Mary Kraus

January 6th, 2010 at 5:49 pm    

Hi Marcia, Thank you for considering twelve candidates for scholarship offerings. You are wonderful. These are my circumstances that I’d like to you consider in deciding who to award the scholarships to. I am a mother of six children and like many people, my husband lost his job approximately six months ago. So things have really been tough on a week to week and month to month basis just trying to make ends meet. As tough as things are right now, I try to keep my thoughts positive and think about the good things that are on their way to me and my family and how circumstances will turn around within the next few months (in fact my birthday is March 30th, so that is the date that I’ve been focusing on for when I’ll be ‘out of the woods’). I listened to Jack Canfield’s free monthly conference call today and he said to pick a breakthrough goal this year. When he said that, my first thought was that I’d like to become a certifed coach by attending Dream University later this year. A few short hours later, I received your email with the video describing your Dream Movement and then! the chance at being offered a scholarship. In all honestly I am not able to afford the fee right now and without a scholarship I will not be able to join at this time. I completely trust your judgement on who to award the scholarships to and if I am not selected then I will know that there were at least twelve other people who were more in need of it than I. Thanks again for considering us!!

Sincerely,
Mary Kraus

Karoly Fuevessy

January 6th, 2010 at 5:58 pm    

01 / 06 / 10
Dear Marcia,
Yes, I really need this scholarship more than anything else. A few months ago I have lost everything I had,about $600,000
in total and today I am living on about
$600/month assistance. This coming June I
will be 80 years young and my mission in life is: “TO LIFT UP HUMANITY”. In fact this was my mission in life for many decades.
So this scholarship would be like a blessing out of the blue sky!!!!!!!!
Thanks for offering it.
With all my love.
Karoly Fuevessy,
immortalitycoach@gmail.com
(This was my search for the last 40 years
and still is, how to live another 80 years in youthful exuberance and help others regain their health and longevity
at the same time).

Karen Hasleth

January 6th, 2010 at 6:36 pm    

Hello Marcia,
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the scholarship program. I have overcome extreme abuse, and quit drinking 25 years ago to create a life that has meaning and value. Currently I find myself in a place that I have never imagined. I now am without funds to pay for my basic expenses and will be closing my office this month. It all ended so quickly that I am still stunned. I look for the opportunity and gift in this experience every day. I am a life coach and intuitve and I know that I provide valualbe services to the clients that I serve. Your program called to me completly as the answer to not only changing my circumstances but to allow me to pass this transformation on to those that I serve. I pledge to pay it forward as a scholarship to another deserving person along the way. I am committed to taking every action necessary and show you that by investing in me you made a very good choice. I may not have children to feed or health issues as others may have, and yet I am at my personal bottom.
I apprecaite you considering me for this special gift.
Blessings to you
Karen

Elma Martinez

January 6th, 2010 at 6:37 pm    

Hi Marcia:

I want to thank you for offering these scholarships. I am a single mother of three kids,I have always worked hard for what I used to have, see two years ago I was laid off of work, could not find a job to save my life. Soon after stress started to set in,bills piling up. Then I started to have chest pains,Dr put me on Meds as needed, little did I know I was having a series of heart attacks thru out the month of July in 2008, By August I had a triple by pass. Since I could not work or even find work we lost our home and everything else. I thank god for saving my life. Now I have been blessed with recieving emails from you which is giving me hope again. I am still unemployed living with family. That is the reason I have not joined your program because I can not afford it. I also want to say that I am a full time student at the local university here, which I was blessed with recieving grants and loans so I can better myself. I thank you Marcia for what you do and for including me on your mail list. From the bottom of my heart I want to win one of your scholarships.

