The Anne Report brings you up to date on Anne’s latest activities. The Main article, Creativity? Just Do It!, reminds us that creativity is more likely to strike when it’s been practiced, than only when a moment of inspiration strikes. The Healthy Living article, Vegan Chocolate Milkshake, brings you another easy and tasty recipe. In the Anne Talk, The Blessing, Anne reminds us of our true identity. In today’s Anne’s Prosperity Video, My Good Gets Gooder, Anne gives you a simple but effective and memorable prosperity affirmation. The Featured Product This Month highlights Anne’s third book, Standing in the Dark. Click to read What is EZosophy? Click to join Abundance Affirmations. Click for Shareables From Anne.

The EZ Mantra: “Everything can be EZ or at least EZier.” -- Anne Sermons Gillis

Living EZosophy, November 12, 2019
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The Anne Report

Dear ,

I’m a lucky woman. While some people say there is no such thing as luck, I claim that word. I’m always open to receive out of the blue, unexpected good. I call that luck. I use the word as a mantra: “I am lucky.” My husband and I use it frequently: “We are lucky.” Now, for my latest luck story. I leave this afternoon for Orlando. My friend, Mary Helen, and I will be going to have some expected fun at Universal Studios. When my husband and I were driving through Florida in September, I mentioned that I would like to go to Orlando. I haven’t been in years and I would like to return. It was a casual, quickly forgotten comment, but when my friend called the next day and asked, “Do you have any interest in going to Orlando?” I belted out with happiness and excitement, “You bet!” I filled her in on the synchronicity. Now we are on our way.

All is quite in Texas, as the cool weather brings closure to the sweat of summer. There’s a brief period between Halloween and Thanksgiving when we can relax, then the rush descends upon us. U. S. holidays are like three-year-old children. Into everything. Again, that’s why it’s time for everyone to become an EZosophist. It’s the season to listen to ourselves, not the barrage of ads and hoopla that will seduce us into buying things we do not need. While Christmas and other holidays have a bright side, there’s the dark side as well. Let’s be sure to create magic and not madness during the upcoming holidays. Take it EZ, make it EZ, and make it a great day. That’s it for the Anne report.

  Main Article

Creativity? Just Do It!

It seems that the time to write articles for the newsletter comes around every other day. I often make myself sit down. I have a commitment. I produce a newsletter that comes out every Tuesday at 9:30 AM Central Time, period! Some articles are better than others. Some are didactic while others are inspiring, yet, regardless of the quality, I do my best, in the moment, with each article. I prefer to write without interruption, but some of my greatest articles were written in the middle of mayhem. I write when life is dusty, and when the dust has settled.

This guitar was crafted by a farmer who was told,
in a near death experience,
to make instruments and give them to children.

Are there artists who never paint, musicians who never pick up their instruments, or bakers who never bake? Yes. I spent years imagining myself writing and being a good writer. There came a time when wishing, hoping, and visualizing had to give way to action. It was time to start writing. I sent out 2,500 hard copies of a newsletter for ten years. Some of my earlier writings were not only laughable, they were self-centered and poorly written. I usually didn’t have anyone to check for mistakes and the newsletters were riddled with dangling participles, misspellings, and nonsense. There was no spell check and the newsletter was put together by the literal cut and paste method, then taken to a printer.

Next, I went 14 years without putting out a newsletter. I did manage to write a couple of books, but I wrote less and less. Then I started another newsletter. Online newsletters were easier to manage. The first edition came out on Dec. 20, 2011. There were still plenty of mistakes, but Charles Heineke stepped in to assist, in 2012, and the quality of the newsletter vastly improved.

I’ve been putting out this rag for almost 12 years. Why do I do it? Why do I take ten hours out of my week and spend about $500.00 a year to make the newsletter happen? Because I am a writer, and if I don’t make that commitment, the song will die within me. I know me: I need something bigger than a round tuit.* My skills have improved over the years, but, lest they grow dim, I must continue to write.

