I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before! I’m starting a new series here on the Integrating the Spirals blog site called, Asthma Stories. I’ll feature a new story in the series as I come upon interesting Asthma Stories with a happy (healed) ending! Here’s the first Asthma Story:
Robyn Openshaw’s Asthma Story in her own words
Robyn Openshaw (the Green Smoothie Girl) tells the Asthma Story (about her son) on Facebook as follows:
My intro of Robyn’s Asthma Story when I shared her Facebook post. Link to Robyn’s Substack: https://robynopenshaw.substack.com and to her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gsgrobynMeme: Doctor: “Please don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree.” Me: “Please don’t confuse your god complex and financial incentives from big Pharma with my ability to independently research the side effects of your medications with the most powerful information tool in the history of mankind.” I am sharing the full meme because I couldn’t capture it all (in the previous image) when I grabbed it along with my intro, and I wanted to give the meme author credit. Meme author: Sandie Gascon, Integrative Healing Practitioner.Robyn Openshaw’s Asthma Story from her Facebook post.
I love the meme Robyn shared within her Asthma Story as well. And Robyn believes as I do, Nature always provides a way!
Yours in expanding, revolving, doing-my-egoless-best, limitless, spiraling consciousness,
To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey
I’ll keep this relatively short, since I got a new job a day after my birthday… I don’t often post about specific dates, or change them a bit, due to scammers and hackers. It’s a thing after working in Information Technology for about 35 years. But I wanted to take a moment to speak about this whole Mark Zuckerberg thing. He says his company, Meta, has let the fact-checkers go and sort of apologized for allowing the Biden Administration to bully him and his employees into “following the narrative” during COVID and censoring (ahem, ‘slowing’) the stream of posts that were deemed ‘misinformation’ or ‘disinformation.’ Time will tell if he’s serious about upholding Free Speech. (Call me skeptical.)
Screen capture from an email I received from Children’s Health Defense. This is the group/org Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was head of, but now, since he’s supposed to be President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS), he’s stepped down from CHD.
I couldn’t be happier! Yes, my birthday was good. But it was quiet. Our twin granddaughters were sick that day, and for a few days after, so no party for me. At first, I felt a little let down. But that feeling didn’t last too long–really! I made a conscious choice to chalk it up to ‘just another day’ and look forward to the gift my dear husband had ordered–it was supposed to arrive on my birthday or the following day. It didn’t. So, spiraling around again, I chose to let it be ‘what it is/was’. I was NOT going to drop into pity.
We used to celebrate each of our birthday by going out to a really nice restaurant, a special one that was too expensive to go to often. We did that every year, for YEARS. I emphasize that to say that I knew that probably wouldn’t happen after we moved from Florida. Mostly due to the weather here in the northern part of the USA. It’s too cold to walk outside. At least, for now, that’s my perception. And we didn’t want my daughter to have to take us to a restaurant etc. leaving our granddaughters at home. Plus, she’d just got done working a full week since her boss was out of town, yada yada. I just didn’t want to ask.
So, my daughter came over and visited with us. And wished me a happy birthday. And really, after so many years of not getting to be present with her in person on my birthday, THAT was beautiful. And should have been enough for me. Later that evening, our eldest granddaughter, she’s 13 years old, came over and also wished me happy birthday. She visited for more than an hour too, which for anyone who has teenagers knows, THAT was incredible! When she hugged me I told her, “You made my day”! And she did. That was true. Still, for the next day or two, I felt underwhelmed. I must be really spoiled, I thought to myself. I am grateful I still have my husband. I went to take a sauna and simply be thankful I have it to help me relax, meditate, and feel better.
I decided to order pizza for all of us (we live next door to each other), in lieu of going out to the fancy restaurant. But my daughter decided to split the bill with me! Aww! Even my son-in-law mentioned to her that night, “So, it’s your mom’s birthday, and she bought the pizza?” Then my daughter told him she’d split the check with me. Plus, she had to go pick it up. And we didn’t need any cake or such. We’re trying to release excess weight anyway. So no worries regarding that!