Thank you
Elma Martinez

Lecia Brannon

January 6th, 2010 at 6:43 pm    

Dear Marcia,

As I write to you this afternoon after watching your video, I have been grasping at all thoughts and ideas as to how I am going to find work. My attempts at finding employment after the mortgage company I worked with for the past 6 years closed have failed. My faith remains strong that there is something better, something worth while and something exciting out there. I just need to find it! I have a faint flicker of an idea in my head. Can I make it work? Can I really do it? Do I have time to make it work before my February rent is due? I can’t bring myself to even say my thoughts out loud for the fear of doubt is ever present and lingering ready to pounce on my dream. You have given me hope! My family and I have become part of the statistics of loss in our nation. Loss of income, loss of job and loss of our home. All our resources are gone and the last items of value to sell are listed with Craigslist and Ebay. We are on the verge of accepting the charity of my family to cover our basic living needs. A most humbling and frightening place to be. I cannot ask for that kind of help and pay for your program. I haven’t lost all hope and faith yet! I think that I am confident and smart enough to take your program and run with it to get to that quality of life my family and I deserve. I have learned this past year that things are not what bring the peace and joy that make life worth living. I trust that is why you arrived in my email! Winning this scholarship would enable me to focus and move forward. Jack’s theory about doing the same things, getting the same results and trying something different to get a different result is beginning to make sense to me. I would never have asked for a scholarship to help me before and consequently I have never gotten one. I am desparately trying to get a job by doing what I have always done with no result. It is time to do something different and see what can happen. So now I am asking for that something different by asking for this scholarship from the bottom of my dream filled heart. Please consider me for one of the twelve coveted scholarships. Thank you, Lecia Brannon

Marian Hobson

January 6th, 2010 at 7:02 pm    

Marcia,

I also applaud you and thank you. You are so generous to offer 12 scholarships. I have to say I first and foremost want to be in a position that I can turn around and give so generously to others.

My story is from the heart and the only way I can take this course is if I get a scholarship. Before I decided to stay home with my children in 1999 I worked for BellSouth Yellow Pages as a sales representative. It reiterated to me the passion I had for helping people truly improve their lives that I had as a missionary for several years before that. You may wonder how Yellow Page ads can “help” someone but it was as simple as helping them really know what made their services unique and positioning them in such as way that their company stood out on the page, even if their ad was a smaller ad. I LOVED knowing that in doing this I was helping them improve their business which would in turn bless their family and others around them.

Fast forward a few years. I have to admit my husband and I didn’t do the money management part of life too well. We allowed little problems with his ex-wife escalate until lawyers had to become involved. We also spent a few years “running” and by that I mean allowing changes to happen in his job (and with our family)that “made” us have to move. All of those things cost us greatly, mostly in building up retirement.

Well my stepsons are both over 20 now and pretty much taking care of themselves and we have taken a our reasons for why we created money issues with some training courses. We’ve gotten lots better at managing our money, the problem is now we’ve had less money to manage.

In 2007 my youngest went into kindergarten and I started looking around at what I wanted to “do” to bring in money. I tried an mlm company and worked with a coach I had had to train as an RFT practitioner. While there I set a goal that I would earn $1,000,000 by the end of 2010 and help 10 others to do the same within 3 years after that. The problem was I felt worse about myself by trying to follow the programs these mentors were offering. So in 2008 when a chance came to be PTA President I took it (forgetting I was also going to be CubMaster the same year). I LOVE being so involved with people again and not “worrying” about earning money. I knew when I finished out that year I could go forward with coaching.

Wouldn’t you know it just as the school year was ending I stumbled upon a coaching class (which is where I heard about you). Time were good and we had had little effect from the bad economy so I signed up. Little did I know what would happen. One month into it my husband started loosing accounts. We discovered later that his company was in an anti-trust suit so they weren’t even fighting to keep the customers so they could show their competition was strong. I started coaching, mostly “freebies” to get practice but when it came right down to it my wheel of business is turning slow.

We are living on less then 1/2 the income we were making last year and almost making it. We have stopped paying until things get better. I have begged forgiveness and gotten my coaching program fees waived for a couple of months. We got Christmas gifts for the kids from school and church. We now qualify for food stamps (what a BLESSING) and if something doesn’t happen this month I’ll have to get help paying out utilities.

I think we are on the crest of something great. I am continuing to plug myself on LinkedIn, Twitter and any other free posting sites I can find. My husband has an offer for a part-time second job that could turn into a full-time job that pays twice as much as he’s making now. The first few months of the year are usually my best…. I hope this scholarship will top off the good feeling.

Finally, my mission is to heal families mentally, emotionally, physically and fiscally. I want to especially empower them to recognize “hidden” issues that have been habits in their families for generations.

My dream for the next 90 days is to create an income of $10,000 per month each of these months, to have my professional website created and the first draft of my book accepted by a publisher.

