It's Working!

My little experiment is working. I've definitely been able to catch my thoughts that are not helpful to me and move them to better feeling thoughts and that has brought me more and more wonderful things coming. For example, I've been having too much fun in the last couple of days to even write in my blog...that's a good sign. However, I do want to keep this up as a daily discipline since I know this is one of the most powerful ways I create my reality.

So, let's see, on Wednesday I took Dana, my new house mate, to the airport so I had access to her car on the way back. I decided I'd stop a few places along the way to see if I could find some larger items that I can't usually pick up when I'm on the motorcycle. So I ended up finding an awesome art store where I picked up some collaging supplies. I also stopped by K-Mart for the first time. There I found a few things I was looking for including a small bookshelf, but the big jackpot was when I stopped by Ross and found a mirror and a stool that I had been looking for. And the stool was the same as I had just seen in a furniture store that cost $77 on sale and at Ross it was $30. I love it. I was also able to stop at the fabric store and get some thread for my sewing machine. All this seems quite mundane I know, but having access to the car and then finding everything I have been needing for awhile was a miracle.



I also started my yoga practice which felt really good. Day two of yoga I was actually sore in my arms since I had also gone kayaking that day too. I had a nice tour with a couple and I took some pictures while we were out. I also got a new shirt from Harry...the guy who runs the kayak shop at the water. It was a little bigger than I like so it gave me the first opportunity to use my sewing machine. Horray, now I have a shirt that I actually like.

I also spent a lot of time getting ideas for things I want to make off the internet yesterday. I think I actually was dreaming about all the stuff I want to sew. I woke up with an idea for a dress...I am getting excited about this!

I also got a call from the coordinator for the Iron Man photographers and it looks like I will get to ride and international photographer around on the back of my bike during the Iron Man. That's happening on October 13th. I'm pretty freaking excited about that.

I had dinner with Keith, Nicole and Aleia and had a very nice time connecting with them. They would like me to join them at the Leadership Boot Camp in late November. It sounds exciting and I'd like to check into it more. Maybe I'll just be traveling all of November. That would be fun.

I finalized my tickets for Los Angeles and have talked to Emilie so we'll get to visit quite a bit while I'm there.

The other day I choose a card from the Osho deck...it was Adventure:

Adventure really has nothing to do with plans and maps and programs and organization. The Page of Rainbows represents a quality that can come to us anywhere - at home or in the office, in the wilderness or in the city, in a creative project or in our relationships with others. Whenever we move into the new and unknown with the trusting spirit of a child, innocent and open and vulnerable, even the smallest things of life can become the greatest adventure.

I love that card.


This is what happens when I work...dolphins jump out of the water in celebration of seeing me!

Sleeping is good

Yesterday I finished a wonderful book called "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell...it's about the power of thinking without thinking. Toward the end he summed up his finding beautifully by saying that he has found that when we need to make a minor decision about something not very important, the most information is best. When we need to make a major decision like a mate or business deal our first impression is one of the best indicators of the outcome. Too much information and we get bogged down. He has some really compelling stories and research findings in this book. I read this book in a week and I love when I get engrossed in a book like that. I got so excited about "Blink" that I bought his other book "The Tipping Point" about how an idea takes off.

I had some trouble sleeping last night because we have a little kitty visitor here trying to adopt us. Much like Squishy she's very persistent and a super cuddle bug when she wants some food. Though I'd love to have her here, I'm not sure what my landlord would feel about that and a cat is a bit of a responsibility that I'm not willing to take on at this point here. Needless to say I napped all afternoon.

I'm very grateful for my new computer, my new waterproof watch, the upcoming trip to LA to go to Manifesting a Rich Wife...I mean Life convention. I am trading with Bob for helping him create his website and marketing materials to go to this conference. I'm most excited to see Lynne Twist, the woman who wrote "The Soul of Money", however there are many good speakers lined up for this conference.

Tomorrow I want to play with my sewing machine...I need thread. I also want to do some yoga.

Inspirational cards for today:

Abraham-Hicks says: I will reach of the best feeling thought I have access to.
It is not my responsibility to convince anyone of anything.

