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VICTORY Is a Process - There Are NO Shortcuts!!

Each one of us was created for a divine purpose. Everyone has a special gift that is for them and for them only. It is something that is for you and only you.

How many people truly believe that? It is safe to say that NOT everyone does believe that. If that were the case, there would not be a high population of what many of us categorize as “Haters”. ;-)

Those who fall in this category frown upon others who they feel have “Made It”. They look at other’s accomplishments, success, their Victory and what looks good on the outside. They may see the big house, the fancy car, successful business, happy family, nice vacations and they feel some type of way about it. These folks will criticize, make negative remarks, and judge saying, “Oh so and so, thinks they are all that, they are full of themselves, etc” You get the point. How do you know what that person thinks? Everyone has a story! Do you know what it took for that person to get to where they are and to be able to have the things they have? Do you know the details of their struggle? Were you there to comfort them when they needed comforting? Were you their source of encouragement, when they felt they could not take another step? Maybe you were there to dry their tears? Perhaps even there when they experienced heartache when they had to make the tough decision to put certain things or people out of their life or break some bad habits? You see the accomplishments or their victory, but do you really know the “behind-the-scenes”? You may think you know but I am confident when I say, you really have no idea.

Envy is discontent and ill will over another’s advantages and those with these feelings have a desire to be in that person’s shoes so they can experience those advantages for themselves. Well, what I have to say about that is, be careful what you ask for. In wanting to have what another has, comes both good and bad.

With success comes much struggle!!!! In order to be victorious, you MUST go through the process. There are NO shortcuts!!!!

It is imperative to STOP blaming other people for what is going on with you. When you blame or try to be the next person you are looking to just exist, generally. On the other hand, when you are yourself, there is no competition, there is no blaming, and because you are the only you there is and you are the best at being you. Do the best you can at what you do and learn to work with other people. Your calling, your purpose is just for you and you are the best qualified for your specific calling. It is up to you to decide whether or not you will be patient and wait for your call. Through your patience you are growing as a person while God prepares the road to victory for you. During the process to victory, God is reshaping you, using you to bless others, building your own character and learning to stand, in turn showing others to do the same. Be patient and stay faithful, so when God tells you to move, you are ready to do just that. Envy and intimidation is not necessary because when you are called it is only for you to answer. You will be called by name and there will not be any other contestants in sight. You will be the only personality for the role because it would have been written entirely just for you.

Given the fact that each one has their custom purpose, it is more than OK to work with others. Be aware and realize there are other people around you. This is not about just you. As a matter of fact it is ideal to become unified to work together and be able to proudly say I am my brother’s keeper! God has called us to do so. You cannot do everything yourself. You need encouragement, guidance, discipline, prayer and direction. These are all things that one person cannot do alone. Besides, with a group of people that owns their special gifts, would complement each other and make tremendous strides as opposed to one person doing it all!!!

We were created to glorify God and to do his will. Be encouraged, stay prayerful, be obedient, and give Him reverence. Your season is close and victory is closer than you think!!!

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.”
- 1 John 5:4

Why I Do What I Do?

Each one of us has a story. I have one myself, but would like to reach as many people as God will have me reach with my story. Life will throw all sorts of things your way and these experience build strength, courage, perseverance, and character, just to name a few. I could fill a book with my story and maybe one day that book will be on the market. For now, I will share this.....

I am a Work at home mom of two beautiful children. For my eldest daughter, I was on bed rest for 6 months and thank God, she was born full term with no major issues. On the other hand, my 10 month old, I was on total bed rest at home for a few months and then in the hospital for almost a month. My job gave me my walking papers because they refused to hold my job for that length of time and for me to tell you the kind of roller coaster ride they put me on just so I can get the money that was due, me, you would never even believe it. Any who, my son was born 3 months early and stayed in the hospital for 2 months before I could bring him home. (you can read his full story at www.jaedenkai.blogspot.com) In the past two years I have lost 2 very important people in my life. One due to stroke and the other to cancer. So.....preterm labor, a micro-preemie, stroke, and cancer in less than two years.....Certainly it was time to make a change.