Limari Colón

January 6th, 2010 at 7:12 pm    

Hello Marcia:
I just saw this and I thank GOD for a human being like yourself.
My situation is the following:
I just got married on November 2009, my husband being 25 and I being 24. We both work as interpreters from our home, earning $7.50 per hour, 40 hours per week. Unfortunately, fear is stopping us from taking the leap, and going after our dreams. I have been crying for two days in a row feeling stuck in a house I am not comfortable in, with bills and my dead end job. My husband says I have to be grateful for what I have to be able to receive more, but I just can’t find the strength. I would LOVE to be able to take this 90 days course with you and change my life! I want to be screaming at the top of my lungs: “I DID IT! I TOOK THE LEAP! I FOLLOWED MY DREAM!”. $297 is not a lot of money, but I don’t have it available right now. I know that other people are also in need, so if you determine that I am not one of the 12 people I will accept it gracefully. Nevertheless, I would love to get the chance to change my life, and I am 500% sure that you are the key to that change. Much love from Puerto Rico.
Sincerely,
Limari Colón

Misty

January 6th, 2010 at 7:28 pm    

Marcia,
I lived my dream and opened a book/gift store that after 2 good growth years really struggled. One month I decided to pay my mortgage instead of the insurance and just a few months later someone started a fire in the building. I sold what could be salvaged but it has left me with debt. I am working two jobs just barely getting by and feel like I have forgotten how to dream. I feel stuck and unable to make any move. Thank you for your consideration. Misty

Wanda Jenkins

January 6th, 2010 at 7:55 pm    

Marcia, I keep telling you over and over that you are an answer to prayers. This time, I can say that as recent as last night, I prayed and asked the Lord to provide a way financially for me to participate in your teleseminar. I believe that this scholarship opportunity is an answer to my prayer, and I am claiming that I am one of the twelve!

I have been singing your praises for about 10 years now, after first reading your book and learning about Dream University. I have wanted to attend your week-long training for years. We spoke on the phone, and you did all you could to help me. Well, about 6 years ago, my husband lost his job, injured his back, and hasn’t worked since. We sold our home, but had nowhere to go. We applied for SSI, but was denied. Living here in the Washington, DC area on one income has been a true challenge, and living from paycheck to paycheck is a reality I know all too well, but I’ve held on to the promise of my dream to be a blessing to others as I live out my life mission: “To seek first the kingdom of God, and be a catalyst to provide health, wealth and happiness to everyone I encounter.” I currently have a full-time job, but my check alone does not pay for our monthly expenses. In my quest to be a dream coach, I need help in financially positioning myself so that I can focus on MY dream and not just live to pay bills!

In your book I believe you said, “when the student is ready, the teacher will come.” 2010 has a number of milestones for me, but in order to truly celebrate those milestones, I have to be in a different place, mentally and financially. I am your student and I believe that through your “90 Days to Transform Your Life” teleseminar, you will help me to achieve my dream and reach these milestones.

Thank you, in advance, for being a blessing to so many people, and for helping me to hold on to my dream! In just 8 minutes, I will join your call, and I pray, that this will be my first, but not the last, for this incredible telecoaching opportunity.

sol q

January 6th, 2010 at 8:15 pm    

Hi Marcia,
I am so grateful that I became one of the subscribers of Healthy, Wealthy nWise Chronicles that I was able to link to your website. I’m so glad to know and see you even just on your videos. I’m very much interested to participate on you new program but as of this time I can’t really afford the fee. My background is I’m married with 3 children. I’m a certified public accountant and used to work as a bank officer. I voluntarily resigned from my work with the dream of owning my own business. That was 7 yrs. ago and up to this time I have not yet found the right business for me. I’m broke, no daily income and incurred so many debts. Slowly, I lost my self-esteem, self-worth, integrity and sense of purpose. But this time, I have decided to regain my self and start all over again because I’m already very tired of my situation now. That’s why I started reading positive books and e-books and browsing the articles of well-known writers, coaches and mentors. I’m so happy that I found you who is very willing to help people like me and much more willing to grant scholarships. I’m very positive that with your help, my life will be changed if given the chance to be part of this program. I’m from the Philippines and I pray that my wish will be granted. Thank you.

Becky

January 6th, 2010 at 8:16 pm    

Hi Marcia,

My name is Becky, I am going through a difficult time and even though $297.00 is not a lot of money and only a very small percentage of what you and your information is worth, I can’t afford it at the present time.

I would be thrilled to be a part of your “90 days to transform my life” program. My dream is to work from home, to be available to my son, travel with my family and improve my quality of life. I would also love to be able to get to a point where I can also help other women going through a rough period.

