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Just want to share with you a poem my mother gave me when I was a teenager.I have it hanging on my wall and probably don’t refer to it enough. I think I’m going to start reading it every day.
We can open ourselves to opportunities today.They abound in our lives. The decision to be happy is ours to make, every day, when confronted with any experience.Being open to the present is our only chance for growth.
If we allow our dreams to guide and encourage us, they become our invitations to move forward and strive for a further goal.
We can reflect on our yesterdays, and be grateful for the lessons they taught. But more importantly, we can look with hopeful anticipation at each new day ahead- GIFTS all of them.
I hope you realize the gift of the day you have ahead of you. With every breath of every new day comes the most precious and sacred gift of all- life!
Watch today’s daily inspirations to discover how living in your head poses dangerous threats to your life as Caz experienced with her potential car accident.
Cover of Power of Now
A New Earth Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle teaches us in the Power of Now and A New Earth to live in the present and to be fully engaged.This way your are always aware of what is happening in your life. Living in your head removes us from the reality of our lives and is the cause of all problems in the world.
Bill Harris with his Holosync Program teaches you a lot of the concepts associated with living in the present and not in the world of your head. His meditation CD”s are an excellent tool to help you to develop the ability to live in the present.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness- Mark Twain
Travel is our passion for these very reasons. Today’s travel lesson talks about the benefits of travel. It has opened up our minds to a whole new world that is full of diversity to embrace and enjoy not to be fearful and prejudice of. Travel gives you the opportunity to experience people from all works of life and understand just how alike we all are. This fosters peace, love, tolerance and acceptance in our world and what a better place it makes it for all.
We know this because travel did indeed kill prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness for us and our life is so joyful as a result. It should be a requirement of all people when they leave high school.
Another travel quote on open mindedness that we love:
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page
Thai Friends
Expand your mind and expand your world. Read the whole novel of life, it’s beautiful, it’s fascinating and each character brings to it it’s own special role of importance and value. Discover a kaleidoscope world viewed through the eyes of commonality
Watch todays free daily inspiration. Each new day brings new beginnings. Each new day is a blank canvas for you to create and paint anything you like. Be as creative and adventurous as you like. What happened yesterday does not have to have an impact on your painting for today.
Some Inspirational Quotes to help start your day with a bright canvas
You don’t have to be great to start but you have to start to be great.- Joe Sabah
Even if you’re on the right track you’ll get run over if you just sit there- Will Rogers
Take the initial step today, create momentum and use the law of inertia to keep you moving forward to your dreams. Learn a les
son from the kangaroo. The kangaroo is always moving forward. It is physically unable to move backward. It’s for this reason it was chosen to be on our national emblem. Skippy is always moving forward even when it’s going around in circles.
In times when it appears you made mistakes or poor choices on some level of being it was the best you could do at the time and in the
long run it’s going to prove to be a step forward.
Take a step forward today and paint a bright canvas for your future.
We’ve been encouraging you to participate in a media fast. That doesn’t mean you have to ditch entertainment altogether. Today’s inspirational message tells you to make your media choices so that you instead watch positive news and inspiring stories.
American Idol is one of my favorite shows to watch and I don’t miss it even though it comes through the TV. I love to watch it as I’m passionate about music and I just love to watch these talented inspiring musicians work hard to achieve their dreams. I feel great after watching each show. I laugh, I cry and I get so inspired to be the achiever of my dreams also.
We also love to watch sport for the same reasons. It’s all about people being champions and striving to be the best with their passions and talents. How much more empowering for your life to be choosing inspirational, positive stories instead of negative news and depressing, violent crime shows!
Watch today’s daily inspirational message to hear the negative effects of media and how it can positively change your life as well. Wake Up With Caz and Craig was created to inspire people each day with positive media and kick start the day instead in a positive and empowering way.
The constant bombardment of negative news as you go through your day can only impact you in a depressing way. You want your life to reflect the truth- that it is a beautiful, magical place with so much happiness and opportunity for you to feel joy. Turn off the TV and radio and close the newspaper today. You can read more about the benefits of a media fast at our Enjoy Wealth and Happiness Blog.
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My name is Caroline, or Caz for short, and I’m married to Craig and we have a beautiful 2 year old daughter named Kalyra. The meaning of Kalyra’s name might give you a little insight as to who we are.
Kalyra Wineries, California
Kalyra at 18 mths
Her name is an Australian Aboriginal name that means ‘a wild and pleasant place.’ We discovered it on our travels through the USA at a vineyard in Santa Barbara. We stumbled upon “Kalyra Wineries” on the tour and found out it was owned by two Australian brothers.
