Words to avoid – no, not, and don’t
Yesterday, I was doing the phones – boom boom boom – and then ran out to do a podcast about Transracial Parenting and segued to the American Sector for a drink with a friend, and then Ogden Museum to hear Andrew Duhon, a singer/songwriter who not just because of the fact that he called me radiant, is now on my playlist.
And I came home and got in bed and my head was reeling and here was my list:
1) I’m writing a book for white parents of white children – The Elephant in the Playground – and I wanted a publisher and a friend emailed that she has closed her graphic design business and become a book publisher.
2) I have had all the money I need and wanted more of it and an ex colleague called and said she has work for me.
3) I wanted to start workshops to reach out to social workers and prospective adoptive parents of children of color and was referred to a woman who wants to help me do just that.
4) I was asked by a person I met in California if I could write a children’s book and just came across a link for a contest by a publisher for children’s books seeking books about kids of color.
I woke this morning and had a new friend call me from Richmond, California and tell me about her colorful family and the best way to put your intentions out into the world – stay away from no, not and don’t. Even in your gratitude – saying “I don’t have money” is best offered as a positive question, “Why do I have all the money I need?”
Intention is a powerful tool. Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative.