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Ben and Jerry’s be damned.  I just read it today, a statement by a PR specialist.  She said, very plainly:  Don’t be vanilla!

No sooner than I read the words the answer instantly popped in (in a very Samuel Jackson-like voice) and said “You are Raspberry-Lemon with Homemade Whipped Cream”.  Okay, so I exaggerated.  What the voice said was “You are Rapberry and Lemon.”  I added the part of Homemade Whipped Cream by myself later as an after-thought.

Now the kind lady who initiated the question was speaking of publicity and celebretizing yourself but it really got my mind on a tangent.  What do most people consider themself when it comes to flavor?  Me, the word fruity comes to mind (hence the raspberries and lemons) and that word certainly suits my silliness, but what else do they represent?  Raspberries, well I love the varied surface of them.  Tiny little nodes that make up one big burst of flavor definitely connects with my own ADD-like need to have my fingers in everything.  For me each node would represent something I do:  writing, painting, drawing, planning, the administrator, the crafter, the baker, on and on . A  fat pink raspberry that explodes with deliciousness and variety.

The lemon, well geez, I didn’t like to think of myself as a lemon, but let’s be real about this, under the yellow skin is a fleshy substance that gives its recipient a dash of flair. Did you ever add a squirt of lemon to your fish before you bake it?  Squeeze the juice over your veggies before grilling them?  Press the liquid into your cold water?  Lemons are diverse and they always add a little kick.

The whipped cream line I added because I think of myself as a softy.  I’m sort of mushy.  Okay.  I’m very soft and mushy.  Yes, I cry watching the holiday Folger’s commercial, the one where the soldier surprises his parents by coming home for Christmas.  I am soft and sweet.  Whipped Cream Tam.

So it is settled, I am not vanilla and I’m also not a half-caff double mocha latte with cinnamon. Who are you?? What do you represent or should I say what flavor do you represent?  In the giant smorgasboard of life what flavor do you want to be associated with?

AND, most importantly,  if you are feeling like black coffee what will it take to turn life around and have you become the half-caff double mocha latte with cinnamon?

This poem caught my attention several years ago. This morning I pulled it out and because I don’t believe in accidents I felt the message was right for posting. May you embrace your wisdom wholeheartedly and share your message with the world.  As I flesh out my future I realize today how important this is.

To Wisdom

Wisdom is

sweeter than honey,

brings more joy

than wine,

illumines more than the sun,

is more precious

than jewels.

She causes the ears to hear

the heart to comprehend.

I love her

like a mother,

and she embraces me

as her own child.

I will follow

her footprints

and she will not cast me away.

Makeda, Queen of Sheba ca.1000BC

My life.  It’s gotten so blissfully out of control, this wild and wonderful life I live, I just had to share it.  It hit me last week, like a ton of bricks, that I truly am a Master Alchemist creating my own life through the Law of Attraction.

“Yeah, right.” you may say, but I would ask that you read on.

It was at the CEO Space 1009 Forum that Mark Victor Hansen spoke of the last words, the final thoughts you have before you fall asleep being the most important and impressive within your subconscious.  He declared that we could positively affect ourselves by stating a mantra over and over again.  He even suggested saying it as many as 400 times.  Since I am a born optimist and a believer in the the power of  “I AM” statements I decided to give this a try.  I soon fell asleep to “I am rapidly increasing my income.” playing over and over in my head while visioning myself writing $1,000 deposits into my checkbook register.

Each time I got in my car I would repeat my mantra:  “I am rapidly increasing my income”. I got so that I was laughing and giddy.  I could feel my teeth drying in the breeze because my smile was so big.  It felt good in my whole being.  When something feels that good I say keep it up, so I did.  Over and over and over again I said it.  Loud and proud I said it.  In between giggles I said it.

