Thoughts. Stories. Life.

Manifest This!

2012-03-01T01:38:00.003-08:00

If you don't believe in the Law of Attraction, your crazy! I'm sorry, you just are. I have sooooo many examples of how it's worked for me all over this blog, but I figured it wont hurt to share one more.

I LOVE manifestations, they give me goosebumps and never stop blowing my mind. But I need you to understand one very important thing: 1. When they come into your life you need to be AWARE so you can spot them! Don't be dumb and wait for the actual picture on your Vision Board to show up live in your living room (though it might!)! Be open-minded and aware or you will miss them and think it's not working, when in reality it's been working all along; you just weren't paying attention.

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Love Is...

2012-02-29T00:11:00.005-08:00

“Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.”

1 Corinthians 13

In other words...If your in a relationship that is NONE of the above....It's probably not a mutually loving relationship.. just a thought!

~Written by: Sarah Centrella for Thoughts.Stories.Life *This is an interactive blog please leave your comments and thoughts, I will respond :)

It's a New Life.

2012-02-21T22:40:00.000-08:00

Hard to say goodbye...

Change is never easy. I don't know why I haven't gotten used to it by now, my life has never stayed the same for longer then 18 months at a time. That's my record. Jobs. Homes. Addresses. Eighteen months seems to be the magic number for me since the beginning of time. I guess the only exception is the 16 years I spent in a relationship, but other then that my life is like the ocean; constantly moving, the shore line always eroding.

The past few months have been difficult, adjusting to a new life in Seattle. New school for Kanen. New job for me. New home. New town. New one-hour commute each-way. New traffic. MORE rain, more depressing black sky, day after day.

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Inspirational Mantras

2012-02-12T17:04:00.000-08:00

I think mantras are such a major part of finding success using the Law of Attraction. They are what keep you on the path when your otherwise discouraged. They keep you motivated when you want to give up and they help give you power when you feel weak.

I don't have any "rules" about mantras, I simply try to keep it simple and something I will remember when I need it. To me the key is to repeat it several times (at least 5) in a row when you need to "cleanse your mind" of negative thoughts. I kinda think of it like the coffee bean you smell at the perfume counter to cleanse your sense of smell. They are a quick way to wipe the "white-board" in your brain of the thoughts that are creeping in trying to get you to lose faith and focus on the negative instead of the positive.

Here are a few that I've used and that help give me strength and faith....
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Ugh.

2012-02-05T01:20:00.000-08:00

This hurts more than it should.

I wish I could shake it off. But I can't.

When you feel something for the first time, it knocks the wind out of you.

It stops you cold.
It changes the meaning to everything. Makes you look at life in a new light.

Makes you love every butterfly.

Life is Like Running

2012-02-04T15:11:00.000-08:00

View of Mt. Rainier out behind our house

I went for an amazing run this morning, on the first sunny day we've had in Seattle since I moved here and had a thought.

The road I ran reminded me so much of my life the last few years. It had some really great down-hills where I could look at the beautiful scenery and just coast, turn up my iTunes and enjoy the amazingness of life. Then there is of course the up-hill climb that always follows a good down-hill coast right? It's just like in life, you can't ever get too cocky or confident in those easy beautiful down-hills because just when you do a nasty climb will be waiting around the next turn.
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Thoughts.Stories.Life -The Book!

2012-02-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

So I have been working on my memoir the past two or so years, and I'm happy to announce that the rough draft is FINALLY complete!! Yay!

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Happy Birthday Son!!

2012-01-25T10:03:00.000-08:00

Kanen and I at UCLA game, court-side

Nine years ago you came into my life and forever changed everything about it. You've made me a better person, and are the motivation for everything I have or ever will do.

You are the most amazing little human being. Your kind, thoughtful, loving have the biggest most protective heart of anyone I've ever know.

Your growing into such an amazing young man. Everyday you make me laugh and smile and there is no way I could ever repay you for all the love you bring to me. I love you more than any words could ever say. I'm more proud of you for all you've endured then words can express.

You ARE AMAZING.

I love you Kanen Rossi,
Love,
Mama

~Written by: Sarah Centrella for Thoughts.Stories.Life. *This is an interactive blog please leave your comments and thoughts, I will respond :)

A Love Letter to You.

2012-01-23T22:10:00.000-08:00

I wanted to write a love letter to you my readers....

I've always written this blog pretty exclusively for my own personal therapy, the fact that anyone reads it let alone relates and is moved by it is some amazing blessing beyond what I can understand.

Today like so many others you have taught me a huge lesson. I got a beautiful comment on one of my posts, Letting Go which I read this morning and it stuck with me all day. The reasons it was so profound are hard to articulate, but it reminded me of who I really am and what my purpose is. It was the answer I had been looking for that I didn't want to find, but exactly what I needed to hear. It reminded me to stay true to myself and that my experiences are not just my own. That each decision we make every day affects the people around us in ways we can’t possibly know or fully understand.

