Doesn’t the idea of a lovely three day sail in wonderful old boat sound nice? Here are a few things to think about before you sail away.

1. Do check the price. It may be possible to take an actual, fairly luxurious cruise instead of sailing on one of the oldest boats in America.

2. Do make sure you fully understand the size of your "room " on the boat. If you are hoping to have any romantic action in your cabin it would be good to know ahead of time that you and your partner each have a small bunk and these bunks are not on the same wall.

3. Do know ahead of time if you and your partner can both even stand up at the same time in your "room" on the boat. If the answer is "no" consider other options.

4. Don't leave without checking more than once to make sure you have Your luggage. Even though you carefully packed All the luggage, did Yours actually make it to the boat? If not you will have a fantastic time with no changes of clothing and nothing warmer than a sweatshirt. Don’t leave without all your luggage!

5. Don’t get on a boat where the crew is planning on having a lot of assistance from you and the rest of the paying customers. Like, for instance, doing your own dishes or pulling in ropes and such.

6. Don’t think you will get everything outlined in the brochure. Will you ever go onto land during this excursion or will you just ride around and around on the boat being quite sure you’ve seen that same shoreline five times in three days. Do ask the boat crew if you will ever see any of the sea creatures promised and what about the island lobster bake?

7. Don’t plan on real bathroom facilities and do ask where the shower is. Ha!!

8. Don’t even think of taking this kind of boat trip if you don’t like small spaces. Not only is the berth area minuscule, there is no other place to play games or cards except the galley, also tiny and often being used to fix the meals.

9. Do consider this boat trip if you enjoy working while on a very expensive vacation in the smallest accommodations imaginable while possibly seeing no sea life and not eating promised lobster!

These are some do’s and don’t of a boat trip I’ve actually taken.

The very first thing you must realize is that you will not die because of divorce. It has happened to millions of people before you and it will happen to millions of people after you.

Although divorce cause severe emotional pain, you must believe that you will get over it. Of course, it takes time, but you will eventually recover and find love again. It is very important that you understand this.

It is crucial to understand that the marriage is over. It is vital that you immediately let go of the other person and begin setting your own life in order.

You must not think about pain or dwell upon what was yesterday. The more you think about the past the worse it will hurt, and the longer it will take for you to recover.

You must think about yourself. You cannot allow yourself to just sit and waste away. You need to take hold of yourself and go on living.

In order to counter bad feelings, you must keep yourself busy - clean your house, wash your car, write out a budget, study or go to work. Keep yourself moving and working on the kinds of things that make you happy.

It is extremely important that you express the feelings of anger you are carrying or they will eat you alive. The best way to deal with anger is to know exactly what you are angry about and then choose the most suitable way to express your anger to the person that has made you angry.

Another important thing in recovering from a divorce is to eliminate the feelings of guilt from your mind as quickly as they come into sight. Simply tell yourself that your marriage did not work out. You must forget about your ex as quickly as you possibly can!

Of course all of this is much easier said than done, but these things you must do, and you must do them right away.

To recover from the trauma of divorce, you must allow enough time for the healing process to be completed and be positive that tomorrow will be a happier day for you.

In this article I am going to explain about how a friend of mine managed to get through a rather messy divorce and how she came through the whole experience a much stronger person. I hope her story helps other people who have or are going through a divorce.

My friend is called Sue and she married her childhood sweetheart called John when she was only twenty-two. Sue has explained that at the time she could not have been happier and was very much in love. She hoped and imagined that they would spend the rest of their lives together. Sue had met John when she was at school and they had been dating since the age of fifteen.

After the marriage, they then talked about starting a family and before long they were parents to two boys. Sue believed that this was the icing on the cake and left work to bring up her children.

Unfortunately things were to soon go horribly wrong. John started coming home later and later from work and Sue was at a loss as to what was going on. John of course stated that he was only doing his work and that he was working overtime to give his family a better life, especially as Sue was no longer working. In reality John was having an affair with a woman he had met at work.

