Anyone Can Paint

Yesterday was a day for kids in the office. As part of the action plan to make our workplace more caring, we organized a day for the children of our employees. They brought their children ranging from 4 to 17 years old to the office and we had activities for three different age groups 4-6 , 7-12 and 13-17 . In the morning as we started out with the opening session, they did the Chicken Dance, there's a Magician performing and then it was the breakout session for the 3 groups..

I handled the 13-17 years age group. For my group, we had earlier planned many activities for them like Train Station, 100-meter race, James Bond 007 and Dancing Board. As we started the Making Flag activity, we underestimated this group. They took more than an hour just to make the flag. In our normal teambuilding activities for adults, they got it all done plus the group cheer in 20 minutes. In the end, we did not get to experiment the activities we had lined up for them.

After lunch, I taught the group acrylic painting on canvas board. I introduced to them that anyone can paint. When they did their flag in the morning, I did a piece on sunset using acrylic paint. That was a strategy to create their interest. As I took them through the techniques, it was amazing to see their work of art unfolding right before my eyes.

In the beginning, most of them said they could not paint. I told them I once failed in my art test when I was 15. Even though I failed that test at that time, I strongly believe that I can paint. When I was 19, I learned oil painting from an art teacher by accident. Perhaps God sent him to me. He even taught me how to make canvas base using pearl glue and emulsion paint. I stopped painting after that.

A few years back I went through a 3-month art classes by an artist. I attended with a friend and my two daughters. We learned how to paint using oil, acrylic, water color and we were introduced to pastel art. Since then, it's been a long while I have not held a brush until the last 2 days. I felt so inspired sharing my skills with the kids. It was a day that ends beautifully for me savoring the masterpiece by each kid.

The Secret

Remember that I wrote on buying The Secret book at $14.00 in a local bookstore? Whee...just discovered that it's cheaper on www.amazon.com. You can get it for even $11.99.

I am an amazon.com customer. I once searched for an Albert Hammond album in so many stores, in a few countries and finally found it at amazon.com. Have purchased a few books there as well. Very reliable service. I really am a happy camper...!

A New Beginning - The Secret

I have been thinking for the past few days on starting my own blog and contemplating what to write about. This morning I explored www.blogger.com and just get on with it and wheee...here I am.

As a trainer who loves gadgets, I lost the receiver for my powerpoint remote presenter ever since the end of February. Each time I travelled, I will hunt for a gadget shop, do a quick survey on the various selection and somehow or rather something held me from buying it. Last week a friend recommended a particular brand and ordered for me. The remote is due to arrive today. The thing is, ever since I viewed The Secret on DVD which I got from a friend, I started to have an order list on a daily basis on the things I wanted in life. Perhaps, the request vibration on the remote presenter is one of them.

An amazing thing happened this morning! As I rummaged through my stuff to look for my black diary, I found the remote! I sent a message to my friend to cancel the order. That was a savings of $85.00. Isn't that abundance?

I have also been preaching on Abundance versus Scarcity Consciousness and I discovered that the more I speak on it to my audience, abundance started to flow into my life. The Secret was one of them. I missed one viewing once and ever since that moment, I have been wanting to watch it until last weekend a friend gave hers for me to watch. I watched with my 15-year old daughter. She was excited about it.

On June 5th, I asked a young insurance agent that I am mentoring, to watch it and yesterday over lunch, I asked him to brief me on what he has learned. He was excited about it and shared that he would make a collage of his dreams or order list and frame it.

My friend who gave The Secret DVD to me bought the book for $18.00 and I got it for $14.00. That was a savings of $4.00 for me! Another form of abundance in my life. I want to urge all of you out there to read the book or view the DVD of The Secret. Try it and perhaps we can share the benefits of how our life unfold as we practice the concepts.