Did you know 9 of 10 dentists recommend a certain tooth paste? Or how about 3 out of 4 surveyed like (fill in the blank)? It’s interesting to me how we rely on odds for a lot of facets in our life from buying tooth paste to health, and to love. And we always want the odds in our favor. But if you look at all aspects of your life in a positive manner, the odds will be in your favor as you bring positive energy to every situation.
 
Play the odds. Bet on a sure thing. The deck is stacked against us. There are so many more that I can think of regarding how we interact with odds in life and get fearful if they aren’t in our favor. I invite you to look at odds through the eyes of professional baseball players. They get paid handsomely and even the great ones aren’t hitting 50% of the time. A great hitter bats over .300. They aren’t worried that the ‘odds’ are against them. 
 

 Quotes of the day:

“The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim for it.” 

~ Mal Pancoast

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” 

~ Robert Jarvik

“I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.”   

~ Arnold Palmer

“Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.”   

~ Gandhi

For the next week, I invite you to examine the odds that are IN your favor and live your life fulfilled regardless of your surroundings by:
 
If you’re current job situation is tenuous of being let go or perhaps you are currently unemployed due to the poor economy? Guess what – there are companies out there that are thriving. People are getting hired everyday, promoted everyday. Be one of those people and bring positivity to your career path.
 
Are you trying to sell your home and listening to the news about a poor housing market? Shine positivity into your home and see it sell quicker than the average turn around. Houses are selling every day, why can’t it be yours?
 
In a relationship and worried about it lasting as the divorce rate is 50%? Be the person who sees marriages as 50% successes and bring positivity to your relationship.
 
Have you been diagnosed with a serious illness and wondering about your odds of recovery? Regardless if the number is 90%, 50%, or 20%, those percentages represent those who recover. One year it might be 20% recovery and then next it’s up to 35% — be one of those who bring the odds up. Bring positivity into your health.
 
Mostly, I invite you to live your life like a baseball player and not to worry about the odds. Get up there and take your best swing at an amazing life – I am sure it will be a grand slam if you put your heart into it. 

 
Until next time, simply defy the odds.
 
 ~Carol

Looking for a way to stay focused on Living Life Fulfilled? Make sure to surround yourself with people who lift you up, inspire you, support you, and simply love to laugh and have fun.

 Happy Wednesday!

Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination. Imagine that – a world of pure imagination. Do you imagine possibilities or impossibilities? Do you imagine your business meeting being successful and everyone is on board to move forward? Or do you imagine a power struggle of ego and little accomplishment. Do you imagine your romantic relationship in the very best light showering it with love? Or do you imagine conflict and discontent? Do you imagine yourself as an amazing person who always does their best in life? Or do you imagine yourself as not worthy, not loveable?
 
As in the movie, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I am giving you a golden ticket to imagine your greatest life. Imagination whether used for possibilities or impossibilities is a powerful tool, so imagine greatness rather than unworthiness. When you start to imagine your life in a positive light filled with love, joy, and peace, your outer world will evolve to match your inner reality. So start imagining all the love, peace, happiness, laughter, joy, and abundance, you could possibly ever imagine. 

 Quotes of the day:

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” 

~ Jamie Paolinetti

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” 

~ Albert Einstein

“The world is but a canvas to our imaginations.”   

~ Henry David Thoreau

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”   

~ Mark Twain

For the next week, I invite you to use your golden ticket to imagine the unimaginable.

Imagine that TODAY is the best day of your life. Celebrate that you are healthy, loving, and alive.
 
Imagine that your dream job is here NOW. You are a valued, successful, productive person who works with a great team of wonderful people.
 
Imagine that your dream relationship is here NOW. You and your partner are the perfect blend as you treat each other with utmost respect, compassion, silliness, hopefulness, humility, love, by allowing each other to be individuals who blend well together.
 
Imagine that your health is perfect TODAY. You nourish mind, body, and spirit daily.
 
Mostly, I invite you to imagine the unimaginable. To be the change you want to see in the world by being loving to yourself, to life, and to others. Stay within yourself as one person making a difference. Your change will filter out to those you love, and then to their friends and family, and then to their friends and family, and so on and so on. Imagine change one person at a time.
 
Until next time, simply imagine greatness.
 ~Carol

Looking for a way to stay focused on Living Life Fulfilled? Make sure to surround yourself with people who lift you up, inspire you, support you, and simply love to laugh and have fun.