Tag Archives: peace

Oct 23 2013

“Blog” fomercial for VA’s

Daily prompt:

Write a script for a late-night infomercial — where the product is your blog. How do you market yourself? What qualities do you embody that other “products” don’t? What are the benefits of reading your blog?

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/daily-prompt-late/

 

What is a VA, aka “Virtual Assistant”??

Good Evening late night TV watchers, insomniacs and channel surfers. You have landed on this “Blogfomercial” for a reason.  Now, “DON’T TOUCH YOUR REMOTE” as I have important words of wisdom that you need to hear!

Have you ever found yourself wondering… “What is a Virtual Assistant”, Well this series of “blogfomercials” is here to provide you with late night entertainment into the world of virtual assistants. I am here to enlighten you, to amaze you and to astound you with the life and times of a virtual assistant.

First and foremost a virtual assistant is probably working right now while you are watching this “blogfomercial”, we are NOT however:

  • rushing to shower and dress to hit the highway during rush hour commutes and snowstorms! (because we can work in our pajamas)images (1)
  • worrying about being late because of the big accident or traffic jam (we can’t be late if our commute is right up the stairs and we have no one but ourselves to answer to)125988190232442
  • worrying about whether or not the weather is appropriate to leave the dogs outside today or how much they will miss you… (the dogs will be home with us, lying at our feet while we take care of wonderful clients from our office upstairs, or downstairs or in the bedroom…. or wherever)images (2)
  • worrying about leaving our sick child at home, while we rush off to the office (our sick child can stay home with us)images (3)
  • wondering if we are going to be able to get time off next week because we have to take our elderly parent to the doctor (I own the business and I can schedule my own time!)images (4)
  • packing our lunch because because we won’t have to time to out today (we will simply walk to our kitchen and make a sandwich)images (5)

MOST IMPORTANTLY a “VA” is:

  • Your partner in businessdownload
  • Committed to helping your business succeeddownload (1)
  • Committed to helping your business save money. You are able to concentrate on the business of making money, while we handle the tasks that take up YOUR precious time – entering payrolls, answering emails, making travel arrangements, email marketing, social media…download (2)
  • Not going to need office space or insurance. VA’s are self employed contractors with our own virtual office.images (6)
  • Committed to saving you stress and worry. We will manage the office while you take off for some much needed vacation time.images (7)
  • Committed to saving time. YOUR time is precious. Spend it how you choose and feel confidant that your VA is keeping things rolling smoothly!images (8)

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE ENLIGHTENING “BLOGFOMERICALS” INTO THE AMAZING LIFE AND TIMES OF A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT. AND WATCH FOR “FREEBIES” AND “TIPS AND TRICKS” THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE CHANNEL SURFING AND UNABLE TO SLEEP!

Brought to you by:

A VIRTUAL WORLD LLC

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Oct 22 2013

Facing Your Soul

 

 

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead

us to an understanding of ourselves.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enlightment“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

 

– C.G. Jung

Aug 22 2013

A peaceful and vanishing time…

Daily Prompt: Viral

The New York Times is going to feature your blog on its home page, and you’ve been asked to publish a new post — it’ll be the first thing tens of thousands of new readers see. Write it.

Serenity

What has happened to peace and tranquility and times for relaxation and quiet contemplation?  The peaceful sunsets from our back yards, horses grazing in pastures, freshly mowed fields of hay, fishing from a peaceful pond on a warm summer day.. The youth of today has no idea what they are missing out on with all of the modern equipment they are attached to at all times…

There are people out there who have never even seen a cow! The concrete and technology jungle that many of us live in today is encroaching upon our very means of existence and I, for one, am very sad about it.

Some of my favorite childhood memories involve visiting my aunt and uncle’s farm in northern Minnesota. The excitement I felt when pulling into their yard was indescribable. For the next two weeks, I would get to be a “farm girl”! As I got out of the car the smells would hit me, making my senses reel in excitement.. the hay, the grass, the manure and many more that I simply can’t remember right now. The farm dogs would come running up wagging their tails and sniffing to make sure I was okay and not an intruder. Cats would appear from everywhere, rubbing up against my legs as to tell me how happy they were to see me, before they hurried off to their important business of mice catching. My aunt and uncle and cousins would come rushing up, from whatever farm duties they were currently attending to and greet me warmly. I got to look forward to the next two weeks of no TV, home cooked meals of fresh baked bread, milk fresh from the cow and vegetables picked right out of the garden! Oh, how I miss those days!

Up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows, muck out stalls, search for the latest batch of kittens, explore the pastures for whatever incredible thing we might discover, ride on the tractor (and sometimes drive it) to go and check out other pastures…  and being unbelievably dirty most of the time. I didn’t have to wash my hands until dinner time! The list goes on,  but is was all wonderful and magical…  (except for the time I was chased by a skunk – that was not so wonderful…)I even got to see the Northern lights one magical summer. How many city kids have ever seen that, or even know what it is for that matter..

Nature’s miracle

Progress is natural, of course. But I, for one, miss the peaceful and serene days of life on a farm. Hard work and hard play were a natural part of life and every one in the entire family participated.  It’s too bad we are all too busy these days to notice.

Aug 12 2013

My personal hole..

So, this weeks writing challenge is: 

Fit to Write – http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/writing-challenge-health/

We have all gone through challenges, whether it is physical or emotional, there are challenges which most of us must over come at one time or another.

I read a post from a friend today that stated that she had been unjustly accused of something to which she had nothing to do with… Has that ever happened to you?

I can tell you that it probably happens to more of us than you aware. You, or someone close to you, is accused of something for which they had no knowledge and were definitely not involved with. What do you do? How do you approach this? Do you crawl into a hole and hope no one notices or do you hold your head high and rely on the strong circle of friends and family to get you through?

I crawled into a hole and it was not a great place to be. Newspaper articles appeared defining the atrocity to which I had, unknowingly, participated. Accusatory phone calls abounded and people to whom I had had a close relationship, stopped speaking to me. It was definitely a dark time in my life and it wasn’t even me who was being accused, but a close family member. Either way, I fell in to the hole and refused to emerge.

As more and more people began to read and hear about the accusations and the subsequent legal consequences, I buried myself deeper and deeper, refusing to acknowledge the possibility of truth or my possible part in these accusations. It took years before I was even able to accept that there may be truth in the accusations. 

After much sole searching, I began to evolve. What did, or did not, happen had nothing to do with me. I did not participate in the supposed “wrong-doing” and I would have to hold my head high and “move on”. Was it easy? Absolutely not! I still cringe when the subject is broached or if I allow myself to think about those horrible times. I have had conversations with the other people involved and have come to terms with the past. 

“We can’t take responsibility for other people’s action, but we are 100% responsible for our reaction to other people. Also, we cannot blame other people for us not keeping our side of the street clean.” (this was taken from one of my favorite sights of inspiration and love – https:\thedailylove.com) and I work hard at trying to remember this on a daily basis.

I am fit to write! I have a valid place in this universe! The past does not define me and in order to heal, I must move on and become the person that I am meant to be!

I am just now discovering that I LOVE to write and that, through writing, I can come to terms with all the challenges that live has, and will, present to me. I hope that my writing brings joy and peace to others, but if it doesn’t, then it will bring joy and peace to me.

I hope that you are all able to find peace and joy in your life and that you will find your outlet for letting go and moving on. Writing is becoming my vessel and I can only pray that it will become my future.