Life Is Outstanding

By Anthony D. Collins

Anthony D. Collins has always had a purpose that he tried to deny over and over again. But without any more delays he finally took all the confirmations from friends and associates that his positive words should be shared with the world. His life testimonies have helped people all over the world. Anthony decided that he could do more and that is exactly what he is doing with this book. He always says just sit back and allow him to do all the positive work and fill your lives with inspiration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481757874

Anthony D. Collins

Anthony D. Collins was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. He was raised by both of his parents. While growing up Anthony didn’t share a lot of his true emotions and thoughts with anyone. Matter of fact he decided at an early age that he was going to lie his way through life until one day Anthony realized that this was destroying his soul. On his mission of becoming a better person, he did not realize that his testimonies were helping other people with their lives. As time went on Anthony, understood that his purpose was to help motivate and inspire others. Anthony’s first project titled “Life is Outstanding” is only confirmation of Anthony living out his purpose with a determination to help others learn how to live freely through his failures and life changing events. Anthony has been able to experience every level of life from having things given to him and not appreciating them. To working hard for over 17 years as a blue-collar worker, losing everything that he thought was important in life and learning how to regain what’s really important in life by simply choosing to do one thing. Remembering that throughout all of his circumstances “Life is Outstanding”.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1   Attitude

Chapter 2   Energy

Chapter 3   Imagination

Chapter 4   Law of Attraction

Chapter 5   Persistence

Chapter 6   Love

Chapter 7   Money

Chapter 8   Power

Chapter 9   Gratitude

Chapter 10   Results

Afterword

OVERstand Theory

Sources

Acknowledgements

I want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who encouraged me along this wonderful journey of writing my first book. My Mother Jacquelyne Collins, Father Godfrey Collins for being extremely patient with me. They have watched me give up on a lot of things in my life but they never fell short on supporting me no matter what. I want to thank my wonderful kids Jamon Collins and Destinee Collins for giving me every additional reason to breathe and live more responsibly every day.

I also want to thank Tiffany Johnson for taking the time to share her life experiences which led me to begin my quest to Live Freely, Terri Bowens for her unwavering support, Karen Smith for helping me understand that communication is key in any friendship or relationship, Rashida Lucas for OVERstanding how important it is to have someone to tell you the truth no matter what. Doni Glover, John Harmon, Stacey Minor, Felicia Simpson, Bianca Fly, Gino Collins, Duchess Gloria Gunn, Jamie L. Payne, Tamara Frizane, Kevin Brown, Charlotte Toney (CMB), Wilbur Scott, April Vinci, Tiffany Williams, Shardon Anderson, the entire Ward Family and Sonya Dean I thank you all for impacting my life in a positive manner.

Special thanks to Myra Kirsten for taking the time to help me do my photo shoot and encouraging me to appreciate my smile. Special thanks to Dr. Lambi Lane for helping me learn more about digital marketing. Special thanks to Dena Jackson for helping me build my website. Special thanks to Tamekia Singleton for being my Third Eye on this project.

Lastly, to my ancestors who have watched over me for years to make sure I did not get too lost in my challenges and my wonderful grandmother Allien Collins who ascended at the very end of me completing this project. I know that you personally helped me complete this project from that wonderful dimension that you are enjoying now. Thank you (MIMI).

Introduction

Gracefully, at the age of 37 I was given a second chance at life. The best part about it was I didn’t have to have a near death experience in order for God to give me this new found chance. I am determined to spread the great news about how my life has changed. For 36 years I thought it was so hard to accomplish things in my life. I found out life is easy if we carry the right Attitude. So without procrastinating I changed my attitude and started to ask for exactly what I wanted out of my life. I can promise you one thing this book WILL NOT BE IN ANYWAY YOUR TRADITIONAL TYPE OF READ.

Thanks to a close friend who was willing to share her new found experiences in life. I started to meditate daily and within hours my mind, body, and soul started to rejuvenate like never before. A lot of people including myself would frown when meditation was mentioned. But after researching and OVERstanding what meditation really is I started to have more control over my life than I ever had before. No matter what our religion background is if we OVERstand the concept that God is within us then we will find that our attitude about life will never be the same.

First, we have to train ourselves to get rid of every ounce of negative thoughts in our conscious & subconscious. This will not be easy but it is very attainable. In chapter one I will show you how with the right attitude about your life. Your life will change forever.