Osho Deck: I pulled the Past Lives card...it's a major arcana XVIII, "This is a wake-up call; the events in your life are trying to show you a pattern as ancient as the journey of your own soul.

The Hawaiian Oracle: Chicken! Drawing the bird of rainbow feathers means you are transforming into your pure self...I like that.

Day One

Aloha wonderful people. Here is the first blog of my 100 day challenge. My intention in this blog is to focus on all the wonderful things that I create daily and be in wonderful appreciation of them. I thank you for celebrating with me and I hope that you are inspired by what you read and create wonderful things in your life too.

These last two days have been most inspiring as I prepare to consciously create my next three and a half months. My intention is to be happy wherever I'm at in the moment. To find the better feeling thought in whatever my situation. Last night provided me with some wonderful inspiration and contrast. I went to a sound meditation lead by Kahealani. She leads this meditation every Sunday and it's very wonderful. We start by moving our bodies around, warming up the "instrument". Then we start sounding or toning which means lots of weird sounds, some pretty and some not so pretty come out, whatever needs to come out does. Afterward we watched a movie called "Touch the Sound" about a def woman who is a world renown percussionist. This movie was incredibly inspiring. I am so inspired by people who know their passion so fully. I also long to find that passion in myself. I know it's in there. I also got some good information from what she said about her relationship with her father. It deepened my understanding of my motivations in life and gave me something to look into deeper. I am so grateful to people who are living their dreams so passionately.

Today my housemate and I went to Ho'okena. First of all, my housemate has agreed to be my partner in helping me stay focused for my 100 day challenge. I feel like it's going to be so helpful to have someone at the house who is in alignment with me. She's been great and today she drove me to the beach. I love being driven around in a car. I've so started to appreciate cars now that I don't have one. One thing I want to manifest in this 100 days is a car...definitely. Maybe I'll write more about that later.

While at the beach I was given an opportunity to choose my feelings carefully. There was a huge party of kids in one of the campsites who had brought a stereo system and started to play electronic music super loud...it was about 8:30am. At first I was annoyed that they were being so inconsiderate of the others on the beach who may have wanted a peaceful beach experience. Then I realized I could choose something new. So I decided to just enjoy the mini-rave that they were putting on. It brought me back to BurningMan and appreciating all expression everywhere. They were just having fun and celebrating, dancing and juggling.

Later at home I decided to go down and pick some fruit. I found about 15 good Lilikoi's on the road! Lilikois are PASSION FRUIT! What a wonderful omen to this new venture I'm beginning.


Now I'm getting ready to go have dinner with my housemate. She's cooking me dinner too! We're celebrating my 1st day of the 100 day challenge! How wonderful is she.

My inspiring cards of the day:

In my appreciation I offer no resistance. -Abraham-Hicks
Anything I can imagine being, doing, or having - I can be, do or have. -Abraham-Hicks

Source - Ace of Fire: This card reminds us that there is a vast reservoir of energy available to us. And that we tap into it not by thinking and planning but by getting grounded, centered and silent enough to be in contact with the Source. - Osho Tarot Deck

Hawk - Like 'Io, who dips gracefully as he soars, find the courage to speak your truth and live your beliefs, without alienating others. Now flap your wings slowly and move into the light. - The Hawaiian Oracle Tarot Deck

I'm celebrating in Advance!

I feel good in anticipation of the great things that are about to happen and I'm celebrating in advance!

Hello Merry Morning Buzz readers...I am re-committing to my blog and I will have a slightly different focus than before. I have decided to take on the 100 Day Reality Challenge...it has been inspired by three women to test the "Laws of Attraction= that which is like unto itself is drawn". I've been studying and practicing these principals for awhile now but I like having a structure and community encouragement, so I'm giving this a whirl.




First, I'd like to say THANK YOU for reading this blog. I so appreciate your participation in co-creating my life. Yes, that's what you're doing every time you read about my life. Just by reading this, feeling excited for me, wishing me well, talking to me, and encouraging me, you're helping me to feel good too. And that's the name of the game with the Law of Attraction...feel good and good things will come to you.

As you follow me on this journey my request is that you hold me in your highest vision of who I am through the ups and downs. Please know that I am on my perfect path no matter how strange it may look to you or me.