Thank you for considering me for your program!!!!

Lily

January 6th, 2010 at 8:25 pm    

Dear Marcia –

First and foremost, thank you so very deeply for the generosity you are showing to so many people through your scholarship program and everything else you are up to that contributes to the wonderfulness of our world. BIG thank you!

I will be brief and to the point as to why I would be so grateful if you would consider me for one of your scholarships: I have been out of work for nearly 2 years and over the last 2 months as a result of running to my end, I have lost my home, lost my financial well-being (having to claim bankruptcy), nearly lost my relationship and have had to put the last of my belonings in storage and live at the home of a friend until I can get back on my feet.

Strangely, I have been embracing and practicing so many of the Law of Attraction principles and trying to stay in gratitude and being positive and as happy as possible as often as possible. Even though I experience deep happiness and gratitude regularly every day, I am still not manifesting any tangible results.

I have a passion and ideas to create a few different businesses that support others in creating the life of their dreams – but I feel stopped by my own fear and just seem to be stuck and unable to move forward even though I think my ideas are great and I am usually incredibly structured and disciplined with anything I set my mind to.

So I feel I have a great gift to help others but I cant get past my own blocks to bring it into existence.

Thank you, very kindly, for your consideration and I know that whoever is selected for the scholarship program (even if it is not me) is perfect because that is how the Universe works. Lily

Jaydee Kelley

January 6th, 2010 at 8:27 pm    

I had set the intention to attend one of your seminars and feel it is already done! I have been unemployed since May 2009 and with the help of family and SS have been able to move to Calif (my 10 year dream I finally went for after reading your free 10 ebooks about dreaming)I took the leap and here I am. I have been job searching to no avail since last May but am not giving up. I want to live my dream come true life and with your help, know it will happen. Looking forward to working with you and knowing 2010 will see me living my dream life.

Ann Miles

January 6th, 2010 at 8:32 pm    

Hi Marcia, I’d like to say thank you so much for considering 12 scholarships. I know it will be hard to determine who is worthy of those and who doesn’t qualify. I am a stay at home mom. We had an only child for 12 years and then adopted 2 biological brothers 8 years ago(ages 5 1/2 & 6 1/2 at the time) and then found out I was pregnant 3 weeks later. So we went from 1 to 4 kids in 9 months. I have been home nurturing our adopted children since and of course raising my now 7 1/2 year old. It’s been tough living on the one paycheck my husband provides, but we knew it was the right thing to do in order to give our adoptive kids (one who is identified as having RAD Reactive Attachment Disorder). Life has been a bit bumpy throughout due to RAD and the amount of energy, time, nurturing and counseling needed to help our son with RAD. It’s been quite a draining process, but I also know it will probably be the most rewarding. Very long story short….in all of this, I have lost myself. I have tried to stay “plugged into myself”, but truly I am working hard with putting myself 1st so I can reclaim the confident, proud, thinner & vibrant women I was 8 years ago. With my husband’s construction work slow right now, I couldn’t spend the money to do this amazing program. He has recently asked me to get a parttime job to help carry us through. I am trying to find something I can do at night, as to try to stay a full time mom for my kids. I have no idea if my story is “more worthy” than the next. I just know I would love the opportunity to be a part of this program. Whether I am or not, thank you for this free call. Even this was added value to me and my dream of that vibrant women to shine through again. God Bless and Happy New Year!

Sanjay Gupta

January 6th, 2010 at 8:33 pm    

I was in home building business and lost all the properties to foreclosures last year. Basically, I have not had any income over almost one and a half year. My wife works hourly at YMCA and another prr-schools. We also have 7 year old twin boys. I have worked in the corporate America for about 9 years prior to home building business. I have also dealt with addicitve behavior. With all the hardship, I have not been able to pay mortgage for over a year and at this time, we are in bankruptcy to protect the house and bankruptcy confirmation date is February 05, 2010. If I dont have income to support bankruptcy payments, it may not confirm. I have been doubting myself a lot and finding it really hard to stay focused on applying for jobs. It is just a every day struggle. I have been living on borrowed money from friend. At this time, I am seriously looking for a coach/mentor who can keep me on track to create the life I want to have. At this time, if I do not have to borrow money for this coaching, I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to join the inner circle program. My cell number is 678-923-5382. Thanks a lot. Sanjay Gupta

