Positive affirmations-"spirit never dies" & "Finding Ashton"

I am at the beauty salon today getting “beautified” and had a chance encounter with the May issue of O Magazine and a short story entitled 'Finding Ashton' written by author Melissa Pritchard. This short story tells of her relationship with a young 21 year old U.S. female soldier in Afghanistan, whose name is Ashton Goodman. I was compelled to write about this because of the positive affirmations that Ashton was able to articulate about her life here on planet earth. Thru Melissa Pritchard’s own grieving process of her parents' deaths she ended up with the opportunity to visit Afghanistan and she details an amazing account of who is on the front lines of freedom, as we know it.

So, that is where I got to in the article when I was summoned to come over to the washstand to get my hair shampoo. I looked up at the technician and wanted to ask for just another five minutes of reading time, but with a full salon how could I? So I reluctantly put Oprah down and got my hair washed, skipped the scalp massage then jumped back up and walked briskly back to where I was sitting only to find someone else was now reading the Oprah magazine. I really wanted to know what happened to Ashton and had only got to the part of this beautiful person sharing her tattoo Studium Nunquam Intero-“spirit never dies” with Melissa and I was really taken with Ashtons layered levels of positive affirmations in her dialogue. Her favorite song by Bon Jovi “Never Say Die”, was just one of many and Ashton adds “never quit, death is just a part of life and brotherhood and camaraderie are paramount”.

I passed on the blow dry as well, left the salon and with wet hair under my hat ran down the street to the corner store to buy the magazine to read it, only to find that the June issue of Oprah was now on the stands. I went home and got online to the O magazine site and found the article “Finding Ashton” and was able to read the rest of the story. Sadly, Ashton was another casualty of the War and it made me realize how brave she was and that I am a better person for reading her story and that her life had bigger meaning in a way that she could not have imagined. It is well worth the read. You will see how Melissa Pritchard so eloquently writes to us about the value of positive thinking and how positive affirmations play out in our "daily" lives.

Thank you Melissa for the story and a prayer of love to you Ashton.


"White Out" original painting by,

Bill Sweney, Ennis Montana Artist, contact the artist directly thru karenkreek.com for current works.

Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com

Decorating with positive affirmations for balance and flow

You can decorate your “space” with positive affirmations from your own artwork collection to have a home that will look beautiful and feel amazing.
This is accomplished by creating focal points or vignettes. When I am working with a client on redesigning their space, or “shuffling the energy” as I call it, I will refer to it as creating altars. I say this because I am not using new inventory from a store, but using the person's existing pieces for their highest purpose. We all buy in themes, and if you take a look at your personal artwork and count what you repeatedly purchase you will start to notice your own focus.


Val Sharp Founder, Canadian Redesigners Association book “The Art of Redesign” is a great resource for getting started on your way. The U.S.A. sister association is I.R.I.S and both associations hold the same level of commitment and dedication from their members. The Canadian Redesigners Association Charity “Creating spaces for ovarian patients” is to give women the haven that is necessary for optimum spiritual healing.

The most important area to start with is your front entrance, for this is the main energy area for your home. If we were to translate this to your body it would be your mouth.
You will want to take a look at your front door area and see what is there now. What you want to achieve is a way to slow the energy down and invite it to stop. Using artwork that is pleasing can do this; it will let you emotionally “slow” and take in the first set of positive affirmations. In addition to artwork, you can use a mirror and small chair, a bench, or a small/large table and a vase.

You will know you have achieved the right balance of flow, by actually observing your friends who would normally walk in the front door and breeze right through. Now they will now take a beat, stop, quickly glance around, and then they will continue into your home.

For optimum results only work with pieces you presently own. To your friends coming into your home it will be great design with 'positive affirmations' and you personally will benefit from the results on a energetic level.

photo: 'waterfall' randallfriedman

Enjoy,

Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com

The unique gift of finding balance as a Turtle Trader & the NYSE

Every year we go fishing on opening day to a lake here in the great Northwest. As with most great experiences in life the unique gift is the journey in itself getting to the destination. This year proved to be no different and with a couple of great "ah ha" moments, along the way. While most campfire chats pontificate about fish and lures, this year the conversation strayed into the realm of stock trading psychology and a book called “The Complete Turtle Trader”. Thinking I had misheard made me sit up in my lawn chair and ask “did you just use the word turtle in the same sentence as the New York Stock Exchange?” Heads nodded a quiet yes and I sat back into my chair looking up at the beautiful heaven of stars and replied “is that so”….

