-=[House of 1000 Mirrors]=-

 

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors.

 

A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house.

 

He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

 

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door.

 

When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

 

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

This is What Kind Of Flower You Are

 

 You Are a Snapdragon

	"Mischief is your middle name, but your first is friend. You are quite the prankster that loves to make other people laugh."

Find out what kind of flower you are!

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is
Youer than You."

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is
finally better than your dreams."

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you
learn, the more places you'll go."

"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."

I just finished Massage Therapy School and getting ready to sit for the National Certification Test so that I can get my license to practice in the state of Illinois.

Well I asked the Universe for a nice inexpensive place or office to rent so that I can start up a small practice. I imagined what it would look like. Very simple. Maybe an office with some wall space so that I can hang some of my own art work. Very simple, warm, inviting.

Well on Monday I had to go to a local community center to pick up my daughter after her art class. I was working, so Grandpa dropped her off and on my way home from work I picked her up.

I was a little early, so I looked at all the happenings at the community center. Jazzercise was going on in the community room. It had been a while since I had been in the building. My son used to take guitar lessons for several years upstairs. There are a handful of offices in the building, businesses that have occupied the building for many many years. Those tenants never seem to go away. However this particular day there was a sign for an office for rent. That almost never happens! I quickly wrote down the phone number and headed up stairs to The Art Room to pick up my daughter.

We walked around the building a little, it used to be a high school. I think it was built in like 1905. There were 'classrooms' all over. Most were rented offices. We were trying to figure out which office was available.

The next day, Tuesday, I called to inquire about the office available. Asked about dimensions and what the rent was. The office manager said it was approximately 760 square feet and $700 a month which included heat, electric, garbage and a shingle on the outside marque.
Holy shit! In this area that would go for $1200 a month! I've checked!
I told her I would like to see the office and set up an appointment for Wednesday.

Well I did some quick math in what would be required to open the business. I came up with $7-10,000 to get it up and running. And with a minimum of massages, on a slow day, how much a year potential I could make. This feeling of already being successful came over me. I thanked the Universe!

The next day, Wednesday, I met with the manager and she showed me the office. A chiropractor used to occupy the space. It was his satellite office, he was only there 2 days a week. The office had nice carpet and pretty much set up for massage! I would only need to do a few modifications, not too expensive! AND I would have 3 massage rooms!!!!
I could subcontract to other massage therapists!
I had such a great feeling about this!

Now for the hard part. A talk with the hubby and how to come up with ten grand. I showed him my little quickie business plan and showed him my calculations for the potential income. Usually when I run an idea to him, he can be pretty negative. He's also good at foreseeing problems that I wouldn't have thought of. Usually expenses. He used to be an accountant. He said I did a good job with the business plan.  He would just include the entire year for rent in with the start up expenses. So he suggested 20 grand to start. And he said he's going to get me the money if the board approves me to lease the office to!!!

Nothing is absolute right now, and we have not signed a lease. But I'm so excited I had to tell the world!!! Thank you UNIVERSE! I got out of my own way and look at what an opportunity! 

I just talked with a friend of mine that is really good at finding things and decorating. She's willing to trade massages for decorating the office!!! I kinda suck at that. I'm good at massages!