Dear Fairy Godmother

I have learned so much from the 12 week Growing Wings program that I did with you, that I would love to share it.

I have learned that:

1. I have so much to be grateful for and I truly am

2. If one does not take the time to reflect on their actions, achievements, successes and failures – one misses the important lessons and the answers available, so pause, take a breath and let it all sink in.

3. Happiness is entirely self-made and I am a Self-made Happiness Millionaire
4. It’s not that difficult to achieve great things if you stop and think and respect yourself enough to realise that fears and obstacles exist either because we have mistakenly placed them there or to act as a warning sign, both should be acknowledged and respected.

5. No matter how hard we work for something there are often people in our lives who do not understand our dreams and insist they know better, this does not mean they don’t care (no matter how annoying it is).

6. Sometimes our dreams should be bigger than we make them; we mostly just don’t know (or believe) what we’re capable of

7. Just because it’s called a dream, doesn’t mean I shouldn’t strive to achieve it

8. People who deplete my tank shouldn’t get the most say in my life and on my actions.

9. The news is not necessarily right or a good thing just because Sky and the BBC produce it.

10. Despite what anyone says, my sleep needs are not a bad thing and I will not compromise them

11. If I don’t look after myself properly I am ineffective to myself, to others and worst of all to my Dreams

12. Fear, stress and too much television incapacitates everyone, not just me

13. My school teachers were all wrong and completely and selfishly crushed a dream because they couldn’t dream bigger or be bigger themselves.

14. Allowing myself time to do the things I love is not and should not ever be a luxury item, these things are number 1.

Vicki Canham – A Daring Dreamer

1.    It is possible to live your dreams – no matter how wild, strange or unrealistic it initially seems. You can do anything.

2.    You are never given a dream or vision that you can’t achieve – if you can see it in your mind’s eye then you can have it, be it or do it.

3.    The first step is always the hardest, it is that leap of faith and then the net appears and the momentum of living your dreams begins.

4.    Listen to your body and your emotions, they are a clear indication of whether you are on the right path for you or not.  If you are continuously getting sick or feeling negative and down, it is your body’s way of telling you to make changes in your life.

5.    The fear never goes away.  Living an extraordinary life is about conquering the new fears as they come up.

6.    When you get an ANSWER from the Universe – take ACTION.   Actions are most effective when they follow an answer.

7.    Be brave enough to be your Authentic Self – when you express who you are and express your unique brand of genius and your incredible gifts that you have brought to the world, then the world comes up to meet you with opportunity.

8.    That having a few key people around who support your BIG dreams is so important during the times when you are experiencing self doubt.

9.    Take time in your day to connect to spirit – to connect to that which is ALL and EVERYTHING.

10.    The quality of your life is based on the quality of the questions that you ask.  Ask good questions and the universe will ALWAYS provide the answers.

11.    That life is about having fun. It is about learning how to play again and rediscovering the magic, which we all knew and experienced in our childhoods but lost somewhere along the way as we grew up.

12.    Ask daily, “how can I serve today?”

13.    If it is not fun, stop doing it!

14.    Be grateful for everything that you have and for everything that you are creating.

What are some of your lessons that you have learned?

Please comment on your lessons below…

Hi Fairy Godmother

Thank you for the Possibility Evening on Tuesday. It was really interesting and I enjoyed it.

Since doing the Dream Mapping and Goal Setting Workshop earlier this year, I have found love Donna, and I couldn’t be more happier in life. Its been a month now but we good. When I look back on how I manifested him in my life it scares me. It scares me what I can achieve in my life if I put my mind to it.  Thank you for teaching me the tools.

I’m also progressing in the project management field. Busy with my Honours in Programme Management and what I’m learning is out of this world. Gugu and I have just registered a project management company with DTI and we got our first project from Agriculture Department. Wow yes, its happening I can feel it.

I’m so excited I feel like things I just falling into place one bit at a time thanks to you.

I will like to come to more Possibility Evenings if I can. Can you tell me what you will be covering and I will see if I can make it.

I’m grateful for the man in my life, the good health I have, the wonderful friends that continuously support and love me regardless, Gugu for the positive energy she brings in my life, Gugu for mentoring me to reach high highs and for my Fairy GodMother for the magic in my life.

With all my love from:

A smart and talented individual who make a difference in people’s live through my programme management experience.

After the “warm-me-up eating urges” of winter, Spring is the best time to “climb back into your body”.  This is like reminding yourself of what and who you are, detoxing your body and mind, becoming aware of your body and its everyday workings. However, be gentle with getting back into your body.  Just as blossoms gently bloom on the trees now is not the time to work off all that winter excess in one week!

In the 00’s we are so caught up in the rat-race, technology, information-overload era that most of the time we are completely disconnected from our bodies.  We stop listening to our bodies and stop hearing the cries for help that manifest as stress, illness or little aches and pains.   We live in a time that is becoming so cerebral that most people are walking around with disembodied minds -  where the mind is so in control that the needs of the body are completely disregarded.

Why not treat yourself to a “Spring Ceremony” for your body that will help you reconnect with your body and its needs?

Run a warm bath and throw in some Epsom Salts (which help to detox and also cleanse the energy fields around the body), light some candles, put on some soothing music and relax in the bath, close your eyes and just become aware of your body.  Check your body for any feelings of stress or tension and see that tension dissolve like bath salts into the water.  While quieting your mind, move each part of your body and imagine yourself fitting back into your own skin. Become a part of your body again.

Give honour to your body for the incredible vehicle it is that houses your mind and spirit and allows you to exist in this world.   Most of the time, we concentrate on the media-created flaws of our bodies, instead of rejoicing in the beauty and splendour of the miracle that our bodies represent.

During your bath, as you enjoy relaxing, tell each area of your body why you are grateful for it.   And remind yourself of the amazing organs and powerhouses we have within our compact system we know as the body.

Thank your ears for the richness of sound that they bring to the world, thank your legs for their support as you move around the world, thank your heart for it’s consistent beat that keeps you alive, thank your toes for their ability to curl in delight – whatever you are grateful for with each body part, say it out loud – it creates an incredible energy within.

Tip 4 – Massage your Mind

I travel often and find myself in OR Tambo Airport a few times a month and I normally can’t resist going to the Kauai store to buy myself something delicious instead of settling for nasty, bland aeroplane food.

About a year ago I met Lerato, a woman who works at Kauai and would always greet me with a friendly ‘aloha’ and beautiful smile and she would always be cheerful and vivacious – that was until November last year. I walked up to the Kauai counter expecting my usual fun interaction with Lerato (which of corse includes sprinklings of Fairy Dust) but this time I was greeted by a long, sullen face and a bad attitude. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she wasn’t enjoying her job, she was hating it in fact and wanted to find something else. I suggested to her that while she may start looking for another job, in the meantime she should start getting GRATEFUL for everything that she has now, she should look at her life and then take a piece of paper and write down all the things that she is grateful for and see how her life suddenly gets transformed.

She didn’t quite believe me, but she agreed to do the “Gratitude List” anyway… and a few months later I was back in the airport and popped past the Kauai and there she was, back to her bubbly, happy self…. take a look at what she has to say about what she has learned about the power of gratitude.

What have you got to be grateful for?

How has being grateful transformed thngs in your life?

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