The story of the Turtle Traders book written by M. Covel is about two multi-millionaire stockbrokers that began with a bet over their competing ideas of “nature versus nuture”.
Richard Dennis believed traders could be taught to be great, and William Eckhardt believed that genetics was the deciding factor and that skilled stock traders were born with a sense of timing and a unique gift for reading market trends. The time line for this Trading experiment overlapped with the movie production of “Trading Spaces”, and the book outlines that there is a area of “coincidence” here. The inspiration for the nickname of the protégé’s coined “Turtles” is said to have come when Richard Dennis visited a turtle farm in Asia. Mr. Dennis reasoned he could groom traders in the same way that farm-grown turtles were raised.

As Chinese legend goes, 4000 years ago an honorable turtle was found resting on the waters edge of the River Lo (yellow). This turtle's unique gift was its shell with a specific arrangement of markings to share all the understandings of Feng Shui. Feng Shui translated literally means wind and water. Feng Shui can inspire the balance and flow of your home and work place. Also included in this philosophy is yin “chi” & yang “chi” which translated mean feminine and masculine energy. After reading the Turtle Trader I see that Mr. Dennis and Mr. Eckhart were both half right. In order to be complete there must be a balance of the masculine energy “nature” with the feminine energy “nuture”.

So back to the turtle story book and the Turtles and present day. In point form I will give you a snapshot picture.
1. 21 men and women were chosen to trade stocks in 1984
2. Mr. Dennis taught “trend following methodology” stock trading
3. Everybody made a lot of money
4. In 1988 they all went their own way. “Many didn’t stick with it and fell apart. So even though there was a mechanical system that they all knew worked, other factors such as character issues became their downfall.”
5. Michael Covel wrote the book but is not a Turtle - www. turtletrader.com/
6. Most of the turtles are selling their own software that would shows you how to buy and exit a stock that fits the trend “criteria”. It is noted you can wait for a year or maybe two for a trending stock to break out and make money.


On Curtis Faith site www.curtisfaith.com/ (he was one of the original turtles that lost his winnings) He posts about left brain and right brain thinking and the need for balance. Ms. Denise Shull from the rethink group at www.traderpsyches.com, has a video that comments on behavioural thinking as well. What a coincidence that in the stock market traders world there is a need for flow and balance of the (Yin/feminine=creative & Yang/masculine=decisive) energies.


I leave you with this. A surfer sits waiting for a big wave and in between that time takes the smaller waves. A plumber with his own business waits for a big contract call and takes smaller jobs in between. A trending stock trader waits for a trending stock to pay off big and in between makes smaller trades. They all require the unique gift to focus on their future outcome with the daily discipline of positive thinking.



"Redwing" original painting by,

Bill Sweney, Ennis Montana artist, contact directly thru
karenkreek.com for current works.


Joy,


Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com

Dalai Lama & Mothers Day gifts

Mothers Day gifts are always filled with so much love and emotion. As I have talked with friends about this important day, it's pretty much unanimous in feeling that whatever you do it never feels like enough. It's kind of like the movie "To Sir with Love", where gratefulness is very hard to articulate. I think most children will agree that it is a lot easier to show appreciation every day, so when this day of honor shows up every year one is not so compelled to express a year of "thank-you" in one day. Ask any Mother and she will more than likely express gratitude for a healthy child. Mothers show by example and teach us thru how they live their life day to day.

"Dalai Lama" "Quote"
"Our experiences and feelings are mainly related to our bodies and our mind. We know from our daily experience that mental happiness is beneficial. For instance, though two people may face the same kind of tragedy, one person may face it more easily than the other due to his or her mental attitude."

For myself, Mothers Day is a celebration of all the Mom's out there shaping the next generation of great minds. My Mom passed over in 2002, and I always find someone else's Mom to say hi to, and include a Mothers Day gift on the day.

This year is special though for me because I am launching my lastest Feng Shui inspired accessory "The Dangle" with a press release for Mothers Day gifts.

This one is for you Mom. Happy Mothers Day.

You can click on this link to view the press release.


http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3863324.htm


Joy,

Rena
http://www.talktotheturtle.com