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Who am I - Who are You - How will we be remembered? Have you ever thought about that? It is very hard to sit down and look in the mirror and see who that person really is. It's even harder if it is not the person we expect. When I was young I had so many aspirations... and luckily they remain with me. But, I must confess, there have been times
I settled for less and failed to pursue my purpose. It is so easily in day-to-day life to put aside dreams and aspirations and accept what we have.

Purpose for living... how many of us never have, think of or lose sight of our purpose in life? I have during the years read a lot of books on the self-empowerment and positive thinking. I may be one of the few that seemed never to need it since I tend to make "lemonade out of lemons". But you see I always loved reading - my mother taught me that - we would always get books as gifts... thank you mom... But really I read these books because I wanted more than being positive - I wanted to know how to be successful!

I found books will not make you successful (unless you are the author *smile*)... They are tools. We need these tools because when we act on great recommendation from these tools the investment in time and money pays off!

Everyone needs to have a purpose for living. I will share mine and so help you to revive, strengthen or find yours! Without a purpose why do we do what we do? OK money to pay the bills but there has to be more. I believe so much that your success rides on you purpose in life that I would tell you to stop reading now and think about that.

As your Personal Success Coach, I am here at your service to help you and your Business Illuminate the POSITIVE. In doing this you WILL ATTRACT ABUNDANCE. With that said you need to know that part of being Positive means acting on YOUR purpose for living. Action speaks louder than words.

And when all is said and done no matter how great the tools, no matter how great the attitude, and yes no matter how great the mentor... you will NOT shine unless you ACT on you purpose for living.

Who lives in a fairytale? I may speak like I have had a flowery life with no ups nor downs... but that would be a fairy tale. I was born into a large country family that was rich in love (though we never told each other this is so many words) but barely making it financially. Far from a fairy tale existence but we were happy! Go figure...

Still my parents instilled in me a lot of great values to which I am forever grateful. My mother always stated over and over again... "Where there is a will - there is a way"! If we said we couldn't do something she would say, "It's because you really don't want to do it"

My father always dreamed of financial freedom. He had a number of business ventures in his lifetime. He made a living from them but modest at best. (but then again there were a lot of us eating those benefits *smile*) Though his passed on before fulfilling his dream - the dream lived on in me...) A purpose of financial freedom to make life better for those around me.

My family taught me that no matter your income level you can be happy with what you have but that doesn't mean you couldn't strive to make it better for everyone. Live happy in the moment - but strive to become better. Live happy now - not remorseful that it isn't better. Certainly not complacent to accept it as a lifelong existence... hmmm powerful.

Motivation and Creation - What is Your Passion? From early on I have had many work experiences... some I remember: babysitting, gardening, factory worker, house renovations, customer service, telemarketing, teaching, tutoring, direct sales, network marketing, more. As a young teen I can remember selling seed packets up and down the neighborhood to earn a compact reel to reel cassette player.... oooooo what fun! * Big Smile *

From a young age I also remember pretending to be a teacher... I had many students as I came from a large family - I am the oldest of 9 - 6 brothers and 2 sisters. I love motivating others to learn something new. And I love learning myself... could be why I am drawn to this information highway called the Internet.

Motivation and creation are my passions. They are part of my purpose in life. They are my legacy that will remain when I am no longer physically here. My purpose is not only to be successful financial to get more "things" but to help others find success in what they want. Teaching how to fish rather than give them the fish. Sometimes I have been known just to "give" that fish but then desperate times do call for desperate measures *smile*.

I have always liked creating things. Art, crafts, website *smile* My Aunt Lorraine instilled a love of art in others around her including me. She is famous in my eyes as well as those who know her! Our small town never wanted to fund an arts program in the school system but we would all meet "at the farm" weekly to paint with Aunt Lorraine.

Exercise creates "eustress" may I say it is the good stress just as there is a good cholesterol? Well it is and because I need as much good stress as I can get I have decided not just for exercise but a discipline: So Bahk Do Martial Arts.

It is not a sport but a discipline where one learns to become physically and mentally alert and adept. The school I attend has a family atmosphere and is "positively charged". Filled with a "can do" attitude. It also serves as a tester of self... to stand in front of experts and perform is a very humbling and exhilarating experience.

Do You like Adventure? Being able to grab opportunities as they come you way takes sometimes an adventuresome streak - taking that road less traveled ? I have maybe taken up too many opportunities *smile* but none I really regret... even the worst ones served as lessons and only caused temporary delays toward my main purpose. Looking back usually it was because I was not focused on my main purpose that I took up the wrong opportunities.