I went into business for myself, yes it is hard work, there is no need to sugar coat that....but I would rather work hard for myself, and know I will not get fired, than to work hard for someone else who will do away with me at any time they feel not recognizing I am a mom who has a family to feed as well.

So, I get to work from home, stay home with my son, take him to the doctor whenever I have to, (which is often) without worrying what my boss may say or feel about me not coming into work.

Do I push what I do to others? Absolutley NOT!!!! I know that what I do is not for everyone. That is just a fact. But, I do put it out there because you never know who may be interested or who is looking for an opportunity. Everyone prays for different things and answers come in different ways. This may be a tool or a blessing for someone and the answer to their prayer.

My passion is to help people and I know there is someone out there who wants and needs help and if I can provide that, I am here more than willing to do so. When we are blessed, we are to bless others in return.

So, that is part of my story.

To your health and your success,
Carmen Gibbs
carmengibbs@buildprosperousbizonline.com

Time for "Spring Cleaning" - Is Clutter Hindering Your Success??

In order to live a life of success, prosperity and stability one must have their affairs in order. During times of self reflection we seek our purpose in life and think of where we could be, should be and ultimately want to be. It is the goal of many to live a life of purpose. For some it goes further even to live a life of purpose WITH passion. We brainstorm, pray, seek, work, struggle and cannot understand what it is that we are doing wrong. What is blocking the door of success and order that we strongly desire to release?

I dare for you to take a good look around you and within you. Are you living a clutter free life? Simply stated, clutter is defined as disorder and this can present itself in so many ways. It can be physical, emotional, mental and financial. How many of us have the infamous “junk drawer”? You know, the place where you put mail, that you say you will get to later, or the countless manuals that come with the kitchen appliances or the flat screen TV, the DVD player, and oh so many other things. C’mon you know what you have in those drawers. Is your work area organized and systematic or do you have stacks of paper everywhere with no rhyme or reason? Do you have stacks of bills that you say you will get to and then don’t until you get the phone call saying your payment is overdue? It is one thing to miss a payment because you just don’t have the funds to do so, but to miss a payment because you lack organization is definitely avoidable. Perhaps, you have that “paper to be shredded” pile that you never seem to have the time to get to? How about your car? You think I am taking this just a little too far? Well, maybe you have never been in someone’s car where you were SO uncomfortable because it seemed like the person had everything you could ever imagine in their car. I am confident; someone has been subjected to that at least one time in their lifetime, unless of course, you are that person?

Clutter does not exist only in the physical form. A lot of us have “junk drawer” stored away in the back of our brains. These come in the form of procrastination, harboring resentment, unwillingness to forgive, holding on to toxic relationships and much more. Mental and emotional “junk drawers” are the most challenging to tackle, clean and organize, but have no fear because it is definitely attainable.

Think of the effect it is having on your present life compared to the benefits you stand to gain when you purge the clutter from your life. Ask yourself, will the benefits be worthwhile? How can you possibly open your state of thinking or have room for success, happiness and joy when there is simply NO space for it. Clutter blocks prosperity, opportunities and creative energy from flowing freely into our lives. We cannot expect order when our home, office, personal space and life are in pandemonium. If we want others to care and for our prayers to be answered, we have to take the first step. That means we have to care FIRST. We have to get our minds right and get our space right.

I challenge you to be proactive and de-clutter your space…one area at a time.

WARNING: Can You TRUST Warning Labels??

Do you read ingredient labels and warning labels? Want to know what exactly is in the product you're about to purchase? You read the label and all seems well with the world, huh? Did you know that manufacturers are not required to to list the exact ingredients on the label? Did you know that chemical names are often disguised by using harmless 'trade names'. That means if the chemical is on the label, you may not even recognize it for what it truly is!

Take a look at the label of the cleaning products you have in your home. You will find there are Active Ingredients and then there are Other Ingredients. When you think of 'Other Ingredients' one would probably assume that these ingredients are not toxic or hazardous. However, many of the 1,000 different chemicals listed as 'other' are more harmful than the 'Active Ingredients'. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) does not require manufacturers to identify most 'Other Ingredients', or reveal their potential harmful effects. This is especially disturbing because even the ingredients that are suspected to be cancer causing agents are used as 'Other Ingredients' in your household products.

