anything is possible

Excerpts from Sarah Ban Breathnach's Simple Abundance:

Authentic success is :

- having time enough to pursue personal pursuits that bring you pleasure, time enough to make the loving gestures for your family you long to do, time enough to care for your home, tend your garden, nurture your soul.

- never having to tell yourself or those you love, "maybe, next year."

- knowing that if today were your last day on earth, you could leave without regret.

- feeling focused and serene when you work, not fragmented.

- knowing you've done the best you possibly can, no matter what circumstances you faced; it's knowing in your soul that the best you can do is all you can do, and that the best you can do is always enough.

- accepting your limitations, making peace with your past, and reveling in your passions so that your future may unfold according to a Divine Plan.

- discovering and calling forth your gifts and offering them to the world to help heal its ravaged heart.

- making a difference in other lives and believing that if you can do that for just one person each day, through a smile, a shared laugh, a caress, a kind word, or a helping hand, blessed are you among women.

- not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.

- earning what you feel you deserve for the work you do and knowing that you're worth it.

- paying your bills with ease, taking care of all your needs, and the needs of those you love, indulging in some wants, and having enough left over to save and share.

- not about accumulating but letting go, because all you have is all you truly need.

- feeling good about who you are, appreciating where you've been , celebrating your achievements, and honoring the distance you've already come.

- reaching the point where being is as important as doing.

- the steady pursuit of a dream.

- realizing that no matter how much time it takes for a dream to come true in the physical world, no day is wasted.

- valuing inner, as well as outer labor - both your own and others'.

- elevating labor to a craft and craft to an art by bestowing Love on every task you undertake.

- knwing how simply abundant your life is exactly as it is today.

- being grateful for the many blessings bestowed on you and yours that you can share your portion with others.

- living each day with a heart overflowing.

May we all achieve authentic success!!!