dream BIG (it's all in your mind)

I'm happy to say that I've always gotten everything I've wanted

and my wish list is filled with ticks (shaln't bore you to death and list it all here :)

but, the thing about achieving your goals, is that as soon as you've accomplished one then you are busily making inroads to the next one 

and so it is with me - one down - one to go...

nice wheels eh?

purdy lil SLS AMG GT coupe

no matter your desires

no matter your dreams

no matter your hopes

whatever you do - BELIEVE in them

believe in them with all your heart

pursue them ardently

(and maybe quietly aswell - sometimes no-one else needs to know what is dear to your heart)

but if you do choose to tell someone, then tell only those people who will support you fully, and be excited WITH you, and FOR you

dream catching is a serious business

gotta run fast to catch this little beauty eh?

a neat lookin' XKR-S GT coupe in polaris white with vortex alloy wheels

and reach high! - reach for the stars

~ every night

(if you stretch up far enough you can touch them, I promise - I've done it :)

and every day

take small happy steps forward diligently toward your goals

and soon you will be crossing oceans

think you need money for them to come true? or maybe accruing money is your dream? 

then no graftin' at the coal face mind - hard graft is what you do in the gym to pack muscle on - not to make a buck or two

and the whole point of having a dream is that it gives you pleasure when you think about it

and pleasure to follow it thru, in it's unfolding

so if you're going to do some grafting,

if you believe that you must work 'hard' for what comes to you

then at least make it worthwhile by being smart about it - and implementing the power of your mind

years ago I absorbed Tony Robbins 'Awaken the Giant Within'

it was a great book and many parts of it resonated with me, at the time. And I implemented all the 'mind tips' in it into my life. 

Now, though, I've moved on

a couple years ago I posted about my papa giving me 'the secret' dvd, and all that stuff

anyway, like I said, I've moved on

and now I feel my way to my dreams

by using my mind - and my feelings - at the same time

Thoughts + Feelings = Results

my whole life I had always approached everything in an analytical, realistic, factual way 

I relied on facts - not feelings!

(god it was so bloody exhausting! comparing this, comparing that, weighing up this, weighing up that...

...then diving right in there to swim amongst the great whites)

so, no more swimming in shark infested waters any more!

I want to be counting my (golden) chickens as they are hatching...

I do love sharks though, beautiful beautiful fishys! 

and I LOVE those golden eggs!! 

(maybe some eggs are not meant to be hatched?)

and now I swim in purple seas of allowing..

where any sharks are always friendly, stomachs already full, and more interested in exploring colder waters than warm hearts

the books I read now are just perfect for me

especially Ask and It Is Given

it is life-transforming

and if you are thinking that it is all airy-fairy stuff, then you may just be surprised - because if you like the cold hard facts - then it can all be explained on a particle physics level with a few really deep paragraphs about quantum physics, vibration and the immutable laws of nature (yup, if I am gonna spill the beans at least I make sure to get my facts right)

though it took me a good few months of first reading the books by Abraham-Hicks before I was able to fully comprehend and understand and assimilate and begin applying the material within.... 

so - never give up

the stars are closer than you realise

and you have alot of love up there, shining down on you, and supporting you

(here is my heart of hearts Wesley, nearly a year ago, resting amongst the stars)

so whatever your dreams

~ follow them ~

with all your heart

(and maybe use a bit of nous too?)

and I will see you there, if you don't see me first :)

(and I always keep my word)

thank yous

I have a few thank yous to give

last year for the very first time I started to celebrate Thanksgiving,

that very traditional American holiday,

and my mum and I had a tasty lil bite in Starbucks with our mugs of tea and rolled off 10 things we were thankful for

~ that felt good ~

so this year, it's just me and Wes this Thanksgiving

(my mum is on far.mor duties in Norway)

I find it easy to find things to be thankful for

and every day in my journal I write up a list of 'thank you for...' things

~ that feels good ~

and in the process of giving thanks

and finding things to appreciate

I find that my life is blessed with lots of good good stuff

that comes to me easily, and in fun ways

so, since I said I had a few thank yous to give

I shall now bombard you with them

(I will write in grey and a very small font so I don't bore the sockses off you, and your eyes will get tired from the strain of trying to wade thru them and after a couple of lines you will give up, yawning, and go and make yourself a stiff whisky, em I mean hot cup of tea)