Spiral thought: Maybe my mood was a bit low because we returned to a vegan diet after Christmas. Not just a New Year’s resolution, but a return to the way we ate in 2008, with the exception that we’ll cook our meals–we’d went ‘high raw’ back in 2008 and while we enjoyed it, it was a lot of work and wasn’t sustainable for us long term.
Within a couple days of my birthday, a gentleman reached out to me via email and I nearly thought it was spam and deleted the message because it didn’t have a signature line or give me any reference or context as to what it was about! It simply said he’d had some insight at 3 AM and wanted to know if I had some time to discuss it! I decided, “What the heck?” and replied, “Okay”! All this to say, I think I needed that LOW feeling in order to prompt me to take a chance on a phone call with a stranger! Ha! I’d also been chatting on WhatsApp with my Bruce Lipton group (about 24 people, not all of whom I know), and had recently joined Aaron Abke’s 4D University group, where I’ve been fairly active, reading posts and commenting. I assumed this was a man from one of these two groups. NOPE!
I’d forgotten but I had filled out a form to volunteer my time with a new health initiative. It seemed ‘right up my alley.’ Turns out, it is! And after our pleasant phone conversation, he offered me a job! We ended with a prayer and I was on FIRE! I lit up with Energy and began researching and drafting out a presentation (still not really knowing what I was doing), to send back to my new boss and ask if I was grasping the concepts we’d discussed.
I ‘worked’ several hours on this presentation. He loved the first draft and sounds very grateful for my help. We have our first Zoom call tomorrow, so I’ll know more after that. But suffice to say, any and all ‘down’ feelings about my birthday, have completely subsided. They say, GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. And now, I believe it.
Everything happens for a reason in the multiverse with myriad sides to every story
Yes, Everything Happens for a Reason in the multiverse and Everything Resolves to Gratitude. Knowing that each of us (as fractals) uplifts my mind and allows me to view life as a lively kaleidoscope grand design that moves about in an ever-expanding, revolving, melodious, consciousness. Even if we have to disconnect from some people, for a time.
Enjoy (IN Joy) everything and love! Be Everything All the Time. Let’s THRIVE in ’25!
Yours in expanding, coexisting (because there’s more than one-side to every story), balancing, spiraling consciousness,
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
About us
Richard and I play at the intersection of Energy, Spirituality, Health, and Music, to let FREEDOM ring for ALL! We’re down to earth (even if we are conspiracy theorists), yet not in the ground! We’re just dancing around in rhythm with the mystifying Multiverse… all humble like. But we’re always thinking, onward and upwards, so we keep exploring and creating!
My husband of 19 years, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs).
All of our 400+ original songs are available for song placement in TV, film, games, etc. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. If you know of any up and coming musical artist, please forward this blog article to them.
Sheila’s books on Amazon
My meme: Books by Sheila –Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
It’s September 8th, 2024; We have an original pop rock song to entice you to “put on your dancing shoes”! Bubba Hudson’s voice worked so well in this song! Right from the start, it honors the Godfather of Soul, James Brown (whom Richard and I have seen Live–back in the day). Richard saw James Brown before we met each other. I saw him after Richard and I met, but though I’d invited Richard, he didn’t go to the faraway concert with me–maybe he knew it would be my last outing before marrying him? Ha! I don’t know. James Brown is still on my list as one of the best Live acts I’ve ever seen! I saw him at Bonnaroo–the second of all of the Bonnaroo concerts in Tennessee. So, yes, I love this song! This is a blast! It’s a FUN radio-ready song from Steven Cooper, Nashville, TN.
Here’s the two-hundred-fifty-second new music post for 2024, as I consistently share our original songs. And this one is made for DANCING! Haha! Now, get on your ‘danzinshooz’!
Danzinshooz by Richard Murrey
Breaking News!
I’m going to have a brand new song for you tomorrow! It just went Live on YouTube last night and I want to see how many of our subscribers view it before I share it here. Yes, I am a stats person. Ha! It’s one of the first we’ve had Bubba Hudson do the vocals and music on–he’s done one or two others for us, but none like this. I think you’ll like it.
What platform do you do video chats on?
I was chatting with my friend, Dorit from Israel, on Facebook Messenger this morning. Then we started sending each other voice clips. International calling is sooo expensive, she asked if I had What’s App. I told her I used to, but since I’d been hacked twice within a year a few years ago. I’d removed most of the apps from my old (but still working) iPhone 7 Plus! Have you used What’s App? Do you like it?
