Positive Energy Versus Negative Energy

Have you ever taken the time to really think about the effect of positive energy versus negative energy?  Think about the happenings in your life.  Do you feel like there's a gian cloud hanging over your head and everywhere you turn nothing good seems to happen? 

Or do you try your best to find the positive in everything?  Or perhaps you tend to see-saw back and forth between the two?  There was a time recently when I spent almost a year carrying around that dark cloud.  I finally couldn't take it anymore and started looking up ways to change negative thoughts into positive.  It completely changed who I am and how I think about things.  At least most of the time.  Don't get me wrong, I still have my days, but that usually comes from negative energy coming off of someone else.  Negativity and positivity are attracted to you like magnets.  I had even read "The Secret" way before then but never fully put the power of it into effect.  I had come across a woman's blog (http://iamcheri22.blogspot.com/) who was a big help.  Her focus is on affirmations and positive energy.  During my journey of trying to conceive, I was part of a discussion board with other women hoping to get their good news as well.  I couldn't take everyone's constant griping and complaining about this and that.  I decided to put Cheri22's words of advice into play.  I started a positive thinking only board where women like myself could join and come to get away from all the negativity in the other discussion boards.  A place of peace and comfort.  A place where one could vent if needed, but only to gain insight from others as to how to look at their situation in a positive manner.  I am proud to say that this group of girls, which started in January of 2010 have grown VERY close and we all feel as though we've known each other for years!  We have secret sister exchanges every other month or so and our gift focuses on something positive.  These girls truly helped me turn my thoughts around as I did theirs.  Ok, so I'm so anxious about posting about this, that I got a little ahead of myself with a good example of my personal experience.

As I said before... Negative energy and positive energy suck people in like a magnet.  You can think of yourself as a positive person, but if you are around enough negativity, it will eventually bring you down and suck you in.  And it doesn't matter where you are or who you're with. 

However, let's turn it around... Let's focus on the positive.  Have you ever been running late somewhere and you're begging every traffic light on the way down the highway to "stay green, stay green, stay green"?  Did you notice those lights gave you JUST enough time to get through?  That's your mind sending out positive energy to get what you want.  Yes, it's a minor example.  But it works.  You can use thoughts like this in every aspect of your life.  I start most of my days telling myself I'm going to face the day's challenges and will get through through each of them successfully.  If I focus on that, it happens.  If I let one thing start to get to me, it's shot.

 Point is this:  I'm a true believer that what you put out into your universe is what comes back to you.  If you put negative energy out there, negative things will happen.  If you put positive energy out there, take a few minutes each day to envision the things you want and stay focused on those things, GREAT things will happen.  I promise!!!  Don't get me wrong, some days are more challenging than others.  Changing your thoughts around is NOT an easy thing to do, and takes a lot of time and work to really focus on.  I definitely recommend reading "The Secret".  It's a quick read and will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.  A more in depth and detailed read is "Ask And It Is Given".  This book gives you more detailed guidance to using positive energy to get the things you want in life.  I also recommend doing a google search on how to turn negative thoughts into positive which is free and only takes a couple of minutes.  I also recommend going to the top of this post and checking out Cheri22's blog.  In particular her money affirmation post.  I challenged the girls in my discussion board to do this money affirmation each day for 2 -3 weeks.  We made a promise to stick to it every day.  We would then post about any time random money came into our hands.  Didn't matter how small or large the amount of unexpected money was.  It still counted.  Our results were pretty amazing and made us all true believers and helped with our group mission/focus. 

So I challenge you, my readers... if there are any out there... to start turning your thoughts around.  I bet you will start to notice things about your conscious thoughts and will start to see things in a whole new light.  I'd love to hear how you're challenging yourself and what positives you've seen change!  Break through those clouds and get what you want down the road!

And a New Path Begins

It has been quite some time (since November 2009) since my last blog post.  I used to love writing down what my heart was feeling, fun crafty finds I used to come across, and connections I would make with other small business owners at the time.  Recently I have been inspired by a couple of friends and their continuous writings.  They have inspired me to put myself out there again.  And what better time to start than now with the new path along our journey about to begin. 

On July 1st, I found out something that changed my world.  I found out I was pregnant!  This is something I've wanted for quite some time now.  So to finally hear that news was surreal.  My heart wanted to burst out of my chest with joy!

My first trimester was very boring with no morning sickness and my only challenge being that of wanting more sleep and constant indigestion. I will never forget the sound of the heartbeat for the first time.  It was the most amazing sound.  The doctor said to me "So do you believe it yet?" And after I had said "No." The coctor flipped a switch and all of a sudden the thumping began.  Dr. M. said "Do you believe me now?" And I could barely see through the tears in my eyes.  

As the weeks passed along with the first trimester, along came 2nd trimester. Finally, I could be a bit more confident that things were going well, and Baby T. was growing   Along with 2nd trimester has come a miriad of headaches.  I even experienced my first migraine, which thankfully was mild.  But again... if this is the worst that I am faced with in this trimester, then by all means I am GRATEFUL! 

At my 13 week ultrasound I got to see the beautiful shape of my precious little one actually starting to take on human form! Baby T. was so active that day bouncing all around and moving.  


13 weeks

As you can see in the picture, he/she was anxious to say "hi" to whoever was watching and decided to give us a little wave!  Along with this growing baby is a growing belly!  On some days I feel like I'm carrying around a huge balloon on my stomach that feels like it's about to pop!  If I'm feeling this way now, I can't even fathom what I will feel like in a few months!  

14 weeks


I experienced another amazing feeling the other night.  I THINK anyhow.  I thought I felt the baby move for the first time.  As I was sitting on the couch with my legs tucked under me, I noticed a little "twitching" type of feeling at the top of my belly on the right side.  I didn't say anything to Ed at first, as I was trying to decipher the feeling before I said anything.  It stopped, and then happened again.  And again for a total of about 7 times.  I got up for a minute and then resumed the same position where I felt the same feeling two more times.  At first I described it as a similar feeling to an involuntary eye twitch.  Someone asked me if it felt like a butterfly opening and closing it's wings... as I thought about it, yes, I guess it was like that.  The next night, I felt the same "flutters" in the same spot and in a second spot on the side of my belly when I went to bed that night.  That definitely reassured me that it was the baby I was feeling.  I haven't noticed it since Saturday night, but I look forward to feeling it again. 

One exciting part about this journey is the fact that I'm sharing this journey with one of my best friends.  Bernie is due two weeks before me and it is so fun to compare how we are feeling and our bellies along the way.  Though this is my first and her second, I am so excited to know that we will have children who will only be a couple of weeks apart, and will hopefully know each other from birth until forever!  Which means they will have known each other longer than we ever did.  I can only hope they will possibly have the bond of friendship that Bernie and I have had over the last 18 years and counting.