Make up to 10,000 Every Time You Travel

I'm passionate about travel experiences, and know I'll eventually be traveling while still earning an income that supports me fully.  And regardless of where I'm headed in life, I'll continue to connect people to valuable resources (and other people).   It's my life mission!

Tonight while reading this blog post I had a fire lit in my belly again! I've wanted to start a tour company for as long as I can remember.  The idea of being able to bring people with me on some of the amazing adventures I've had, is what propelled me to start "Travel with Me" , and to become an independent travel agent, and to work so very hard at moving my business from purely consulting, to having products and courses that I can deliver from anywhere in the world.

Twice today I've looked at information about Ecuador, and I keep thinking about the time spent there with Sandra Yancey & the e-women network. I'd LOVE to create a similar experience (meeting with micro-loans communities, time for masterminding & business brainstorming, and developing deep friendships). Maybe this dream isn't so far off, after all?

walk in beauty,
Loralee

See this great article (link is at the bottom)

Create Your Own Niche Tours
Creating tours is a lot of fun. It allows you to get paid to travel with like-minded people—and you can start without quitting your day job. Above are the basic big steps to getting started, but creating your own tours isn’t just about the intangible benefits like freedom, sense of pride, and excitement. It can also be a lucrative side business. Find out how Cynthia makes $3,000 to $10,000 profit on every tour here: www.thetravelwriterslife.com/tur/il/.

Make up to ,000 Every Time You Travel

Change

Last night I slept intermittently, waking frequently with busy dreams & my left hand asleep.  The sleeping arm started yesterday afternoon sometime, and it's still there as I type this message.  I imagine I've pinched something in my shoulder, and a long soak in the bathtub would sort it out.  Listening to my body has been something I've been "teased about" and "admired" for in varying quantities during my life.  In some capacity I have always believed my body (especially when in pain) was giving me clues to life's questions.  And it's been a puzzle I still have been unable to answer in many ways.  Well, are all the questions in life really meant to be answered?   

On Friday I wrote an email that said,

My mantra for the next while is supposed to be "walk in beauty", but also to step out in faith!  take action before I have all the answers without being ready!!

And then this morning while selecting my Angel Card reading from Kimberly Marooney, I receive this card:

 Change

Are you facing opportunities for change that are unexpected or unwanted?  Do you know that you need to change something in your life, but fear is making you hesitate?  The angel Change is reaching for your hand to lead you safely in a new direction.  Find the willingness to change by taking the next step in front of you.

Sometimes you need to change your life before you understand why....Is your mind torturing you? Do you need a change of perspective?  If you are having difficulty with a situation in your life, try looking at it from different perspectives until you find something that will help your mind relax and be patient.  Don't make yourself crazy while changes are happening.  Stop negative thoughts by focusing on something you know is TRUE.  Don't let your mind get hijacked by what could happen.

• Make commitments with yourself to take certain steps "by this date"
• If you're feeling stuck, remember you have choices.  Feelings of discomfort or anger creates the desire to change, and can be used to proper you forward.
• Pray when you feel stuck, fearful, frustrated or angry.  Ask the angel Change to reveal how this change will bring you closer to the light.
• Dance! Get moving faster than whatever it is that is pulling you back into inertia ~ Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson.  It's really worth watching the words.  I often get easily distracted by Michael Jacksons charisma, and I honestly don't think I'd really "heard" what he was saying in this song, until today.

• Allow the angel Change to lead you by the hand, and listen to the Sarah Brightman song, "Deliver Me"

As I move forward with the day, and the months ahead I see how I'll be able to incorporate these steps into my life.  A lot of what I'm working on is helping myself to change, but also encouraging others to as well.  Incorporating Change can be scary!  But it's also the only way to move forward.  Life isn't meant to be lived stagnantly.

~Loralee

p.s.  I'm still selecting a daily quote from Gary Zukav and "think New Now!"

Everything in the Universe moves toward ever-increasing awareness and freedom ~ Gary Zukav

I learn from my mistakes ~ think new now!

This card again?