Mark Victor Hansen had also said to practice the TEN TEN TEN system.  Send ten percent of your money to charity, save ten percent and spend ten percent of your money.  Beyond that, he indicated that if you don’t truly have the extra to do it just yet, then simply practice it.  He suggested we take a book of old checks and every single day tithe, save and play with $1,000 dollars.  Write the checks however you see fit and engrain the joy of it into your muscle memory and your soul.  I had started doing that two weeks earlier.

Two of my girlfriends love vision boards and I’ve been collecting pictures and looking at them quite a lot.  One night I sat down and put them together in a collage.  Again, I was burning my vision into my cells.

An internet marketer musician friend asked that I review his audio tapes of powerful affirmations that he backed up with fabulous music.  I didn’t listen to them just once.  I found myself playing them continuously as I worked at my computer in the afternoons.

One very special queen had suggested that I journal my gratitude’s, my successes, my daily laugh attacks and my financial increases.  I have been doing this since May, drilling into my cells all of the good things that are going on in my life.
“SO WHAT” does all of this mean you say?  Well listen on as I tell you why this is a big deal because last week I experienced moment after moment of increase and attainment.  I was such a masterful alchemist that it got to be almost frightening!  It all started with this little mantra that I repeated hundreds of times during the day:

I AM RAPIDLY INCREASING MY INCOME. Following three weeks of no work, my new J.O.B. finally called me to help them get set up.  This new coffeehouse/cafe needed me. Yes!

I AM RAPIDLY INCREASING MY INCOME. Before the second shift was over they approached me with thoughts of being a shift “leader” and managing on the days the owner needed time off.  I agreed.  Yes.

I AM RAPIDLY INCREASING MY INCOME. By the third time I arrived for work they pulled me aside and said “We really like you, you are so organized and well put together.  We need your help.  The cook is overwhelmed.  Can you step in as our company baker?  It comes with a $2 an hour raise.”  He he he.  Allrightythen!  I’m in.

I AM RAPIDLY INCREASING MY INCOME. The end of day three comes around, I’m up to my elbows in cookie dough, I have flour on my cheeks, cinnamon in my left ear, and 20 muffins cooling so that the cafe can open for it’s first lunch hour when the assistant manager approaches me and says “We really like you. You have a great style and know how to make things operate smoother.  Will you train all of our staff?!”   Heheheheheh.  “And oh.  We’re really tired and need time off. If you’ll just manage the place tonight, take the money from the register, be sure everyone is all set and then lock the door behind you we’d really appreciate it.  Can you do that??”  hehehehhee.  “And Tam, we’re going to pay you your new higher wage for all of the retro hours we owe you.  We really like you.”

Wow.

I RAPIDLY INCREASED MY INCOME. Again and again and again last week I increased my income, my stature, my level of peer respect and my self esteem.  I actually got so I was afraid to go in to work for fear that they might hand me the keys and say “We really like you.  Here.  You can you own it?!”  Thankfully, it didn’t go that far.  But for now, I have a job I enjoy for a healthy wage during a time when so many other people are fighting for air.

Oddly enough, as a terrific side effect to my alchemy, I noticed that my VIP seems to have increased his own income.  I am silently watching as more money finds its way into his life and he joyfully accepts it.  Alchemy is catchy I think.

I feel that my cellular structure is changing due to my positive “I AM” statements and the associated feelings I had while making the statement, while visualizing my outcomes, while putting the desires into my muscle memory.  All of those pieces of the puzzle worked together to bring to fruition the delightful results I am now experiencing.

Since I am now in a positive position within this company I am changing my ‘I Am” statement to be more clearly what I want.

I AM A BEST SELLING AUTHOR AND I AM RAPIDLY INCREASING MY INCOME THROUGH MULTIPLE ONLINE SALES. This should stop me from getting the keys to a J.O.B. and bring me closer to the life I see myself in.  For today I am happy, healthy and joyfully enjoying each moment.  And, with sugar crystals falling from my bangs and blueberry stains on my fingers I offer you this advice:

Believe that you too, are a master alchemist.  Create your own reality through your words, your actions, your visions.  Begin today with your own “I Am” .

I Am Tam,  Master Alchemist with a Minor in Baking.