The… patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life. Don’t take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop. ~Quentin Regestein

It is my intention to heal my body with my mind, exercise and nutrition. That is the intention I have set forth today.

I am grateful for the weight loss, and I am grateful for all other increases in my health that I have experienced with that weight loss such as great blood pressure, better sleep, more endurance among many other things.

However, I currently am still experiencing some issues with my back and knee, but today I am grateful for my healing in all areas of my life. Without health, you can truly never be wealthy, because wealth does not imply just financial abundance, but abundance in many things in our lives. And health does not imply just physical abundance. In order to be truly healthy you have to fix not just the outer shell, our form, which is nothing but the car we drive through this experience we call life. But we need to fix the inner being, our self, our higher consciousness as well.

So once again, and with a lot of passion I will set forth my intention. It is my intention to heal my body with my mind, exercise, and nutrition.

This is how I will heal my body with my:

• Mind - I will continue to meditate daily, along with repeating affirmations.

• Exercise - I will return to my exercise plan which consisted of walking, and doing core exercises to build up my back muscles.

• Nutrition - I will continue to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, while limiting my intake of red meats, and eating healthier proteins. I will also be more diligent with taking my vitamins and minerals.

Another intention is to get back to hiking with my friends. I had such a wonderful experience out at Red Rock with Tom, Billie and Sanjay, that I was ready to return the next day. I will not only hike with them at Mt. Charleston, but it is my intention to hike down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon by next fall.

I have asked for a healthy body, and I am believing that the Universe will make mountains move in order to help make this happen, and I am receiving, and I am grateful for my miraculous healing.

The only other thing I ask for, is that the readers of this post, each hold out a positive thought for me, and my health, if not a prayer. Thank you!

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Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things. — Eric Butterworth

“As you think, so shall you be.”  Every day I remind myself to not fall into the trap of lacking in life, because I am all that I need to be, a complete, whole being.

If I were to choose to live as I did in the past, my life would be full of regrets, envy, jealousy, anger, all the words in the dictionary that described nothing but pain and poison to the system.  I recognized that there was a hole in my life, but instead of looking inward, I looked outward and tried to find people, and things to fill it with, knowing that the hole was much to big, and would only swallow these things up.

I have found a way to go inward now and fill that hole with the something out there that I knew was much bigger than me.  I am a much happier person now, and I know that even though I didn’t recognize it then, that I had everything within me I needed to transcend these petty problems in life that I made mountains out of.

Because of that new found way of seeing, that new found way of thinking, and more importantly that new found way of being, my life is filled to the brim with prosperity, as it says in the Bible, “my cup over flows.”  Here is the great secret to life.  So does yours, only if you choose to accept this truth.

I have been dog sitting for the past couple of weeks for Rita and Denny, and I was sitting and just staring at this dog, who over the past year has become a sweet loving friend of mine.  What an amazing life that dogs lead that can teach us so much about our true relationship between us, and God.  To a domesticated animal like a dog, we are their God.  We are the source of many things in their lives that allow them to sustain their living.  These animals are perfect beings.  Without exception, they live in the now, knowing without worry, that all their needs will be met.

Take a step back and watch your dog as it just sits in the back yard just being.  Do you think he is sitting there worrying about what tasks he didn’t finish before he left work?  Are there those annoying little conversations going on in his head where he’s going to tell off Fido the next time he sees him at the dog park?  Is he sitting there worrying about where his next meal is coming from?  No, once again they are just there being, and anything and everything they need comes to them, and with how we treat the animals we love, it comes abundantly.

So how could you think things would be different than you and your God, your source?  It isn’t.  Which is why personally, I am trying hard to quit chasing so many goals, to quit chasing the things I want, or think I need.  My God is providing for me, every day I wake up there is another breath, and it all begins there.

Am I saying goals are a bad thing?  No, they are something to clearly define, put onto paper, tape them to your bathroom mirror, but once you do, go forth knowing that everything will be taken care of, all your needs will be met, there really is no need to worry.

Matthew 6:25 - 26  Therefore, I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? 

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Life is short, misery is optional. — Unknown 

I used to walk around moping about how nothing ever worked out for me, that was until I learned how to change my mindset.  Now I walk around in amazement at how so much just seems to fall into my lap, and the reason is because I ask for it, I actively create the world I live in.

A few weeks ago I set forth an intention.  That intention was a rapid increase in pay, I asked the universe to give me a pay raise, even though I had just received my next scheduled pay raise.  Well it didn’t take long, but the universe brought forth events, and people that helped to make this happen.  It all began with a phone call from a good friend Teri, who informed me that they had a job opening at their Starbucks at Albertsons.  Not only did it pay more, but they were allowed to take tips.  With this information I proceeded directly to my boss and let her know the options that lay before me.  That phone call set forth a chain of events that I wasn’t even considering.  Not only am I now getting my pay raise, but I am now being trained for a management position with Starbucks which, once I complete, will include another pay raise.  How’s that for some Law of Attraction Action!

