Sigh of happiness

So it's the middle of the night and I'm up again. My body insists on keeping some form of Australia time despite my best attempts to drug it into sleep. Perhaps the milk and melatonin I just gave it will help.

In the meantime, some thoughts.

I feel as though I've just walked through a fire and come out not only unscathed, but stronger and happier. And I don't just mean my trip: I mean the whole of last year, through my time in Australia. I've pushed a lot of boundaries, testing them to see what I really want and what's actually good for me.

I've discovered that I'm not nearly as bound, constrained or inhibited as I thought. Dumped into
the middle of the fray, I did alright. Dumped into the middle of another country, I also did well.

I think I've acquired some confidence.

I'm also happy with the side effects of the last year. My book is out and ready to reach the people and places who need it. That's a huge, huge, HUGE accomplishment, and one I've been working on in one form or another for a decade and a half. Having the book out feels really good, like it's opening up a new world of possibilities.

I've dropped ten pounds since last summer and kept them off. I think it was, literally, excess baggage I don't want or need anymore. Now I'm able to think about where I want to go, health-wise, from here.

The private Element Money work I've done with my closer friends has really paid off. I've been able to watch several of them grow and blossom in this area exponentially, which brings me no end of pleasure. I can clearly see the results of my Element Money efforts, and I love that.

What I really want: I want my love to cause those whom I love to prosper, both emotionally and financially, and give them the nurturing they need to shoot up to the next level of happiness.

In other words, if I love you, I want you to die with a nice big cash reserve and a whole group of people who love you fiercely in just the way you need to be loved.

So far, this plan seems to be working well.

The next big challenge is one I've been looking forward to a great deal: I want to get my household income up and expand the range of my paid work. Strangely, I don't feel stressed about this goal at all. I feel excited about it

I can't wait to see what happens next. I think it will be good.

So true

"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Sabrina Mari's communication guidelines

Blue Star students/peeps: I know that I am not always easy to pin down for face time. Please understand that I want to work with you and make sure that you get what you need from me. To help us accomplish these goals together, please follow these general guidelines in communicating with me:

1. If you want time with me, please send me a clear request, noting what you want and when you would ideally like to have it. If you need class or class follow-up time, please note this clearly. List specific classes or topics that you'd like to address.

I will pay closer attention to clear, direct requests than to general, vague comments. The more clearly you lay out what you want, the more likely you are to get it.

2. Advance warning, if you have it, is always good.

3. Be nice. Spending time with me is a pleasure and a privilege. You don't get to strong-arm me into spending time with you. The more rudely you push me, the less time you will get. The kinder and more gracious you are in speaking to me, the more time you will get.

4. It helps your case tremendously if you can offer me something good, too, instead of just demanding what you want from me.

If you have questions about these guidelines, please text or email me.

Thanks.