The Seed

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO.

I have decided to choose one of you. ” The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today – one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.
Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.
By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn’t have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil – he so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.

Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful — in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown,” said the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!”

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front.

Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed – Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!” Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow his seed.

“How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.

Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead – it was not possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!”

* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

* If you plant faith in yourself & The Universe, you will reap a harvest

So, be careful what you plant now;
it will determine what you will reap later..

“Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives You Back”

The day starts with a screaming alarm, the cat wants feeding, the family want feeding & then there is the usual get up experiences (shower, shave, shampoo, hair, makeup etc), then off to “work” where people are demanding more and more – then at the end of the day home again, family needs to be met then sleep & it all starts again with that alarm…

So where does Gratitude fit in?

Well lets look at the scenario above & dissect it a little…

The alarm goes off – we can be grateful there because – 1. We have electricity & the alarm went off at the correct time. 2. We have a roof over our head that provided us shelter & protection. 3. We have a comfortable bed to sleep in & blankets etc to keep us warm. 4. WE ARE ALIVE TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY!! (I personally like this one & am very grateful for it). 5. The Cat – provides us love and affection in return for feeding it. 6. The Family – this is easy – that we have a family and are part of an incredible team (I could go into more detail on this one – I think you get the idea though). 7. Our Work – That we have a “steady job”, that our skills are recognised, that we can give a valuable service that affects the lives of so many. 8. That we have a home to go to & transport that takes us to and from it safely with ease and grace (even if the train is crowded and smelly on those wet days – it still gets us to and from safely). 9. We have food and furnishings and most importantly the love of a family to come home to. 10. That we had the opportunity to enjoy every experience we received and shared in today.

I could go on, yet I think the message is pretty clear – Gratitude can change the way you look at your life, it can also improve the quality of the experiences you are having .

So when the glass of life is spilling over – or is sitting there empty waiting to be filled, feel Gratitude for that exact moment and everything and everyone in it with you.

No Matter Where You Are, Day or Night – The Sun Is Always Shining

It’s Up To You To Decide

Will You Look Into The Clouds

Or Through Them?

Love, Light & Laughter

Scott

This is an easy question – however the answer is often not what people want to hear. The first step at finding your truth is to stop and listen. Now I know that many would say “I am too busy to stop” or “I already stop & there is so much going on in my head how can I hear anything”. This shows to me that you are not stopping – your are certainly not listening.

You see the challenge that many of us face is “too busy syndrome”. This happens when we don’t want to take stock of our lives, when we don’t want to actually hear what is going on & whilst we keep ourselves busy, we can not hear what we really desire.

Take a look at your week just gone. Where you flat out? Did you rush from Breakfast to work then from work to home for dinner – then was your evening filled with “your favorite TV shows”, a movie, sports or hobby event, or even drinks & dinner with friends? Then did you head home to sleep only to wake up the next day and do it all over again?

When did you take time out to do …… nothing!

To Stop and Rest and Allow your Mind & Body to recover?

This Easter long weekend make sure you take time out for Yourself

Stop & Listen – you Might just hear “Your Truth”…..

Yet life is not meant to be a struggle, yes it can be confronting and sometimes down right uncomfortable. The degree of uncomfortableness is often a direct reflection of the self – of the struggle we have within, of the challenges we have internally – in other words the resistance that we have to the very experience we are living.

Take a look at your life – at one particular area – let’s not overwhelm ourselves. Really look closely at it – Is there an area of struggle that is stopping you from being – YOU?

 Let’s use a highly topical situation – Money – for some there is a global crisis and a feeling of lack around money – yet with many others it is a time of prosperity and blessings. Which is it for you? Are you “buying into” the lack mentality or do you believe that this is your time to prosper?

Be honest – be real – be raw – if you are in the lack place then admit it and get on with learning the lesson that is being taught to you. The sooner you learn the sooner the contrasting situation can occur.

So the question most people ask is How do I learn the lesson & what actions can I take to change?

There is a technique I use everyday – that comes from Joe Vitale’s book Zero Limits

Start by focusing on the situation you want to change.

Say to yourself & really feel it when you say it – I Love You

Then again say & really feel it – I am Sorry

Then say & really feel it – Please Forgive Me

Finally say & really feel it – Thank You

Repeat it over and over until you feel or sense a change.

This Works!!!

Remember Resistance is what stops us from living our truth & to be open to our truth means being real & raw. 

How Real and Raw Are You?

Lets look at what happens when you receive a “bill” – do you look
at that bill and feel fear – afraid of what will happen – whether you
can actually pay it or not? Everytime I receive a “bill” I feel
gratitude – I am grateful to receive a “bill” as I know the universe
has provided me the method of receiving so I can pay it. Then when I
pay it I feel love & gratitude for everyone involved – the staff at
the company, thoe postal service, the technicians – everyone that I
can think of that could be associated with that account – I feel love
& gratitude for – plus all their other customers & their families as
well.