The enjoyable part is rereading some of what I consider my great articles. I inspire myself. I know that if I were not committed to putting out a weekly newsletter, that they would never have been written. Often it is as simple as sitting down and listening to an inner voice, but sometimes I have to scrape my insides to find anything to say. At other times, I wake up and words come so fast I can barely write them down. It’s a rush – ideas flying through me and onto paper, and I am grateful. It’s the star moment of writing.

If we want our art flow through, we have to write it, play it, or sing it, whether anyone is listening or not. We must act when we are trudging through mud or even at a standstill. No one ever discovered me and encouraged me to write, but, fortunately, I may be my best fan – a must for artists! If we are good at something, we should do it. But, we need to live out our passions, even if we are not great performers or artists. As one can see, by the pictures I put in the newsletter, I enjoy art, but it’s not great art. I have an art section to force myself to draw on a regular basis. It may be messy and take time away from our daily lives, but the only way to participate in the depths of our creativity is to be creative.

Many people are motivated by money; they monetize their talents. But sometimes our books, our paintings, or our poetry doesn’t bring in the money we need to pay bills. Do it anyway. I don’t think how much money we make is recorded at the universal level, but how much we develop ourselves and give our gifts without expectations makes a mark in the ethers.

Here’s a question to ask every day: What can I do today to bring the brilliance within to light? Listen, then act. We don’t want to visit our talents; we want to develop them. We are the saviors of our creativity. No one is going to make us do what we want to do but fail to do. It’s not a moral issue. It’s an issue of the heart. Life doesn’t break our hearts. We break them when we fail ourselves. We can’t go with the flow when we are standing beside a dam. We all have talents, and when we use them, when we develop them, then life, for sure, gets EZier and EZier.

*Round Tuit refers to the saying  “I’m going to get around to it some day.”

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  Healthy Living

Vegan Chocolate Milkshake

I am a front-sliding, back-sliding, slippery-sliding vegan. Of course, that makes me not a vegan, but I eat a mostly plant-based diet. Visiting the seashore calls for seafood and pizza; it isn’t the same without cheese. Some people are rigid with their food plan. If they stray off-course, then they just forget the whole plan, but, fortunately, that’s not my way. I stick to a mostly plant-based diet and straying is a part of my food plan. I have a category called “rarely eaten foods.”

Even though I slip from time to time, I love the vegan lifestyle. Lentil soup, butternut squash, pomegranates, real maple syrup – what’s not to love? I love milkshakes, but I don’t use cow’s milk. Never buy it, but there are some great alternatives. I like Whole Foods 365 Coconut Milk in a carton and Good Karma Flax Milk with Protein.

Now, for a most excellent milkshake.

Ingredients:

• 1 to 1 ½ frozen bananas (Be sure to peel the banana and cut in fourths to freeze. Believe it or not, I’ve had friends who froze the whole banana, skin and all. Big mistake.)

• One cup of milk (Nut, flax, or coconut – coconut water will not work for this. I think it’s called coconut beverage at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. Get it in a carton.)

• I tablespoon of cocoa

• Liquid stevia, real maple syrup, or raw agave, to taste

Cut banana into smaller pieces. It won’t melt the pieces and it makes it easier to mix. Put all ingredients in a large glass and mix with immersion food processor or put in blender. Tweak according to your taste. If it’s not thick enough, add more frozen banana. Add protein power to make it a meal. It goes well with popcorn. Enjoy.

It’s easier than ever to replace junk foods with healthier choices. Bon appetite.

If you have any healthy living tips for the newsletter, send them to me at anne@annegillis.com.

  Anne Talk

The Blessing

Today’s Anne Talk is The Blessing. Anne reminds us of our true identity. Time: 3:35

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  Anne’s Prosperity Video

My Good Gets Gooder

Today’s Dr. Money’s Prosperity Video is My Good Gets Gooder. Anne gives you a simple but effective prosperity affirmation. Time: 3:49

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