Share Your DREAM Friday – with Special Guest Dreamer Lorri Ratzlaff!
The GREAT Edward here,
Welcome to this weeks installment of…
Share Your DREAM Friday!
WOW this has really taken off!
The community of people that have participated here are absolutely phenomenal.
This is the first time for a fellow CANADIAN to be featured.
And YES! We can DREAM BIG TOO! eh!
This weeks Special Guest Dreamer is my new friend Lorri Ratzlaff.
She is a Mom with a full time job by day
and a full time Social Media and Networker Marketer by night.
She has grown her Facebook friends from 1000 to over 4200 since January without asking anyone.
With a limit of 5000 friends, if you are not her friend already, you will need to connect with her now!
I first met Lorri through the Tribe Syndication Association (TSA) when she came across my blog a few weeks back.
She is an avid Hockey Fan and has a great heart for others.
Please join me in celebrating Lorri as she shares her dream with us.
Lorri Ratzlaff
Einstein said that imagination is more important than knowledge, and that guy knew a thing or two! My imagination of a different life and my dreams were kept under wraps for most of my life. Parents and friends alike said to me my whole growing up years “Lorri, when are you going to stop dreaming”! I KNEW there was more to this life than what I was experiencing, but honestly didn’t even know what I was feeling or why I was feeling it, so I just grew up believing what my parents and teachers told me about life.
This amazing outlet that Edward and Julie Elliott have provided me – allowing me to expose my dream – has been unlike anything I’ve ever experience before! WOW, what a freeing feeling! I have spent the last 18 years telling my children to BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, and YOU CAN BECOME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO … very sincerely, and with all my heart! Yet, I still struggled believing that for myself! BUT, exposing it in this way is somehow affirmation that all those years spent dreaming and knowing that something more pertinent is to be part of my journey was worth every moment of sadness when being told to stop!!
I KNOW anything is possible! I have Faith, and I Believe! I can accomplish this! My children can accomplish what their dreams hold! And YOU can accomplish your dreams TOO!! Never lose faith or your desire to achieve!! One of my favorite quotes by Winston Churchill that John Assaraf likes to use is “Never, never NEVER give up”!!
Many thanks for having the courage and taking the leap and sharing your dream with us Lorri.
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Make it a great day!
God Bless,
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Edward I am so glad you featured my dear friend Lorri!!! She is an amazing person!!!!! I met her because of networking on Facebook and she has become such a true dear friend and has shared in my own life and watched my dreams become a reality!!!! It’s been an amazing year. Love you Lorri my sunshine Sister!!!!!
Love & Smiles Across the miles~ Rockin Ronda
Thanks for sharing your dream with us Lori! It is amazing what happens when you put your dreams out to the universe! I wish you all the best with your dream! Just don`t give up! Thanks Edward and Julie for sharing all these awesome people with us!
Wel I wouldn’t have guessed the name of the person from your Facebook intro because I had not e-met Lorri yet..!! What a beautiful woman…
Isn’t it empowering to share one’s Big Vision with the Universe… but hey.. who else would you want to share such a lofty dream and vision with?
You go Lorri… my turn next week… Thanks so much for sharing of your self… I hold the space for your dream..
Thank you so much Sandhan! This is a big day for me … I feel like the Universe has shifted somehow, and it feels amazing! I can’t stop smiling!!
I’m very pleased to meet you and look forward to interacting more with you on Facebook!!
Good luck to you next week! It’s a most empowering and exciting feeling to do this!!
Thank you so much Susan! This was definitely an exciting achievement for me … it feels like just the beginning! I will NOT EVER give up! When you look up tenacious in the dictionary, my picture is there!
Ronda, thank YOU so much!! You are such a light and inspiration to me! I don’t think you even KNOW how special you are to me! I’m so glad you could share in this special day with me … I HAVE seen your dreams come to fruition, and now I think I just may be able to join you!!
Love ya my Sunshine Sista!!!
Awesome post Edward and Lorri! Congrats you to!
You are growing like crazy, keep rockin’ Lorri. This is just the start of your success.
I can feel it Ry! It’s crazy! That energy that you get … that buzz … it’s everywhere! After our meeting the other night I just can’t stop! It’s unreal! Thanks so much for all the help and direction you have given me my friend!! You’ve been a big part of this!!
Lorri,
You are stepping into your power with sharing your vision. Believe in yourself and your dreams and opportunities will appear for you. Don’t lose faith in what you want, see it as already in the here and now.
The Universe will bring that which you desire if you hold the dream and are passionate about it. Don’t worry about the how-to’s, they will appear as well for you.
Val
First: Thank you Edward for putting this together. It is something that is really catching on and YOU created it! I bet you didn’t know how powerful this was going to be.
Lorri: I wish you the best in making your dream come true. Looks like you learned many lessons and are here to teach others how to do the same. That is what makes us all healers in our own right! This is a wonderful dream because so many teens are eating non-nutritional foods, that they do put on weight. And for a teen that is a BIG PROBLEM! They are so emotional at that stage of life. I know you will do it one step at a time.
Once you have spoken the word (which you just did) things will fall into place. Keep up the faith and as you said above “Never Never Give Up” by my favorite leader Winston Churchill! Once you came into that mindset, NOTHING can stop you.
Thank you for sharing this – it is so inspiring to reveal our dreams and goals in life isn’t it?