With so many statistics letting us know that household and personal care products have toxins and are linked to a variety of sickness, diseases, and ailments, it is quite disheartening that what is supposed to help us make an educated decision on what products we should or should not buy is the very thing that is misleading us and keeping us blind to what is really the truth.

Do You Trust The Label?

Don't Ignore the Connection....

While alarming, the fact is that scientists and doctors have discovered that there is a connection between our health and the use of common everyday household chemicals. If yours is the 'typical' home, you more than likely use dozens of cleaning and personal care products, purchased at the local grocery store, which contain chemical ingredients that could be harmful to your health and the health of your loved ones.

There has been a dramatic rise the amount of man-made chemicals we use in our homes. They 'typical' home now contains over 63 hazardous products that together contain hundreds of different chemicals. At the same time there has been an equally dramatic rise in the incidence of certain chronic health problems.

Do you really KNOW what you have in your home AND the EFFECTS it has on you, your children, your quality of life and the environment? If ALL of these things do NOT matter to you, I am confident that at least ONE concerns you.

It is worth investing some time into looking around to see what changes you can make. Small changes Amount to Large Results. In the long run, you will lower the risks for your health.

This Will Shock You!

Since 1950, at least 70,000 new chemical compounds have been invented and dispersed into our environment. Only a fraction of these have been tested for human toxicity. We are, by default, conducting a massive clinical toxicology trial, and our children and their children are the experimental animals.

[Source: Herbert L. Needleman, M.D., Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., Raising Children Toxic Free]

150 chemicals found in the home are connected to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological disorders.

[Source: Consumer Protection Agency (CPA)]

3 groups of people are primarily affected by indoor chemical concentrations because they spend more time indoors and their immune systems are weaker. The 3 groups are: Infants and toddlers, Chronically ill, Elderly

[Source: 1988 EPA, 5-year study]

Liquid dish soap is the leading cause of poisonings in the home for children under the age of six (over 2.1 million accidental poisonings per year). Most brands of liquid dish soap contain Formaldehyde and ammonia.

Of the chemicals found in personal care products: 884 are toxic, 146 cause tumors, 218 cause reproductive complications, 778 cause acute toxicity, 314 cause biological mutations, 376 cause skin and eye irritations

[Source: United States House of Representatives Report, 1989]

Out of 2,435 pesticide poisonings in a one-year period, over 40% were due to exposure to disinfectants and similar cleaning products in the home.

[Source: State of California Study]

Most laundry detergent contains a form of NTA. NTA is a substance we may reasonably anticipate to be a carcinogen.

[Source: The Merck Index]

Household Chlorine bleaches which claim to disinfect are classified as pesticides under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Inadvertently mixing bleach with other cleaners that contain ammonia produces a toxic chloramines gas. These toxic gases can cause coughing, loss of voice, a feeling of burning or suffocation, and even death.

[Source: Guide to Hazardous Products Around the Home, Household Hazardous Waste Project, 1989]

Women who work in the home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than women who work outside of the home.

[Source: 17- year EPA study]

As more toxic chemicals have been introduced to our everyday environment in greater amounts over the last 20 to 30 years, the level of toxins stored in dipose tissues (fat cells) of our bodies have risen. Bioaccumulation studies have shown that some toxins store in our bodies for life. Greater and greater amounts are being stored at younger ages. One study showed that in the fat of 100% of the people tested was 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, a chemical found in most household deodorizers and room fresheners. Some products release contaminants into the air right away, others do so gradually over a period of time. Some stay in the air up to a year. These contaminants, found in many household and personal care products can cause dizziness, nausea, allergic reactions, eye/skin/respiratory tract irritations and some cause cancer.

[American Lung Association]

Asthma was once a very rare disease. Now the condition is extremely common, the asthma rate has tripled in the last 20 years with nearly 30 million Americans currently afflicted.

