Bask. The Dreamer's Guide to Reaching for the Stars While Realizing You Have Already Caught the Moon

By Darcee Hope Matlen

Celebrate today and Bask in all of the wonderful things that you have accomplished in your life. Many of us spend time dreaming of tomorrow but it's also important to revel in all of the wonderful things that we have in our lives today. Bask is made up of stories and techniques that remind us all that today we are living our dreams of yesterday and to enjoy every moment in the moment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darcee Hope Matlen
• Release date: Jul 31, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466195646

Darcee Hope Matlen

Darcee Matlen is a lucky wife and mother. She has two amazing sons: one who is "typical" and one with special needs. Watching her son work so incredibly hard every moment to overcome his delays and watching his younger brother help him do so inspires her every day. Her life motto is, "Don't focus on the challenges or the unexpected obstacles, but instead celebrate all of the wonderful things that life has to offer and that you are lucky enough to be blessed with." In addition to being a full-time mom, Darcee is the owner and president of Violetgumdrop.com, Inc., an accessories company. She designs and manufactures several product lines and many of them are based on sharing goodness. She recently launched The Good Karma Campaign, which is a mission to mail free good karma to anyone who sends in their request. Violetgumdrop.com is a family business and is run by Darcee, her mother, sisters, and grandmother. It is her passion to develop new products and stories to share with the world.

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Introduction

Bask: –verb. To enjoy a pleasant situation

People are powerful. We create goals and dreams early on in life and achieve them one by one. Some are short-term, like do well on an exam, and others are long-term, like marry a wonderful man and have lots of children. Of course there are the fairytale dreams about becoming a princess, but those usually fall by the wayside or morph over time, unless of course you are Kate Middleton, but I digress.

I have always been a dreamer. I was lucky to have a supportive family, so any far-fetched whim I came up with was encouraged. I decided in high school that I wanted to be a fashion designer and move to New York City to attend fashion school for college. My family supported me, and off I went to the big city. I learned a lot, mostly about the school of hard knocks, and I eventually moved home. My big dream of becoming a wife and mother was the only one that stayed with me over the years, and it was always lurking in the back of my mind. I held jobs, took classes, and kept busy with friends, but finding myself and living the life I wanted was my constant mission.

This book is about looking at your current hopes and dreams, setting new goals if you haven't done this in a while, and finding moments to stop and revel in the good things that your life has to offer. We all have ups and downs, but life can be amazing if we just spend a little time focusing on the wonderful things around us. I will share a bit about my ''basking" techniques and offer tips on finding the good even in tough situations. You will be amazed at how much joy you can experience if you bask in today while you dream of tomorrow.

After searching for myself well into my twenties, I eventually met the man of my dreams, and a few years later we got married and I became pregnant. At that time we were living in his house, and I wanted desperately to sell the house and get a new one that was closer to my family, bigger, and ours. The market was awful, and we could not find a buyer. I wanted this move with every inch of my soul, and