Hiking in Truckee

This has been an incredible summer for hiking in the Truckee area. Steve and I have done some amazing hikes, and it just seems to take the simple commitment of taking one day a week and designating it for exploring. This summer we have hiked to Maggie's Peak (our wedding site), Church's Cabin (still needing snow shoes), Five Lakes out of Alpine Meadows, Mt. Judah Loop near Sugar bowl, Castle Peak, and last weekend we hiked for me the first time out of Alpine Meadows to the Five Lakes. The hiking just goes on and on...and we love it. It opens the body and the spirit!

Appreciation vs. Gratitude

Appreciation vs. Gratitude
Transcription from Abraham-Hicks
Phoenix, AZ 3/1/2008

Guest expressing that she is in a place of “appreciation” of where she is, is weepy:

Abe says: When you are really tuned in, tapped in turned on, there is not that other edgy stuff, what is that about? Remembering how far you have come? You can’t be remembering how far you have come and be in the new place at the same time. It might be some of that yes? ……

Guest: On this day in particular I am very very appreciative of being here now and all the wonderful things that I get to experience and to me it is because I changed my chronic thoughts and I deliberately chose new ones that served me. (She is crying the whole time). Abe says: Yes

More of Abe: You are experiencing perhaps the best example of gratitude we have ever seen, but you are not in a state of appreciation. And the subtle difference between gratitude and appreciation is gratitude is looking back at what you have overcome, appreciation is looking forward to the becoming of that which you have set into motion. Nit picking perhaps, but really worth talking about.

Where does the time go?

I have spent the better part of today, 7 hours, sitting at the computer watching webinars, making mistakes, and practicing blogging skills. Yikes, it is incredibly time consuming. In my professional life, there are so many places I am still showing as an owner of Pacific Crest Properties, when in fact that company is gone and I am now a sales agent working at Coldwell Banker. Lots of places referenced PCP, and I have been scooping all of those places out! Anyway, I'm beat, but couldn't resist posting on this blogging site where I used to be a "radical realtor" until I realized that I can't use the word realtor in that way. I think I found all the places to change my description to Radical Real Estate...which still makes my point. I love selling real estate and pride myself as being radical: departing markedly from the usual or customary. Also I have a new association at work with my daughter, Megan Jitloff since we have formed the Evans-Jitloff Group Can I blend my real estate business with my love for Radical Forgiveness and the Law of Attraction? I believe I can because both are who I am.