California Dreaming...Does anyone really win sweepstakes?

Does anyone really win sweepstakes? Yes, they really do! 

I am one of the lucky grand prize winners and here is how it all started for me.

Early one morning in 2006 as I was getting some new tires put on my car, I sat in the waiting room glancing through a magazine, when an article about a lady that had won a lot of sweepstakes caught my eye.  My first thought was, does anyone really win those things?

The article talked about a lady that called herself the "Contest Queen" that had won lots of great prizes like a shopping spree, a new automobile, and lots of great trips.  Sounded interesting, so I ordered a copy of her book and read it.  

I was so inspired, that I decided to subscribe to a sweepstakes newsletter.

When my newsletter arrived I was amazed at all the wonderful prizes being given away.  

I immediately set my goal to win a trip to California.  I have always wanted to go to California. 

A caricature I drew.

I immediately started entering sweepstakes every week and it wasn't long before I was winning smaller prizes like gift cards, running shoes, t-shirts, etc. 

I continued entering each week and finally, it happened!  Just two days before my birthday, on July 9th, 2009, a FedEx envelope arrived.  My entry had been chosen as a Grand Prize Winner! 

It was the Smucker's Stars On Ice Sweepstakes and I could choose a trip to any city on the tour, and take up to five people with me.

 

I chose to go to Los Angeles.  Woo hoo!  California, here we come!

Smucker's put us up in the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. My daughter and I have always been ice skating fans, and we were so excited to meet Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek.

At the Griffith Observatory with the famous Hollywood sign in the background.

We all loved California so much that we didn't want to leave.  In fact, we all decided we wanted to live there.  

 “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

In August 2012, my daughter actually realized that goal. You can read her story here.  California Move

It's always amazing to me, how one decision, one small action, leads to another, and another, and can eventually lead to huge change.

Back then I was new to the law of attraction and didn't really know how to vibrationally align with my goals.  

It was three years from the time I set my goal to win a trip to California, until I won.  It only took me three months when I won the trip to Las Vegas.

There is a three step process for manifesting I've learned, and it is:

• Intention (set the intention for what you want)
• Attention (give the goal focused attention)
• No tension (let it go, feel as good now as if you already had it, trust the Universe to bring it about)

I was really good at the first two steps, the third step,  "no tension" is where my manifestation got held up, but as you can see in my second win, I am learning.
 

Are you ready to manifest your goals? As your coach, I can assist and support you in setting your Intention, giving it Attention, then focusing on No tension, and finding ways to feel good now.


Have you ever used this process?  What did you manifest? Share your manifestation in the comments below.

Until next time,
Love and Luck,
Lucky Lady

Just How BIG is My But?

Umm, hopefully, not that big?

Yes, I know what you're thinking, how big are my buttocks, gluteus maximus, backside, or in other words, behind.

What I am actually asking is.

How big is my BUT? My mental BUT.

Whenever there is something we desire and we don't already have it, it usually means there is a big BUT involved and I don't mean the one you or I sit on.  I mean the mental BUTs. All the "reasons" we don't have it, or can't get it.


Usually it is very easy for me to see someone else's big BUTS because just like our physical butt is out of our view most of the time, unless there is a mirror around, so too, are our mental BUTs. 

I recently heard myself saying "I would love to take a road trip to Texas BUT...".

• I can't be away from my business that long
• My car's transmission is acting up
• I don't want to leave my house vacant
• I don't have the money

Uh oh, in my mind those are some pretty big BUTs so it looks like I can't go to Texas.

As I began to really examine my BUTs, I realized BUT's can be "legitimate reasons" for our lack of whatever it is we desire.  

I say legitimate reasons because what appears to be a legitimate reason, is really just a fact, and facts can change, and very often do once we align vibrationally with our desire. 

BUTs can also be hidden fears and or negative beliefs. In my case, my fears of being away from my home or business too long. Fears and negative beliefs, also keep us out of vibrational alignment with our desires.

So I began to examine each BUT in detail and I realized when I have a big BUT standing in my way, the real reason I am not rocking down the highway, or have whatever else it is I desire, is because I have forgotten my power as the deliberate creator of my life, and have not vibrationally aligned with my desire.


Yes it's possible I could sell my business, get a friend to house sit, get my transmission fixed, or win the money.

BUT, all I really need to do is.

Remember my power as a deliberate creator. 

Vibrationally align with my desire. How?

• Know what I want and if I really want it.
• Know why I want it.
• Know how I want it to feel.

Once I "know" what I truly desire I can use various tools and processes to vibrationally align with the desired outcome, and leave all the hows, the facts, and the big BUTs, to the Universe and allow the Universe to deliver it.
   

Just subscribed to Texas Highways Magazine so I can start visualizing my trip.

If you would love some help getting your BUTs out of the way, that's what Law of Attraction transformational coaching is all about.

Love and Luck,
Lucky Lady