Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

Each morning as I walk on the beach I am reminded of how blessed I am. It is the simple things that help me start my day in an abundant way. This week the tide has been very low and the pool created by these low tides had me meditating on the simple things that make me feel abundant each day.

The beauty of the beach

The clear blue water

The ripples the waves make,

The clear, clean air

The rays of the sun warming my soul

The cool sand between my toes

The patterns in the sand

The rock to meditate on

Shared thoughts with Des

Saying good morning to familiar faces

Smiles from friends and friendly faces

Watching a surfer ride a wave

The feeling of freedom

The wonder of nature

Each morning I find at least 10 things to be grateful for. This starts my day in an abundant way.

What do you do to start your day in an abundant way?

–Suzie Cheel, AbundanceHighway.com

Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

When I was walking on the beach last Friday, I asked Des if he thought blogs had their own personalities.

Because my blog was not happy. I had been for weeks talking about getting a theme that was less cantankerous, than the one I had been using. Blog heard this I think and went into total meltdown. I really must watch the words I use!

Des commented that he didn’t know why I had kept this theme for so long!

I can be stubborn and I was still searching for the perfect design. Well I am an artist and my NLP style is strongly visual so that was natural for me to focus on the look. I won’t be doing that again in the near future as this limits the amount of content that my blog receives. That doesn’t make blog too happy as the comments dwindle and subscriptions subside.

I then wondered what I had done to attract a very broken blog, just before Liz’s Blog Showcase too. The law of attraction was matching my not so positive vibes!

The personality of The Abundance Highway aka Law of Attraction in Action definitely is inspirational. I can see why it broke:( It wasn’t being fed it’s inspirational daily diet. Clearly what was needed was a theme was that was functional as well as looking good.

So does your blog have it’s own personality?

–Suzie Cheel, AbundanceHighway.com

Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

On Friday I almost didn’t go for my beach walk. I had got up early and was working on blog posts. I had lost 2 drafts! Time to no longer rely on the wordpress editing tool. I am writing this in the Flock blog editor and yesterday tried ScribefireFirefox. I am still evaluating and will report back.

As you might imagine my vibes were not in a totally positive state.

I did go to the beach. As soon as my feet touched the cool sand and I looked across the water, I immediately felt wonderful and thought: The beach, the water and the sun always raise my vibes and make me feel balanced.

I walked towards the rocks and round onto what we call Frog Beach. As I rounded the rocks I saw on the sand this perfectly formed seat. ideal for sitting and doing a meditation.

I sat down and looked out to sea. I felt the sun enveloping me in it’s rays, warming my soul. The sound of the sea and birds singing bringing music to my ears. I looked out to the horizon and spent five minutes in silence, just breathing, being warmed by the sun. This is magic. As I opened my eyes, I felt both energized and eager to experience the abundance of the day ahead.

I am glad I chose to go to the beach.

Suzie Cheel, AbundanceHighway.com

Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

Are you Staying on Track?

                         

Walking on the beach on Friday, I noticed the pattern made by a fisherman’s truck at sunrise. The close up looks like my life right now. Too many compartments! Spreading myself too thin.

Do you sometimes look at all the compartments in your life and wonder how they relate to one another. I have many exciting possibilities in my life right now. The challenge is to achieve simplicity, not be overwhelmed by complexity.

I then looked  at the bigger picture the trucks tyres had made. So that was another challenging image.

Where am I heading? How well am I staying on track?

Beside the tyre tracks were a line of footprints.

To get on the pathway to freedom and success what I need to do each day is to set myself a simple daily path, put one foot in front of the other,celebrate each small win along the way and share that each day with my readers.

Then I will be living my purpose: Something I got clarity on back in May

Images: suzie cheel

Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

Catch the Moment

Sometimes an moment arises that can create joy, open up a business opportunity, sometimes even change our perception. We can take the moment and embrace it or we can say no not today.

Catching this amazing sunrise on Thursday morning was an instance of this.

Walking on the beach early that morning, I nearly missed the magic moment. We had gone to the beach early thinking we would see a sunrise. We were a little too early so we thought, next time, We walked away from Rainbow Bay  towards Greenmount. I turned around before we headed aroung the rocks and saw the golden light of the sun glistening on top of the clouds. Des said did I want to go back? yes I said. As I saw the red of the sun begin to peep above the horizon, I thought  ” Catch the Moment”, this will be my Beach Note this week. I took this photo and then a series which I am thinking I will turn into a slide show with words, maybe even an e-book.

This then became a positive story I used to illustrate positive vibes on Friday Morning. If  hadn’t turned around at that precise moment  would have missed the joy that seeing the sun rise brings, it warms my soul.

Can you think of time where you have caught the moment and it has been an inspiration or moment of change?

Images: suzie cheel