Avon, Music and more

As we get back into summer again, I am reflecting on the past year.  Lots of changes, most of them good.  I am still working at a job that I don’t really want to be at any more, but have decided to incorporate my Avon business and once I bring my commissions up to where my paycheck is, I am quitting and will spend my efforts making myself rich, not someone else.  Someone who, by the way, is not always the nicest person to work for.  So, now that I am putting more effort into my own business, let us see how long it takes to really make some dollars!!!

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Well, one of the most difficult things for me is letting go.  I am sure that I am not alone in this.  At any rate, I have been going through my “stuff”  and last week 4 boxes of old, tattered, stretched out black “fat clothes” went out in the trash!!!  It was very hard to let go of some of it. However,  now that they are gone, that person who wore them becomes a distant memory.  In letting go of the “stuff”, I said goodbye to the sad woman I had become.  Now when I open my closet, it may be nearly empty, but the few things left are clean, new and the correct size for my smaller self.  I even dumped my old shoes.  It is funny how just having that stuff in my life had affected me.  Now that it is gone, I feel so much lighter, emotionally as well as physically. 

Now, when I approach someone about buying my Avon products or being part of my team and selling them, I feel confident that they will want to do so.  Who wants to buy skin care, cosmetics or clothes and shoes from a frumpy, insecure slob?  Those days are gone.  With my self esteem intact I am happy to meet the people in my day, head held high and smiling.  After all, sales is selling yourself, not just your product.  Say, would you like to buy some Avon?    Ding Dong…

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I have just come home from two weeks visiting and caring for a very special friend, recovering from a stroke.  The lessons to be learned are too many to count.  I dearly love my friend and wish I could have stayed longer, but I had to return to my life and my job.  I know with absolute certainty that my friend will achieve a full recovery, it may take time and will most certainly take much work and pain on his part.  I only hope he comes to believe that he will, indeed, fully recover.  How do you instill that certainty in someone whose body is not doing what he asks of it?  He does not know for sure that he will fully recover.  All he knows is what he is experiencing.  All I can do is to keep supporting him, and encouraging him.  I will also keep sending my love and strength his way.  I will have to have enough faith for both of us….

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Well, I got up today and walked to the mirror.  “Good Morning”, I said, ” and what contribution will you make to the world today?”  I realize that the contribution I make will not impact the entire planet, probably not even the whole block I am on, but if I can make a difference in just one persons’ life, even in a small way, that is the absolute best thing that I could do with my life.  I have not been participating in my life for a long time, and although my first thought is to be angry or upset about that, the truth is, I had to go through everything I have in order to get to the place I am at this moment. 

I am chipping away at all the stuff I have piled up, literally and figuratively, in order to hide myself away.  However, just because there is no mirror in the room, doesn’t mean I am invisible.  I have re-hung the mirrors and polished them to a bright gleam - I am not afraid to look, I actually like what I see now.  The best thing I can do with that happiness is pass it on to the people in my day.  I have decided that my goal for today is to make everyone who crosses my path smile.  I’ll let you know how it goes….

P.S. - I think I will go out and buy some more mirrors today!

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I am on a journey — seeking to be a better person.  I have recently taken a long hard look at myself without filters.  Omygosh, did I ever not like what I saw, literally.  There are lots of things to work on, the first for me is how I have not taken care of myself, physically.  Boy did I let myself go.  This is a hard realization.  I really didn’t like myself.  I had put on so much weight, and told myself it was ok ,it was just menapause….barf what a cheap excuse!     After I really took a good look, I got my act together.  I threw away all the crap in my kitchen and for the past three months have been eating only salads with lean chicken.  I am pleased to say I have lost fifty pounds and am now back out in the sunshine, in a bathing suit no less.  I have a healthy tan, some new, smaller clothes and my self esteem is intact.  I am  now ready to tackle some of those inner demons that allowed me to get to the dark place I am finally getting free from. 

It all starts with the truth.  As a wise person once said - The truth shall set you free….Amen to that!

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Well, I am brand new to blogging and tweeting, but I believe I can get the hang of it.  The only way to do it is just to do it!  Here goes…

My life is full, but unfocused.  My energies are scattered.  I am starting today to make a specific plan.  The first thing to do is let people know what I do.  I have an Avon business, I know I am not alone in this, but hear me out.  I have met some incredibly successful people who are doing this full time and doing phenom!  I have yet to give up my day job, as I really need the security right now.  This blog is my committment to myself to put it out there and forge ahead… anyone care to join my team?

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