... Before I sleep

Today I met a lady and I felt WOW!
She is young, beautiful, well traveled and sought,
A speaker, a teacher, a successful professional…
I shook her hand she gave me a hug
We conversed we connected

Then I looked in her eyes and I found something amiss
She was looking for love and
she found it in her work, in her cats,
I know she wants to be held
I know she would love to be loved

As our time drew to a close
We bid adieu
As I write out these lines now
I say a silent prayer softly
Dear God: please send her way her love
So she may love and be loved

I come home and as I open my door
to my messy furniture and trashed floor
I gently tip toe upstairs and thank God
For my beautiful babies resting gently
In their bed on their pillows
And I feel my gratitude
In having the presence of these angels in my life
God’s way of allowing me to know and serve Him
Through them

As I rest my head on my pillow
I ask God to send my friend someone she could come home to
Who might mess up her house but yet keep it warm

I know too that kisses aren’t contracts nor are presents any promises
She taught me that I can tend my soul and grow my own garden
instead of waiting for someone to bring me flowers

Love hurts and heals, Kisses cut and cure
Hugs help and brighten up a day
Softly keeping a memory alive
The thought of a friend is just a heartbeat away…

My chin is up and head high, no more flogging a dead horse
I accept life's victories and its lessons
with the grace of a woman and not the grief of a child
My children are with me and I have a life to live
Miles to travel, mountains to climb, dreams to build, oceans to swim…
...before I sleep.

-Sharmila Murthy , Ventura CA, Wednesday, October 4, 2006 9:11pm

If I had known ...

If I had known …

If I had known, if I had known
How precious love is …
If I had known, how easy love is
If I had known, how peaceful love is
Now I know, how strong love makes us…

If I had known, it would be the last time I saw you
I would have gazed at you a little while longer
If I had known, it would be the last time I held you
I would have held you a little bit closer
If I had known, it would be the last time I kissed you
I would have kissed you a few times over
My dearest, my darling, my daughter,
sweet Alecia …

- Sharmila Murthy
- Ventura, California
- 9/21/06 8:40am

A life Beyond Freedom - The Liberty League

What does it really mean to live a life beyond freedom? What is Liberty League? Who are members of this exclusive club?

Come join us this Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Biltmore Resort in Phoenix AZ and meet with the elite and the exclusive. Watch this site for more postings and news after the event. But for now visit www.ProsperityThroughAction.com or better yet call me direct at 805-275-2289 or write to me at sharmila@sharmilamurthy.com and ask me as to how you may join the league and experience a life of Beyond Freedom.

Skepticism keeps us in the rut and being broke. I once heard someone say a rut means being 3 feet away from your grave.

Fascinated people ask WHY, INTERESTED People ask How, Committed people ask WHAT?

Award Business Council Member

This empowers individual enterpreneurs to be part of the decision making process in the senate. Be part of the mind team which effect the every day lives of every citizen of the nation and the world at large.

Some one said - "It is the small groups if individuals who make decisions that effect the masses for generations to come." Never underestimate the power of the individual.

If you desire prosperity and are willing to take action. Come visit my website www.ProsperityThroughAction.com If you like what you see and want to know how you can be part of this massive momentum leave me your name and number and the best time to reach you. I will call you only once and at that time after that it is up to you.

PRESS RELEASE - Sharmila Murthy, Chairman Business Advisory Council

Why HOME BASED Business?

For many, the idea for home based business sounds like an out-of reach fantasy, a dream they have had many times only to wake up to the cruel reality of the everyday grind: The traffic, The boss, The constant money arguments.

You see, I was never like that. I loved the traffic because it gave me an hour of quiet time from my family and job to listen to music. My bosses, I could care less, each time someone tried to tell me they were the boss, I would tell myself I am not married to him, I deserve better and they would get my two week notice before the end of the week. I had live-in nannies for my children and full-time housekeepers to do the chores. We took 4-6 day vacations 4 to 6 times a year. We traveled abroad at least once every year. But I always knew there was something out there that I was missing and did not know about. I knew I had to be my own boss and have my own business.

