Glen Of Scotland

US Basin

The tour continued, quite a lot of ground covered in one day, this is the US Basin another beautiful spot.

Yankee Boy Basin 2

Yankee Boy Basin

My adventures around Telluride continued, these photos are from a spot call Yankee Boy Basin, stunning area, waterfalls, wild flowers, great scenery and great energy.

Inspiration

Thanks to Kevin for passing this little gem along, click here to view it.

Transformed

Close to my gym was a closed up Albertsons supermarket, they had closed a number of locations throughout the country. Apparently the competition from the likes of Target and Walmart was too much and they were unable to adjust to that reality.

Just recently Staples leased about half of the building and opened up and seem to  be doing quite well and then last week a Sprouts store opened up in the other half of the building and had a lines of customers waiting to get in.

This will happen more and more as the economy changes, companies that are unable to transform to the new realities will be replaced with others that have new ideas. If you are working at a company that is struggling to adapt, then look for a company that is expanding and is an innovator. There are a number of them out there.

What's on offer from the universe?

I have been getting asked a lot about what the universe has available that we might be missing during the financial rebalancing.

First and foremost is the decline in gas prices, about a dollar a gallon so far with about another 40 cents or more in the pipeline in the next few weeks. That adds quite a bit into you wallet, as will other declining prices especially food prices as the cost of the raw materials drop too.

In fact there will be a lot of price changes as the dominant energy switches to more deflation than inflation, in that environment just buy what you really need to buy in that moment. There are lots of car deals and financing is available if you look, websites like the Lending Tree are a good place to check for financing deals.

There are many banks offering 3% CD'S, you are covered upto $250,000 now from the FDIC, this is a good option if the stock market is a little too turbulent for you, note that you can put your retirement funds into a CD too. There are opportunities in the stock market, if you have a strong stomach and willing to act  quickly over the short term.

I mentioned coupons before, they are everywhere, even for those websites that you use for shopping, check out Fat Wallet they have deals listed there, also the like of Ebay have coupons listed for popular websites.

Make it a game, have fun with it. If you are receiving 3% interest of have lost 30%, then you might find it helpful to start talking about the $'s you are saving on gas. Which sounds better, I have saved 25% on gas this fillup or I have saved $1 a gallon?

There will be of course be more bad news as jobs are lost and taxes are adjusted and a new president and other challenges, even with all of that there will still be more good stuff going on than bad stuff going on. You get to choose which to focus and dwell on.

Nice to have choices.

Things said

I had a rare weekday opportunity to have lunch with a friend recently, we were seated behind a table with 4 people from the same office. They provided an opportunity for me to explain to my friend how I assist people to move forward from being stuck to having what they desire.

The group were having a busy time complaining about others in their office, how they can't tell one person anything as the go and repeat it through the office to others, how some were being paid $2 per hour more than others, and how they don't do much for that extra, even leave early from time to time, how a newcomer conned the boss into paying them more. Oh and this boss has favorites and how the favorites get away with a lot.

I didn't hear them comment on anything good at all, now it can be good to just vent and get it off your chest and feel better. However I really could tell that if I were to have lunch near them for the next week the conversation wouldn't change much, they seem stuck in all that score keeping and complaining.

If I were coaching that group to a better place, I would be asking them to be selective on what they tell this person who repeats everything. I would encourage them to start talking and generating ideas on how they can increase their income, I would encourage them to start talking about what they want, in this case being paid an extra $2 per hour. I would encourage them to talk about things they enjoy about their work, and what successes the boss or others have at work.

Don't you think lunch would be better? Don't you think they might be happier?

It's easy to see how people get caught up in these situations, how limiting it is, how much time is wasted on what they don't want and the results that come with that. It can be better and different. It's good to have choices.

Quote

Here are 3 quotes from Abraham

You cannot notice what-is and complain about it, and be a vibrational match to the solution. When you were living the problem, you were asking for the solution, and Source said yes immediately. So, there's never a reason for you to be wallowing around in a problem for more than about a second? You can get so good at this that before you're even aware that the problem has gotten started, you've already got the solution under way.

Make a decision and then make the decision right. Line up your Energy with it. In most cases it doesn't really matter what you decide. Just decide. There are endless options that would serve you enormously well, and all or any one of them is better than no decision.

When your heart is singing, you are allowing Well-being. When you are appreciating, you are allowing Well-being. When you are yelling at somebody, you're not. When you're feeling insecure, you're not. When you're frustrated, you're not.

Whale of a time

Here is a stunning picture of whales, taken off the coast of Vancouver, click here to see more.

Switch Off

As fear and uncertainty continues to be the dominant emotion amongst the masses and the election nearing it's conclusion, it's time to switch off don't you think? By that I mean switch off the news, talk radio, debates and those web sites that engage you in all that is wrong.

Most people know who they are going to vote for, do you really need to hear more? How do you feel when you do hear more? If it's adding to anger, frustration and fear, why would you choose to do that to yourself?

Do you believe that you are going to thrive personally, whoever is in power? Haven't you done well with the current occupants in the positions of power? If you could do well during all of the resistance and comings and goings of the last few years, what are the odds that you can repeat this again in the future years too.

Wouldn't it be nice to feel good and thrive and allow the universe to balance things out.

Wouldn't it be nice to feel good and empowered in all situations.

Wouldn't it be nice to have all the politicians meaningless to our hopes and dreams.

Wouldn't it be nice to just be happy for no reason other than to feel good?

Wouldn't be nice to see through all the fear and not allow those who use fear for their own gain to have this control over us?

Make your choice each day, switch it all on, or switch it all off.

Fear and Panic

As we go through this re balancing in our economy, there is a lot of fear and panic out there. Understandable given the rhetoric and fear mongering, some even comparing these events to the great depression. We are not even close to that, for example unemployment was 24% then, now it's 6.1%, though it may higher to 9%. There is still way more people with jobs than before.

The household net worth for the USA has recently decreased by $2 trillion dollars or so since this re balancing began and stands at $56 trillion dollars. Since the last re balancing from the stock market bubble in 2002, our net worth has increased $14 trillion dollars.

I don't have the household net worth from the great depression, however going back to 1980 the household net worth was $10 trillion dollars and would have been much less during the boom of the 1920's.

So we are a long, long way from comparing this time period to the great depression. This economy will expand again as it has always done, and you can part of the the next phase if you are hopeful, if you are pessimistic you will miss the signs and opportunities that will be appearing soon.

Below is a photo from Telluride, it's the remains from the silver mining that was the dominant industry years ago. There was another re balancing resulting in it's demise, eventually the ski industry grew and brought more prosperity to the area.

The stores and factories closing now, will be replaced by something else, something new, something that will grow our economy as it has throughout time. Do you really think we will go back to trading beads and furs? Our creativity, our experiences and contrasts make that impossible, things always improve, look at the internet, new ideas, services abound.

Exciting times are ahead, get creative, look for opportunities, plant seeds of hope, get clear about what you want and importantly let go of the blame and pessimistic thinking.

Telluride Road Trip 5

Imagine acres and acres of meadows filled with all this color and beauty, it was like being in a movie or even a dream, I had never seen anything like this on this scale before, and this was just a warm up as I later found out.