So, why did I create this site?

Wow - that answer is a long one so I'll try to keep it brief.  In August of 2004, I was a rather dedicated Christian who did not believe in "coincidences".  I felt that everything that happened to us happened for a reason.  I was experiencing a multitude of coincidences for several months.  By the time November or December had rolled around, I was pretty certain I was losing my mind!  The "coincidences" were consistently occurring and were so BLATANT.  I didn't know whether to feel blessed by God or cursed.  Every time I turned to my Bible for guidance, I randomly turned to the EXACT verse I needed at the moment.  It was extremely cool, yet kind of scary!  I knew that God spoke to me through the written word.  And, that made sense because I love to read.  He was trying to get my attention and knew how to find me!

This time of my life was the beginning of the path towards the idea that controlling one's thoughts controls one's destiny.  In June of 2005, my kids and I were visiting Red Wing, Minnesota.  Through a series of "coincidences", I met a man in a wheelchair who happened to write Christian poetry that he felt was inspired by God.  The poem he happened to have with him and that he read to me was about guarding one's thoughts.  It was an extremely important message for me at that time of my life as I was focused on things that were not particularly beneficial to me.  And, the coincidence did not go unnoticed.

In July of 2005, I met my future husband who is such a wonderful  man.    Due to conversations with him and books I read, I started to steer away from my Christian faith.  I had become extremely narrow-minded in my thoughts and began to recognize it.  And, I feel that is how things were supposed to happen so I could get to where I am now.  So, the past two years have been immensely painful in many ways.  This has been a HUGE growth period for me in my quest for self-improvement!  I have read countless books and bought cd courses in an effort to find "something".  I wasn't sure what "it" was, but everything pointed in the direction of the Power of the Mind.  I stopped going to church entirely and ended up at a crossroad no Christian ever wants to encounter - a complete crisis of faith - did Jesus really exist?  This was a very dark time for me which contributed to my depression.

Until recently, I've been unable to tie in my faith with the idea of Positive Thinking or the Law of Attraction which basically says what we focus on is what we get in life.  But, I think I have it all reconciled now.  It is a scientific fact that we humans use a single digit percentage of the Power of our Minds.  Just this evening I saw a news story about acupuncture.  The bottom line was that even if acupuncture was not done correctly, 44% of the people still felt a reduction in pain because they BELIEVED that they would.  They were practicing Positive Thinking, and they didn't even know it!

So, back to the point of this.  If you do a Google search for "positive thinking", you get 22,600,000 results.  There is just endless info out there.  However, the info specifically directed TO KIDS is limited.  There are websites out there for parents about how to teach their kids positive thinking, but minimal material catering to young children and teens is available.  I can't help but wonder - if I had known about this concept of Positive Thinking 20 years ago, how different would my life be now? 

The other night I was reading THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill.  If you haven't read it, DO!  I have known for quite awhile that there was an IDEA in my head regarding the purpose of my life.   And, it would be one that would generate some sort of income for me.  As the book instructed, I sat silently and asked for the IDEA again.  And, BOOM!  There it was!  I KNEW what "IT" was.  I didn't know exact details, but I had the IDEA.  I needed to create something to teach POSITIVE THINKING TO KIDS!  And, that is all it takes.  An idea. 

My GOAL or LIFE PURPOSE is to teach kids at an early age about the power of their thoughts so they don't have to struggle as much as I have.  Period.

And, here we are.  Not really any closer to the implementation of anything.  But, it will happen.  I'll just keep up my Positive Thinking and wait.  One of my other life lessons in the past few years was Patience.  Good things come to those who wait, right?

Tick tock.  Tick tock....