We then discussed what other video chat apps we have used and I told her I have Zoom. She has Zoom too, so we quickly moved to a Zoom call. Do you use Zoom? I’m open to speaking with any of you via Zoom sometime if you like.
Another reason I’m asking which platform you like is because my uncle (who’s 77 years old) has an Android phone and would like to video chat with a wood turner friend of his that lives a few hours from him, and that friend has an iPhone. I suggested What’s App to him but told him they’d both have to download the app and learn how to use it. Or they could both search, video chat, or video conference on each of the phone’s app stores to see if they could find one in common to both phones.
Facebook group
Our big topic of discussion today, and the topic that prompted our video chat, was the shared Facebook group we’re both in–the one I’ve shared about the past several days where Richard and I introduced ourselves. It’s all been FREE until now. Yesterday, the founders (of the group) had a call with Lori Phillips and were invited to PAY to be highlighted more often in the group. But what’s the point of that? Sure, the group is now at 6k members, but as we all know, Facebook could go away at any time–and I’ve had friends that (without doing anything wrong at all), had their whole Facebook accounts taken away without warning!! So, I am very skeptical about paying money to get more publicity (within a 6,000+ member Facebook group, even if it’s growing fast). What are your thoughts?
I just took out my dowsing rods to ask about this too, that’s how much I am on the fence about it. I mean, my first thought was NO (because I paid $12k for a business coach a few years ago that didn’t provide much value. A few good tips and ‘connection’ with a few folks like us (musicians, teachers, and artists), but like us, they didn’t reach any new heights from that 1-year program, which for me, ended up only lasting for 10 months. So, yes, I am jaded.
And I’m NOT a salesperson. Dorit agreed that she isn’t either. And neither of us are wired to be salespeople. We want to GIVE all of what God has blessed us with a way to ‘help others.’ She’s a naturopath and has nothing other than her wisdom to share. She told me, I’m not like you, who have music, art, and books to sell–I didn’t even tell her about the holistic health patches, figuring she’s already seen my posts about those on Facebook. We’re both in Dr. Bruce Lipton’s group–that’s how we met. But we have so much in common! We’re both only children (both of our mothers had Rh-negative blood, and lost other babies). We both have grown children and are in total alignment regarding the shots/natural health, etc. Oh! And we’re both on the expanding consciousness track with Dr. Bruce. (She’s met him in person too, along with his wife, Gregg Braden, etc.) I was supposed to meet Gregg when I met Dr. Bruce at the TCCHE conference but he was ill and couldn’t attend live so we got him on Zoom and broadcast on a big-screen TV monitor for the 2,000 or so people in attendance. Here’s my former post about that.
As for Facebook, you know I have a love-hate relationship with it. Here’s one of my first blog posts on this platform and it was when I’d quit Facebook! Ha! I think I had good reason to quit back in the day. But let me know what YOU think (as Russell Brand says)!
Screen capture: Another ‘conspiracy theory’ confirmed: Mark Zuckerberg admits to colluding with the Biden-Harris admin to censor Americans. Conspiracy theorists are up 88-0. –foxbusiness.com and Robert Hyde for U.S. Senate
About those ‘patches’ I wear (we’re having a contest!)
Right now, the Super Patch company (or my team, I’m actually not sure which) is running a contest for those of us who want to release excess weight. If you want to lose weight, you might want to join now and get in the contest. I’ve been told they’re going to give away some great prizes, and as you know, I’m good at winning contests! Haha!
Screen capture: Hormone cocktail, Clarity cocktail, Bliss cocktail, and Craving cocktail sets of patches to wear to bring about weight loss depending upon which you feel you need. –The Super Patch Co.
I’m wearing either three or four patches a day for 90 days to do this challenge. I’m wearing Liberty, Ignite, Peace, and Defend. My friend, Kary Kruger, who introduced me to these patches, she and her adult daughter have both lost/released 40 pounds in the last year (yes, they move more than I do, and probably eat better/cleaner than me, but if I can drop even half that, I’ll be on track to release more next year). I am doing my stair-climbing daily, the patches have eased all the joint stiffness and crap I’d had for a bit more than a year, so I am very thankful for that! And I am back to my daily yoga and qigong, along with some Energy Medicine (I do Jin Shin Jyutsu, a type of body holding if you’re not aware of it).