We immediately loved the name because it’s unique, it came from our traveling experiences, it’s from our country, and we are all about living a wild and pleasant life. (oh and she’s named after some very nice wine, I might add!)
Craig and I love to travel. I threw the backpack on the day after I graduated from Uni, did a little trekking around Indonesia and then headed to London to start my teaching career (in the worst section of London!). I had a wild time in London for two years, traveling the UK and Europe and living in a house of 12-25 crazy international backpackers. From there I did a summer season in the bars of Dublin, Ireland (working that is-for the most part!) before traveling through Vietnam and Thailand on my way home.
Monument Valley, Utah
I was hooked on travel and knew that this was the life for me and was ready to go on my next adventure. That was when I met Craig, who shared the same passions as me. Craig spent the early part of his teens and twenties playing a Professional sport in Australia called Rugby League, until he retired due to injuries. He fell into a career in construction, but the passion just wasn’t there and he wanted to go on an adventure around the world also.
Three days after we got married, we headed off for a 5 year honeymoon working and traveling across the globe. We taught English in Bangkok, Thailand for 6 months and traveled all over Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. We then lived in Dublin, Ireland for one year. From there we traveled throughout the UK and then backpacked East Africa, from Kenya to Cape Town for 5 months visiting 8 countries along the way.
Koh Lipe, Thailan
However, the money started running out and we were getting ready to move to the USA for our next working adventure, so to earn some more income, we worked on a Pearl Farm in a remote location off the coast of Broome in Western Australia. We had to catch a sea plane to the farm, where we would live and work everyday at the crack of dawn for 5 weeks at a time. It was backbreaking work but we were prepared to do whatever it took to get us to our destination.
New York City
Once we gathered enough money we moved to Raleigh, NC in the USA and worked for 2 years. We loved living in the States and road tripped from sea to shining sea. We thought we were ready to go home to settle, and so moved back to Queensland on the east coast of Australia, but not without spending a couple of months in China, Laos and Thailand first. It was at this time that we realized we wanted to start a family.
We knew that we could never give up travel, it was what we lived for – the passion, the excitement, adventure and freedom of it was deeply entrenched in our soul. But we knew backpacking just couldn’t be done with a child so we began to explore other options to create the money needed to travel more in style. During this time we had our daughter and also decided that we wanted to relocate back to Raleigh to live and so here we are now.
We made some mistakes along the way and realized we had some work to do on ourselves to raise our
Sand Dunes, Namibia, Africa
attractor-factor.Our focus had switched from adventure and freedom to ’settled and paying bills’. If only we knew then what we know now – we got what we focused on that’s for sure! We didn’t understand a lot about business and personal development and never really had a great teacher to learn from.
I guess you can say we always had the entrepreneurial spirit though without ever really realizing it. The life we led was brave and daring, and it was a path that we carved for ourselves. Life was totally on our terms. We decided where to go and what to do. We know what it takes to make dreams happen.
Also, previous to our travel adventures, we had purchased two real estate properties, and ended up doing very well out of them, even though we didn’t really have experience in that field. We just acted on “gut” instinct and it paid off!
Life as a backpacker can be very tough and challenging. Traveling for months on end, living out of a backpack and a tent, riding around on local transport (ie: on the back of a pick up with twenty other people, chickens, bikes, sacks of rice and potatoes) and living like the locals. You have to be made of strong stamina to survive it. But the rewards are so worth it.
We witnessed some incredible sights and did activities through 33 countries…
Gorillas in Uganda
Massai Worriors in Kenya
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe,
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Safari’s throughout Africa
Octoberfest in Germany
Running with the Bulls in Spain
3 month Road trip through Europe
Magnificent Beaches
Whitewater Rafting the Nile River
3 month Road trip through the USA
Hiked the Grand Canyon
New Years Eve in New York City
Rock Climbing in Thailand
Hiked the Yangzee River in China
Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island home in South Africa
War Tunnels in Vietnam
War Memorial sites in Gallipoli-Turkey
St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland
Snorkeling amazing reefs
Partied Hard
and met some AMAZING people.
Campsite, Malawi, Africa
We learned that if you want something bad enough, and if you are willing to withstand the challenges, it will come to you and it will be so worth it!