After a few months Sue found out about the affair and asked John as to why he had seeked the attention of this other woman. He replied that Sue had been the only woman he had slept with and that he felt that he had missed out on the experience of dating other people. Despite the fact that Sue was willing to forgive John, the relationship was soon to end as he moved in to live with his other woman.

Sue was obviously very upset and could not believe what was happening to her. Before long divorce proceedings were under way and Sue decided to put the family house on the market and returned home to live with her parents, the boys of course went with her.

This was a very depressing time for Sue. One day however she was walking through her local shopping precint and saw a group of handicapped children. Sue thought to herself that the situation she was in was only temporary and that she would eventually be happy again, but that these children would more than likely to be handicapped for life. This strangely enough helped Sue to gain the strength and to think positive about the future.

Sue is now re-married and is once again very happy, she still hates her ex-husband however. Sue has learnt a lot from her experience of getting divorced and tries to think in a much more positive way. She has realised that there are many people in the world in a far worse position than what she is in.

Shall I break-up? Am I right? Or my thinking is wrong somewhere? What if I hurt my partner with the break-up? What if I cannot live normally after break-up? Shall I recover from it? Should I break-up? I am having doubts about the reasons. I am doubtful about the consequences. I am confused. What shall I do?

After life reaches a stage where living together becomes very painful, one begins thinking of break-up. But the doubts can be overwhelming sometimes. They can mar the judgment. They confuse the thinking. This makes life further trouble some. What is the way out?

The first step should be giving your mind little rest. A tense mind tends to lose the way. Relax and let go of these thoughts for few days. Involve yourself in other activities. Relaxing your mind will give you some peace and help you think well. After you begin feeling peaceful, begin writing down your reasons for breaking up. Don’t miss anything. Write down all the reasons clearly and write explanations wherever needed. This will give you further insight into why you want to break-up.

Pluses and Minuses - write down both pluses and minuses of the break-up. Read them carefully and weigh them. If necessary, consult a close friend. After you become sure that you must break-up and that will be in your interest and in the interest of your partner, go ahead.

Divorce is not like a volcano. One fine day, we find that a volcano has erupted. Divorce happens over a period of time. The relationship breaks down continuously and we realize that life can no longer be lived together. Many couples wake up when the break down has become total. That becomes very difficult to save the marriage. After that they spend endless nights worrying about what to do - To go for divorce or not? Why not to take care of the relationship today and find out how it is and what care it needs. What changes will make it better? And improve it before it reaches the brink?


Ask questions such as - Am I happy in my marriage/ Is my partner happy? Am I emotionally satisfied? What about my partner? Is marriage giving us joy or pain? Are we still in love? Is one of us feeling victimized? Shall we grow together till our old age? Are we loyal to each other? What kind of relationship do we share now? Are we feeling sick of each other? And so on. Raise as many questions about your marriage, yourself and your partner as you can think of. Take some online tests and quizzes on marriage and relationship. That will give lot of thought to your mind.


As you think of questions, you will start thinking more deeply about where you are heading. Find out all that is going wrong. Try to improve that. Discuss with your partner about what you think. Find out all that is going right. Make it still better. Think, plan and act. Before thinking, test your marriage in all the possible ways. Wake up now. Tomorrow may be too late.

There is a greater science to manifesting money faster. You can easily learn to apply it to your life and begin to see great results immediately. Very few people know or understand these techniques; as a result most people struggle to truly in manifesting more money or the things they truly desire to manifest.

One of the first things you may have done to begin manifesting is to begin an affirmation program or to visualize. While visualization and affirmations are extremely important there still leave most people frustrated. So what`s missing they ask?

While you may be repeating affirmation in hopes of manifesting money you are continuing to lock yourself into the same space of lack and poverty that you are trying to escape. You are like the little engine at the bottom of the hill repeating senselessly, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. But, the little engine has no fuel, no power to push him up the hill.

Nothing happens, no change happens and the money you are hoping to manifest does not come. Manifesting money requires that you expand, that you gain a large quantity of mind, body and spiritual fuel.

