Give it Away (Good Deed #3)

My good deed for the day was a donation to the Canadian Athletes Now Fund. This donation request came as a result of an athlete's birthday wish. She asked people to donate to the organization in lieu of birthday gifts for her. What a altruistic move. I was so moved by her passion that I couldn't not donate. I was compelled.

Her whole story can be found at
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1051743&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=http://www.canadianathletesnow.ca/

My focus is changing and I am spending more time looking for how I can be of service to people. This is a big shift in my reality. The benefits are endless.

Good Deed Done #1 & #2

The first good deed that I did was create a scholarship program for my trainings. One of my special causes is the Canadian Women's Foundation and I am committed to helping them improve the lives of women and girls. To that end, I have sponsored my first student for my courses. She is amazing and I look forward to teaching her everything I know.

The second good deed was yesterday when I was out getting my lunch during my NLP class. I walked past a homeless woman who was asking for money. I didn't have any cash, just my credit card. So I went into the organic food store and bought her a few things for lunch. In the end, it actually cost me more than if I had just flipped her a toonie but I realized that the value was even bigger because it was a beautiful whole meal. She was speechless and a little surprised. I just handed it to her and walked away. I like this project.

The Law of Focus

You will always find what you are looking for. This is the power of focus and the function of your reticular activating system. What you focus on expands. Always.

Side Project - 100 Days of Goodness

Inspired by two of my friends, I am going to dedicate the next 100 days in my 365 days project to a sub-project called 100 Days of Goodness. Starting today, I'm going to do a good deed for someone else every single day. My goal is to give instead of always making goals to get. Let's see what happens, shall we?

Strength

Canadiens are tough. And a little crazy. It was about minus thirty today with the wind chill factor. Yet, there we were out ski racing in the freezing cold. My feet are still thawing out.

I saw an ad on my way home today. It was for a travel company and it read "maybe the geese have the right idea". I laughed. But instead of hibernating and hiding from the cold, we embrace it and play IN it. It took a lot if strength today both from the kids and the parents.

Void

Yesterday got the best of me. I completely forgot to choose a state for the day. One thing led to another and before I knew it the day was almost over. And let me tell you about the day. It was chaotic and scattered. I felt like I was going in all directions. I don't enjoy feeling that way. It hit me about halfway through the afternoon that my day was chaotic and scattered because that was my default setting for the day.

I didn't make a conscious choice and therefore was left to pick up the prevailing state around me: chaos. What a lesson it was. A huge lesson. So, even though I've only done this project for a few weeks now, I am already seeing and experiencing the results in a real way. Tomorrow, I will be conscious in my choice and I'll let you know how it goes.

Peace

I chose peace and it was a relatively peaceful day yesterday. The snow was falling all day but it was gently falling. In fact, the air felt peaceful when the snow was falling. It wasn't until after the snow stopped falling that the wind picked up and it felt like winter again.

I was walking down University avenue and I happened to notice the Canada Life building. This building is famous in Toronto because the lights atop the building are a weather indicator. The bulb at the top was flashing red which indicates that the weather is going downhill. The lights were moving downwards which means the temperature is dropping. Many Torontonians do not even know about the Canada Life building and it's weather function. However, I've known about since moving to Toronto some 20 years ago. Seeing it give me a sense of peace because it's predictable and dependable. Or maybe my choosing peace gave me the opportunity to experience it again.