Aris Ann Escamilla

January 6th, 2010 at 8:40 pm    

Hi Marcia,
I’m not sure of where to start..I’m 65 years old, my life is good but I’m basically dead inside. Dreams may come into my thoughts but leave as fast as they come in. I have created some good things in my life but again, they never got completed. It’s like drawing a picture. I can create the frame, the outside part of the picture but the center never gets completed or comes to life.
I don’t know why but I printed out your pamphlet and in reading it there was a small amount of desire/hope. I’m listening to your teleconference right now. I want to be around to see my granddaughters get married. They are 9 years and 6 years of age. So I really have a lot of work to do. I would truly like to live the balance of my many years in good health, happy and in service.
Thank you,
Aris Escamilla

deborah ozaki

January 6th, 2010 at 8:41 pm    

mahalo marcia for offering such a wonderful and syncronystic scholarship opportunity. i am wanting to tell you why i am requesting the scholarship, but i am in the middle of listening to you on your call, and do not want to miss anything that you are saying.
briefly however, i am on disability from a brain injury from 11 years ago, and am doing so incredibly better, but found that that one event devestated my life. however, with a lot of heart and determination, i have not given up and on many levels am healing. timing is so important and just yesterday told a friend that i need to continue on my path and need something important to work on to better my life, ultimately being able to better other people’s life. later, i can elaborate, and if i miss out, then i do and i am sure it will go to the people that it is supposed to go to.
aloha–and a hui hou-a dreamer looking for her dream
kailua-kona, hawaii

Naima

January 6th, 2010 at 8:42 pm    

Hi Marcia,

My calling is to be available to the people of Bangladesh who are facing devastating climate change. I feel this but am scared since my life situation and reality is blocking every move I make to try to create my dreams. I want to be available to my dreams but am barely making a living.

I am really frightened to share my inner dreams with you.I am still doubting if having my dreams are realistic in the economic situation I find myself. I have kept this hidden for so longgg I feel burdened by my dreams.

I share here some of the background of the life situation. My husband was going to be my rock who made it possible to even think of even considering dreaming. He got laid off, we lost the roof over our head and he moved to Norway since he couldn’t stay in the US because of immigration status. Now, we live in two countries and I am alone with my dreams.I feel I have forgotten what is special about me. I feel lost since I want to do so much , how do I take action? I doubt my purpose even though deep down I am fully aware of not going to my calling will leave my empty.

Marcia,my intention with your dream program if I am given the opportunity with the scholarship is to be present to focus on my dreams, clarify and take action on tangible steps that are doable. I want to Do!! But am reluctant to commit since my integrity is strong and its conflicting since I don’t see how things will happen and I feel my doubts will make me fail no matter what I do! So when I think of my dreams I want a deep knowing so the actions flow out of me no matter what.

Marcia, I would love this scholarship and treasure my moment with the community. I will contribute my knowledge about women in developing countries and their dreams and how I want to ultimately be present for them.

Thank you for this opportunity to apply for this scholarship. Love,

Naima

aaron farkas

January 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm    

Hi Marcia,
Our expenses have recently exceeded our
income by about 1,500 amonth.
we don’t have the money right now to pay
for this seminar.
I don’t have a job – and haven’t worked
for approx. 5 yrs….I’m still looking.

I have type 2 Diabetes and wanted to start
a life coaching business focusing on
using physical,emotional and spiritual
principles.I’ve been off of diabetes
medication for the past 4 + yrs.,using
those principles.Physical methods don’t
work.With all due respect,look at the
results Oprah got ,using only the physical approach.

Unfortunately,I need to get an immediate
job,otherwise,our house will go into
foreclosure.

I was a former Wealth Manager at a
World Class Financial Institution.
For a variety of reasons,I no longer want
to pursue that area.

I would appreciate being considered for
your generous scholarship offer.

Aaron

Deb Harry

January 6th, 2010 at 8:49 pm    

I would be very grateful for a scholarship to attend your 90 day program. I am a 58 year old who lost her job in October of 2008. I have gotten to the point that I don’t believe in anything. I don’t even want to leave my home any more. I feel like I am too old to be starting over in my work and personal life. I would love to participate in this program to regain my hopes and dreams once again. Thank you for considering me.