~ this will feel good ~

alrighty Annette, you can start now - I have the peanut speaker up full blast playing Metallica so you can prattle away till the turkeys, er cows come home...

ofcourse you do Wesley :)

so here goes -

thank you for my beautiful adorable rabbit Wesley who sleeps between my feet all the time and if I move them out the way he reaches up to paw my legs in vexation, thank you for my quiet peaceful cosy warm home, thank you for the sun shining warmly on me I totally adore the sun adore adore adore, thank you for my customers all over the world - yay! I love you all thank you for buying the stuffs I make, and thank you for my friends and blog readers and stoppers-by reading all this fodder I endlessly produce hoping to make you smile and even laugh a little perhaps, thank you for my healthy neat little car who passed his mot with flying colours this year as I sat inside the service centre with a tiny baby puppy in my arms nibbling on my buttons that I was holding for a gym buddy mate as he got his wheels checked out, thank you for my excellent affordable gym membership and my super fantastic weights room with everything I need and love cos the weights is what I loves with all my heart and soul and it is my lifeblood my drug my passion and my desire, thank you for the friendship from all my friends all over the world it is so nice to have friends, thank you for the friendship and food-induced friendship from all my feathered friends that I say hello to every day as I feed them and no I don't feel in the slightest that I have to bribe them for friendship as this is all part of the deal, thank you for the little squirrely who always stops to smile at me with a nut in his paws when I have just fed him, thank you for my running shoes which are still runnable and wearable even after 9 long years not bed eh that's asics for you, thank you for my strong healthy fit body which takes me places I want to go and do things I wanna do I'm real happy with my body big time, thank you for my cosy warm snuggly bed with the light blue quilt I love and the covers with paw and hoof and birdy feety prints all over it I adore them so much, thank you for my etsy shop which makes it possible for me to work here at home at my desk with cups of tea and cake and and and, thank you for my delicious cups of lady grey tea, yum yum yum so nice to drink, and thank you for the walnut whips which I just love eating, yum yum yum and I've gobbled 3 down since last night and I don't feel guilty in the slightest and why should I as I've ran 6 miles and spent 6 hours working out yadda yadda yadda but that's just me and I might have another one later tonight, thank you for my electricity supply which gives me hot water and lights and heat any time I want it and a kettle that works at the press of a switch and a fridge that is always on keeping Wes' parsnips nice n fresh, thank you for my fresh water supply that gives me on tap drinking water and delicious relaxing showers, so love my hot hot showers mmm did I say how much I love them, thank you for my bathroom which is cosy and warm and toasty on cold winter days and is just the way I love it, thank you for my sash windows which keep the outside out and the warmth in and I get a great view from them and Wes loves the sun shining in, thank you for the trees with their beautiful leaves in brilliant colours and the soft bed of leaves all over the ground now - if I was a doggie I would be rolling about in them for sure, thank you for my mac and the internet connection and my internet supply company for being reliable and efficient and fast and dependable cos it's not 4 eyes you get from a tv anymore but 4 eyes from a computer screen nowadays, thank you for my family whom I love with all my heart and to bits - they make me laugh and smile all the time especially my brother who skyped me this morning from Norway with my mum beside him and my microphone was not working on my computer so instead of me typing to his talking he picked up the phone to call me and I could hear the ringing on my computer speakers from his phone - as he had his phone on speaker-phone - and my phone's ringer does not work ha ha so I can never hear incoming calls ha ha ha - and as I was about to pick up my phone we all heard my mum's answer machine come on and her personal phone message 'hi this is.. I'm not in so leave a ...' and I fell off my chair laughing as my ultra cool brother hardly even smiled in his faux pas - yup that was a good good morning!, thank you for my life here on earth I love living on this planet breathing such fresh air feeling the sun on me and seeing the beasties every day, thank you for the doggies who come down my street on their way to the beach yapping their furry heads off in their excitement, thank you for the doggies who walk back up my road after their romp on the beach all exhausted and happy and sandy, thank you for my blog where I get to share my work and a little about what inspires me so that maybe a little bit of it may inspire you too and bring a smile and some happiness, thank you for the smiles I receive every day as I love love love receiving smiles and love giving smiles in return smiles feel so so good so so good love smiles big time, and lastly (for just now anyway), THANK YOU for stopping by to read 

much love

Annette xx