Breath Of A Child

My Forty Four Fiction Writing Challenge!

I am challenging myself to a forty four day,  fiction writing contest. I want to be able to have my manuscript ready to be submitted to Balboa Press on May 27th 2012, for their fiction spring contest. For the next two weeks, as I write the book I will be posting daily on how it is going and the challenges I face, as I take this goal to become a reality.

So I would like to have it handed in by May 27th 2012. During this time I will write the complete fictional manuscript, of 50,000 words, but lucky me, I have 10,000 already done. So, that will leave me with 40,000 words to write in two weeks.  I have done some math and came up with this number 2858. This is the number of words I have to write daily. In which I will have to read over it when complete and put the finishing touches on my book. Then, I  have to have someone read over it again for me. Next, I will have to  fix all the mistakes. With in this time, I will have to have  my fantastic artist/Illustrator  Travis complete the cover. Then summit my book on May 27th 2012.

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I will also be posting a three day recap on this blog of how things are progressing. With all of the daily things such as: working, writing, collaborating anything else, that can go on in this fast past life. I am sure I can get through this challenge with meditation daily and some deep breaths. Check it out by following me on twitter. Below I have a wonderful quote by Louise Hay and a video of her story of success by Hay House.

Peace Donna-Breath of a Child is going great.

” Books don’t make you that rich, but what  they do is open the world to you.”

~~~Louise Hay

Its Not Over!

One thing that I have found, now that my book is done and moving on to other writing projects. Through my journey of change, I have found that the road has not ended. As long as we are alive we go through many changes as human beings. Because of my anger and sadness, I kept in my life in the past for so long. I put much stress on my body physically, by using food to comfort me and thought it brought me peace, but found it to be a very bad habit, I used to cope. Now is the time for my body work and really balance out my mind, body, and soul. Many times we may feel as if we are so stuck in our habits, that we just can not bare to let them go, but what I have found was that if we simply allow and let go, working towards a betting life for ourselves. We don’t have to worry about doing it all at once, we simply get the need and strength through simply being ready and prepared to take the next step. One thing I talk about and believe full heartily is that we never should be hard on ourselves. Use love for yourself and see it as a thought that is getting us ready for the next step. We can not fix what is not known. Once we know, we can begin our journey and if we keep traveling down our path, as we get the barriers out of the way. We will reach our potential by simply fixing the road with each step.

Book Update!
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I Am Unique!

I write in my book about how the ego wants us to be jealous of others. Its the egos way of wanting us to feel we are not good enough. Also, to want others to be jealous is the egos way of making us feel we need approval. So how do we help ourselves when we feel these emotions? When ever I feel these emotions, I remind myself that I a good enough. That I don’t need to have approval. To get rid of ego means that you are more aware of your soul. The person who you are in life, and you are able to see and feel it much stronger, then if you get blinded my its affects. When we are happy for someone, we allow them to enter into our world and it becomes a shared moment, spreading its positive energy to you.
I never did like it when someone was jealous of me, because it made me feel as if I wanted their approval, and found that when I became jealous of someone. All it did was consume me with thoughts, that didn’t need to recognized, making me feel as if I was not good enough. There will always be things in life we want, that others may have. Such as beauty, material things, perhaps there intelligence, and it could go on and on. Change jealously to admire, and admire others. This way you can hear the lessons they have to teach you. Be inspired by them without being hard on yourself. Remember, you are a unique individual and no matter how inspired you may be by someone. You will bring to the table your own uniqueness. Tell yourself “I am a radiant unique person!” Accept yourself, while learning and growing in life. I believe that you will get more out of life, if you simply feel good about yourself. Instead if you feel as if you are unworthy. So, by accepting yourself and learning from others. You will begin to use those building blocks that contribute to the world, bringing your own uniqueness into everything you do. Another inspiring video from youtube.

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Here, Let Me Do That

What ingredients make up a Type A person? Perhaps its a way to control their surroundings. Although doing our best in the world is very important. One thing I can say is that I have found that Type A people really do a fantastic job, with whatever they get involved with. Can they truly relax with others work and have an open mind with others ideas? When we all do a job in the world most of us want to do a good job, and because of how our brains are wired differently from each other, we may have different ideas as to what we can contribute to our work environment. If you were to asked a type A person, if they have anxiety and problems relaxing. I’m sure most of them would say yes and from my experience this is true. If you are a type A personality don’t worry, we need you in the world, to show us the details perhaps we may have missed. One thing I have found is that Type A people have a certain knowing, as if they wear an antenna on their head, getting signals when something is just not right. What a wonderful trait to have and when combined with relaxation with respect for others uniqueness and choices. They can really teach others around them in a loving manner. I have meet some Type A people who are very relaxed in their environment. These are the people who have been able to find balance and have an open mind. Also, if we allow these loving people to teach us, just maybe they will learn that its okay to leave that mark you missed while erasing the chalk board, learning from you as well. Below is a youtube video I found with Dr Dyer and Bruce Lipton talking changing our beliefs about how we look at our genes.