And the Moon Said....

2012-01-17T21:32:00.000-08:00

The funny thing about asking a question of the Moon is that sometimes it responds. As I wrapped up my post last night A Letter to the Moon, I got a reply in the form of a calming seemingly "random" text reminding me to not always wish for or invent the end before I've had the beginning (yes this was an actual text AFTER I had basically just written those words...the Moon is magic!).

Then the light started to slowly go on for me....Tonight. (I can be a little slow sometimes).

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A Letter to the Moon.

2012-01-16T22:33:00.000-08:00

Dear Moon....

I know you can see the big picture, when all I see is a thumbnail.

So I ask you tonight, why?

What is the purpose for giving me exactly what I dream of and wish-upon-a-star for but yet insure that I'm unable to actually have it?

Can you give me a fast forward version of this story? A cut to the damn chase already? A little peek into the lesson so I can skip this part, the part that is frustrated, broken and sad?

I want to throw snow balls at you.

To shake my fist in your direction.

To curse at you like a sailor.

Vision Board Magic with the Law of Attraction!

2012-01-13T00:16:00.000-08:00

Here is a new video on how to get results from your Vision Board, it seems to be a difficult thing for a lot of people and a source of frustration. I break down my tips and talk about how I manifested a day with the Baltimore Ravens!

~Written by: Sarah Centrella for Thoughts.Stories.Life.
*This is an interactive blog please leave your comments and thoughts, I will respond :)

Inspirational Guest Story: Richard Gaskin

2012-01-11T22:40:00.000-08:00

This post was written by one of my readers Richard. I chose to publish it here as part of my series on motivational personal stories of people who have overcome great obstacles to achieve success or rise above their circumstances. I love this story because it's such a strong testament to the power of the human spirit and it's inability to give up in spite of overwhelming difficulty. It proves that regardless of what my occur in life you can still find and live your purpose. Thank you for sharing your story Richard, it's truly inspiring!

In 1980’s I was an aspiring Disc Jockey. After sending tapes of my work I was invited to a New York radio station called the DNA Hank Love Radio Show. In just one year from 1986 to 1987 I would mix at the station, DJ at Latin Quarters and spread tapes of my work to all who requested them.

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2012 Rose Bowl Champs, My Oregon Ducks Teach a Lesson.

2012-01-04T01:33:00.000-08:00

2012 Champions!

So those of you who know me, personally or via Facebook or Twitter know what a crazy Oregon Duck fan I am, and if you follow collage sports at all then you may of heard that last night we WON THE ROSE BOWL!!!

Ok ok, I wont post a sports review of the Rose Bowl...to me there was something almost more interesting then just the game going on behind the scenes. Something that I've been studying the past year or so in working with athletes, I got to see first hand and it was amazing.

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Happy New Year to you....

2012-01-01T20:58:00.000-08:00

My wish for you...

May 2012 be filled with magic.

With joy.

With lessons that make you wiser.

Laughter that makes your belly shake, your eyes water and your cheeks hurt.

Nights that you never want to end.

Days that you wish could be rewound and played in slow motion.

People who are there for you more then the ones who are not.

Love.

Unconditional Love from new and old sources.

Belief.

Belief in YOURSELF.

In love.
In the possibility of possibility.

Belief in "what if".

May it bring you experiences you have day-dreamed of... wished-upon-a-star for, and imagined like a child.

May there be many moments you remember to pinch yourself.

May you be grateful for EVERY experience... Learn from the bad ones, and multiply the good.

May 2012 teach you to be kind, forgiving, loving, patient and grateful.

May it show you that life is beautiful and you are a beautiful contribution to us all.

May it teach you to be kind to yourself.

My wish for you in 2012 is that you BELIEVE all the above and more is possible for you in this new year.

Cheers!!

~Written by: Sarah Centrella for Thoughts.Stories.Life.
*This is an interactive blog please leave your comments and thoughts, I will respond :)

Reader Question: Family Relationships, Stay or Walk Away?

2011-12-28T23:01:00.000-08:00

Reader Question:

Since her marriage, her husband’s parents have basically disowned their son and have little or nothing to do with him or his children. Though her husband has come to terms with how the relationship is, she is struggling to accept it. She has made several tries to mend fences and all attempts have been rejected. She wants to know if she should let it go or continue to try to fix this broken relationship. ~Female reader in NJ

My Thoughts…

This is a great question and one I’ve been asked a lot over the past year in various ways, but in-laws or family seem to be a common source of pain and turmoil in many people’s lives.

Merry Christmas!!!

2011-12-25T21:38:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!


Izzy decorating the tree...

