*(Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, Physical).

My hope is to share some ideas with you, whether you are new to a home-based business or veterans.

If you are already a student of success materials, this may be familiar territory. However, I find a different perspective is always refreshing.

I thank you, ahead of time, may all of our journeys bear sweet fruit.

Roger Berning

We are all clay upon the potter’s wheel.

Our spirit contains the idea of the vessel, its form and purpose. Our mind is the potters hand upon the moist clay, pinching, forming, smoothing, and giving it form. Our emotions, colors the vessel. Our body is the vessel itself, which contains who we truly are.

Our vessels have many purposes. They take many shapes and colors as we go through our lives. The testament our lives is the finished vessel. It shines in full light, only when we take leave of this world and journey to the next.

So, how do you use the finest equipment available to you to fashion your vessel? Using your spirit or soul, your mind, emotions and body to enrich, enliven and fulfill your life?

We will explore how to take charge of your life and make your journey of success a long and fulfilling one.

My Grandpa’s Barometer

In today’s households, it seems, barometers have long gone out of style. I remember my Grandfather had one hanging on his wall. Every day he would check it. Depending upon which way it moved, he would say, “Looks like a sunny day, maybe rain later”.

A barometer indicates atmospheric Pressure. High-pressure means a nice day. Low pressure indicates a depression setting in, clouds rain or storm. A barometer is an interesting tool to watch. Even on the best of days, it will fluctuate slightly.

So what does a barometer have to do with me?.

We all have internal barometers. Most of us go about our lives, never reflecting on what our barometer is telling us. Our barometers are much more complex than the simple one in my grandfather’s or my house.

On top of that, someone forgot to put a dial on our forehead so we can read it!

In general, we have many dials to from which to read. However, the big one, that gives us the over all reading, connects directly to our subconscious mind.

In many ways, our barometer reads just like my Grandfathers.

When it reads high, our outlook is sunny, when it drops, turbulence is on its way. If it drops far enough, a storm is coming, batten the shudders down, its about to get nasty!

This is all good and well. If I am are aware of my various readings, then I know what my personal weather will be.

It is like my weather rock. If it is bright, then it is sunny, wet … rain, white … snow, cannot see it … night, or a very bad storm. The sound will tell you.

If I am up, I am happy, down sad. So why do I need to check my barometer, if it is so obvious?

Well … just like a real barometer, we have a red needle we can set. On my grandpa’s barometer, you set the needle to the present pressure, so you can tell later, where it has moved. Is it moving up or down from the last position?

Our red needle is different, most of us simply leave it alone and it indicates our normal state of how we feel. Some are set high. Those people’s attitudes are generally bright and cheerful. Some are set low and those people’s attitudes are generally negative. Most of us are generally set somewhere in between.

We tend to influence others from our present attitude. A bright and cheery person can light up a room and change how everyone feels. A negative person can bring a room down and make the “Grinch who stole Christmas” look pleasant.

Let’s get back to that red needle.

We can move it!!

Really, we can take that needle and set it within us!

We have a gift. Personally, I call it a divine gift, the ability to make a choice or decision. Our environment can influence us, or … we can directly influence our environment.

Do we passively allow are lives to go where the currents take us, or … do we decide to hit the power switch and pilot our lives, choosing where we desire to go.

Of course, it is not as simple as this.

We need maps, so we can find our way into safe harbors to conduct successful trade. In addition, we do not want end up on reefs and other hazards to strand us in our journey.

We will need a compass to know where to point our lives and stay a straight course, while we are getting there.

Having a barometer is handy, to know if there is smooth sailing ahead, or are we heading into swells that can upset our life.

We have all this equipment and more within ourselves, waiting for us to make use and become proficient with it.

As we continue this journey, we will explore our equipment, and how we can utilize it, to give our lives greater fulfillment

Check back as we continue this journey.