This isn’t the only evidence of manifestation in my life here lately.  I have seen many miracles, big and small working in my life, that I am forever grateful for.  Living a life of magic is fun, once you realize how much control you have over your destiny, how much responsibility you have over your own life, you quickly get over that daunting feeling of responsibility, and move onto “let’s party!.”  I say that jokingly, but life truly is now a celebration.  Even those so called difficult days, or moments.  I now realize that these are just opportunities to learn something that I didn’t quite grasp during an earlier experience.

I have set forth a few more intentions, some small, others pretty darn big, I can’t wait to report on those when they manifest themselves into my life.  For now, I will continue to be grateful for all I am blessed with, which include family, friends, a great job, co-workers, and a wonderful place to live.

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The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure. — Francoise de Motteville

I set forth an intention a few weeks ago, and now the universe is lining everything up to make it happen.   I had planned on spending my days off resting my knee before I had to go back to work on Wednesday, but relaxation was not in the cards.  I received a phone call late Monday and I was going back to work a day early, which honestly I had no problem with, I can always use extra hours.   The interesting thing is, my day off turned not only into working at my own store, but I ended up putting some overtime working in another store as well.  Ask, receive, and believe, just be careful and clear about what it is you want.

After work I headed over to pick up my sister, and one of Hanna’s friends, Hanna had a dance recital at school and we of course supported her.  I did my best to get out of it, but its kind of hard to say no to the people you love.  We had a pleasant evening, Hanna’s group did much better than they had expected.  I bought some pizza to take back to their apartment afterwards and we got to sit around and visit for a bit.

The day was a bit tiring, but in the end very satisfying, and rewarding.  Money comes easily and often, and here lately, that couldn’t be more true.  Stay tuned for further details.

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.  ~John Muir

God taught me another lesson on perspective yesterday.  Growing up in Texas I took it for granted that most people had nice manicured lawns, big Oak trees, flowers, and plenty of water to nourish them.  Since I moved to Las Vegas, the first few years I lived here I talked about how I detested living in the desert, everywhere you go nothing but dirt and dust.  Hell, even the cactus here were ugly.   But then I wasn’t looking in the right places.  My eyes only saw what I chose for them to see.  Well yesterday, I was given an opportunity to see another side of our beautiful state when I headed out to Red Rock canyon with my good friends Billie, Tom, and Sanjay for a nice little hike.

Billie and Tom are a bit more experienced to say the least, but dragging along a couple of novices like me and Sanjay, we all decided to hit the easy to moderate trails, which provided not only ample scenery, but a bit of a physical challenge for us beginners.

We started out on the Willow Creek loop, which we finished in no time.  We then headed across the road and took what we thought was a trail, which eventually lead us onto a trail with a bit more of a challenge to it.  This trail lead eventually lead up to a fork to a waterfall, which is where we took our group photo.  There wasn’t much water coming down the waterfall at this time of year, but it still provided for some nice scenery, not to mention some beautiful views along the trail.

After our hike, we headed back into “civilization,” and ate a nice lunch at the Grand Cafe at Red Rock Casino.  After a nice meal, and a bit of recap about the days events I then headed off to work.   Before I realized it, I had a tremendous amount of energy, and I had one of my most productive days at work ever.  I kid you not when I say I restocked the entire store, and enjoyed it.

Growing up, I would play anywhere from 18-27 holes of golf a day.  After those rounds I of course would be tired, but after resting for a couple of hours, the oxygen I took in all day long would kick in and then I would go out with my friends and party all night long.  This was the kind of energy yesterday gave me.  You cannot get this kind of experience walking on a treadmill listening to audio books on your IPOD.  There is something about nature that revitalizes you.  Not to mention the added exercise tends not to be even exercise, you forget that what you are doing is even beneficial to your health, you just get wrapped up in everything around you.

As I said in the beginning of this post, God taught me another lesson about perspective.  Take a closer look and you can find beauty in just about everything.  Another lesson I took from this is when you focus on the beauty that life has to offer, challenges take a back seat, and they aren’t even challenges anymore.  They end up just being another path to a really cool little waterfall somewhere in your life.

I will post the rest of my Red Rock pictures in a separate post real soon.

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When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self. — Confucious

Friends have said I have changed, so much so that they have to alter the way they view me as a person. I know I have changed, but what exactly is change? I have said it in the past, and I know that there are some who are just waiting for me to falter, like a fat guy on a diet, they want to catch me sneaking a donut, or a candy bar so they can scream “Aha!” point their finger and say, “I knew the real you was inside there somewhere.”

