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Got a DUI . . . I’m Ready to Surrender
April 29th, 2009 categories: Inspirational Notes
I’m embarrassed to admit it, but my Driver’s License has been revoked. I’m no longer allowed behind the wheel of my own life. 
I was caught speeding along in the fast lane under the influence of my ego, and the Universe pulled me over, shoved me up against the car, stripped me of all concealed weapons and slapped me with handcuffs. I was forced to admit that when I was in control, things tended to get a bit messy. So, I was fired.
And frankly, it’s a relief. At this point, I’m really tired of feeling like I need to have all the answers, fix everything, be in charge. For once, I just want to take orders. I just want to
- do what I’m inspired to do
- make a contribution
- be happy
and let Someone or Something more capable worry about everything else.
I was recently inspired by Wayne Dyer’s film, “Ambition to Meaning.” He talked about there being a divine pattern for our lives that will unfold naturally if we can get out of the way. We trust that there’s an intelligent force that guides us from embryo to fetus, but we automatically assume that this force disappears once we’re born and that it’s all up to us. He questions this assumption.
And I still remember Matthew 11:28-30 from scripture chase in my past life as a Mormon youth:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
So I’m pretty sure my puny brain with my puny perspective was never meant to be in charge. And with the craziness that seems to be unfolding on a global level, I think more and more of us are coming to realize that we need to approach life from a different place.
I’m working on increasingly living from inspiration. What is that little voice inside of me telling me to do?
It’s telling me to keep working on empowering people in today’s real estate market by giving them tools for achieving the benefits they’re looking for. We don’t need to be standing around waiting for a knight in shining Obarmor . . . we can create our own solutions. Every deal that successfully comes together (that otherwise wouldn’t) makes a difference for the entire economy.
I’m absolutely passionate about seller financing strategies, and teaching people how to use them intelligently and effectively. And I’m going to get busy doing it, as soon as I find my keys . . .
P.S. Inspiration for this post belongs to Terese Nielsen and Jeanie Rule
Related Reading:
- How to Turn Your Best Investment Into a Better One
- Seller Financing on Steroids: Developing Trust
- Avoid a Critical Mistake When You Carry Back a Note
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OMG . . . First Donation Received on Behalf of the ‘Help Dress the Note Queen Foundation’
November 14th, 2008 categories: Inspirational Notes
Not too long ago I posted a very serious and desperate call for help (When Right Side Up is Inside Out ), and I’m here to tell you that God really does answer prayers.
I just received $10 through Paypal from a very generous woman in Monrovia:
“I am fifty years old with rapidly failing close vision. I too recently put my shirt on inside out. God bless you. I feel far less alone now.” - Cristina
You know, it’s great to be able to laugh at ourselves, isn’t it? When we take the walls and pretenses down, we create opportunities to touch and be touched, and we get a profound sense that we’re all in this together.
Thanks Cristina . . . and I don’t think we’re dysfunctional . . . I think we’re trend setters. Right side out is boring.
P.S. The Pasadena escrow I was able to help rescue with seller financing is closing today!
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Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Debt . . .
October 17th, 2008 categories: Inspirational Notes
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Doesn’t it seem like the whole world is going through a mid-life crisis?
My own personal mid-life crisis started five years ago. I quit my job as a nurse (with a comfortable 6-figure income), and just launched out into the wide wide world, wondering what I wanted to be when I grew up. The move was part genius, part retard . . .
I don’t recommend that you try this at home. It’s definitely not for sissies, which is why I really shouldn’t have done it that way. I tend to whine about minor headaches and hangnails, and use pain of any kind as an excuse to wine.
I fell flat on my face, forced to acknowledge what seemed like abject financial failure for the first time in my life. And I didn’t know how to separate my sense of self worth from my net worth, which sent me into a literal state of panic within the first year. Read the rest of this entry »
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