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Secrets of the Truly Rich

June 6, 2009

With only a few hours of sleep (take note that I have working for 48 hours straight since Thursday morning  to Friday evening and have been sleeping less and less since I started my training), I naturally woke up late for a seminar I have been looking forward to attend. I even paid for it in advanced three weeks ago! It’s a seminar conducted by Bo Sanchez entitled HOW TO BE TRULY RICH. I felt bad for not being able to wake up on time. “Was this a sign?” Nevertheless, Peter and I hurriedly took a shower, dressed up and braved the rainy traffic this morning and by 9:30 a.m. we arrived at St. Francis Theater.

It was a lively, inspirational and practical discussion about attaining material and spiritual wealth in life. My mom and I didn’t even yawn, not even once! Bo Sanchez was  so funny and his stories really struck a chord in our hearts!  Just for that, my Mom asked for an autograph after I bought her one of his books and I am actually considering attending THE FEAST every Sunday morning at Valle Verde if only Peter is not so against it.  Like brother Bo, whose marriage always comes first next to God,  I guess in my situation, since I don’t really have  a God like theirs, my marriage should come first. So I’ll just try to catch his shows every Sunday at 6 a.m. on TV 5 (I think).

Anyhoo, some of the principles  he taught were no longer new to me as these are the same things I learned from all the self-help books I have been reading and the same values I’ve been trying to manifest in my life all these years. I won’t be discussing the secrets here but for similar thoughts on the matter, you might wanna check out my self-help guru blog, Kicking Pinay. But in terms of being financially literate and learning how and where to invest one’s money, THAT, was  somehow new to me. I’ve always wanted to diversify my assets and he just gave me the go signal. I will work on that the next few months  and hopefully  learn some more about becoming an investor. Going back to the basic secrets, there was one teaching that I extremely resonated with which was  — In whatever it is that we do, in  order for it/for us to prosper, our hearts should be in it. Alas! It was practically the answer that I’ve been waiting for the past couple of days when I started having misgivings about trying to join a company that may not be perfect for me.

I remember one Thursday night, after Peter picked me up from work, the moment I stepped inside the car, I just suddenly cried. My face was not even contorted. Tears just kept falling down my cheeks like the waterfalls of Pagsanjan. Peter and I were both perplexed. I knew I was so overfatigued and I was missing all the other things I used to do like write, play with my guitar and drums, watch movies, blog, attend events & workshops, etc. The whole three weeks of training was finally taking its toll on my wellness and I was surprised at how hard it was hitting me. It was totally unexpected and I obviously didn’t want this. This was not how I pictured myself when I thought of joining the company. I knew I had to do something about it. I set it aside at first and continued enjoying my Saturday.

My Mom, Me & Jem a.k.a. dyosa

In the afternoon, I had an appointment with a lady named dyosa who commented on my Belo Blog Post before. I was to try their Nu Skin Visia Analysis and their other skin care products as well. It was fabulous!

Jem applied some anti-wrinkle gel on the right side of my face ONLY so I can see the difference later on.

See the difference? The right side (left from YOUR perspective) has less pronounced eye bag, skin is tighter, lighter and less oily. And that was only after 10 minutes of application! Wow!

Not only did the product work but I learned a lot of things from their seminar too. It even seemed like a continuation of Brother Bo’s talk that morning. Teachings on spiritual and material wealth were reinforced and reiterated and the self-made millionaires who did the talk was funnier than ever. My Mom, hubby and I really had fun while learning a lot of practical stuff about finances. That was when something in me clicked, like a voice of God telling me where I should go and what I should do. Little by little, it seemed that things were starting to fall into place.

  

Afterwards, Peter and I treated my Mom to dinner at Tia Maria’s in SM Megamall Atrium. It’ll be her birthday on the 9th so we might as well celebrate it sooner since we’re  already together. We had Fish Enchiladas, Quarter Chicken & Java Rice, Special Chili Con Carne and Porkchops & Java Rice plus two pitchers of Zombie. We were just chatting away for four straight hours, reminiscing the funny moments and learnings we gained from the talks we witnessed that day. It was really inspiring! Satiated and a bit tipsy, we walked around for a while and impulsively bought some stuff from The SOAP FACTORY etc.

I got the SOS wrinkle be gone face caviar at Php250.00 (so I may compare it to the one that was applied to me at Nu Skin) and a triple layered soap in guava,vanilla & kiwi at Php99.00 while I got my Mom a nice smelling cologne at Php210.00.  I wanted to compare their effects with that of Nu Skin. I’ll be posting about the results on my fashion blog sometime this week. Oh, what a full and happy day it was for me! ^_^

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