. Most of us will admit, if we're honest with ourselves, that our goals and resolutions are pretty similar each and every year. We want to lose the same ten pounds, exercise more, increase our income by the same percentage, improve our relationship (or create one). You know the drill. You may throw in a few other well chosen traits, like being more patient and loving or making your spiritual practice a regular habit, but by in large the things we want remain constant. We write them down, feeling good about ourselves that this year will be different, then we pretty much put the process out of our minds. We've done our yearly duty. We've taken the time to write down our desires, and now, by magic, they should appear. Hmmm. Do you know the definition of crazy? It's doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. It simply doesn't happen. Why not make this year different? Instead of resolutions and goals, why not set an intention to make this the best year ever...and then put some attention and energy into that intention and actually create it.

By setting your intention, you give a clear message to the Universe about what you want to discover, understand and change. Then, instead of being run by your life, you take responsibility for having your life go in the direction of your choosing. You decide what you want and go for it. People often comment on the success of others as luck, being in the right place at the right time, knowing the right people, etc. We prefer to believe the saying that luck is when opportunity and preparedness meet.

You must have an intention and allow that intention to move you through life. Make it lofty. It should excite and motivate you. Don't worry about the goal right now. Focus only on your intention. For example, your intention could be to make this the happiest year of your life so far, to live beyond your wildest dreams. What would this mean for you? Perhaps it's paying all your bills and having money left over to play, maybe spending six months in Europe. Perhaps it means being in a loving relationship or being physically fit. Allow your goals to flow naturally from your intention. The next step is keeping your intention constantly in front of you. Visualize it several times each day. Really feel it. See yourself accomplishing the dream. Become emotionally invested. See it, feel it, own it, and it will happen. Doors will open. Your job is to be prepared when the opportunity presents itself. Will that make it easier to get out of bed in the morning with a smile on your face? You bet.

Now, on a practical level, how is this accomplished? Using our example, take a few minutes each morning and each evening to visualize the life you want. Fill in all the details and FEEL them being a reality. How would this day go if it were part of your "happiest year so far" intention. What would you be willing to do to make this happen? Make five extra cold calls? Get up ten minutes earlier and spend that time with your partner? This is how goals are created naturally and with ease. They flow from your intentions. The most successful people reaffirm their intentions daily, either mentally repeating them in their head, reading them multiple times a day or writing them down. It takes this type of routine and discipline to create success. Many of you have probably tried this before only to let it fall by the wayside. That is what differentiates successful people from everyone else. Successful people keep their vision constantly in front of them, using it as a compass to guide their day. If they get off track, they know what it will take to get right back on, and do it.

Use these four easy steps to make this year different. 
Step 1: Set your intention. Make it lofty.

Step 2: Allow your goals to flow naturally from this intention. What are you willing to do to make your intention become a reality?

Step 3: Visualize your intention as if it is already happening. Really FEEL it.

Step 4: Repeat steps 1-3 daily. Do not allow yourself to fall back into old patterns.

Above all, remember to remain positive and give gratitude for what you already have in life. It is possible to live your dreams. Never again do you need to write goals and work to achieve them. Simply set an intention that makes your heart sing and allow it to happen. Happy New Year. (c) Chuck Schmitt (Do not copy material without written consent of the author)

Life is but a dream, a dream within a dream. Which all you see is not what it may seem. Surely, what you see is what you see. You dont want to question it, You just want to let it be. Life is but a dream, a dream within a dream. We still sleep to the knowledge to what it may be. Wake yourself from the dream to see that life is an illusion. It is all but confusion. Life is an allusion to a dream. Wake to realization, use blind eyes that are so keen. Use your own lack of voice to be heard, Use your own opinion of choice no matter how absurd. This may be a paradox which the majority block, You are the eluding fox. Trapped in the eternal clock of time that never stops.

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good.

May This Encourage You

Don't spend major time with minor people.
If there are people in your life
that continually disappoint you,
break promises, and stomp on your dreams,
too judgmental, have different values and
don't have your back during difficult times...
that is not a friend.

"Look out on life with amazement, not shock. The variety, the diversity, the manner of every person, the beauty amidst the drudgery, the contrasts, the opportunities, the heroism in the lives of ordinary people, your gifts, your talents, your friends - even just one friend - is all awesome. Live in awe, and entertain wonder, and you will be knocking on the door of true love. Don't kill it with cynicism or criticism, don't sabotage your life with moaning and complaining. Open the eyes in your head and the eye in your intellect and choose to see the stunning, awesome, diverse beauty of life happening around you right now. Meet it with your heart and you will enrich and be enriched in one single moment.

Breathless Pondering (Latest Poem)

It's the keeper of many secrets

With its silky amber streaks

a whirlwind of transformation

a landscaping masterpiece

Done by mother nature

In all its cerise glory

An ever changing canvas

and high desert flora

An inspiring red vista

A climbers paradise

With incredible beauty

And famous landmarks

It can't be observed through pictures

but felt with the soul

Once there you'll know purpose

And have a aura of red rock glow

All in all I can't tell you its secrets

You have to feel them for yourself

But if you ever want to talk about it

I'm somewhere in Sedona left breathless