To some degree that has already happened. I had an experience recently where the old Cary came out, and part of the old Cary is my dark sense of humor. I made a joke about a subject that 99.9% of the world, except maybe the late Sam Kinison excluded, would consider it politically incorrect. One of the people in the room said, “I thought you changed.” They then laughed it off as if it were only a joke. But we all know people use tactics such as humor to express what they truly mean, and then try to hide it under the guise of “I was only joking.” However I knew deep down that is exactly what they wanted to think, so it would stop them from analyzing their own selves, and how they view this world we live in.

So once again what is change? Well I can tell you what it is not. It is not perfection. It does not mean you live a mistake free life. When I think of change, and if someone were to ask me if I changed I would say yes, because to me change is awareness.

I still make mistakes, all of the time. I still falter and allow my ego to rise up, or the competitive spirit to take over and create situations that I otherwise would rather not be in. But the awareness in me that is expanding every day I go on this journey allows me now to recognize all that for what it is, and because of this awareness I can now gain more control over myself during these situations and not allow them to blow out of proportion.

So I changed how I look at the world, so now I choose to focus on the positive rather than the negative, and I decided to speak words of praise and encouragement instead of tearing people, or more importantly myself down. Does this mean I walk on water, or can raise people from the dead? No, I am far from perfect and perfection is not what I am striving for, and neither should you, or we will both be very disappointed.

I am grateful for awareness. Because the more I become aware, the more those aspect of myself that I want to change inside me, die off and have less and less control.

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The Secret is: “The Law of Attraction”

Every day I come across evidence of the Law of Attraction working in my life, in the past couple of weeks I have seen some interesting things manifest themselves in my life.  I just wanted to share one funny incident that upon reflecting over my life, I have seen happen quite often.

My father and I we’d decide that we wanted to see an older movie, maybe it was a year old, or ten, it didn’t matter, we’d start talking about it and decide one night to go out and rent it.  Without fail, within days of paying for the rental, that movie, no matter how obscure, would show up for free on one of the movie channels we had subscribed to.

Now that I am studying the Law of Attraction I know why this happened.  Thoughts become things, we attract what we think about.

Well the other day, Sanjay gave me a spindle of movies to watch, some of the old, some of them new.  I went through and sorted out the ones I definitely wanted to watch and in the collection was the movie 23 starring Jim Carrey.  I have seen the movie, and I liked the concept, so I figured I would watch it again.  I mentioned the movie to my sister and nieces, because we had seen it when it came out in the theaters and told them how I had planned on watching it again.  We just happened to be talking about movies that day.

Well fast forward to a few days later when I’m watching the web cast for chapter 5 of Eckhart Tolle’s book on Oprah.Com.  During the webcast Eckhart mentions the movie 23 when talking about people who obsess over certain things.  I thought it was rather interesting that he did but didn’t pay much more attention to it.  After watching the show, I then went into the living room and turned on the t.v. to see what was on schedule that night, and there it was again, the movie 23.

I’m sure you’re sitting there wondering why this is important.  Well these are what my father and I call “faith builders.”  Using the Law of Attraction it is just as easy to manifest $1.00 as it is to manifest $1,000,000.00  the only thing that holds us back is ourselves.  We tell ourselves that a million dollars is much more difficult to obtain than one.  Well start out small.  Decide that today you’re going to manifest something small in your life, and once you see how easily it comes into your life, your faith then builds allowing you to create bigger and better things for your life.   Just ask, believe, and receive and watch the magic happen.

I enjoy these faith builders, because they remind me of all of the small things I have been blessed with, and I am receiving on a daily basis.  Should I be thankful that the movie 23 showed up for free on HBO?  I should be grateful for all things, big and small, especially if I want to continue to receive more blessings in my life.

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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.  ~Joseph Addison

Everyday my body gets stronger, my muscles become more elastic, my joints more fluid, and I am grateful for the healing that I have received and continue to receive.

I am amazed at the changes my body has gone through in the past year, with 100 pounds and untold inches of fat gone, I am capable of so much more now, specifically of enjoying more of life.

I was at Wal-Mart when I noticed the blood pressure machine, I hadn’t had my blood pressure taken since my last fill, so I figured I would check it out.  My blood pressure was fine the last time I had it checked, but I was amazed when the numbers came back 117 over 72, and my heart rate was 85.  I don’t think I have even had numbers as good as this when I was a kid.

When I go walking on the treadmill now, I’m really having to kick it up a notch in order to achieve the same results I would have received months ago at such slower speeds.  It is amazing the transformation my body and health have had over the last 11 months.  The lap-band has helped, but it is only a tool, and a part of myself had to step up and help to make it happen.