Patti Acres

January 6th, 2010 at 8:50 pm    

I know that $297 isn’t much but for right now it is huge. I am the money maker for myself & husband. My husband has a life threating dis-ease and we have been working on paying off $60,000 in medical bills & keeping him alive. I am starting a coaching business & letting go of 250 pounds. I have alright let go of 65 pounds last year & paid off 12,000 dollars.
I would been honored to receive one of the scholarships and thank you for your consideration.
You can count of me to “Pay it Forward” after the 90 days.

Sincerely yours, Patti

E Sharp

January 6th, 2010 at 8:55 pm    

I am very excited about this program. I have lived my life believing I can do whatever I want, so it really hits home.

This last year, I launched my own veterinary business that is unique. Instead of treating pet illnesses as they happen, I work closely with the owners to prevent as many illnesses in their pets as possible and extend both quality and quantity of their pets’ lives.

I’m working very hard and studying all aspects of business that I can and networking within the community. This is making me a better manager and business person and veterinarian.

But the money I set aside for this venture is running out. I’ve extended credit and monitored carefully but I’m not growing fast enough to stay afloat much longer.

My doubts are creeping in and starting to take over a lot of my energy. I feel this program will really send me in the right direction. But my current cash flow does not allow me to take either of these programs. Certainly I can set aside a little money to pay monthly so that the scholarship would be available for someone else eventually, but the lump sum is my stumbling block.

My current clients have come to realize how valuable this service if for them and their pets. I am good at the prevention and teaching but need a little boost to continue long enough to bring this to fruition.

Prevention is so much more valuable and less expensive that treatment — both in humans and in pets. It’s time for me to help others prevent illness and be there to support early rather than too late.

Please consider me for this scholarship – this service is such an incredible change for the veterinary medical world and so valuable both for the pets and their owners. Thank you

Timothy Brown

January 6th, 2010 at 9:02 pm    

Dear Marcia,
At this time I am out of a job. My family and I are getting by on my unimployment
check, but not enough for others things at this time.
I need these tools that you offer to know how to reach my dreams.
Thank you and God Bless you.

Virginia Allen

January 6th, 2010 at 9:05 pm    

Thank you Marcia, for this opportunity.
I am a wife of almost 30 years and a mother of 10 wonderful children. I have spent the past 27 years of my life pouring myself into my husband and children; staying home and homeschooling for most of it. I am thankful for having had this time with my children and it was a very rewarding time, however, I am now feeling a bit lost. Four of my children are grown and married, the other 6 are now in public school as I had to go to work full time last year after my husband’s business hit hard times and could not support us. He was able to find a full time job but we had to relocate for him to take this position. I was laid off in August 2009 and now find myself questioning “who am I”, “am I valuable?”
I would so like to discover my passion; my dream. I have come to the realization that I cannot find my value in my children or in my husband. I would love to be a part of this program but there is just no way I can financially do this at this time. Thank you for your consideration. Virginia Allen

Carol Wangechi

January 6th, 2010 at 9:09 pm    

Thank You Marcia for the offer to give 12 indivuals to participate in the “90 days to a Transforming Yourself” I would be honored to be chosen because I am really at crossroads at this momment and need a complete transformation. I am bout to loose my job and do not know which direction to take. Financially I need all the help I can get. I will always be grateful to be a part of the course

Sincerly
Carol

ed farris

January 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pm    

I want to help my family get out of welfare and back on our feet.I have been accused of being too much of a dreamer,I have five kids and have been unemployeed for 2 1/2 months after having my own business.When the banks went down construction did to and I lost a business I had been building for 13 years and had to move to a more affordable state.I know my dream and now I have a strong doubter in my head and boy would I love to be able to find a different way.Thank you for this work and for what ever its worth I will pay this forward if I am chosen to learn from you.Thank you -ED FARRIS-

Myriam Benjamin

January 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pm    

Dear Marcia,

First of all, yes I am ABSOLUTELY with you on saying “Good Riddance” to 2009 & “Alleluia” to 2010. Best wishes to you & your loved ones & thank you for allowing us to apply for this fabulous scholarship opportunity.

My name is Myriam Benjamin & I am on a restless mission to deliberately create the life that I was, divinely, meant to live here on earth. I am a single parent who, like so many others, are struggling to make ends meet. After spinning for a very long time in that very ugly, fearful & vicious cycle, I finally decided to break free from it & to look for many positive ways to transform my life & the life of my one & only child (16 year old daughter).

My “curiosity-then-turned-into-passion” for a personal quest to grow & create a new & better life for myself & my child started shortly I’ve watched the movie “The Secret” about 3 years ago. It truly stirred in me an amazing inward movement & since then, I have not stopped looking for superior mentorship programs, tools & resources.

