PET CORNER . . . ..  PET OF THE MONTH

As a young child thought I would become a veterinarian.  Instead I had two wonderful boys and put my husband through dental school. 
Life has a way of making your wishes come true—in its time—not yours.  Now I have fun pet sitting and enjoying it immensely!
Magic is the most loving cat I have ever met.  He sleeps on the bed with his head on the pillow next to me on the nights I am lucky enough to spend with him.  Just like the person he is!  (949.422.8570)






What kind of personal grown could you have if you took things back to the core!
The answer to so many things can be found in Mother Nature. If there is a bit of nourishment, personal growth will happen. We can’t see that growth on a daily basis. We have to give it time to do its thing. If we are aware of our goals and take small actions every day our lives will begin to take shape. We need to develop good habits and begin to cultivate an environment that is ripe for personal growth. Then one day we step back and wow, look at how much we have changed. We are starting to thrive!
But Mother Nature is not always a friend to personal growth. Thriving is a great thing, but the problem is change and personal growth don’t just stop. Like Mother Nature our lives silently and slowly continue to evolve. Our personal growth begins to get bigger and bigger. Eventually we start carrying a lot of dead weight. Life gets all tangled up and there is way too much energy spent in all the wrong places.
But no worries. That is totally natural. It’s the cycle of life. As humans all we need to do is have the courage to pick up the clippers and start chopping away. Yes that first cut may be difficult, but it really is for the best. We need to be careful and prune back what is not working so we can open up our lives for another round of personal growth.
The good news is, the next time our life becomes overgrown, it becomes easier to weed out the bad stuff. We now know where we want to allow growth and where we don’t. We can pull the bad habits up from the roots before they get out of hand. We have hopefully learned to say to “no” to the new sprouts that take our personal growth in the wrong direction. Making cuts to things that no longer serve us becomes easier and easier. Soon we are thriving again and all those prickly thorns are now producing beautiful buds just waiting to blossom in the sun. 
Susan Sherbert’s new book A White Hat and Rose Colored Glasses helps adults find Clarity and Action by embracing the simplified mind-set of a child.  Imagine how powerful your life could be if you were courageous, imaginative, passionate and non-judgmental .Susan is looking for speaking engagements and podcast interviews and her books are available on Amazon.com