I will officially start my 100 day challenge tomorrow October 1st. Please subscribe to my blog, leave comments of encouragement and generally keep in touch.

May you enjoy the unfolding as much as I am. All my love...


For those of you who don't know me yet, I'm Misha, I'm 34 and living in South Kona, Hawaii...The Big Island. More specifics starting tomorrow!

meeting the coolest people at ChoiceMart

So ChoiceMart is the local grocery store by my house. It's the hot place to be, that's for sure. On Friday I was there buying some food and got invited to a dinner party at "The Dirty Shack"...I was told it's the coolest house on Napoopoo Road...so how could I resist. It turned out the guy who invited me was cooking an Indian meal for about 15 people. It was super fun, and the dirty shack did rock my socks off.

Then today I was walking around ChoiceMart and some guy comes by me and says, "what give you the right to own such a cool motorcycle." Haha, what do you say to that. He was definitely a character. Had seen me around and gave me his card. He apparently is a lava enthusiast and takes people down inside the volcano where the hot lava is. He said it's totally illegal but he's been told if no one gets hurt they won't arrest him. Haha. I may have to take him up on that adventure. That sounds way too awesome.


Here's a silly picture of me at the Kava Bar, just for fun.

I'm Back

Whew, life has been a whirlwind and I'm finally catching my breath and catching up to some of the things that have fallen to the wayside. I think I'll list some of the highlights of the last few months, since there's way too much to report.

Okay, so:

1. Continuing to work at Kona Boys. Was working too much in the shop but now feeling a bit more balanced and now doing lots of tours. I'm now officially a kayak/snorkel tour guide...it's awesome. I get to take people through Kealekekua Bay to Captain Cooks monument, telling the history and showing them around. It's very relaxed and fun. I've seen so much cool stuff over there. 5 foot eel, 1 foot lobster looking thingy, huge barracuda, octopus...and those are just the unusual things.

2. I went to Kauai to visit Serena for a week in May. We played with her friend that lives there and explored the island.







2. I moved to Napoopoo Road, in a small apartment on some land attached to the main house. Finding a suitable place for me to live here has been a challenge, but I think things have worked out and I'm ultimately liking my new place. It's got character, that's for sure. I have some of the most beautiful flowers growing outside my door.

3. I started volunteering at a place called GreenSource, a new sustainably minded/green community center in my neighborhood. There are wonderful people with a big vision. I'm already part of the core council. Their other vision is a sustainable village where we can all live here on the Big Island. So exciting. Right now we're gathering resources, trying to find funding, collecting key people. It's been a wonderful opportunity. One of the coolest things I've done was participate in the opening ceremonies of GreenSource where Aka, a Hawaiian Kahuna performed a sacred blessing on the center. It was a blessing to be in her presence. A very powerful woman.







4. I did my first Vision Board workshop at GreenSource a month ago. 22 people showed up! Awesome! You can check out my site at www.thrillofcreation.com There's just a one pager up right now.

5. I went to the Mainland a week or two ago to go to my Aunt Jody's wedding and coincidentally my best friend Serena was also having a graduation, as well as my cousin Cory. Congratulations everybody. It was a wonderful visit and I had a great time with friends and family.



6. When I got back my friend from Santa Cruz, Elizabeth, was here and she stayed with me for about 5 days. We had a blast. She just left 2 days ago.

7. In the meantime, my computer had been having technical difficulties, but I just got it back up and running. So, I'm BACK! Horray.

I hope to update more often now.
Much love to you all.

feeling the contrast and the magic

Hello on this 05-06-07 magical day...I like consecutive numbers this year...last year it was all about double digits...I was 33...this year I'm 34 and aparently this day is a good one for me.