This past year has been such a trip OMG! But thankfully it's ended on a very high note. As a quick update the kids and I are nicely settled into our new beautiful home in the Seattle, WA area. We still cant believe this is where we live!! The kids call it a palace... I feel like pinching myself everyday and pray that both the kids and I never take a moment for granted.

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Our Last Night in Portland, Oregon.

2011-12-07T21:51:00.001-08:00

Tonight is bitter sweet for sure. It's the last night the kids and I will spend in Oregon, tomorrow morning the movers come to take us on our new adventure. It's been such a crazy couple of months that the reality of it all has been slow to sink in, but tonight I feel it.

I sit here and reflect on the years I've spent in this town (Portland)...
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Happy Endings.

2011-12-05T21:23:00.001-08:00

I love happy endings. Fairy-tails, rags to riches, all that...especially when they are mine! I set out in January saying to myself (and probably posted it here) that 2011 would be my best year ever. If you've read my blog at all in the last year you would probably agree that a statement like that quite possibly jinxed me!

This year has been one for the record books, no question there. It's been filled with some of the highest highs of my entire life, and some of the lowest and most terrifying lows as well. The funny part is it's not just one or two lows, or highs it's been a non-stop speeding bullet roller coaster the entire year. So much so I probably suffer from whiplash (as do you my poor reader who's wondering from day to day what craziness I'm about to post!). But through it all I could never shake the belief, the faith I had, that this year would bring something great. Something HUGE, something epic. I held on through the cascading free-falls knowing with some ridiculous certainty that in the end there would be a rainbow... a happy ending to this year.

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In Another Life

2011-11-27T12:03:00.001-08:00

Sometimes its hard to understand why things happen the way they do. They just don't make sense. Like how can you go through your whole life waiting for and dreaming about a certain moment, then the moment comes and it's perfect...just the way you dreamed it. Accept it's not...it came with a catch.

A catch?? Really??

It's seriously annoying.

The old me would be really discouraged right about now, would probably even feel a little sorry for myself. But the new me realizes that everything that comes into my life, good or bad has been brought to me intentionally for a purpose. Knowing that, takes the sting out of nearly perfect moments. Knowing that, strengthens my belief that the PERFECT moment is yet to come.

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Cooking for Thanksgivng With my Kids

2011-11-23T22:36:00.001-08:00

Izzy cutting yams...

I love Thanksgiving. It's always been my favorite holiday all my life, but it takes on even greater meaning the older my children get. I love cooking with my kids no matter what and they love to cook, but Thanksgiving is just something special.

I watched today as my son made Harvest Apple Pie. He pealed, cored and sliced all the apples just the way I did when I was his age. He followed my recipe, one I've adapted over the years, but which was always my gift to the family at Thanksgiving and occasionally if I was feeling generous randomly throughout the year. He stirred and simmered the apples over stove, poured the bubbling mixture into his homemade pie crust and fluted the edges like a pro. I am so proud. Yes I'm raising a son who can dominate in football, bake a pie and do the tango with his sisters, don't judge me!

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Greatest Life Lesson.

2011-11-20T22:13:00.001-08:00

I watched one of Oprah’s Life Classes recently and was struck by what one of the guest said, and have been pondering it ever sense. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I believed it, and realized how true it really is.

To paraphrase:

Peoples words and opinions to and about you, are just that; words and opinions. They don’t on their own merit, hold any weight in your life. It’s our decision if we chose to give them weight and meaning.

Our decision.

Think about that, not for a minute but for the rest of your life. Let it sink in.

People’s words and opinions are meaningless, unless we decide they are valuable enough to give them meaning.

We make that choice.

A Fresh Start.

2011-11-16T21:52:00.001-08:00

So the last few weeks have been a whirlwind! But thankfully in a good way. As you know I'm a fighter, survivor and believe in turning adversity into triumph.

So when faced with my latest test, I was determined to again rise to the challenge. Last week I was flown out to Washington DC for a day long interview, came home for a day then went to New York for interviews and Connecticut for the weekend. I got to spend time with great friends, and see a part of the country I've always wanted to see.

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I Came to Win. To Shine.

2011-11-08T17:52:00.000-08:00

It’s my time.

Time to get what I want from this life.

Time to reflect, to redirect intention, replenish ambition create drive.

Time to reinvent.

Time to push on through, past the pain to the results.

Time to hustle, time to grind.

Time to shine.

Washinton DC: Law of Attraction Manifestation

2011-11-02T11:35:00.000-07:00

Kanen and I at the Washington Monument

Let me paint a picture and a time line for you to help lead by example, that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. If you follow my blog then you know that I have been through a lot of trials the past 6 or so months. What I refused to do however is give-up. I believe so strongly in the positive power of the Law of Attraction and have seen it transform my life the past 3 years that even though it seemed like so many bad things were coming my way, I refused to stop believing. It just made me want to prove my theory to myself and show anyone who is interested that this really can change your life and take you where you want to go.