It’s the perfect day to ponder some of what you’re thankful for. So it’s perfect for the latest update we received from the local chiropractor rescued from a kayak mishap last March – who first sent in his account of the rescue, and has since updated us twice (in August and in October) about his renovation of a home with history.

Story and photos by Dr. Scott Redfern

The heater is going off again. This is a splurge; I’ve been home for three hours, heat included.

Recently I have been getting bids on re-plumbing the entire house.

It seems my bucket-bath days are limited. I must proceed, however uncomfortable, and demo the last standing bastion, my bathroom. I must smash the tub into tiny bits, saw all the walls, and finish by sacrificing brutally and mercilessly the pipes of old.

I am experiencing a lifestyle change. Next week I will be in Vegas at a seminar. I could come home to new plumbing if I play my cards right.

Tubs need to be picked out; I almost got sucked into a $1,600 jetted tub. With a sense of urgency, I sought out sales and found myself at Apollo Spas. I couldn’t pull the trigger.

I found a jetted tub that will do just fine for $700, and another tub for $300.

Vanities for the bathrooms total $2,300. New plumbing, $5K.

“That’s a grand” seems pretty familiar. Almost anything is a grand. I expect it. Everything seems to be a third more than it was two years ago.

Food, drink, gas and the like eat away at my dwindling savings. I have to balance this all out. With no money coming in, it takes tact to navigate these waters. As I have learned, you can spill, get wet and suffer. (See my article from April.)

“Carefully allocate” is my redundant thought for tonight. Plan and plan well.

Take the time to plan well. Be diligent in your thinking. Watch your thoughts and behaviors, and correct accordingly.

Listen, watch and be careful. Take appropriate risks. Don’t be afraid to dream or implement a plan.

Now is a good time to break out of old paradigms and suffer some for the growth.

Plant new seed. Conscious choice leads the way. Watch for sharks.

Grow into it. Try not to push forward to hard, nor pull back too abruptly.

Remember for you that which is most important.

The abbreviated version of mine is to: Share abundantly, joyfully and gratefully of my experiences, talents, blessings and resources, and commit to keep co-creating, attracting and manifesting my dreams.

I took time, possibly years to compose this, distill these thoughts, and to get here.

To see it in print and share this is a fulfillment of a dream.

I ask myself, why did you wait so long to let your light shine?

I must answer. It’s been shining all along.

Take the time to buy yourself a cup of coffee. Sit down and write out what you want to co-create in your life. Carry it with you and read it every day without exception, no matter how you feel. Show it to no one. Visualize it. Thank it for showing up in you life. Immerse yourself in gratitude for everything. Let the plan change, re-write it and re-draw it as often as necessary. Be responsible and courageous. Be flexible.

Co-create with your other-than-conscious mind (Higher Power, Nature, Innate Intelligence, God, Imagination, Whatever, etc, etc).

One of my most recent powerful Aha’s is this: If guilt enters in (and it does) with the thought of “what I want, or desire,” I can reframe it. What I want doesn’t feel selfish at all to me, if I get to share in all I wrote of above.

May the Aha’s be with you. — Dr. Scott Redfern