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Next Meeting Postponed!
For the last two weeks, I have been battling with the
feeling that the meeting provisionally set for October 5th should be postponed.
Something kept telling me I wasn't quite ready to bring people
together again and that some key people couldn't be there anyway.
So I have decided to stop fighting these feelings and to postpone the
meeting. I'm sorry if this disappoints a number of you that expressed an
interest in coming along, but as I try to follow my intuition completely with
everything to do with the Kindred Spirit Network, I can't hide from the feeling
that I should postpone the meeting.
Let's see what happens next and I'll let you know via this newsletter when we
might meet up!
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Greetings!
Another week has gone by and how
much closer are you to your dreams, goals and the real you? It's a
challenge that we all face each week and as we get older, we realise that the
weeks we have left to achieve our goals get less and less and less....
So what are you doing to move yourself in the direction of your dreams?
What books have you read this week that can help and inspire you? How
many people have you spoken to that you know can help push you through your
comfort zone? And how many times have you listened to your inner voice
when it has tried to point you in the direction that it knows you need to
follow?
If you are like me, you've tried a bit of all of these things and may be
you still feel just as far from your destiny as ever. So have we missed
something? Yes we have....
When we do anything, however small, that moves us towards our dreams, we ARE
succeeding and getting closer to our destiny. We may wish for the
big shifts, the big "aha" moments, and the big indication from the universe
that it has heard our pleas and plants something huge in front of us. But
it's often in the smallness of our thoughts that real movement begins. A
different way of looking at a challenge; A lyric from a song that moves
us; A paragraph in a book that makes sense; All of these small shifts
in our consciousness contribute to our success and to our journey towards our
dreams.
So this week, as you enjoy each day, look out for the inch by inch progress
that you are making. It's there if you look out for it, if you listen to your
heart and if you feel the movement that does take place beneath your feet.
The universe rumbles away below you, above you and around you and inch by inch,
it will help you.
My heartfelt thanks to Chris Williams for inspiring these thoughts this week and
reminding me that "inch by inch, life's a cinch, but yard by yard, life is
hard". I hope you all find some destiny driven inches of progress in your business and personal lives this week.
In love and life,
Paul
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The clouds of doubt...

"I'm just not sure I can make it work" said Steve.
"Everyone I talk to at the moment tells me that what I want to do isn't a
money spinner. Perhaps I should give up and do something else - get a job
perhaps?"
How many of us in business or even working for someone else, have
moments when we doubt that we can succeed? And if we are being
successful, do we ever get to a point where doubts never enter our minds?
Everyone has doubts - even the most successful entrepreneurs of our time have
dark moments when they wonder if they are doing the right thing. But it's
where the doubts emerge from that is so critical.
If we rely on external forces (however good their
intent) to help us judge what we are doing, we risk opening up our spirit to
the forces of doubt and darkness that thrive on fear and gnaw at our
confidence. Whilst it can be helpful and sometime essential to ask for
guidance or an opinion from one that we feel can help us, we must be wary of
the powerful intent of darkness that wishes to stop us from making progress,
doing good and helping ourselves succeed. This dark power is at its
strongest just before we are about to make the critical move that could finally bring us
the success we have been working towards. Remember, that the very coldest
part of the day is the moment just before dawn; the moment just before the sun is
about to break through and start another day.
And our lives are just like the darkness of night and
the light of day. Just as we are about to breakthrough to achieve our
goals, the darkness and coldness of doubt will try to stop us. So how can
we be strong enough to overcome our doubts at such critical moments?
Firstly, by feeling as well as seeing and
hearing. The only place where doubts are important are when they emanate
from our deepest, quietest thoughts and feelings. When our soul tells us
that an action, a next step, or decision is right or wrong, we should take
note. But when our doubts have been given to us by a well meaning friend
or family member, or from an "expert" who tells you they know best, just listen and then try to feel the doubts. Are they real to you
or just real to them? If you still truly believe that you can succeed,
that you can build your dream and that you can take the next step...then just
take it.
And then watch in awe as the sun rises through your clouds of doubt at the dawn
of your next step. It's a magical feeling to know that you are on track,
despite the doubters that can be well meaning but guided by their own doubts
and dark thoughts.
So when clouds drift over your dreams, remember that
the only sun that can dissolve them is that which lies within you. It's
your world. Make it happen.
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Letting it go

Two travelling monks reached a river
where they met a young prostitute. Wary of the current, she asked if they
could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly
picked her up onto his shoulders. Together the monks strode through the
river until they reached the other side. The monk set the prostitute down
on the other bank. She thanked him and continued her journey.
As the monks continued on their way, one was brooding and preoccupied.
Unable to hold his silence, he spoke with anger. "Brother, our
spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women - let alone
prostitutes - but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried
her!"
"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other
side, while you are still carrying her."
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How often do we hold onto anger, frustration or disappointment longer
than we should and by doing so - we harm ourselves far more than the person or
situation that angered us in the first place.
Next time this happens to you - remember the story of the monks and just
set down your anger. If you hold onto your anger or frustration, it is
you that carries the burden. Letting it go can even be an act of supreme forgiveness
and is the single most powerful act we can perform.
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Have Faith
Have faith that whatever you need to experience is on its way, and that the universe won't send you anything you're incapable of handling. You can decide that the word fear is an acronym for : false evidence appearing real.
Based on "Inspiration" by Dr Wayne W. Dyer.
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Books that Inspire Me
This weeks "Books that Inspire Me" is provided by Roni Flatley, a successful Forever Living Distributor based in Solihull. This is what she says...
"Eat, Pray, Love" is an autobiography by Elizabeth Gilbert which tells the story of a womans journey to find herself after a horrendous divorce
experience. It reads like a novel but is all the more powerful for being a true
story. She spends months in Italy, then an ashram in India and finally finds
love again in Bali - I found it truly inspiring, because she talks about all her
inner stuggles in a way you dont normally hear people talk."
Note: You can click on the image above to take you to Amazon if you are looking to order the book
Just email me with details of the book that has inspired you and I'll let the rest of the readers know about the book in a future newsletter and set up a link to Amazon.
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Mystical Moments
A visit to Lourdes, France.
This week, we heard some news about the health of a young member of our extended family that was very worrying. 24 hours after hearing this news I received a call from a good friend. And this is what he said...
"Paul, you've been on my mind all day. I'm off to Lourdes tomorrow to spend some time thinking and praying and I kept getting this feeling that I needed to call you to ask you if there was someone I should pray for in your family...."
Coincidence? Fate? Chance? Or just Catholic religious mumbo jumbo?
I don't subscribe to any of the above statements. I'm certain that if we are open enough, we can pick up the thoughts and feelings of our close friends and family.
Just be open enough to consider it could be so. And then let me know when something mystical happens to you...
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