We witness the beauty of life when a child is born, when we meet the Love of our life, or when we see magnificent waves rolling on the ocean. We are surrounded by nature's beauty every moment of every day. Then when we least expect it, nature pounds us into the ground as we lose a child to drug addiction, the passing of the Love of our life, or a rogue wave unexpectedly erupts and tosses our dreams into the depths of the sea.
We also witness nature's highs and lows in our professional lives as realtors, mortgage bankers, home inspectors, loss mitigators and others in our industry. When we place the keys into the hands of new home owners we receive big smiles of gratitude. We receive kudos from our clients when a tough deal is approved and a big "whew" when the inspector tells us the roof repairs are minor and will only cost $500 instead of $5000!
Then a bad wave comes along and spits us out on the beach—when a buyer backs out of a contract for no apparent reason, when the loan officer doesn't do due diligence or the title search finds an unexpected lien on a property. And now, with the downturn in the economy, many of us are scrambling for any deal we can find and when we find a deal we have to work twice as hard to make it work.
Each of us has the power within us to choose how we will handle the positives or negatives life puts before us. We have the power to take the beauty to a higher level... to accept it with gratitude and share it with one another. And we have the power to take the destructive forces and turn them around... to accept it and take the opportunity to learn a vital lesson and keep our momentum moving forward instead of backward.
I discovered this video while I was posting photos on my lulugraphix Flickr photo site a couple of days ago. It inspired me to think about nature and it's influences upon us in our daily lives. I emailed the creator of the video to request his permission to use it in my blog. The gentleman's name is Boyd Miller, a photographer and artist, from Newport, Oregon. He has created videos, with natural sounds and music, I think you will enjoy at: www.youtube.com/user/boydmiller.
I hope you'll take a moment today to consider the beauty and not so beautiful in your life and choose to harness the power within to enhance your life in a meaningful way... and be inspired by nature!
Copyright 2009 Linda Bourgault lulugraphix. All rights reserved.
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Linda Bourgault, Loss Mitigation Consultant
Cell: 808.779.2194
E-mail: lulugraphix@yahoo.com
I can help you with your Loss Mitigation needs whether it's avoiding foreclosure or closing a short sale.
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