As soon as I got my EID(the last step to becoming a resident alien or a green card holder in the US), I got myself registered as a business owner in the Lake county of Illinois. I was done working for others and became a proud business owner. I had the education and the experience in the software industry so I started a software consulting company. I started generating $75/hour and this was 1997. I had a husband a child, another one coming, lived in a northern suburb of Chicago. In fact my older son was born in the Lake Forest hospital and those who know Chicago know that Michael Jordan has a house or used to have one at that time in Lake Forest. Everything was good. There was Y2K and software industry was booming and Indian programmers were the top earners in US then. Then came 2001, stocks crashed, dotcoms were busted, all the jobs went back to India. With 911, that was the end of my search for another JOB. So may “well wishers” asked me to go back to India and continue my journey to making money, but I knew one thing - people dream from the day they are born of a good life and a life in the US. My good friend Jim Rohn says no one dreams of settling in Russia or Poland.

I know I am a warrior and I am never looking nor going back. America is my home and I am living here and I shall continue to travel the globe like I always have but I am making it in America, that was a promise I made to myself and my children. My youngest child at that time was 1 yr old. My last year in the software industry I made $350,000 along with my husband. We had a house with a pool, 3 cars, my daughter attended private school and like they say “LIFE WAS GOOD”.
When things went wrong with the economy, my employers/vendors did not think twice before laying me or my employees off and canceling all contracts.

I always say you can take everything away from me, but no one can take me away from me. In 2002 I got introduced to the Network Marketing industry and have since been blessed with true entrepreneurial spirit, the spirit that America was built on – one of freedom and liberty in its purest form.

In this industry the market can never go down, since this is a true business of people, an opportunity, a chance at what life truly means and living it fully, sharing it with those I know and those I don’t. One can say no one needs computers, or XYZ product that you are selling. I know there will always be a thirst for happiness in life, a desire for prosperity and abundance and a hope for many and a passion for some - for a life of FREEDOM. When we come to America we see the statue of Liberty - the Lady with the flaming torch. Today I know what it means to be that Lady - she has a soul and I am one with it.

But then there is the industry (broad) and then there are companies and finally there are systems and people following systems. I know there is everything for everybody and there are “somethings” for me. I fell in love with the industry and after a quest of over 4 years I found a company I am in sync with.

Enough about me and now a little bit about this business...

This is a simple system which my mentor loves to equate to the game, "SIMON SAYS" SYSTEM and following it is easy... This is a business where you get in for yourself but are never by yourself. I have tried businesses since 1997 and trust me, I never had the support or training like I have here.

Today, I work out of my home office 15-20 hours a week, I take my younger children to school and pick them up too, I am home when my daughter leaves for school and am here when she comes back too. I love to cook and they get three fresh cooked warm meals a day. We go to the beach 4-5 times a week, hike on trails with my dogs in the morning and play in the park every night when it is quieter and cooler. I could never do this when I have my $100K/yr job or $250K/yr traditional (brick and mortar) business. Things are changing in my life as I am changing and it is primarily because of this incredible opportunity.

To learn more visit www.ProsperityThroughAction.com or call me direct at 805-275-2289 or better yet write to me at sharmila@sharmilamurthy.com .

Wishing you infinite peace and abundant prosperity.
Sharmila Murthy

Perfect Twin rainbows on a desert mountain

Eye of the GOD

Above the clouds...

A rainbow even in an Urban area... is possible

though below a havoc rages there is only bliss above the clouds ...

An angel appears only through the clouds...

There is no better sight than the dawn bursting through the clouds ...

***Every cloud does have a silver lining***

Twos always company - The ride is always fun with a partner

2 can move a mountain - 2 can play on the earth - 2 can re-build a castle each time it gets washed away - 2 can stand up to the mightiest of waves ...

even in the stormiest of nights - 2 are never alone...

Bloom - Fly - Color - Decide

A rose blooms amidst thorns and rocks on a dead stump after the first clearing of the frost - did you ever know?

When did you last watch a gull take to flight on a lazy afternoon?

Who ever said that clouds of gloom ? - Just watch the hues they create as the sun sets...

The pelican has to return to base three times before it can take to flight -

Feel-tug-race-watch

font-weight: bold;">When did you last feel the sand on your belly ?........
........... Or tug a boogy board with all your might ?.........
................... Hey, did you feel the wind beneath your feet while racing on the sand ?...
........Or gaze at the gulls glide as the sun merged into the ocean ........?

