If a worm is in an apple, its view of the world is that it’s white and moist. But when it works its way out, what does it see? There is a whole world out there with a different landscape.

This is how we live.

We’re stuck inside our own minds yet we think we see the whole picture. We don’t. We need others’ views to help us see the truth.

Does your world look limited or hopeless? Find someone who loves you and talk to them. Really talk to them. If you need to, you can talk to me… just email to make sure I have time.

Inside/outside perspectives is a post from: Sophie's Blog

I heard a brilliant story a few years ago.

There was this milk delivery truck driver. He started his shift as 6 am. He always had a partner who did most of the heavy lifting.

There was a dangerous junction on his route, entering a busy bridge on the left hand side. The visibility was nil… He could not watch the road and drive at the same time.

His partner would hang out his window to see the traffic and when it was clear, he would yell “Clear” and he would drive.

One morning his partner called in sick.

At that dangerous junction he stopped as always, waited, and they he himself yelled “Clear” and drove into traffic… you can imagine the crash.

Why am I telling you this story? it’s funny and tragic. It’s you and me.

I am a coach, but “I am also a client”.

One of my clients makes it a point to tell me how he thinks about himself, how bad, wrong, weak, stupid, lazy, etc. he is. I know his background: his family used to tell him that. Now that they are not around, he, just like the truck driver yelled himself “Clear”, he tells himself all the things his parents used to tell him… automatically.

Now, why would he treat himself different? He always complains about how his parents used to treat him, yet…

It hasn’t occured to him to call himself what he wants to be, no matter what the circumstance. In spite of all the coaching to set the context to every mistake or every victory. We have invented, ok I did, that he is a person on his path to greatness. This is a great context, because on the path to greatness you can act stupid, you can make mistakes, you can drop the ball, the context is that you are on the path…

No matter what, this context stays alive for hours at a time, no longer. If he wants to change that, he needs a major “mind surgery”, or a miracle, or both.

Luckily there is such a thing, and I am halfway through it… it is called Quantum Thought Shifting. The person who performs this “magic” is Pam Ragland, and her site is http://www.pamragland.info

ANT=automatic negative thoughts is a post from: Sophie's Blog

I have a challenge: I need to/want to move my business in a different direction. I want to start something new, in the area of Internet Marketing, but I am having technical difficulties.

I have been procrastinating. Familiar? Me too.

I called a Success Codes coach, Teri Rose, http://www.peaceofsuccess.com to get some personal attention. In the 49th minute of hour hour-long coaching session she shared how she went about getting the perfect webmaster for herself, after having worked with webmasters that had no patience for her.

Here is the insight: I have always thought that I have to try to change so that people can work with me. What I have learned from Teri: I can ask the Light/Universe to get me together with someone who wants to work with me where I am, how I am, and as long as I am clear what exactly I want from a webmaster/personal assistant/etc. I can get that.

This is an enormous breakthrough for me! I am so excited! Maybe I won’t have to try to do everything myself from now on. The operative word is “trying”, because it is impossible to get done everything I need to get done, by myself… so that is why I have been so busy, and haven’t advanced as I should have.

I am doing the success codes with the q-codes now on getting clear, on believing that I can, and on having peace of mind and peace of heart. I believe that I will have that by Monday.

What a miracle! Thank you Teri, Than you, Light. I am grateful.

I had an amazing insight! is a post from: Sophie's Blog