You can find part 2 and 3 on youtube.

Whats Your Problem?

One thing is for sure that we all have problems in the world, such as bill, paperwork, and other things we have to do as human beings. Although they consume some of our time. We have to know how to balance them and how we feel when it comes to dealing with them. Sometimes you just have to put it in the back of your head, as if putting it on hold. In fact, we could think of it like that. See yourself seeing your problems as if on hold, as if putting someone on hold while on the telephone. Then once on hold, begin to look around you and concentrate on what is good in your life right now. Use all of your senses and really feel it, as if looking at it for the first time as a child. Or, begin to remember how you felt as a child wanting your independents and how you felt when you first had it. As if you are driving for the first time in your car Below is a youtube video from Ram Dass. He talks about awareness, and being aware and living now. He had a stroke and has recovered. This man is pure love. Very big in the sixties, and still has a big fan base. http://www.ramdass.org

Book Update
Learning how to do all of my own PR work having fun and lots of work. Can see why people hire them. Love, Light, and Peace!

New Video For My Book

This is my newest video for my book. Is always a work in progress and am learning to learn new software to make it more professional. Let me know what you think.
Love, Life, and Peace
Donna

Whats in your tool box?

When we go through things in life from a young age and see it as abuse, or a bad time in our life. We must first start to see it in a better light. When we go through these things we really should see it as another wrench to place in our tool box. So that we can fix things in our life as we learn and help others.
We collect experiences not as a punishment and misfortune but things we need to know in order to continue our journey in life. We use our minds to wire them in our brain and connect to other experiences. So when going through a situation, we are able to pull out a tool from our tool box and fix it with no problem. But, if we use that wrench in a wrong way, we may be able to patch things up for a while to satisfy our needs, but if not used properly we can not fully fix what needed to be fixed. We must use our tools given to us with care and respect and know how to use them right. So, that we can begin the next step in our lesson here on earth. What kinds of tools do you have in your tool box. How do they look and how do you use them?

Sensitive Tolerance

At times we tend to tolerate things in life longer then we should, as I am guilty of this myself. I’m not talking about when we are tolerate of others when learning new things in life and we have patience with them. This helps them to learn better, as we all want people to tolerate things in our life when we are learning as well. I am talking about when something is bothering us and we tolerate things that really eat at us. By doing this we tend to hold things inside for way to long and not express ourselves to that person, causing us to become bitter.
Then if the problem does not get resolved and eats at us, it can be a time bomb waiting to explode. The emotions starts to fester inside of us and we only brew on it as it bubbles inside of us.
I have learned in my life that when we tolerate things in this way, and when we have had enough, we tend to look like a maniac to the person we are upset with, causing the communication door to close. We also have a tendency to begin to now handle things wrongly on our end, not getting our thoughts across to the person. Anger can be such a unhopeful thing when it comes to resolving issues that should of been addressed at the beginning, help both parties to move forward.
Don’t blame others if you get out of control when confronting them, because you choose to wait to address the situation. Allowing things to get worse by not letting that person know how you feel. Sometimes when people first meet we tend to do this and later get mad at our self, because we allowed it in the first place, taking it out on that person while confusing them. But, when abuse is in the mix then it becomes a whole knew subject. I’m talking about things in our daily lives as humans and how we communicate.
If approaching that person doesn’t work and you feel it will not get resolved, we must try to communicate in other ways. We might want to find better way to explain it, or find another healthy way to fix the problem, but also keep an open mind and hear the other person. Maybe you might just find that you are doing something to contribute to the dispute in the first place. If it is not something you have been contributing to the issue and things do not get resolved, because the other person simply is in denial. Then this is when other things need to take place in order to come to some kind of agreement. Sometimes we agree to disagree and have to live with that, but if its a situation that you are in and simply can not live with what is bothering you. Then you have some decision to address, to move on or simply learn to accept it, but putting much consideration into your choices. Also, we have to understand that we all have a dark side and idiosyncrasy in life.

My Book is Now LIVE!

ISBN numbers for my book, its only available through Balboa Press for now, it takes a couple of week for it to go live through Amazon and Barnes and Noble ect. But if you would like to get it now it has to be through balboa Press.

http://bookstore.balboapress.com/

e-book ISBN

978-1-45254-560-8

Soft cover book

ISBN:
978-1-45254-561-5