This is what got us through the bad times and we’ve now come to realize through the help of many great teachers that we have got what it takes. We have since learned about entrepreneurship and now we think and act like entrepreneurs. Our travels have taught us so much about life and the enjoyment of it. We have learned many lessons along the way through our struggles also. We’ve experienced a deep and rewarding life and wish to impart our wisdom to others so they can do the same.
Craig and I knew that we had so much within us to share and we weren’t doing that. After much soul searching we finally
Rocky Mountains, Colorado
understood thatall the knowledge and insight we gained through traveling was done for a purpose. Not to be hidden within our souls but to share with others so that they may see a brighter future and a bigger more powerful world. Our mission is to help each individual grow to their full potential. In doing so our precious planet that we have grown to know and love so much will benefit. A better, happier you means a better, happier community, and a better, happier earth.
Craig and I know how to live life to the fullest. We are great at inspiring others to live their best life, and showing them how to enjoy all the wealth and happiness this amazing planet has to offer.
Live Your Best Life!
Caz & Craig Makepeace
P.S…..”The World is a Book and Those Who Don’t Travel Read Only a Page!”
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Dear Friend,
Imagine how your day would begin if you watched a 3-5 minute daily video containing….. inspiring quotes, encouraging words, an empowering song, and success tips on How To Live Your Best Life!
What would that do for you? Would that put an extra spring in your step?
We’ve discovered that the majority of people begin their day in a negative way. And that’show we used to be too!We would turn on the TV the moment we awoke to catch the morning news and the disastrous events of the previous day. Then we would read the newspaper or online news stories whilst having breakfast. On our way to work we would listen to further negative news broadcasts or radio D.J’s commentary on depressing stories and celebrity mishaps.
It’s a fact that media is the most consumed product on earth. And let’s face it, most of it is negative! Every where we turn we are exposed to it through the TV, the Newspaper, the Internet, the Radio or in Magazines. Isn’t it time you kick started each day off by watching and listing to a more positive and empowering message to put you in the right frame of mind to have a happy and successful day?
We understand the value of positive thinking and starting your day off on the right foot. To put it simply, we have always lived a fun-filled, passionate, and inspired life.
Got married in 2002 and then took off traveling the world and have since lived in 5 different countries (Australia, England, Thailand, Ireland, USA) and visited over 30 more countries!
Craig played a Professional Sport in Australia for 6 years called Rugby League.
Caz holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching and has taught in those 5 different countries!
My Students in Bangkok
We have a great marriage; a beautiful, positive daughter; have invested successfully in real estate, and have seen more of this planet than most people would in 5 lifetimes. We attribute our happiness to just always living life with passion; going on adventures; being positive, encouraging and living in joy.
To learn more about us, please visit the “About Us” tab at the top of the page!
We also know what it’s like to go through some difficult times. We know it’s an awful trap and cycle of fear, sadness and self-loathing. We understand the damage negative feelings can do to your life. We’ve been there, done that. And now we want to be a source of inspiration and encouragement to othersso they can see the beauty they hold within them and the beauty that life can offer them.
Through our extensive travels around the world, we came to a deeper awareness and understanding of life and the people that dwell here. We’ve witnessed spectacularly beautiful sights and know that this world is full of so much abundance, joy and happiness for us all to enjoy. We know that deep down each person holds magical qualities and that deep down we are all the same. Life is a powerful force that needs to thrive and grow and in order to do that we need happy, inspired people living on the planet who live their best life.
When you Wake Up With Caz and Craig through our 3 minute free daily inspirations video blog, this is what you’ll be getting:
Inspiring messages!
Motivational quotes!
Success tips!
Song of the week!
A Friendly face!
Daddy and Kalyra
“We’re positive, fun-loving people who are lovers of life and passionate about making it our best. We know that everyone has the potential for greatness and to live an inspired life on purpose. We are committed to being your morning friend and filling your mind with positive thoughts, to give you encouraging words and to help keep you focused on fulfilling your life’s purpose, living your best life.
Let us be the morning kick start to your day. You don’t need a daily shot of coffee to get you moving, a daily inspiration with Caz and Craig will do the trick. It’s not going to take much effort on your behalf, just an open heart and mind and some ears to hear and a couple of minutes each morning.
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We’ve got lots of fun and exciting things planned for your morning ‘Wake up with Caz and Craig’. We will always be growing and improving to help make a positive impact on your life. We want you to see that the world holds unlimited possibilities for you and you can Be, Do, Have….. whatever you like!
Mummy and Kalyra
Live Your Best Life,
Caz and Craig Makepeace
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