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There is a subtle mystery to the idea of being grateful. Those who are truly successful and live lives of lasting richness understand this mystery and apply it every day. In turn, they carry with them an overflowing heart and a feeling of deep, abiding happiness.

The path of gratitude is available to everyone that takes the time to find it. But what is gratitude?

Gratitude is defined as, Ôthe quality or feeling of being grateful or thankfulÕ. Perhaps though, Melodie Beattie describes it best in her words below:

ÔGratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns chaos into order, confusion into clarity and denial into acceptance,…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.Õ

To be truly grateful is a fundamental part of creating an amazing life. Everything in the world can begin and end with being thankful. It is a mindset that, when adopted, will keep your heart filled with happiness and your Ôcup half fullÕ. There is a cost however to being grateful and that is the cost of your time.

Making time each day to reflect on the gifts you have in your life is the fastest way to create an abundance mindset.The trick is to find something that you truly feel grateful for and then to revisit that feeling of gratitude each day. This in turn will give you the strength and confidence you need to overcome the obstacles between you and your goals.

For example, you may have a goal to fit into a certain size of pants or dress. A typical challenge around losing weight is negative self talk. You can use gratitude to combat negative self talk by first recognizing that you have been blessed with a body that despite the extra weight, is still keeping you strong.Your body is just waiting for you to emotionall and mentally shift into a higher level of health and fitness. When you are ready, it will respond to your new commands and transform itself into the new image you hold for it. So, when you next start playing the Ônegative self talkÕ tape see if you can replace it with words and feelings that reflect the deep sense of gratitude you have for your body.

As the challenges and realities of life take hold, gratitude can be a virtue to cling to in those moments of deepest sorrow. Everyone will inevitably at some time experience death, illness or divorce. It’s how we choose to handle these difficult circumstances that will determine our ability to move through them.

Take divorce for example. Approximately 50% of the population will go through a divorce.Think about someone you know of who is divorced or is considering leaving their partner. Now think about how that person is choosing to handle the divorce. Are they bitter and angry? Are they lashing out at their partner?

Or, have they taken the high road and are quietly going about their business, advocating for themselves without hurting anyone around them. Have they chosen to be grateful for the time they were happy?Perhaps they have discovered the ability to be grateful for the children that came from the marriage. They may be grateful for the experience of learning more about themselves and for discovering whatÕs most important to them.

If you take the time to look deeply into something, you can usually discover one or two areas for which to be grateful. Clearly, finding gratitude isnÕt always easy but it is a worthwhile endeavor.

At the most basic level, you can start with stating just two or three things each day for which you are grateful. Need help getting started?

How about:
1. Being able to take a deep breath
2. Being able to see the sun rise and set
2. Being able to learn and make different choices

It takes only a moment of reflection to experience gratitude for things like the ability to hear, to touch, to give and receive hugs, a warm house, a safe home, a full stomach, pets, family and friends.

Just imagine how youÕd feel if you didnÕt have these blessings in your life!

Even on the most difficult of days take just a few minutes to give thanks for the gifts in your life. In giving thanks you will be strengthening your sense of abundance.This in turn will allow you to see more options for happiness and give you the awareness to make other choices.

A spirit of Gratitude is an often overlooked part of creating a life of happiness and greatness. Apply the mystery of Gratitude and youÕll find it turns the everyday aspects of life into experiences of richness and joy.

Stress is a word for emotional strain — the anxiety, sadness, anger and frustration that come with everyday life. If you are under a lot of stress for a prolonged period of time, but do not feel stressed, eventually it may catch up with you and cause more serious symptoms, such as; stomach ulcers, heart problems, allergies, skin disorders, migraine. Stress can also cause more serious illnesses such as; arthritis, cancer, diabetes, depression.

Vision Map Videos can be watched on a daily basis and help relieve all the above- mentioned situations, in the past, people used Vision Boards, however; now with all the new technology that is sort of passé. Now there are videos to watch that bring almost instant balancing on many of your issues, like stress.

Stress management is very individualized, therefore, it is important to find what will work best for you and one of the best ways to do this is to find a good wellness coach who will give you a personalized program, encouragement and empowerment to teach you the tools to relieve the stress in your life.