As far as costs go, the patches are much less expensive than any other diet/exercise program I’ve bought before, so we’ll see. I’ll report my progress or frustration, either way.
My meme: “I am drawn to using Super Patches to heal, from our experiences with Healing Touch, Reiki, Glyphs, Laying on of Hands, and meditation on the Intelligent Design of our fingerprints!” –Sheila Murrey
Everything happens for a reason
Yes, Everything Happens for a Reason and Everything Resolves to Gratitude. Knowing that each of us (as fractals) uplifts my mind and allows me to view life as a lively kaleidoscope grand design that moves about in an ever-expanding, revolving, melodious, consciousness. Even if we have to disconnect from some people, for a time.
Enjoy (IN Joy) everything and love! Be Everything All the Time. Let’s soar in ’24!
Yours in expanding, discerning, spiraling consciousness,
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
About us
We’re songwriters seeking placement of our original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re songwriters seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such. Everything is available at: Listen4Music.com
My husband of 19 years, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: http://listen4music.com
Whenever I pop on YouTube or open my emails, I read where one or more of my favorite public figures are either being canceled, demonetized, or experiencing some other form of censorship.
I hope you will comment and let me know what you’re currently watching, as I am feeling like a LOT of great independent journalists, health educators, and political pundits are leaving (or being kicked off) social media, and I find it disturbing. Thus, I am putting this out to you to figure out if my perceptions are accurate.
If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio (and there’s a couple BONUS comments on the audio):
YouTube platform
Dan McDonald—Life Regenerator got de-platformed. But I’ve learned much from ‘Dan the man’ over the years I’ve followed him and I’ve had personal diet consultations with him as well. He’s the real deal and I admire his grit. He pulled himself up by the bootstraps and worked on his own recovery and family relationships.
Russell Brand’s been demonetized. But thankfully, he’s continuing to make videos. I have followed him on Rumble, when he has to limit his time/choice of words on YouTube–but of course I love his YouTube channel because it’s easier and works on our Samsung TV (we can’t get to other internet sites on this TV–some ‘smart TV’ huh?).
Dr. Mercola had bank accounts frozen at Chase. And it wasn’t bad enough that Dr. Mercola had his account frozen but so did several of his staff. As if hurricane Ian wasn’t bad enough for this group! UGH
Now, you may say you don’t like what these folks have to say. And that’ okay. But I believe in FREEDOM and that we can learn something from everyone–sometimes we learn things that align for us and sometimes we learn how to understand those who disagree with us feel. But I believe ALL have value.
Facebook
Robyn Openshaw—The Green Smoothie Girl has had employees quit and she’s been knocked off Facebook and other platforms as well, while she’s been speaking her Health Freedom truths. Again, I’ve followed Robyn for years and believe she’s a solid individual with a whole LOT to offer the public. Dethroning her is a real injustice to anyone looking to heal their body with nutrition, whether going vegan or detoxifying. I do her detox at least once a year.
Twitter/X
JK Rowling was canceled from Twitter awhile back. I don’t know if the kerfuffle is still going on about her or not. I never read any of her books, nor watched the Harry Potter movies, but I didn’t have a problem with her tweets or beliefs. She’s entitled to her opinion and I thought a lot of people wasted a lot of time talking about her for no reason. When will people learn they cannot change anyone? (Rhetorical question.)
Matt Damon also reportedly made an anti-LGBTQ+ remark or tweet and got canceled. Give him (and me) a break. This is the actor who made Jason Bourne in all those Bourne movies incredibly successful and the actor who played Liberace’s bisexual lover in Behind the Candelabra: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291580/#
TV and elsewhere
The ‘dirty dozen’ group of doctors and influencers who got a whole LOT right and saved many people’s lives during COVID. I suppose anyone who questions the narrative is going to be canceled that raises their head above the murky waters of Pharma propaganda. By the way, I am an investor in a new movie coming out called, Pharma. I hope many of you will see it.
