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Ask Believe Receive

July 22nd 2008 20:19
Ask Believe Receive


People often ask how I sustain my happiness. "Ashlee, you're just so darn happy all the time." It's true. I am pretty even and consistent.

What is my secret? Well, the truth is that I have bad days, too. The difference between my bad day and someone else's is perception.


Everyone has days that don't feel so good. Maybe it's due to anticipation or worry about an event that is yet to happen. Maybe you are hormonal (yes, women are prone to mood swings and PMS). Or maybe you're harboring negative feelings from the past. Or maybe it's just a low energy day where it would be nice to just hang out in your jammies and eat queso and chips.

I have learned how to eradicate anticipation, worry and negative memories from my mind. I just refuse to think about them. Or if something comes up that I need to re-hash or look at, I allow myself only a brief amount of time to ponder the situation. Then I move right into action and fix it. That mostly means I decide a course of action that I need to take - and I stick with that plan.

So the difference between me and someone else who is having a bad day is that I will focus my energy upon all the activities I can do that will bear positive results. For example, if a publisher is a little slow to pay, I might consider that for a few seconds, but I then move into writing more content. I do not allow that slow payment to interrupt what I am doing. By focusing my energy on the work in front of me, I stay productive, keep busy and end up making more money!


Some of my days are low energy days. Not too many, however. I am one of those little, dynamo people who has gobs of energy. PMS? Hey, I'm a girl - that's part of it. A healthy vitamin regimen and herbal supplements along with lots of liquids and daily exercise help immensely to keep hormones at bay, however.

My happiness is not based on the people or events around me. My happiness is based upon me. Through experience, I've learned to create the life that I want. I really believe that we all are responsible for what happens to us. I also believe that if you want something, you have to ask for it. Asking is not enough, however. You then have to believe it can happen. Then be open to receiving your piece of the pie.

The Secret is where I learned about "Ask, Believe, Receive." You might be thinking: "But Ashlee, I want that new car, boyfriend, job, dress, etc." I say to you: "Then you can have it." What you need to do is make a statement to The Universe that you intend to have that new car, boyfriend, job and dress. Then you must believe that you can have those things. Believe it through every fiber of your being. Do not let negative thoughts creep into your head. Don't doubt. No matter what!

Next, be open to receiving your gifts. You will - and I promise - always get what you asked for.

Sometimes it may seem like a lot of time passes between when you ask for something and when it arrives. Don't worry about time or what we perceive as delays. Again, I promise that if you "Ask, Believe, Receive," your life will always produce exactly what you ask for.

Comments are welcome - tell us about your experiences, or ask questions. That is what Life Putty is about - creating abundance and the life that you want.
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Thinking Outloud

March 7th 2008 06:06
This week my brain is very much cerebral mush. This is mainly because in an attempt to avoid the rat race... from which I have recently resigned (of cowered away from and retreated into eternal despair).... I have returned to Uni to do my Masters in Writing. As this is just a method of further procrastination on my part, when people exclaim "wow, your Masters, that's impressive" I get worried. Very worried. Suddenly, people think I must be a decent writer, scholar and all round go-getter.... I'm not. I don't even really want to be a writer.. As the job description is daily self-deprication, self-loathing and a barrage inferiority complexes. Honestly, I only enrolled in this course as the applications had closed for all the other courses. A lame justification for the fact that I am paying about 15K to do the damn thing.
Now, this being said, the main reason for the brain jelly I'm toting in my cranium is not the course itself, or the lack of life direction.... but the other indivduals enrolled in this course with me. It's all online so people don't hold back... in the slightest (me divulging my life to you is a shining example of this lack of modesty). From what I've gathered, I am the youngest by about 15 years. This isn't the problem. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a soul-wrenching read as much as the next person, but all of these people are, or want to appear, really intense. Just in casual discussion threads they quote Orwell, Hemingway etc. So basically, what I'm trying to say is.... they make me feel stupid. Perhaps I am in the scheme of things, and that's ok. What gets me is, finally I'm in a course where I am asked my ideas.... not just asked to regurgitate other peoples.... I did that for my bachelor's degree and it drove me nuts.
I've never wanted to be a serious writer, or write an epic or anything like that. I just want to be able to write some silly little something that makes people chuckle while reading it on the train, jammed awkwardly between two strangers. The people in my course are just like the beret wearing politics/literature students I tried to avoid all through uni... except now the are older and wiser and hence have more opinions on everything. Granted they are all probably great people, but do we really need poetic prose when engaging in general discussion?

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More often than not, the importance is in the detail. It is these details that vary from indivdual to indivdual that are so fascinating. What is obvious (the TALL man, the STERN lady etc etc) is boring. It's the blueprint that's fun.

My blueprint?

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I braved up and handed in my resignation last week. Although my actual letter was pretty stock standard, I sincerely hope my boss read between the lines.

Dear Bob,

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I have been living on my own for just over 2 years. This set-up began when I started uni, so at the forefront of my concerns was to find somewhere cheap. First I started my hunt for a potential housemate- basic maths: as tenants increase, rent decreases. So I set up an account on a house-mate finding website, which turns out to be some weird hybrid of an online dating service.... just with more scope for stalkers and the tiring weeding out of freaks. The first candidate I met up with was a 'recovering' psychotic. He was openly paranoid that people were trying to switch his meds with brain-washing tablets. Of the endless stream of social misfits directed my way by the website, he was probably the front-runner. There was also the goth/emo who collected barbies, but gothed them up then displayed them side-by-side in her loungeroom come goth-hate-barbie-shrine. Then there was the alternative, vegan, red-Birkenstock wearing and aggressively pessimistic politics student.... who, as it turned out, was actually reared with a silver spoon up his arse and drove his father's BMW. The others, for the sake of my psychological welfare, I've forgotten about completely. Needless to say, I ended up opting to live solo.
I found a cheap place in a nice area. It was one of 6 in a relatively dingy block of flats.I was soon well acquainted with the catch-22 of cheap rent.... My neighbours.

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My expections after finishing uni were pretty much on par with Little Foot's expectations of The Great Valley in The Land Before Time. However, Little Foot got there fairly easily.... That sadistic t-rex was nothing compared to that crap I'm enduring as Phone Answerer/Dishwasher/Shit-kicker Extraordinaire.
Sitting at my desk, over-hearing conversations which essentially amount to 'my penis is bigger than yours' , I am inspired to create a blog.

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September 12th 2007 09:24
Some people don't know how to use umbrellas and that makes me really mad.

First of all, there’s the obvious danger; at one end, there's a sharp point and at the other end's a blunt point, (ie, a person). Combine a sharp point with a blunt point and you have the potential to inflict all types of injuries and have reason to complain. So Another Monday faithful, get ready to flick those brolly's open for another literally deluge


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