New Year's Blue Sky List

Sometimes it drops from the sky, just the boost you need. Mine came from a Facebook post from my dear friend, Ellen (Ellen Steendijk-Pels, singer-songwriter, www.lllzingt.nl ) in the Netherlands. She said:

"I make a 'Blue Skies List' every year (at least once). Mandy Evans wrote about it in her book Emotional Options. If you could simply pick anything out of the blue sky, what would it be? For me it becomes a brainstorm without censorship. It doesn't matter how silly or crazy or unrealistic my desires are, I can just list them. This process has made many, many things clear for me, and continues to do so.

Breaking dreams down into tiny steps or actions is a great way to make them come true as well! Thanks for the idea!"

This New Year, I'd neglected to do one! People have kept their lists for years to review them later, amazed at the results. More powerful than resolutions,sometimes it works faster than a speeding bullet, sometimes so slowly you don't notice, and sure, sometimes not at all. You're not the boss of everything.

If you really want to shake it up and light it up this year, add being happy now to conscious desire for the next adventures, ask for it from the blue sky, write it down and see what happens.

Gotta go write that list! Have fun with yours.

Love, 

Mandy


For that "happy desire" part, there's a youtube video!
Play Why You Want Everything You Want

The book,  Emotional Options (digital or paper, in Dutch, Japanese and English) link http://amzn.com/B008RBUC4S

Joy to the World and You

Joy to the world and you!

Peace on earth, good will to all!

Love, 

Mandy

Meaningful Gifts of Happiness and Recovery

Here are two books to enrich lives forever, the perfect gift to yourself and readers on your list.

 The Gift of Happiness!

Emotional Options: how to break out from beliefs that block happiness and success. Endorsed by giants in the human consciousness field, Joe Vitale and Michael Neill plus rave reviews on Amazon. Available in digital and paperback editions at amazon.com

The Gift of Recovery!

Make this your year for recovery, freedom and happiness. Learn how to recover from painful experiences and thrive with this workshop-in-a-book. Endorsed by Deepak Chopra and Bernie Siegel, Travelling Free shows you to how break out from beliefs you formed in the past that you still live by without realizing it.
Available in digital and paperback editions at amazon.com

Wishing you great happiness and success for the holidays and always!

Love,
Mandy

Gratitude, Good Food and Happinesse

Here in Palm Springs, with family, the turkey is about to go in the oven, the stuffing, is made, the pies are baked, the table is set and we're about to head for the pool.

Wishing you and and everyone in the world, good food, happiness, and gratitude for the blessings we share.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Clear Vision: What I Learned from Cataract Surgery

I do not ask for help easily. At least this time I managed to override the automatic, "If you can't do it, no problem." I just asked. The second person, my neighbor was able and willing to arrive at my gate at 7:15 AM to take me off to the surgery center.

A healing environment and kindness are very important to me. I knew my doctor was an old grouch with a reputation for an explosive temper. He's harsh; I'm sensitive but we got through it OK.

The big lesson is that I focus on what may be wrong more than I like, sort of scanning for problems like a computer anti-virus program on high alert.. There was plenty to focus on, lots of little hiccups, like those pesky broken blood vessels. Easiest to obsess about, a very slow recovery to normal vision, just approaching today on day 4.

My coaching clients and I work on this together all the time. It comes up for the most successful people I know. In my work I never want to "think positive" or "think negative." The goal is always clear vision. This seems a perfect opportunity to improve my own view. If something is off, I want to know, but not to the exclusion of the wonder all around me!

If you too, sometimes get caught up in the what-is-wrong-web, maybe this is a good time for you too, to widen your focus and include the wonder of it all.

Today I am going to consciously include in my focus:

• The miracle of fast eye surgery 
• The extraordinary miracle of sight
• The kind wishes of friends and my dear son
• The thoughtful support of my neighbor
• The miracle of color
• My comfy home to return to
• The gradual clearing of my vision
• The vast numbers of people who can see because of  surgery like this
• The warm feeling of gratitude for my life and the coming holiday
• Love and thanks to you for sharing my journey!

Here's to clear vision and happiness!

Pumpkin Breakout

Most people believe that pumpkins are orange, right?

BREAKOUT!

Now there's a puking pumpkin! Happy day after Halloween!

One Step Miracles

Just one step in a new direction can lead to a miracle.

I always wondered what happened to him. We met when I was 20, lived together off on on, married other people -- he more of them than I. Last I heard he sailed an old wooden boat from NYC to Portugal.

A few weeks ago, an intense curiosity grabbed me for a good shake. I found an address in Florida, one of the least likely places I could imagine this guy. Still, all the info matched, first last, middle initial, birth year. I sent a note of well wishes and forgot about it. I had done what I could and felt complete.

Ten days later he went to visit his brother in Florida (for the first time in 22 years) who told him, "You've got mail."

He's arriving next week for a visit. We were in our 30's when we last saw each other. I'm 73 now.

Memories float up from long ago days. I was just plain bat s**** crazy then -- not in a happy way either. So many times I felt caught in a web I did not know was of my own making. I could no more see a way out than I could find my way around Mars.

One of the precious lessons that changed the trajectory of my life is this "All you have to do is turn, maybe ever so slightly, and take a step in a new direction." Then follow your intense curiosity and desire. Correct your course as new information becomes available. You will find your way if there is one. So far, there always is.

My friend, Joe Vitale, coined the phrase, take inspired action. Every once in a while, you get a hit, a shiver of something, a glimpse of possibility. When that happens, take inspired action!

I share this happy connection miracle because it demolishes limiting beliefs about what can happen. What miracle would you like to show up in your life?

Cheering you on to accepting miracles.

Love,
Mandy

For more about "Accepting Miracles" watch the video of the talk that inspired a standing ovation. It's available on my website https://mandyevans.com in the Breakout Keys section..