I love Thanksgiving and all it's significance as an American. For me, it a special time of year to reflect back on all the gifts and opportunities that showed up this year. I live in gratitude and practice it everyday and it works. When you are aware of the gifts that show up, no matter how big they are; acknowledge them and you will find that life is a bit easier to live and extraordinary things just happen.
2011 has been a busy year for me with coaching opportunities inside of companies, working with leaders and employees around culture; working with middle-management on being better leaders; working with individual executives sharpening their leadership skills and helping non-profits get more people involved and helping their clients with life skills. I have had the pleasure of traveling, enjoyed the gift of my son and daughter in law visiting from Argentina for a month; watch my granddaughter graduate from high school; enjoy friends; appreciate my good health - mind, body and spirit and having a loving man in my life. I look forward to what 2012 brings but don't dwell on it as that is tomorrow. A big goal of mine is to be part of change in the mortgage industry, helping leaders step forward and embrace a new way of leading, including encouraging more women to step into leadership roles. I am grateful for my friend and associate, Becky Walzak who is a strong woman and who also has a gift of writing. We co-author monthly articles for Progress in Lending e-magazine on leadership, culture, diversity in the mortgage industry.
Take the time to reflect on what you are grateful for this year even if it's just for a few minutes.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Gratitude
In honor of Thanksgiving, I want to be mindful of gratitude.
"Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend… when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present — love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure — the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.” –Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend… when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present — love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure — the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.” –Sarah Ban Breathnach
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