So, I am ABSOLUTELY interested interested in joining your program, but I am seriously & HONESTLY going through major financial hurdles right now (which I have many documents that can support that). For almost 14 years, I devoted my time, energy, soul, talent & skills to the Corporate world with the hope/dream to move up the ladder eventually. But all of that was shattered when I was laid off in November 2008. And I have not been able to find another job since then (a record of my unemployment benefits can be provided to you as proof, if necessary).

Therefore, it is with great HOPE AND FAITH that I request for you to consider me for a full scholarship.
I absolutely need to learn to believe in my dreams, and to learn to the power & importance of living my life with intention, integrity & purpose. And who better can teach that to me than YOU?

I wish to thank you in advance for your time & consideration, and look forward to hearing back from you really soon.

God BLESS YOUR HEART & SOUL Marcia!!!

Myriam Benjamin (So sorry for such lengthy comment….I wanted to be as genuine as possible).

Judith Auslander

January 6th, 2010 at 9:17 pm    

Hi Marcia, First, like everyone else, I would like to commend you for your most generous gift. When I read all the others who have written as to why they are in need of your assistance, I am in awe. I feel as if others are so very deserving. You have an awesome task ahead of you – and I do not envy the choice you must make. It will be difficult.
My story and why I am asking for assistance is that I am 60 years old. I have a disease which makes it impossible for me to work full time. In search of something that I felt drawn to and would be able to work from home, I became a Life Coach. This year has been nearly fatal for my small business as I have had a total of one client. That’s it! I have worked at my business, but it seems that people love the introduction call, but cannot find the money to pay. Previous to this year I would not say my business was fantastic, but I had a business. I also work part time for a non-profit helping to get the hungry to sign up for government aid. In order to find work once this job ends in July, I am also going to school for a second masters degree. This time in gerontology where I am hoping to be an advocate for seniors.
This explains my circumstances. I appreciate your reading.
Sincerely, Judith

Victoria

January 6th, 2010 at 9:20 pm    

Hi Marcia

Thank you for your generosity in offering 12 scholarships. I would like you to consider me for one of them. It has been a long time since I have even considered dreaming. All of a sudden live started happening and it seemed that I was living in reaction mode. That part of my life lasted way to long.

Last year consisted of a lot of change. I finalized my divorce, lost my job, and for the first time in a long time (atleast ten years) started to have dreams again.

I know all of the people that write in are deserving of the scholarships and know that it will be a difficult choice for you to make.

I have always been an individual who would hold everything in and put on a happy face. Never asking for help. However, I am know learning from The Success Principles (Principle 17) ASK!ASK!ASK!

Again thank you,
Victoria

Angela Walker

January 6th, 2010 at 9:21 pm    

I am so happy that you even have this opportunity available and I pray that you find me as one of the blessed recipients. I do work, but my paycheck is asorbed before I get it. Since my seeing you on the secret, I have been listening to your methods and teachings. Marcia, my budget is so far stretched that the dollar is transparent. I listen to your calls month after month and dream that I could one day take action. I am a single mother of two boys. I been divorced for 5 yrs now with no help from him or the state. So, I went to school to get the skills and tools needed to earn a living. I have a talented 12yr son that plays 9 nine instruments, I want to manage him and help build a successful career. That is just one of my dreams. I am also a full time student at Cardinal Stritch University and full time employee. I have fought for my place in life every step of the way. I can no longer take living pay check to paycheck. IF I DONT TAKE ACTION I FEEL LIKE I MAY DIE!! I am doing all I can, yet it seems like its never enough. I am short every single week, depressed and over weight because all I do is go, go, go, to work..and school and kids..eat and never get enough sleep ..I need this oppourtunity for me to garner to tools to realize my dreams. Please consider me for your inner circle I have what it takes I thinks it just needs to chisled out. I will be one of your best success stories ever! I dream of leading so many people to achieve their dreams. I am motivation to so many of my peers, but they have no idea what I go through at the end of the day. Please help me. In Jesus name!
Amen.