Kanye West and Will Smith. Okay, Kanye may have lost his mind on a few things but he’s a heck of a business man. And what can I say about Will? One slap heard round the world and he’s taken to bat for it? I mean, most people thought it was a joke or staged anyway. These people are actors. I thought Chris Rock handled it well, at least he seemed to understand why Will got upset, though yes, the slap (if it was real) went too far. At least Will wasn’t embarrassed to take up for his wife and honor her feelings (even if she over reacted).
Roseanne–I will never agree with cancel culture throwing Roseanne off her own show that she created and made a lot of “nobody’s” RICH. Talk about ‘biting the hand that feeds”! Some people are real idiots. And yes, I know I dislike name-calling and labels. So, sue me. I’ve always said we’re all hypocrites and this is one where mine shows up. Roseanne and Russell brand are two of the smartest people I follow, oh, and Danica Patrick but she’s not been cancelled–yet.
Roseanne on YouTube
I happen to love Roseanne. I don’t care that her politics changed, in fact, I agree with her about a lot of the stuff she says now that she’s rejected the WOKE Left. Tada!
Energy is the power behind ALL. Source creates. ALL rises, falls, undulates, pulsates, spins, whirls, collapses, expands, shrinks. The Dao (Daoism) emanates from the dot. Holism envelopes. ALL simply IS. Omniscience (Omnism) governs ALL.
To our better health, ease, joy, and sustainment in JOY!
Audio provided by Otter.
Integrating the Spirals to ease unwanted emotions
My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering. (Let me know if you’re interested in working through the Integrating the Spirals course.)
Be the best version of who you want to be–Making progress is enough. Carrying your Karma lightly is enough. Be kind to yourself while living responsibly. Who you ARE affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you. You are never alone.
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses.
I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.
I’m taking some time out this weekend from the writing of the second edition of Take It Upon Yourself to Live a Wholly Vibrant Life, which I am renaming to Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life- Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally, to rewrite and post something I wrote last year on this day for Facebook. I’ve edited the following article a bit (in particular the last paragraph about the FB and IG challenges I did in 2022) to make sense at this NOW moment. If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio:
April 1st 2022 Facebook post
While sitting with a bowl of cooked cabbage with a bit of luscious Irish butter on it, I pondered:
Maybe it takes an analyst to question
Maybe it takes a poet to ponder
Maybe it takes a child to see
That Jesus taught the people who followed him using parables, so they would understand that spirituality, enlightenment, and faith were only useful when one applied their highest and best understandings, ideals, and yes, their very integrity, DURING any perceived wrongdoing, hurtful, or harmful situation? Maybe?
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
Once or twice close friends have told me they thought me to be more spiritual than they. But I don’t see it that way at all. And I have had others, even family, think that I was pushing things “too far” (like when I called out certain institutions that could do better when it comes to children).
Well, I guess I do call it like I see it. But I can admit when I need to “turn things over and over until I can gain more insight” or lastly, let the something go because I was not there to witness said perversion, mistreatment, etc. I was not a witness and therefore, it’s none of my business.
However, as a living and breathing fractal of Omniscience (the same as each of you), I do want to hold space for anyone suffering or in bondage. I want to see all the captives set FREE! I want to see the hungry fed, and the naked clothed. I want the abuse to stop. And writing seems to be the talent and skill God gave me, so I use words to bring Awareness.
I am not saying I am better than anyone. I am not saying I am blameless. And if others want to discourage me from sharing what God has put on my heart, I have to let go of their judgment of me. I cannot and do not know everything that’s happened to them, and cannot and do not know if my words cause them pain. I pray my words do not cause pain, as my only intention is to shed light on certain negative aspects involving certain institutions. I realize it’s a double-edged sword.
I focus on the light and the love, but also the balance that comes from the yin and yang of it ALL. And I have also been a mirror to some who are what I call my “love and light friends” who have called out certain things they disagree with, and I’ve found that those certain things are probably what they are here to heal first within themselves, and then shine a light on the issues in an uplifting way. I will commit to doing the same, realizing it’s probably more of a lifelong practice than something I will ever fully cultivate or actualize.
