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Los Angeles, CA
Joie de VIVre
Front & Main - my gift boutique business, Principal of Business Development for Selbert Perkins Design
VIV Moment
My life has had many VIV Moments for which I am so grateful. As much as I love being with family and friends and consider myself extremely social, many of my VIV Moments occur when I am alone. Being alone allows me to find inner peace and delve deep into thinking about myself and my life. After reading The Secret and implementing some of the techniques, my life changed because I opened up to making dreams come true and reaching goals I set for myself: landing the perfect job, taking a dream vacation and winning a major tennis tournament at our club. And while all these things were wonderful, they were not true VIV Moments.
I realized this when two people I love faced life-threatening health issues. My mother had a stroke and a best friend was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It was at these moments that I realized what is most important in life, what not to worry about and what it means to be there for other people. These moments opened my eyes to how fleeting our lives are, how precious every day is and how important it is to take care of ourselves. I work out now, not to try to have a perfect body, but to maintain my health. The same goes for what I eat. It changes my whole perspective on life — my mother and my friend have given me so much, but never as much as the wisdom I received through their illnesses.
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19 Reader Comments:
what a wonderful message! thank you for sharing it with us!
Hi Ti:
The article is well written, you and Jon look great, what can I tell you,great job!!, we love you guys, keep dreaming and improving your life, it is the best reward for you and your family.
Bless you.
Mom and Dad
Beautiful story!Very inspiring.
Love the positive attitude!
Ann
Great story. Stay positive!
The Secert is an awesome book! I really enjoyed this story…..Very uplifting!
Tammy K
good for you! love the story!
YOU SEEM LIKE A GREAT PERSON.STAY POSITIVE!
Awesome Story!
Really great story. It makes me think about the important things in life. Sometimes we tend to dwell on simple things. But you are so right! Focusing on the positive is a lot healthier…….
Danalee
Congratulations on your success. Let me encourage you to keep reading The Secret. It is a very good book, it gives great advice.
keep the faith and positive attitude. great story…
kimberly s.c.
Powerful write up! Love it!!!!!
I love uplifting stories like this one.
I,myself have read The Secret,it is a great book.
Just want to let you know,I enjoyed your story.
Thank you for sharing….
kaylee
Great story!
Love this story!
Awesome job ! May God continue to Bless you …..Stephie=))
Very good job writing this. I enjoyed reading it.
You guys are a lovely couple. i must thank you for sharing your story.
It is wonderful to hear that people appreciate each minute of each day.
Sometimes we find ourselves taking advantage of life when there really aren’t ant guarantees.
The book that you spoke about in this story is a great book.
Congratulations ! Keep on living life to the fullest !
Denny St. Paul MN