Some of these tools are time management, meditation, yoga, daily exercise and mental imagery. Stress management is good, but stress elimination is even better. The good news is that stress management is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and refined. To learn stress management is to learn about the mind-body connection and the degree to which we can control our health in a positive sense.

The basic theme of this article is to get out and get moving, get whatever is creating your stress in perspective and not let it take over your whole being. This is not the same as running away from it and/or ignoring it, it is just so you don’t sit and just sort of stew in what is going on. Also, when you go out and get a change of scenery, so to speak, you are less likely to get depressed and/or moody, just get off the couch which will be good for you mind, body and stress.

Have you noticed when you are stressed your self esteem sort of takes down hill spiral, your hair is not perfect, your clothes fit funny, you drop your keys, or you can not find your keys, traffic is annoying and so on and so forth. Then you do something special for yourself and bingo, you feel better, let that something be eating a good healthy meal, go shopping for healthy, interesting food and fix a super healthy meal that makes you feel special after you eat it, not, like what did I eat that for. Watching a vision map video on a daily basis also is very effective as it uses all of your senses and they all work together to a release on stress.

Watch how you talk to yourself and to others, do you use the words should, must and ought to; do have the feeling you are always last; feeling like you always expect the worst; compulsive about not being late; compulsive of always being late; these are things you can watch for in your behavior and if you are working with others and watching your own behavior, you may get the clue of some of your stress signals. The other people you are working with, interacting with, will be your mirror.

There are programs and companies that deal specifically with debt counseling and debt consolidation services, and basically what this does is consolidate all unsecured loan into an inexpensive loan with cheaper interest rates and/or grouping them all together and you make one monthly payment and they divide it up among your creditors.

They are actually a third party getting control over of your bad financial situation by taking and making your financial decisions on your behalf so that you don’t have to deal with the stress of bargaining lower interest rates, lower payment amounts and so forth.

A debt consolidation agency is the best place to look for a professional and a qualified credit counselor to walk you through your rights to settle the existing debts and find out all the legal options relevant to your exclusive situation of financial turmoil. They also need to be able to explain all of this to you so you can understand it and be able to make the correct decisions.

 Not all types of credit can be handled by debt consolidation agencies or credit counselors, so be sure when calling for information to ask if your type of credit accounts can be settled through them. These are some of the types of debt that can be settled through such a process; credit cards, medical bills, store cards, utility bills and any kind of personal loan.

When you are facing debt reduction and are thinking about taking action to work with a credit counselor another situation you should proceed to get together is your budget, so you can tell them what your total outgo is and what your total income is. While you are doing this look at some of your possessions and see if you can cut back on any items that are considered luxury, like if you are driving a car with a huge payment, think about trading down to a car that is more affordable for you right now. Use a visualization tool to manifest abundance into your life; Vision Map Videos are perfect for this.

If you can eliminate any part of your debt it will be in your best interest, so this all depends on how willing you are to sacrifice and how willing you are to cut back until you can diminish your debt and regain your life without credit. So the best thing is to cut back where ever you can as this will get the debt paid back so much quicker.

The credit counselor will analyze and understand your credit situation, draw up a workable solution for you to get rid of your debts and then motivate you towards reaching your objective. Part of your motivation needs to come from you and any tools you can use to visualize your situation as positive and to create your life to be as stress free during this time the better the situation will be. Vision Map Videos are a tool to use to visualize your situation as positive and to be able to see things the way you want to see them, not the way they are today.

So get a good credit counselor and allow them to put you on a good debt management program and this will create a stress free life and help you to regain your confidence through a well planned consolidation plan.

The main thing is to get your debts settled, revive your financial situation and to avoid bankruptcy if you can. This will act as a relief to all your stress and anxiety that arises from having bad financial debts. Use all of the tools that are out there to stay in a positive attitude and know that you are not your debt, you are so much more.

Now that the holidays are over and life is returning to its normal routines, some of the population will be reflecting on the drinking pattern that occurred during those holiday parties and events. The side effects associated with drinking alcohol can go from the very moderate to the very extreme and there is only one person that can identify which one you are, and that person is you. Around recovery circles there is a famous saying: “If you think you have an alcohol problem, you probably do.”