This card and another used to plague me. Well, not literally!  But for nearly a year I selected 3 of these angel cards nightly and journalled about them.  And for 32 out of 46 days straight, I pulled this card and another one.  Clearly there was a message I needed to take from this Angel card, and I wasn't getting it.

The pages of my book are so dog eared here, and still smell vaguely of the essential oils I frequently had near my bedside table then.  Here we go:

Sensuality

If only we are wise enough to stop and set aside a moment amidst the demands and distractions of our daily lives, to truly see the beauty that surrounds us, to hear teh sounds of birdsong, to taste a peach and smell the roses, to touch the one we love.  ~ Elizabeth Millar in "The Fragrant Veil, Scents for the Sensuous Woman"

The soul is sensuous and playful by nature.  The angel Sensuality revives your sensuous and playful spirit by guiding you to a more open, loving heart. Sensuality connects to the pleasures of the spirit and reveals itself through the senses of taste, hearing, sigh, smell, touch, and emotion.

Bodily sensations and your truer qualities are greatly enhanced when you are in touch with your soul.  A slight breeze can feel like a passionate caress, and brief eye contact with a stranger can give you a glimpse into the grace of eternal love.  Are you open to feeling aroused and vibrant?

 She goes on to ask questions about how we (I) feel at this time in my life, today.  Am I stopping to smell the roses?  What areas of my life need a makeover?  Is it my hairstyle or clothing?  What can I change in my life to feel more sensual right now?

In the sensuality makeover she suggests the following:

• meditate and ask the angel Sensuality to help feel connected with the sensual, playful nature of your soul.
• Play music that provokes sensations and desires, and allow yourself to feel all of your emotions.  Cry to wash away old pains and hurts, scream into a pillow to break through numbness and Dance!
• Write about any thoughts that come to you, and any actions that you could take.  
• Take a bath with essential oils that smell enticing and make your skin feel smooth and delicious (This may be why my book smells so good right now)
• Do a striptease
• Act out a fantasy
• Dress up in erotic costumes and accessories
• Remove things from your closet that make you feel numb or dead.  Wear clothes that bring you to life.
• And, choose clothing that connects you to this following pieces of music

Celine Dion, "Seduces Me"

Alanis Morissette, "Uninvited"

Joe Cocker, "You Can Leave Your Hat On"

Sarah Brightman, "You Take My Breath Away"

While browsing for these video clips in YouTube I came across something that stirred me. It reminded me of a time of awakening while I was on one of my trips to England several years ago.  I watched a documentary about Freddie Mercury from Queen.  Someone who I'd known very little about, a tortured soul I've since discovered.  Someone who was willing to step outside the box & be who he was, regardless of societies expectations of him.  He stood for so many things that are admirable, whether you believe in the ways he experienced them, or not.

I found this little snippet of a video from 1977, by the same name

You Take My Breath Away, Queen

There is clearly a lifetime worth of work for me here, in this card about sensuality.  I can't let it slide & think I've done the work, completed it like something on a checklist.  Instead, it's something best revisited daily.

During the coaching call last week with Gary, he uncovered a phrase he believes should be my life motto.

Walk In Beauty

It's an old Native American saying that means

Beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty beside me, beauty below me, beauty above me -- I walk in beauty.

You can read more about it in an ezine article here

 In this article the author also says:

In this life, pain is inevitable--suffering is optional. The key to practicing non-suffering is to stay in the moment, stay in our "Beauty."

By drumwolf

All week my body has been filled with pain.  Migraine pain for the first several days, then what seemed like a recovery day only to wake up this morning with another intense headache and sinus pain that's kept me small and quiet.  In some ways it has been good for me though.  I've stayed indoors, I've waited until the end of the afternoon to write this blog & I've quietly enjoyed teleseminars and information videos that peak my interest. And I did do some research for a client on a topic that interests me, something I could respond to quickly.




And how interesting it is to me, that "walking in beauty" is to be in a state of Grace ~ as this was the card I pulled yesterday. 

I can hardly wait to see what shows up tomorrow.

~ Loralee