Our results with Money are simply a reflection of how we feel about
money – I have struggled myself with a fear of money – it was one of
the many personalities I have removed over the last few months. I am
now excited with money & am blessed by the ease and grace I receive &
share it with.

Start loving Money more & to do that Love you more…

Look closely at the relationships you have

In your job, with your boss – can you speak your truth to your boss?

In your relationship, with your spouse – can you speak your truth to your spouse?

In your Business interactions, with customers – can you speak your truth to your customers?

The Truth – when you speak the truth – people respect you, people trust you & whether they like the truth or not – that person becomes just that little bit better because of it – thats not saying they weren’t a great person already – by sharing the truth – the REAL truth – you change lives.

I have many stories to share of the lives I have changed & these will be posted over time – I love the Truth – it empowers me, it makes me who I am and most of all it challenges me to improve and be REAL & HONEST with the only person who really matters – MYSELF.

If that sounds selfish – answer this – in an airplane the safety demonstration insists on you placing your oxygen mask on first, before helping others – IS THAT SELFISH? BE HONEST – It is simply a matter of survival. When you are living your truth only then will the help you give to others REALLY Make the difference you desire.

I Love The TRUTH!

In Love & Light

Scott

Technically when you look at objects under an electron microscope taking them down to an atomic particle type level – the atoms that make up the object are actually vibrating (now my terminology may not be 100% accurate – so lets try an easier explanation)

The Law Of Vibration states that every object, every thought, every emotion has a “Vibration” that is it has an aspect of movement about it. A Vibration.

If we look at how the law of vibration works, we find it is an integral part of the universal laws and other laws rely on it in order for those laws to exist. As you have a thought – I will use an example from the movie “The Secret” – think of a baby (picture a crying screaming baby in your mind) – ok so how does that make you feel? Now think of a baby again – this time one that is smiling, happy and one that you love. How does that make you feel now? Those thoughts you are having are at a certain vibration – or frequency and for many this is where you can really make exciting changes in your life.

Are you in a relationship, a friendship, a work environment where your colleagues, loved ones are not very nice to be around? This is a very common problem – what this means is that you are actually vibrating at a level that matches the very problem – which makes you the key to the problem. Imagine you were listening to a radio station & they were playing unhappy, depressing and angry music. This is of course making you feel bad – so how about you change it – to a happier station – to one that plays feel good music – this changing of frequency is quite simple – by simply moving the dial to a different frequency – you can have a very different experience.

What would it take to move your dial to a different frequency?

Till next time Stay Happy – It’s your choice.

Scott

What an empowering experience. If you havent considered writing a book – Do it and do it now. I have to stress how exciting it is to now be an “Author”.

But I hear you ask – what is your book???

Stay tuned – as over the next week I will tell you more about it..

Plus there will be special giveaways and an incredible pre-launch offer.

In Love & Light

Scott

 In those 2 examples – which of those are you actually living and which do you just exist?

 There is a choice that must be made every day when you awaken. What will I do today to LIVE?

 Now I know that the world is a very busy place during the week, I also know that you cannot always sleep in during the week too. So to help integrate living into your life – try 1 thing a week – so pick something that you love to do at the weekends and do it during the week – now this may mean you have to get a baby sitter, or the kids stay up late one night, or… or… or… or any number of reasons against it. When you hear those reasons saying no – ask yourself 1 question.

What needs to happen for me to say YES?

You will be surprised at the answers.

So JUST SAY YES & see what happens…

In Love, Light & Laughter

Scott

Are you so exhausted that when you get up in the morning you have no energy?

If this sounds like you then you are not “going with the flow”.  I used to work for a company (who will remain nameless) & there was a sign on the wall “Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow”. Now I looked at that most days and it was like an affirmation – after a week or two I started to see my attitude to work change – I was more disruptive, I wasn’t “nice” to be around, in fact I was being more and more challenging to the organisation and instead of moving with the flow of the business – I was actually fighting against it.

Have you ever found yourself in this situation? Or something similar?

The moment I realised what was going on I ripped the sign down off the wall – here I was coming to a job I actually enjoyed & I was hating it – all because of 1 sign – that was just 1 person’s belief and I accepted it. For a couple of weeks anyway. After the sign came down I made a decision – to “Go With The Flow” – my goodness what a difference – I started getting up and arriving at work early – I even wanted to work past my finishing time because I was having such a good time!!!

Upon realising that Going With the Flow was a good thing I started applying it to other areas in my life – with my family, with my friends, my hobbies etc and what a difference it made – things just started to get easier – even if they were challenging to achieve – it was actually easier to do so.

Today I live by the adage “Go With The Flow”. Because of it – I get to smile every day, enjoy every moment and feel the love and joy in my life – no matter what is happening around me.

I suggest you try it and “Go With the Flow”

Let me know how it works for you…

In Love, Light & Laughter

Scott