But what does it mean to be alcoholic? Alcoholics Anonymous has a 12-question questionnaire and if you answer yes to any of the questions they suggest that you just may have an alcohol problem.  If you are concerned that you or a loved one may have a drinking problem contact your nearest AA Intergroup or go to the Alcoholics Anonymous website. Many times information is a golden key to moving ahead with getting recovery and/or to realize what you are doing and take steps to stop it before it gets out of control.

There are several signs of alcohol abuse, but in this day and age where drinking has become the norm when done in moderation, alcohol abuse has become a serious problem in our society. Alcohol recovery pertains to everyone in all walks of life, from the mailroom to the boardroom and it has no age barrier; you can be young or you can be elderly.

Alcohol recovery for the alcoholic is possible and it is important to know that alcohol abuse is a symptom of an underlying problem and it is good to know that getting an individual to stop drinking alcohol many times is the easy part of the recovery process. When a person is in alcohol recovery the most difficult part can sometimes be learning how to be happy once again, without the use of alcohol.

Using a Vision Map Video to remind the person in recovery daily of the joy and happiness that is available and can be found again, is a perfect tool in the recovering persons sober toolbox. Many people know about Vision Boards for mind mapping, but now there is Vision Map Videos and they are so much more private than a board for all of the family and friends to see. No matter how hopeless and unmanageable a person’s life has become due to the effects of alcohol, recovery is possible. The person in recovery needs as many tools as possible to over come the urges to drink again.

The use of counseling is a vital part of the process of recovery, an impartial supportive person to talk to that can point out the way to get past the drinking, the reasons for the drinking and assist them in the fact that alcohol is the problem. Even those who genuinely desire alcohol recovery and treatment are often incapable of seeking it in and of themselves and having a counselor to guide them is crucial.

You do not need to live your life with shame as most of the alcohol recovery programs have an anonymity structure to all of their meetings and groups; and more people are finding a solution for their alcohol problems and are so relieved to live a normal life again they couldn’t care less if anyone knew. The other thing that is great about the groups is that speaking directly with someone that has put alcohol behind them can give you the experience strength and hope that you can do it also.

This is really an easy answer, while both vision map videos and vision boards are both great for manifesting your hearts desires, only vision map video is effective for advertising/marketing purposes. Videos are the newest and hottest method of advertising now on the web and I encourage you to check it out and move into this new technology.

Advanced technology for advertising has hit with a vengeance and it is made available in all sorts of new technologies that you can use to attract and maintain clients and customers, hence, vision map videos and/or just videos. This is something you want to implement into your marketing program, these are even great for contacting customers that haven’t made a purchased for awhile and also to send a thank you; short zippy fun videos will get your customers attention.

Video advertising is merging in all areas of the web; youtube has been around for quite awhile and it is no longer something that just entertains us or informs us, it has taken a serious turn into massive advertising possibilities, you can use keywords for your individual videos and now you can setup a sponsored video account and promote your video; which sort of resembles Adwords.

All of this information is telling you that advertising with videos is on it’s way in for a formidable method of advertising. Actually it is already here. This is something that all virtual assistants and business owners need to be aware of and get familiar with, as this is something your competition is going to be using and you don’t want to be left behind, especially when it comes to advertising on the web.

There are businesses that cater to business owners and virtual assistance to make personalized videos for businesses and individuals, one of these businesses is Vision Map Video; you can of course take on learning how to make your own and there are definite programs you can get to assist you in making the videos.

Whatever, your method is to make or have made your videos, now is the time to set in motion your video advertising program, Most of your classified, social bookmarking, directories websites all have areas to upload videos; which is perfect for advertising your businesss/services. Now is the time to check out all the areas that you advertise and search out where and how to upload videos on them. So often we just get use to our usual procedure and don’t pay attention when new possibilities have been added. So start paying attention and when you see spots for videos check them out.

Spring is on the way, so now is the time to revamp your marketing campaign and make it as “fresh as spring” and start using videos for your new marketing campaign. If you don’t want to learn something new, let a professional make one for you and step into the new advertising technology of vision map videos.