Last year, I made a commitment to daily post and share a page from the Course in Miracles calendar and once-a-week “Chaos and Kindness bracelet challenge” I did with my daughter (she had to drop out of the bracelet challenge part way through though due to her new job). I took the month of April 2022 off from adding any commentary to my FB and IG posts. (And no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke.) It was a test of will for me and I held myself accountable. I got through it and learned a lot. I let go of making a lot of commentary posts for the rest of 2022 and I broke the habit of feeling I had to share every thought and opinion.
To our better health, ease, joy, and sustainment without attachment.
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
Peace. Out.
Integrating the Spirals to ease sad and lonely feelings
My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is important now more than ever because I know more people are sad and lonely these days. (Let me know if you’re interested in taking the Integrating the Spirals course.)
As an empath I want to help ease suffering and raise hope. I want to uplift others and raise our collective vibrations and consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath and that offers us peace and calm. Meditation is an easy way to Connect us with spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive personal guidance.
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The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
In and beyond this magnificent Universe, Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you because you are a fractal part of Omniscience. You are truly never alone in this ever-expanding Universe. We are each fractals of Omniscience akin to glints of sunlight on the surface of a large body of water or the rays of sunshine shining upon us.
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A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be–who your soul beckons you to be. It’s important because who you are in this world affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more from me on the second edition of Take It Upon Yourself to Live a Wholly Vibrant Life, which I am renaming to Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life- Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally, and the Integrating the Spirals course to ease sadness and loneliness, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
The older I get the more I see why it matters where we put our money. We vote with our dollars. Each time we spend a dollar on this or that, businesses profit from it. We can make or break a business by our shopping habits.
When we save, the money stays in the bank or under the bed not doing us any good in the moment but down the road (if we’ve stored it somewhere we are being paid interest) then it may grow into a larger sum of money and be there for us to use at a later time. I’m not sure if it will be worth anymore because inflation seems to bite into whatever interest was made. And if you had it under the bed you’d end up with that same amount of money but it wouldn’t be worth as much as when you stowed it.
So, back to the point.
Spending money
Why spend money? Spending keeps people working. When you spend, others have the use of your money. And remember you exchanged your time for that money.
There’s a real relationship between time and money.
If you want to keep the economy moving – spend. If you want to slow the economy – don’t spend.
When you buy a car there is a ripple effect. Others benefit from your having bought the car. And the benefits may be direct or indirect. It reminds me of something I heard awhile back. If a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world, does it cause a hurricane on the other?
Support small businesses
Considering small businesses. If someone makes a product or provides a service I feel is good, I continue supporting that business. I will also tell others (word of mouth marketing) about the business and what excellent product or service they provided. I may promote the product or service provider on blogs, websites, Facebook, etc. All of those good and positive words help that business grow. Conversely if I am not pleased with a business I will also talk about it – and like the butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the planet, it could cause a ripple effect, the likes of which, that business cannot imagine.
If that one negative customer influences several others the business will experience a drop in sales. Enough mad customers could bring down the business – maybe bankrupt is too harsh a word. But if you’re a business owner or service provider and you’re not doing so well, you ought to consider how good you are or if you’ve ticked off a few people. That’s why the old adage came to be – “the customer is always right.” Yes, the customer is always right. If you don’t think that’s true and you own a business let me educate you.
Dissatisfaction costs businesses money
You don’t want your customer to leave dissatisfied.
If you hear any hint of dissatisfaction you’d better step up and make it right. I’m sure you don’t want people blogging about your business in a negative way. And if you don’t care – then you’ve really got problems. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some people are hard to please. But you’re in business and you need to strive to ensure your customers have a high opinion of you. You cannot control what they say about you but you will go a long way towards having them say nice things about you if you show them you care and will go the extra mile to meet or beat their expectations.
Animals are democratic
Have you ever noticed that the animal world votes in a democratic fashion? If a herd of 100 deer need to get to the watering hole, it’s the 51st animal who influences the whole herd to move in the direction of the water at precisely the right time. Check out the red deer study. I’ve noticed that birds of a feather also flock together – it’s not just an old saying. Have you watched a flock flying and notice how many turn, seemingly at the exact same time, then the rest follow suit almost immediately? Flocking together seems to be the birds way of voting and it is instinctual.
