Greetings, Heroes
on the High-Ways!
I am writing you from the mountain top
this month, or at least from the top of
the Power Pyramid! That's not always
the case. Sometimes writing my next
Key-Mail helps me out of my own valleys
of confusion and fear. But valleys
aren't as low or deep when you know the
process for climbing out.
We are all pilgrims on
the same journey, but some pilgrims
have better road maps.
- Nelson De Mille
The
Process
The 8 High-Ways of 8
to Great: Get the Picture,
Risk, Full Responsbility,
etc. offer us a process
to go wherever our hearts
desire. One young woman used
them recently to start dating
again. A 30-year-old used them
to start his own business.
Another gentleman used them
recently to help him stay sober.
Tami used them to lose weight.
How Tami
Lost 140 Lbs.
During a
break at my talk to a group of
nurses last month, Tami shared her
amazing story with me. "I heard you
four years ago at the nursing
conference in Kearney," she began.
"So much of what you said hit home.
I realized how tired I was of living
for everyone else, and that I'd put
my dreams on hold long enough."
"That day I 'Got the Picture' of the
life I wanted. Now I'm living it!" After
the 8 to Great
seminar, Tami started doing gratitudes
at work. Now she shares her dreams and
gratitudes with her boyfriend almost
every day. "At first he thought I was
crazy, but now he does them all the time
with me." Her next dream? She just
enrolled in school to become an RN!
When I asked her to describe the best
thing about her weight loss, her quick
reply was "I have more energy." Then she
added, "My boyfriend recently took me to
my first amusement park since high
school. It was so wonderful!" Her words
of advice for those who dream big? "You
have to come first. As MK's book says, I
had to Take Care of Me!"
We're proclaming Tami our first
"Taking Care of Me" Contest Winner!
Whether your self-care
feat seems small or large, taking better
care of yourself will reap fun-omenal
benefits. Check out the contest details
below and you could be our next
winner!
Three Kinds
of People
I've noticed that there are
three kinds of people in the world:
1) Those who are unhappy and don't know
why
2) Those who are happy and don't know
why
3) and Those who are happy and know why
The best part about being in the third
category is that we can share the 8
High-Ways with anyone bearing a "weight"
they want to release. (That's Tami on
the right.)
My biggest dream is to help you find and
live your dream. No matter how happy and
fulfilled you are, your next dream is
always awaiting you. After finishing my
latest CD, High-Ways,
a friend and I went to Chicago to see
"Wicked." Now I'm starting to dream
of writing a Broadway Musical. It makes
me laugh to see it typed before me, yet
the fun of going for it has caught my
fancy and got me dreaming again.
What are your next dreams? Start each
day by writing your 3 gratitudes.
Complete the phrase: "I'm so grateful
that" and then spend another minute
dreaming of something as though it's
already happened: "I'm so grateful now
that..." It doesn't take a big
thing to change your life, it takes a
deep thing, and that deep thing can
be your decision today to follow your
bliss down the High-Ways of life.
You hold the key to unlock
any door
You hold the key forevermore
You can never lose it
And only you can use it
You hold the key you've been
looking for *
Blissings,
MK
* from "You Hold the Key" on MK's
first music CD
