| Do you wish your life was smooth sailing every | | | | command of your own vessel. Is your vessel |
| day, not just occasionally? Do you feel like you | | | | sailing without a rudder? You have the ability to |
| are you aimlessly adrift, being tossed around on | | | | create your own smooth sailing but a vessel |
| the sea of life at the whim of the waves? | | | | without a rudder otherwise known as goals or a |
| Everyone experiences a few days or weeks | | | | defined target is in for a very choppy and bumpy |
| throughout a lifetime where they feel out of | | | | ride. You, the Captain, cannot steer your ship of |
| control and tossed to and fro. However, when | | | | life unless you have a clear course set to your |
| being out of control is the rule and is no longer | | | | final destination. |
| the exception, life becomes very weary, | | | | A favorite profound philosopher known as the |
| uncomfortable and perhaps unbearable. This is | | | | Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland advised Alice |
| when opportunity knocks on your door of life and | | | | as follows when she questioned the Cat, "Oh, no, |
| you need to be alert enough to open the door | | | | no. I was just wondering if you could help me find |
| and walk right in. | | | | my way." The Cheshire Cat responded, "Well that |
| Be Your Own Captain | | | | depends on where you want to get to." Alice said, |
| Every vessel needs a Captain to guide the ship | | | | "Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as..." To which |
| through difficult waters and trying times while | | | | the Cheshire Cat said, "Then it really doesn't |
| always on the lookout for reaching smoother | | | | matter which way you go." |
| water ahead. Whether your vessel is a rowboat | | | | If you do not have goals and a destination in mind |
| or a luxury yacht with its own movie theater and | | | | you will wind up somewhere but will the trip be |
| helipad, be the captain of your own vessel. | | | | smooth and will you end up where you thought |
| Smooth sailing comes from the choices you make | | | | you were going? |
| and the lifestyle you live, not the size of your | | | | 1. Make room for new positive energy to enter |
| vessel. | | | | by uncluttering your world. Remove the clutter |
| Living your life by design, Feng Shui principles and | | | | physically from your surroundings and then your |
| the statement "everything you think, say and do | | | | thinking. Only then, can you clearly focus on your |
| matters" helps you develop the tools needed to | | | | future. |
| create smoother sailing. | | | | 2. Set goals to chart your new course and design |
| Chart a Course to Smoother Sailing | | | | the life you want. Some of your goals should be |
| Once you understand that you create your | | | | attainable in six months, others one to five years. |
| tomorrows by your thoughts, words and deeds, | | | | Review your short-term goals quarterly and your |
| you will realize that it was your thoughts, words | | | | long-term goals annually and make changes if |
| and actions from the last week, last year or five | | | | necessary. Next, create a plan or chart a course |
| years ago that created today. If you focused on | | | | on how to accomplish them. Then do it. The sailing |
| negative thinking and things in the past, they have | | | | will be much smoother if you know what your |
| materialized in the present. | | | | destination is and how to get there. |
| For example, if you think you will never find | | | | 3. Stay focused on your new lifestyle and goals |
| someone to marry because the good ones are all | | | | by using positive energy. Place a healthy upward |
| gone, then you will never find Mr. or Ms. Right | | | | reaching plant in the east area of your living room |
| because that is exactly the energy you are | | | | to focus positive energy on your newly charted |
| attracting. However, if you focused on smooth | | | | course and a water fountain or picture of a river |
| sailing and things going your way six months or | | | | with a good steady current in the north to |
| five years ago, you are reaping those rewards | | | | energize your new outlook on life and career. |
| today by enjoying a good relationship with your | | | | You are in command of your own vessel, always |
| significant other. This is known as the use of | | | | have been and always will be. You have the ability |
| positive energy to design your life and attract | | | | to create your own smooth sailing for next week, |
| what you want, not what you don't want. It can | | | | next year and five years from now by making |
| also be called the "secret," the law of attraction or | | | | sure you understand that "everything you think, |
| charting your own course. | | | | say and do matters because that is how you |
| Three Feng Shui Ways to Take Command of | | | | create your future." When you understand that, |
| Your Vessel | | | | you can chart your own course and enjoy |
| It takes courage, conviction and a rudder to be in | | | | smooth sailing. |