People are habitual
People are also instinctual as well as, habitual. Most people stick with others, whether it be friends, jobs, neighborhoods, cities, or such out of habit and comfort. We stick with what and who we know. Keep us happy and we’ll be around for awhile. Tick us off and we probably won’t feel comfortable and eventually we’ll leave. And we will probably tell others (in some cases a lot of others).
Making it work
If you want friends, customers, and good relationships be nice. Go the extra mile. Live up to your word. Meet or beat others expectations of you. Show you care. That’s what makes it all work.
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So, the day I originally wrote this, the social networking site, Facebook, went “public.” As in, it offers shares of stock for sale on the stock market.
I was on Facebook for about two years. I thought it was all about reconnecting; sharing tidbits of life, opinions, and photos with old high school friends, college friends, family, and so on.
Little by little, I became addicted to those elementary games and, for a few months, enjoyed playing them.
I had tons of photos on my site.
And then, I posted a lot of opinions – sometimes causing disturbing rebuttals.
Being a computer geek (I met my husband online and I work in IT) I know how to set the privacy controls and all that sort of thing. But, eventually, I got tired of the fad and moved on.
Just like my parents when the old party line telephone was being phased out for a private line in the 1960’s. That’s all Facebook is. It’s a party line telephone!
Do you know why a lot of people moved on from the party line?
Wives were suddenly made aware of their husbands shenanigans. Husbands overheard neighbors talking about how annoying they were, mowing their grass too early on a weekend morning or maybe how loud their truck exhaust was when they drove down the street. Kids picked up the phone only to hear some of the seediest conversations of their lives!
AT&T did great business with the advent of the private line telephone for a reason!
People started realizing they really didn’t want to know what everyone thought of them, or what their spouses were secretly up to.
Anyway, isn’t gossip a sin?
So, I have a sneaking suspicion (and hope) that Facebook will eventually fizzle out the same way those old party line phones did.
It seems bizarre to me that Facebook started out as a private network, mostly for colleges – you had to have a college email account initially to even get started.
Now, you’ll probably think I’m a conspiracy theorist when I say this, but the day the announcement came out about Facebook taking funds from Goldman Sachs (about $450 million), and a private Russian investor (do we yet know who that person is?) that was the final straw for me.
I’m half way through a Masters in Marketing degree so I understand the whole marketing perspective of Facebook – and that they’re only beginning to make money from advertising stuff.
Believe me when that really takes off you’ll already be so addicted you won’t even realize how targeted they’re slick marketing will be.
So, for me when a company gets too much cash inflow I question if there’s something “a bit more than meets the eye” going on.
Who wants the data?
Who wants the photos?
Do they care who I know?
Who’s trying to gain control?
Since I had no way to answer those questions I systematically began deleting all of my posts (and it took awhile since I had to delete each one individually), deleted all of my photo albums, etc. Only when I felt like I had removed EVERYTHING that I wouldn’t want published in a big city newspaper, that’s when I hit the “disable” button.
Admittedly, I’ve been back on, yes you can enable your disabled account again if you choose to, just to view some photos that family or friends refused to email – I know they’re sucked into Facebook, it’s fine, I was there once so I understand, but it’s a pain to disable it – too many questions and crap.
So, I went back on it a couple of times.
If my family and friends want me to see their kids growing up process, they’ll just have to email – or do what I did. Pay to store our digitized photos online.
Everytime I reactivate my account to check photos my family or close friends have posted, I feel wonderful for a few minutes–until I see something that pisses me off. Then I deactivate the account again acknowledging to myself how much I loathe Facebook. UGH!
Bottom line: I think Facebook is a time trap, gut puncher, and time waster for the most part — and I’ve got more important writing to do. 🙂
UPDATE: After the birth of my beautiful granddaughter (and her parents subsequent decision to allow pictures of her to be shared on Facebook), I begrudgingly returned to Facebook. In fact, I even setup an “author page“. Call it hypocrisy if you will, but that’s my story and I’m sticking with it. 😉 I preach a lot about forgiveness, so forgive me – and I’ll forgive Facebook. Just be careful, kind, and considerate out there…
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