There are many ancient techniques that are not shared with the public when it comes to manifesting. At the basis of each technique there is a science, a secret that is not clearly explained. So you continue to try.

Words alone do not manifest. At the foundation of words there is energy. Do you really understand the energy behind the words that you are using? Do you understand that the science of manifesting money requires certain energy?

Manifesting money faster requires that you have an immense thought power that is greater than the energy that you are presently experiencing.

Many people succeed in manifesting something in their life. However the following day they are unable to manifest something else. It confuses them that they were successful with manifesting one thing but not the other.

Somehow if they examined their own state of being when they were successful they will realize a delicious secret. They may realize that were in a more free and expanded state when they were successful. There are many ancient ways of expanding your state of being to fuel money rapidly into your life. It is miraculous in its results if you would remain open minded.

Manifestation is what we do naturally and it shows up in all facets of our lives if we realize it or not.

When you are inspired or not inspired, you created it. If you could look back at a record of all the things that you thought or felt on a subject you could probably identify what thoughts and feelings created the results that you are experiencing right now.

It is possible to start to do this more consciously and link these results to what you were thinking and feeling.

Start small and look at things that are in your life and think for a moment what thoughts and feelings you have had in that area. Interesting!

In the beginning it can seem a little vague as you start to put together the puzzle and remember thoughts and feelings that would make sense to have created that result, but you are unsure. As you practise this skill you become clearer and clearer as to the connections.

Often it is unconscious thoughts that control the creation of things but if you watch your thoughts and feelings you will normally notice their presence and content.

They may be following your positive thoughts or they may just be recurring limiting thoughts created a long time ago, either way just give them no notice for now and continue to think the thoughts and feelings of what you want.

When you think about the things that you want, do your best to feel good about those things, this lifts your vibration closer to achieving those things.

Manifestation is the results of your thoughts. Sounds simple if you are already a manifestation student but do you really believe it and live by it.

What we focus on expands, so what are you manifesting?

Why not stop and think about it, what you are manifesting right now.

How do you feel about what you are manifesting and do you feel like it is your creation?

You may have some doubts about this but you are already an expert at manifesting?

Just look at everything around you and all the experiences that you have been having.

If we can move forward from that belief that we are already creating the things that are in front of us, we can also think that it is possible to change what we are manifesting.

So if manifestation is a given, then how do we change what we are manifesting.

Focus on what you want: Focus on the feelings of what you want and feel positive about it, positive about having it, feel good in your body and emotions.

The opposite of this is to focus on not having it and that we should have it. This is an important point so think about this for awhile. Think back to the experiences that you have had and how you felt about those things before they were delivered. Think about things that came easy and things that were difficult. Use you own experiences to take this point to a deeper level deeper.

Are you applying the law of attraction correctly? If you are like most people you are mostly likely quite frustrated. You want to manifest changes faster. You want to manifest money faster. You want to manifest new friends but for all your hard efforts something seems to me missing.

You may be think, If I can have do or be anything I want, then why can`t I see the results? This is a common frustration with most people who are new to the law of attraction.

The pain of failing again and again at applying the law of attraction can cause anyone to give up. Many years ago when I learned of the law of attraction I went through the very same frustration until I learned what is at the heart of the secret to manifesting greater results.

The secret to manifesting anything you want using the law of attraction is the energy behind your intention and your thoughts. Energy is abundant in the universe. You are constantly being influenced by various qualities of energy all the time.

There is a particular quality of energy of your thoughts. There is also a particular quality of energy in your environment. Every degree of energy affects your ability to manifest differently.

Although most people who learn of the law of attraction think exclusively of their thoughts, they are unaware of the tenor of energy within their though forms.

The more sensitive you become to the tenor of energy within you, as well as your environment the easier it become to align yourself with the energy of what you want to manifest in your life.

If the energy within you is out of alignment with where you want to be then you simply cannot manifest what you truly desire.

The law of attraction is an art that must be understood at its very core. Learn to become still and ask yourself, How am I feeling at this moment? Although you may be thinking of what you want you may be feeling very much out of alignment with what you truly desire to manifest.