WINNING= WISDOM = WORDS/VOCABULARY = Enterprise is Better Than Ease by Jim Rohn

This morning I was blessed with this compilation in my Inbox and felt deep down that everyone in the world must know this and how else but to publish it in my space. Without much ado - here is my favorite mentor of all times - besides Brian Tracy. I am sure I shall have something from him soon... Meanwhile enjoy this and the rest of your life.... Love!

WINNING

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." -- Vince Lombardi

"Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." -- General George S. Patton

"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory, nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt

"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out." -- Ronald Reagan


WISDOM

"It is important to remember that the real joy of achievement is in the challenge, not in the accomplishment. In an ever-changing world, the eternal wisdom of the ages never changes: The road to heaven is heaven." -- Denis Waitley

"All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope." -- Alexander Dumas

"To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step in knowledge." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." -- Plutarch


WORDS/VOCABULARY

"The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware." -- Jim Rohn

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -- Mother Teresa

"It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." -- Robert Southey

"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs." -- Pearl Strachan


Enterprise is Better Than Ease by Jim Rohn

If we are involved in a project, how hard should we work at it? How much time should we put in?

Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the rightful ratio of labor to rest will establish a certain work ethic. That work ethic - our attitude about the amount of labor we are willing to commit to future fortune - will determine how substantial or how meager that fortune turns out to be.

Enterprise is always better than ease. Every time we choose to do less than we could, this error in judgment has an effect on our self-confidence. Repeated every day, we soon find ourselves not only doing less than we should, but also being less than we could. The accumulative effect of this error in judgment can be devastating.

--- FORTUNATELY, IT IS EASY TO REVERSE THE PROCESS ---

Any day we choose we can develop a new discipline of doing rather than neglecting. Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source.

So feel free to not only engage in enterprise, but also to enjoy it to it's fullest along with all the benefits that are soon to come!

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Earn $5000 Every Year Guaranteed

How would you like to get $5,000 back from the IRS by starting your very own home-based business? You say Sure! But How do I take advantage of The Federal Tax Form Schedule C ? Before I tell you how here are a few facts:

1. The Average American Makes $13/hrThe Average American Works 40 hrs/wk 2. The Average American Makes $520/wk 3. However The Average American only takes home $420/wk 4. That's because the government takes $100/wk or $5,000 per year of YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY!

Here is how you can get your $5,000 back START A HOME BASED BUSINESS!!

Here is the bottom line- you can either keep giving Uncle Sam $5,000 of YOUR money ever year or you can take that same $5,000 and start your own home based business

Here is a list of 100% deductions from your taxes using a Schedule C

For This Business Let's Say You:
1. Spend $1,200/yr (which breaks up to $100/month) on products to experience their benefits and become a better marketer.
2. Spend $100/mo ($1200/yr) for advertising (to prove to the government that you are making an effort to make money).

Here are some average yearly expenses you would have incurred even if you did not start this business : 1. $500/yr For Internet service 2. $1,000/yr Phone Bill 3. $1,000/yr Cell Bill
4. $5,000/yr for office space (this is the part of your mortgage payment that is for your office space) 5. $1,000/yr for electricity for your office space 6. $1,000/yr to heat/cool your office space 7. $4,500/yr put aside for family vacation this year to a company conference at an exotic resort

Expenses you would have incurred anyway this year equal $14,000
Total "Business Expenses" You Would Have This Year= $15,800 ($1,800 + $14,000)
You are entitled to 33% of the $16,200 you "spent on your business" which is $5,214/yr

So on April 15th you can file your tax return, with a schedule C attached for your Liberty League International home based business, and get a refund of $5,214!! This is very simple and millions of Americans are already taking advantage of this tax law- you would be CRAZY not to! This is just like someone walking up to you and saying I will give you $5,000 if you give me $1,800- I would take that deal any day of the week. You can run the above numbers by any knowledgeable accountant and they will tell you that all these calculations are correct. Starting a home based business is a True WIN - WIN situation! Start Taking Advantage of These Incredible Tax Benefits Today!

My Family

Roohi, Saagar, Hersh, and yours truly

My yummy Cookie, and my delicious Brownie, and me

An offering at Santa Barbara 

Today I am reborn ...

I have always arrived in other's life, today I arrive in my own.

Come, revist... let's reconnect!

Namaste'