I have always wanted to travel and see the world this was due to the reading I did and movies like "The Sound of Music"About the time I first saw the movie I also had a German school teacher who taught us the about the flower and it's song... "Edelweiss" It made me dream of going there to experience it myself. (And I don't even like snow *smile*) But truly I have dreamed for years of traveling all over the world.

To this day I have lived for over a year on the Caribbean island of Dominican Republic, been to Mexico, Spain, Canada and coast to coast US... I still have more travels yet. I have met people from all over the world through the internet as well... It is truly a "small world after all"

Purpose or no Purpose? I was never able to have my own child biologically. But life has a way of giving all that you need. I met and fell in love precisely with someone who I ended up sharing the responsibility of raising his son just as if he was my own.

I have always known my "special" son would do great things. Feb 15th, 2005 he was one of the featured artists on a newly released album - playing his trumpet and rapping Latin hip-hop.(all those chaperon band parent days and the early days of "trumpet noise" are paying off!)

The opportunity to raise Andrew was kind of "thrown at me" But it was fulfilling my purpose. (little did I realize at the time). I always wanted to be a good mother and my motivating and positive attitude I would selfishly claim helped to bring Andrew to where he is today. A good teacher always hopes the student excels!

So now I promote him here too! You can all listen to him and his trumpet a Dru-ha.com

In all things give thanks!

Nothing is never smooth sailing no matter how hard you work at it. There are too many variables in life. We cannot control others only hope to influence them. So though I fell in love with someone that I am sure loved me... he for one reason or another no longer held on to that love.

He moved out of my life and I was forced to look at things in a new way. For a couple years I found myself adjusting financially and emotionally. But we can become stronger when we don't let things get us down. I chose to keep going with a smile on my face and that made all the difference. I remember a biblical quote: "I think myself happy." Acts 26:1 and I always say: Smile it's a free investment that brings massive returns.

A new adventure!

I began to enjoy being single and having the freedom to do what I wanted - when I wanted - with no comments negative or positive... but having been around many people all my life starting with being the eldest of 9 and always having extra family members on extended visits... I was missing companionship.

So being the internet junkie that I am... and having heard of other success stories I registered a match.com, wrote up an ad to "sell myself" (well that's what it is isn't it - lol) and then proceeded to interview many! It was fun - I actually was able to go out with some very nice men. But though nice... you know there has to be more....

It was thrilling to be in my mid 40's and find younger men attracted to me... but I was looking for something more stable... Well lo and behold... putting out ads does work... today I find my self with a very nice catch through match.com... who woulda thunk...

With my feet finally on the ground I began to get serious about business. I was offered an offline networking business right about the time I was settling down. And I had always had my eye on webdesign, my own website and internet marketing. So I got serious about learning and earning.

What a good thing! At the end of that year a job I had held for almost 10 years was lost to corporate resizing... How things have a way of being thrown at us... But then we have to decide what to do with it. I decided to take my offline business up a notch. I ended up working more online too... and here I am today... still working from home and not answering to anyone but myself... (but then again I work myself harder than any other boss did... but I am much happier still)

I am not super rich yet. I invested to much in offline business and got to little return... But it did teach me that I need a plan that is easily duplicatible. I want to be able to have systems in place that others can easily do... But soon I will be visiting the places I have dreamed of seeing and read about for years. Soon I will sail off the coast of Florida in my own sailboat... Soon I will be making a difference in this world and help create a better universe by helping to feed and educate the world (I already am doing this on a very small scale - I will be doing this on a much larger scale!)

Here's My Commitment to You...

Success breeds success. In business you need to learn from those who have already succeeded. Those who can teach in a way that anyone who has a desire to learn can duplicate the same process. Home-based businesses that lack an outside support system and easy to follow system are often doomed to failure. Family and friends who should be the best support system often do just the opposite and criticize outside of their expertise.

I am here to help you become successful. The critical word here is "help". I have the systems and tools in place to help you but only if you want my help. And you will need to work also - this is an easy to set up system but I do not do your work for you. There is no such thing a free lunch. And I can teach you how to fish but I won't give you the fish.
If I have not scared you away yet with the dirty 4 letter word "work" then we may be able to "work" together! You may call (786) 201-6935. Or stop by my Audio/Visual online conference room - it's a free "pit stop" while you are surfing the net! Star Meetings Room.

Mentoring is my specialty.

There's nothing I love better than to assist you in attaining success. I'll support and nurture you... providing you direction and helping you create your plan. Simply call me at 786-201-6935. Leave a message and I'll call back at my expense.