I know you are asking that magical question HOW? Before we move on the first thing I want you to start visualizing is to eliminate the word HOW out of your vocabulary. Simply find somewhere peaceful and close your eyes and say The word HOW is not my part in the creative process of my life. This simple exercise is the beginning of many steps you will have to take in order to have the right attitude in life. Also ask yourself before moving on. What is success? This question may seem easy, but trust me you will stumble with your answer. Remember to be very specific about your answer and take your time. Now is the time you want to turn off all distractions in your life and sit in a very relaxing place. Open your mind to all positive possibilities as you begin a journey into the Universe of Attitude. Now remember periodically I will remind you that this WILL NOT BE YOUR TRADITIONAL TYPE OF READ. This will help you receive what I am about to enlighten you with.

Chapter One

Attitude

Throughout my life I always felt something inside of me I could never put into words. At times my feelings inside of me were so scary I would ignore them completely. As time went on those inner feelings stopped and my life went down a negative spiral of events. On the outside I seemed fine but on the inside I was filled with negative thoughts and desires. I dreamed about doing illegal things. I had no faith in God. For quite some time I kept these thoughts to myself but after years of carrying such a negative ATTITUDE about life, I started being more vocal to friends, family members and whoever I could get to listen to my negative ways. I find it amazing now, although I had so many negative thoughts, I had countless friends and loved ones who loved me.

As I continued on with my negative ATTITUDE strangely enough I kept attracting more people in my life. For the most part there were a lot of positive minded people around me. For a long time I would do my best to push people away with my negativity. I use to have ridiculous rants about not believing in God. I had countless women do sexual favors for me without letting them know I had no interest of a future with them. I was a flat out liar and manipulator. I was selfish and simply enjoyed being this way for a long time. Around the age of 27, I started to get that inner feeling that seemed so scary years ago. But this time I could identify exactly what that feeling was. It was God tapping on my shoulder telling me how important of a person I am. I thought to myself as I heard God talk to me Like yeah right I ain’t important.

Notice I am speaking a lot of negative things into existence without fully OVERstanding how that was affecting my life. Later on I will explain the Law of Attraction and how the earlier stages of my life were exactly what I said and wanted at that particular time. I remember one day sitting alone in my apartment thinking it’s time for me to try something different. I had a negative attitude for 27 years and I know for a fact it was not working for me. So I simply decided to think about more positive things in my life.

Suddenly, things in my life started to get better. I bought a new car and house in the same year. I made a lot of money at my job and on the streets. Life seemed perfect for the first time. But I still was not listening to that inner feeling the way I was supposed to. One thing I have learned in life is we possess all of the answers to any questions we have. God is within us at all times but it’s our choice to use him. Earlier I mentioned luckily I did not have a near death experience in order for me to change my life. My biggest problem was the Reality Factor I kept holding on to. Let me take a moment to explain what the Reality Factor is. It’s when you start to think about positive things in your life, but you also think about negative things occurring in your life as well. I figured this was keeping it real or what I call the Reality Factor.

Of course at this stage in my life I still did not OVERstand I was succeeding and failing at the same time. It felt good to see some positive things going on in my life but I did not know how to be grateful for those things. I was so use to something going wrong that even in my happiness; I was speaking negative things into existence. I went from having negative experiences all the time to just a few times. But when things went wrong I would handle them so badly I found myself in a deep depression which led to me gaining unnecessary weight. My health became a big problem in my life.

I wasn’t even 30 years old but I felt 60 years old. I had back pains, headaches and sharp pains on the left side of my neck. Those pains would sometimes shoot down to the left side of my chest. I remember many of days having a hard time just walking up a few stairs. I knew my life and body was out of balance. But I did not know at the time how to balance my life. As I reflect on this now, I laugh because it should be common sense to me, and a lot of us, how to balance our lives. But if we do not know certain aspects of life, we just do not know how to bring balance to our lives. In other words, we do not know what we do not know.

I became a determined soul. I did whatever it took to lose weight and be more of a positive person. After about 6 months I lost 46 pounds and I felt fantastic. But there was one major problem. I was not grateful for what I had accomplished. As of matter of fact I was downright arrogant and self centered. Of course by me not having the right ATTITUDE after accomplishing something positive in my life, God humbled me by taking away everything I called myself being arrogant about. I lost my job, I lost my relationship with my daughter’s mother and I had an on job accident at my new job after only working there for 7 days.

These events were the turning points of my first real encounter with God. I remember the night I became one with God. I went into a room in my house and sat on the floor and just