Change Your Thoughts, Change Your World

I hit a wall.

I could think of a fancy way to say that, but I won't.

The last week or so has been challenging for me. I literally started painting walls so that I could have "a beginning a middle and an end." Yeah that's my way of saying I need some grounding so I need to do something that has a clear beginning, middle and an end point.

Do you ever feel like that?

Anyway as I was painting the bedroom, I had to remove a picture that has the words
"Change Your Thoughts, Change Your World" As I read the words for the umpteenth time, they stopped me in my tracks. Is this why I was moved to paint so that I could have this moment? 

Here I was reading these words and it was like oooh right YES! right now- what are the thoughts running around your head? My thoughts suck right now. Yep I said it out loud.

Thoughts of defeat, sadness, disconnect - record scratch.

What the heck? 

Yea so clearly, CALYL is what I need for myself right now. But man am I ever hard on myself thinking that I should not fall, should not ever be down, and definitely should never ever lose my way. Ah so crazy, my thinking sometimes and then I just end feeling seperate from everything.

Clearly I do what I do because I need it. Teach what you need to learn, right?

Ok so I outed myself and my need to control even this. Just made myself laugh. 

Lucky for me I have the most amazing people in my life who are here to remind to stop and apply self care, remind me to nurture me and they listen until I listen. I am grateful for all of it even the uncomfortableness as it has brought me to this moment. And in this moment I get access to more compassion and more understanding.

Also wanted to share this awesome 7 minutes from Abraham- it always brings me to the truth of who I am and reminds me that I will never get there. It will always be a process and there is nothing to complete because it is ever expanding and when I can relax into that all is perfectly imperfect.

Going to workout out now and TODAY is going to be a fantastic day. Why? Because I am Creating A Life I love even NOW and especially now. 

Amazing how writing helps. thanks for listening. :)

What are you looking for?

I'm walking along the sidewalk passing an office building and this could be anywhere. Ordinary building on the left and traffic whizzing by on the right and yet when I paused long enough to see the beautiful flower shown above something shifted inside me.

How many times do we unconsciously walk by beautiful things and never take a second glance. Our minds are so busy with our to-do lists and re-hashing yesterdays thoughts that we don't get the opportunity to really see the beauty that surrounds us.

So I just wanted to stop and show you something ordinary that really is extraordinary. 

And guess what?? It's all around you too- right now if you just stopped in your tracks and did a 360 of from where you stand I bet there is something there that you never really really saw- maybe a beautiful face, or a color that jumps out at you or a particular tree. 

There is something there and I hope you take a moment to see it. I hope you take a moment to recognize the power of this moment.

What are you looking for? Maybe start looking for more smiling faces and pretty flowers. Maybe start seeing what is right around you rather than looking for what is wrong.

This is how you Create A Life You Love. 

Sending you all beams of love and light!

Finding the best version of you- The story of Camp CALYL

Are you wondering what's next for you? I often wondered what was next for me and then would just get buried in the day to day routine of life. It's so easy to do isn't it? Get buried. 
I think we all have the capacity to do that well. 

We distract ourselves from what we really want. And I hate to say it but it's usually fear of the unknown or fear of failure that keeps us right where we are.

I created Camp CALYL because I wanted to go outside of the box. 

There's a quote that says 
 "We cannot solve problems at the same level at which we created them." Albert Einstein

I take that to mean a whole bunch of things like; you're life will not change by doing the same thing you have always done and if you want to change then you have to step outside of what you already know. Living inside of a box will never cut it.

I know for myself that change and deep insights have always come from the unexpected. I have learned a lot over the years but the most poignant moments where when I was outside of myself and my 'controlled' thinking. 

I created Camp CALYL as a way to access that which you have forgotten or maybe never have been able to reach- that part of you that wants to feel ALIVE in the greatest sense of the word.

We can sit in a room for hours and I can talk and talk and tell you great stories that give you great insights but to actually provide you with an experience that you walk thru, there is nothing compared to that. Sometimes these experiences might be scary and sometimes they might just remind you of when you were a kid. 

Either way the experience of doing is what fires off synapses in your brain that open new doors and new insights that not only give you a new thought but a new experience to associate that thought with. Those two things combined are what make lasting change.

For me CALYLing is providing experiences like Camp CALYL to help others who may be feeling stuck or not completely fulfilled. 

What's CALYLing like for you? Where do you feel your joy?

I just feel so elated to be where I am now. I am giddy over the idea of creating adventures that inspire you to be the best version of YOU. 

I aim to please so my research is vast and my creative mind is having a blast coming up with the coolest experiences to bring people like you into a JOY filled state where you are lit up with what is possible in your life.

Camp CALYL is about connection, adventure and transformation. 
Is that something you are interested in? 

Check it out if so. Space is limited. www.calyl.net