As you become aware of the tone of your personal energy you can slowly learn to increase your energy to become a magnet for what you when. When you do the law of attraction becomes an incredible tool to manifest what you truly desire.

There is a science to manifesting money. When you understand that core of money at its finer subatomic level you will realize that you are never poor. It does not always take money to make money.

Like everything in life there is a foundation and greater levels which go beyond there. There are many people who when first understanding the law of attraction think that all that is ever needed is to wish for it and the money will come.

Then there are others who hope for more money, think they understand how the law of attraction works and continue to work hard while scattering their energy. They lack focus and lack of focus means lack of power.

Your knowledge of the law of attraction is the base, yet there are many levels which enhance your application of the law of attraction. Once you take the time to understand and study those levels you can apply them to anything. You can truly start from nothing.

The first step is to begin to see money opportunities all around you. The more aware you become of how money exchanges hands and how it flows the more confident and skilled you will become in weaving it towards you.

It does not take a particular education; it does not take large amounts of your own money to get the law of attraction to begin blessing you with money. Challenge yourself to learn the universal laws then begin to apply your knowledge of money to those universal laws. How many ways can you make money that does not require you to spend one penny?

You can begin to weave lots of money as you understand the subatomic nature of money and how it interacts with your present reality.

One of our Faculty, Christine Edick, has been the keynote speaker for several conferences for people in the 'career transition' industry. She received this short story, from one of the attendees, which demonstrates how easy it is to understand the Law of Attraction and to teach it to others.

I have a client--a great guy in technology marketing--who was out of work for 18 months! Great networker, lots of interviews, was always the last of a few candidates, but never got the offer. He was at his wits end and ready to work for a car dealership.

He recently got an interview for a job that he really wanted and seemed to impress the people (as he had done many times with others). He told me about it and I told him about the law of attraction information I learned from you at the conference.

I said why not try...what had he to lose at this point. I counseled him to think as though he was already working there, LOVED his job, the people, the company, couldn't wait to get to work every day and contribute. To imagine he'd been there for months, his routine was in place, relationships built, good stuff done with more to come.

He said he'd do it and he did. And he got the job! He's ecstatic and is preaching the law of attraction to all his friends.

So thanks, because of what I learned from you, he finally feels productive, happy, and alive again, AND I'm a hero...he even sent me flowers!

You too can become a hero to friends who are desperate and willing to try anything to break out of their old way of thinking and being.

With media creating hype twenty four seven, and the pressure that we face on that same timeline to always look our best, it's no doubt that their is soo many 'after-market' ways to make ourselves look better.

We've been made to look one way, in the image of our creators (thanks mom & dad); inyet we find ourselves looking to enlarge or reduce parts of our body, change the color of our skin and eyes, among heaps of others modifications just to fit into what society deems to be desirable. You would be hard pressed to find someone that hasn't been caught up in this meaningless cycle at one point in their life. I'm been in it, heck - I still am in it. I think their is a fine line to be walked with taking pride in the way that you look, without becoming obsessed with it. Wear respectable clothes, brush your teeth, maybe do your hair every once in a while, and for goodness sakes a daily shower, whether you need it or not, goes a long way.

There is soo many different treatments and surgeries out there today, that I think it's easy for us to overlook how ugly society is really making us. Here is how I'm looking at:

- Conservative - Keeping good hygiene through daily showers, deodorant,etc.
- Riding the line - Getting hair removed by lasers to avoid having to shave excessively
- Extreme - Different surgeries both cosmetic and not

It's when you are debating getting into the extreme side, that I think you need to step back and think twice to yourself about: "How ugly has society made me". If you're willing to go under a knife to change the way you look, society has done something ugly with the beautiful baby that your parents first brought into this world. It's essential to always have a level head on yourself, and to love yourself for the way that you are. It's overwhelming the number of people that think that make-up and surgeries,etc are going to change their life. Insecurity and lack of confidence shines through though, and you are still the same on the inside. Beauty is from the inside out!