[Source: Consumer Federation of America, 1997]

In one decade, there has been a 42% increase in asthma (29% for men, 82% for women). The higher rate for women is believed to be due to women's longer exposure times to household chemicals.

[Source: Center for Disease Control]

Childhood asthma has increased by more than 40% since 1980.

[Source: Environmental Health Perspectives, June 1997; 105 (6)]

Asthma death in children and young people increased by a dramatic 118% between 1980 and 1993.

[Source: Environmental Health Threats to Children, Environmental Protection Agency 175-F-96-001, September 1996]

The average child visits the doctor 23 times in the 1st 4 years of life, with the most common complaint being respiratory ailment.

[Source: National Center for Health Statistics, 1997]

Developing cells in children's bodies are more susceptible to damage than adult cells that have completed development, especially for the central nervous system. During the development of a child, from conception through adolescence, there are particular windows of vulnerability to environmental hazards. Most disturbing until a child is approximately 13 months of age, they are virtually no ability to fight the biological and neurological effects of toxic chemicals.

[Source: Herbert L. Needleman, M.D., Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., Raising Children Toxic Free]

Today, children have chemical exposures from birth that their parents didn't have until they were adults. Because children are exposed to toxins at an earlier age than adults, they have more time to develop environmentally triggered diseases, with long latency periods, such as cancer.

[Source: Environmental Policy and Children's Health, Future of Children, Summer/Fall 1995; 5(2): 34-52]

Formaldehyde is a highly toxic substance. It is a known cancer-causing agent. It damages the neurological connectors in the body. It is an irritant to the eyes, nose, throat and lungs and may cause: skin reactions, ear infections, headaches , depression, asthma, joint pain, dizziness, mental confusion, nausea, disorientation , phlebitis , fatigue, Vomiting, sleep disturbances, laryngitis

One in five people are sensitive to formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is commonly found in: drugs, mouthwash, hairspray, cosmetics, cleaning products , perfumes , waxes, hair setting lotions, shampoo, air fresheners, fungicides, fingernail polish, floor polishes, dry cleaning solvents, toothpaste, laundry spray starch, Anti-perspirants, just to name a few…

Due to the increase in toxic buildup in our bodies, including the toxic buildup of formaldehyde, dead bodies are not decomposing as fast as they used to. Bodies now start to decompose within 7 to 10 days after death. During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese bodies started to decompose within 24 to 48 hours. However, Americans didn't start to decompose for 4 to 5 days. Twice as much formaldehyde was needed to embalm a person 20 years ago compared to today.

How many of these names would you have recognized as formaldehyde? Formalin, Methanal, Methyl Aldehyde, Methylene Oxide, Oxymethylene, Bfv*, Fannoform*, Formol*, Fyde*, Karsan*, Methaldehyde, Formalith*, Methylene Glycol, Ivalon*, Oxomethane, Formalin 40, Formalin, Formic Aldehyde, Hoch, Paraform, Lysoform*, Morbocid, Trioxane, Polyoxmethylene, * denotes trade name

Warning labels on containers refer only to toxic hazards from ingestion; however, only 10% of health problems from chemicals are caused by ingestion. 90% are caused by the inhalation of vapors and absorption of particles.

Do you still want to use products in your home that contain formaldehyde?


Phenol is an extremely caustic chemical that burns the skin. Absorption of phenol through the lungs or skin can cause: central nervous system damage, pneumonia, respiratory tract infection, heart-rate irregularities, skin irritation, kidney and liver damage, numbness, vomiting, and can be fatal

Phenol is a very common chemical and is regularly found in the following common products: air fresheners, aftershave, bronchial mists, chloroseptic throat spray, deodorants, feminine powders & sprays, hair spray, decongestants, mouthwash, aspirin, solvents, acne medications, antiseptics, calamine lotions, cleaning products, detergents, furniture polish, hair setting lotions, lice shampoo, polishes, cold capsules, all-purpose cleaners, aerosol disinfectants, anti-itching lotions , carnex , cosmetics, disinfectant cleaners, hand lotions, lip balms, sunscreen and lotions, insecticides, cough syrups, just to name a few…