It is positively FREEING!! You were such an inspiration for me last week Donna, that after seeing you do it, I knew I could too!! Doesn’t mean it wasn’t still scary, it sure was, but it felt RIGHT!!
You are right in that there are great emotional issues accompanying teenagers, no matter what the situation … I just want to be there for them, and help!
I have 2 teenagers of my own, so I’m living it right now!
Thank you so much for your affirmation Donna. It means the world to me!
Thanks for stepping up and sharing your dream with us Lorri. Helping people lose weight might also entail working on mind-set – that is the hardest part. Making healthy eating and healthy living a part of your lifestyle. It is very hard to create new habits. You seem like someone who could coach people through this easily. Keep dreaming.
Thanks Val! That is exactly why I did this! I see it every day! My vision board shows it to me … my mind shows it to me … my heart shows it to me … I’m nothing but EXCITED for this future I am creating!!
Thank you so much for your affirmation of this dream! I really do appreciate it!
Thank you Nicole! I DO believe I could help people, as I’ve lived with this issue my entire life, and have learned so much about how to conquer this. Mind set like you say is a huge part of it! I’m SO ready to do this, and just really anticipate great things!!
Thank you so much for sharing here, and for being a part of my dream! That means a lot to me!
Hey Lorri…I love your dream. No worries…you will figure it out. What is important for now is that you have put it out there. I am sure you will be able to walk out the details as you go. I pray that people begin to come to you out of the blue and you will be able to put some of those puzzle pieces together as they do. Thanks for sharing with us. And Edward…thanks again for making all of this possible.
Lorri, what a great dream.
I would like to make one suggestion, Dare to Dream/Build your Team. Who is going to help you reach your goal? Start building your team just as you have with TSA, your dream will become your destination. Love the idea especially around the teen population. I wish there had been something in place for me when I was a teen. What a difference it would have made to so many lives. Please keep me posted.
sarah hilton, the dream project
Sarah, thank you so much for this amazing advice! I do have some ideas for my team, and that definitely is starting to grow! I am so excited about this, and can’t wait to share my progress with you, and everyone!!
Thank you so much for your encouragement and support! It really means so much to me!!
Thank you so much for the support Bruce! Putting it OUT THERE was possibly the most difficult part of this whole process! I’m SO glad I did it though! It was very liberating!
Lori, thanks for sharing your dream with us. Helping others is what motivates me to do what I do, so I totally understand that it is your motivation also. The singer Mary Carpenter wrote once “accidents and inspiration lead you to your destination”. I have always thought that that was a great line. Inspiration, like yours, will get you on your way and it will bring you to some surprises (accidents) that will get you to a destination few others can reach. Good luck on your journey!
My pleasure Bruce. Thanks for your continued support.
Everyone has a dream inside them waiting to come out. Glad that I could encourage and offer a platform for a few to do it.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
My pleasure Donna, I had no idea what this could become and is becoming with great people like yourself who are BIG DREAMERS coming along and making it reality. I know that when a thought is planted in my head that it must be done and only could have been placed there by Him! He gives us thoughts not things… it is up to us what we do with them to create the live He has planned for us. Thanks for being a big part of this.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
Hey Ryan,
It has been great to meet you over the past week. I agree that Lorri is on a mission to fulfill her DREAM. It will be done!
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
It’s going to be huge for sure.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
My pleasure Susan. It is an honor that we have been blessed with. Glad to be on the journey with you.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
Hey Lorri,
I know what you mean about smiling. I can’t stop smiling either. The energy is growing and there is no limit to it.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
Hey Ronda,
It is great to meet you. I have been blessed to meet so many amazing people, like Lorri, who is DREAMING BIG! I am so happy to share them with everyone.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
I’m new here, but I have to confess that this place is awesome. I’ve never been part of a group like this before and its amazing to be among people of like minds – those who dream and believe in their dreams. I have a lot of dreams and I often wonder if I’m on the right track (many around me don’t see/aspire the way I do, in fact I’ve heard words like these a lot of times: “wake up, you’re dreaming, what makes you think you can achieve that”). So thanks Lorri for encouraging me to BELIEVE IN MYSELF, and I CAN BECOME ANYTHING I WANT TO.
Hey Victoria,
Great to meet you. Thanks for being part of our community. Keep your dreams alive my friend and move towards them with passion and knowing that they will come to be. Would you consider sharing your dream here with us all? Look forward to hearing from you.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
Hi Lorri!
Congratulations on being courageous to share your dream! I don’t know if this is any help to you but I just heard that Kevin Trudeau authored a book on Natural Cures to Weight Loss. He was on the Shopping Channel last night. Kevin is a controversial person but he tells it like it is and is fearless!!
I am certain you will find valuable information in this book!!
Blessings,
Lynda
Hi Lorri!
I just want to say that your dream is awesome! That’s the beauty of this, is that the HOW will work itself out as you take one “baby ” step at a time . Wasn’t this such an amazing experience , to verbalize it in front of a camera. You are beautiful, with a beautiful dream! (:
Hey girl, love your dream!! Hey look at where you are at now……..your dream in the works angel. I am so happy for you
A dream sure takes a different meaning when you get it out there for the world to see and hear.
Keep up the good work and keep believing in your dream!!
many blessings to you angel.
~Marie-Suzy
Lorri,
I am watching your video 10 months later. What a lovely dream. Would love to know how you are progressing toward realizing your dream now?
Erica