I am not finished by any means.  I have lofty goals when it comes to my health, and every day I am pushing myself to make better overall choices.  But here is the important thing.  I don’t always succeed.  But guess what?  BIG F’in DEAL!  There are no more pity parties, no more blame.  I make decisions about my life.  Then good or bad I accept the consequences those decisions bring, and if they don’t bring the desired results I want, well then I have to make better decisions next time.  No more beating myself up over such small things in life.  I did that for most of my life, and it doesn’t lead me anywhere good.

I am learning to love myself, and it has been a fun and interesting experience, and part of that process has been to learn to forgive myself, and allow myself some room to make mistakes.  Mistakes aren’t a bad thing, it is only how we react in those situations that can be bad.  Me, I am working on hard on just picking myself up, dusting myself off, and going at it again until I get it right.

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Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you’ll be right.  ~H.H. “Breaker” Morant

First I would like to apologize for my lack of posting here recently.  I have been working a lot of mornings here lately, and mornings are usually when I write my posts.  It is hard to find the time to get up at 2:30 or 4:30 in the morning so I can get a post out.  In the past I’ve written some of the posts later on in the day, but here lately I have been pretty tired, I guess it is all catching up with me.  I get home, I take a nap, and them I’m just kind of out of it, not wanting to do much else for the remainder of the night.

Going back out into the work place, I went from 0-60 in no time flat.  I tested myself, and so far I have passed, but not without a cost.  Don’t get me wrong, I am not focusing on the negative stuff, I am just trying to explain my lack of posting here lately.  The plus side to all of this is the fact that I am actually physically capable of doing this at all.  I am approaching my one year anniversary since the lap-band surgery, and when I consider that at this time last year, I could barely walk through Wal-Mart let alone work standing for eight hours a day, that is one amazing accomplishment.

My body is getting stronger each day, I don’t want my life to be just about work, so when I do have days off, I try to spend them doing something with either family or friends.  Occasionally I just decide I’m going to relax for one of those days and not go anywhere.  I have started walking again on the treadmill *thanks to the IPOD*, so I am still working hard at keeping my life balanced between my job, fun time, and all of the inside work I’m doing on myself.  Am I tired?  Yes.  But am I enjoying myself?  A resounding yes.

I am excited on so many levels.  Life is great, and it is only getting better each day as I learn more about myself.  I missed posting, but let me stress, that just because I did not post a gratitude blog, I still have been saying my gratitudes out loud every morning, and throughout the day.  I have also been doing a lot of meditating and praying throughout the day.  So the work still continues, I just slacked there for a bit, but I am back and for that I am grateful.

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I will see it when I believe it. - Wayne Dyer

Yesterday was just another day full of abundance, and blessings, that just kept getting better and better.

Let me just start off by sharing a little story.  This last week, I did a favor for some friends and watched their dogs, and house while they were away on vacation.  When asked what I expected to get paid, my response was, “Not much, I sat here and ate free for a week.”  All I can say is that due to their generosity, some of the things I have been needing, and wanting, became a reality.

Awhile back, I accidentally washed my mp3 player.  I decided at the time, that this was a luxury item, something I didn’t really need.  Well since I started working, my car, and its CD player, have become my personal sanctuary whenever I go on break.  A few weeks ago, I quickly came to realize that its already starting to get too hot to sit in the car, and listen to music, or whatever audio book I’m going through at the moment.  So, yeah, I asked for a material thing.  I asked the universe / source / God, whatever you choose to call it, for an IPOD.  I didn’t know how I was going to get one, and with the turmoil Geico caused in my checking account, that put me behind.  The damage they caused, was almost half a weeks pay for me.

Because of the generosity shown by these friends, I was able to go and pick up myself an IPOD yesterday.  I don’t know how much I can stress how important music has become to me at work.  Those times that I am able to just go to my car and listen to something uplifting, really help me get through those days where its a bit hectic, or the pain in my back has become almost unbearable.  To have that ability, even during the summer, without racking up a huge gas bill running the A/C, to say it was imperative, is an understatement.

On top of that, there is a project that I have been wanting to work on, a video blog / podcast that I think a lot of people are ready for.  That project moved one step closer to becoming a reality yesterday.

The blessings continued to pour in.  Rita and Denny gave my nieces a great computer desk, and I spent the rest of my day over at their house helping to move out the old desk, and put in the new one.  Not only that, because of Randi’s blog post on SaveLV.Com, I was also able to score four tickets to The Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay for the family, and interestingly enough, CiCi’s, a buffet pizza place we ate at often, back in Texas, opened up here, so guess where we had dinner.  We have been waiting for almost five years for them to move this far west, and they finally got here.   Also the book I requested at the library showed up, and because of amnesty week, the library erased my $4.75 worth of fines, among other things.  Really, there were so many things that happened throughout the day, each and every one of them another blessing.

It was a cool day.  Not only was it full of blessings for me, but I in turn, was able to be a blessing to others.  That is the whole point of this journey, to live a life so overflowing in abundance, that it can’t help but pour out, and touch others.

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