Anyhoo, the last couple days have been interesting. I'll give you the update. I started my first day of work at Kona Boys (www.konaboys.com) and they hooked me up by taking me out on a guided kayak trip with a Fromme's Guidebook writer and her boyfriend. Yes! This is what I want to do. It was so fun and beautiful. Frank, one of the owners of Kona Boys, is a super sweet guy with a lot of aloha spirit, very helpful and relaxed. They launch their kayaks from a private launch in Kealekekua Bay on property that was given to Kai by Hawaiian royalty. It's very special that we get to launch out of there and he shows his respect in every way possible. We paddled across the bay and he told the stories of the Bay, how when royalty would die the bones would be carried down the mountain by a man tethered to a line where he would put the bones in the caves and then pile rocks in front of the cave, once he was done he would either cut himself from the rope or be cut off from above and drop to his death as a sacrafice to the gods. He also told us the story of Capt. Cook and his demise after wearing out his welcome. We then swam with dolphins but the girl got cold very quickly and we soon returned to the kayaks. Then we headed to the monument where we pulled out our kayaks and warmed up on the rocks. Afterwards, we headed to the monument where he took us inside the monument and suddenly we were transfered to England! That little plot of land is owned by England. We were wisked off back to Hawaii and jumped into the most beautiful reef I've seen yet. Wow, it blew me away. At that point the underwater landscape goes from 2 feet to 250 feet within about a 50 feet. We ate lunch out on the point of traditional Bento box of rice, fish, egg, and...delicious...spam...just kidding about the delicious part. But apparently he got it from the oldest Japanese restaurant on the island. All in all it was a fun day and my arms weren't even that tired afterward.

That afternoon I was hanging out at the house and met up with a bunch of different people. I met a poet, a baby who had just had open heart surgery, and some older friends. The poet had written a beatiful poem about the old almond tree at the end of Ho'okena beach. Then later I met Fred a guy that is a fixture at the beach. He and a crew sit out there and drink beer and smoke weed all day. They are a bit sketchy but good to know. They gave me dinner and some wild boar, a pineapple, and some tortillas since I was the only one with a refrigerator. Later, the poet ended up coming back over to write out his poem in calligraphy because he wanted to laminate it and put it on the tree. It may work out that we will laminate some of my collages too. Though he ended up staying until 10:30pm and I had to get up at 5am.

Frank, from Kona Boys, invited me to volunteer at a swimming race up the road the next morning so I got up at 5am to meet him back up at the shop. We got to the race at 7am, it started at 8, done by 9 and they were serving burritos and beer by 10:30am. I had already felt like I'd lived a whole day by the time we got back to the shop at noon. We acted as water safety for the swimmers and took surfboards out to keep the swimmers on track and make sure everybody made it. There were some top athletes there so that was pretty exciting. I got a t-shirt, a pint glass, and a gekko keychain bottle opener and a burrito. It was pretty fun.

On the way back Frank and Hannah stopped at the SPCA to pick out their new kitty. Then we were off back up to the shop. I went and had lunch with Meg, took a nap and then we were off to a party at Asolaria's house. It turned out to be the most etherial party I've ever been to...there was an ET representative (yes, that does mean extraterrestrial), a Quan Yin channel, other channels, and some other meditations that were not so out there. All that stuff certainly is interesting, though I have a hard time with so much of it at one time. They are all very sweet people and the potluck and music was very nice.

Last night was interesting in that I came home to Cinco de Mayo celebrations at my neighbors house. Luckily the loud music only lasted until 10pm but then at 4am apparently some Hawaiians had gone out fishing in their outriggers and came home to party on the beach...with loud music and general merriment. Then about 4:30am my water heater started going off and overflowing. Gees...I'm not sure I can live down at Ho'okena for very long. As much as I love it there, I think I might just want to visit it so I don't get too annoyed with it.

This morning I woke up with the intention of going to yard sales with Meg to find a few items but instead we swam with the Dolphins, talked to friends made last night, and got serenaded by Michael the flirty old Irishman with his tin whistle. When Meg and I finally started driving around looking for sales we couldn't find a single one, but whe did find an open house sign. We went to check it out and it was a beautiful place on Napoopoo Road overlooking the bay. I think it would be a great place for mom and Jon, the perfect mix of luxury and nature, close to the water (5 minutes) yet in the cooler part of the mountain. Just a few houses down from Meg and probably 8 minutes to the grocery. Plus it had mangos! Just a few days ago Jason asked me if I could only have one type of tree on my land what would it be and I choose mangos...this peice of property has 30 mango trees which they put there because there aren't very many mangos on this side of the island and they thought it would be perfect for selling instead of coffee plants. Wow, pretty cool.

That's it for now...until next time...much love to you

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