Angela

Karen

January 6th, 2010 at 9:22 pm    

Dear Marcia,

Thank you first of all for offering these scholarships. More people should be as generous as you. The money situation has stopped me many times from doing things or joining groups that would be good for me. I recently have come upon very hard times. First of all, I have no job, but I still am in the process of looking. In the meantime, I am living in my opinion, under horrible living conditions. The household I live in is extremely dysfunctional. I was basically forced to move in with a male friend of mine because my lease was not renewed at my former duplex. Living here was basically my only choice because I had gotten into a car accident at my new job I had taken on my fourth day of work, and was unable to work for a period of time-so unable to pay my bills. Unfortunately, this man I moved in withs’ son does not like me and makes my life basically a living hell. This has in turn, turned him (the man I live with, and his son) against my son who also lives here, and I know I am not supposed to be here-but I am to be creating a better life for myself and my family. I know what I was put on this planet to do, and that is to write. I believe I have been unable to reach my dream because of this situation. I think taking your course would be the catalyst I need to get my dream started and get me out of this current life I have and start living my dream. I have absolutely no money except what I can get from him from time to time and he was laid off and is now on unemployment since the end of September 2009, so there is no extra money for really anything. I could use a real miracle in my life and still keep hoping for one.

Kate Davies

January 6th, 2010 at 9:25 pm    

Hi Marcia
I have been working for many years on creating a new museum of art that would be a demonstration site also for green living. The project was put on hold and I was without income almost overnight. I was taking care of my elderly mother who just passed away in October. The good news was I had alot of time to be with her and help her. And to re-imagine my life and look at my purpose. I just committed to my new path a few days ago and here was your email. I believe in synchronicity. My purpose is to work on a spiritual/soul level to inspire and help people (especially those working to make the world a better place or who are involved in creative projects) through coaching and writing. I am trying to save my house (54 years in the family) so I don’t have any extra money at the moment. I was moved by what you noticed about people talking about loss. It is so true. It seems like this decade was about that in a lot of ways. And now this new time feels like what you said: No more! I was just thinking how wonderful it would be to join this group and that I’d have to wait if that was meant to be and then you offered the scholarships. I would love to join and be a part of this group and time with you. It would be a blessing indeed.
Thank you for considering me.
Much love
Kate

Lisa Wise

January 6th, 2010 at 9:26 pm    

Marcia,
When I read through the emails you’ve received so far for your generous offer of 12 scholarships, it breaks my heart. It’s so sad to see so many people struggle – as I mentioned to you before, I’m confident we didn’t come here for the struggle. Life is meant to be lived in abundance.
Both my husband and I lost our jobs at the beginning of 2009 – we’ve managed to barely hang on because of loving family members. We will file for bankruptcy in just a few days – something we hoped to be able to avoid.
I would be in sincere gratitude to be considered for one of your scholarships. I’m convinced that I am destined for many great things and have a passion to inspire, encourage, and uplift people.
I would consider it an honor to be coached by you.
When I’m able, it would be a privilege to be able to give back and pay for a scholarship for you to offer to someone else who may be in need.
Hugs and Love,
Lisa

glenda

January 6th, 2010 at 9:28 pm    

Marcia,

What an amazing opportunity you are giving to twelve people. If by chance I could be one of those I know for certain that I would pay it forward. We all have our lists of what has happened in our lives and they are all sad to say the least. If I’m chosen to do this dream work with you I can only promise to live it full out and pass it on to others. May you continue to be blessed beyond your wildest dreams~

Jacqui Biernat

January 6th, 2010 at 9:34 pm    

I am a certified Life Coach through ICA as of Nov ‘08 and a member of ICF. I have had a few clients that I specifically asked over the course of this year. I have learned lots of new skills (putting together a website! getting on facebook and making a business page! – Light-r-u,LLC) and I am continuing to push through. For years I’ve been a stay at home mom. Now is my time as my youngest just started college this Fall. Unfortunately, my husband’s consulting work (he has been self-employed for many years and we have had many ups and downs) has tapered off to where I do not know when and how our bills will get paid this month. I had set aside the money I earned from coaching and have just committed to an insert ad in the local Pennysaver rather than hold back and just pay the bills with it – hoping that something will break for me and I do have left enough money for the $297 90 day course in that account, but really want to be a part of Marcia’s inner circle ($997) because I feel like I’ve been re-designing the wheel when I listen to her stuff and I’ve got many but not all the pieces. I know I can be a fabulous life and weight loss coach and I just wanted to be able to have an awesome coach to help me over whatever’s been holding me back – it was part of my goal list for 2010 that we made last week. I’ve been trying so many things and feel like I’m so close to making it all happen and not understanding what I’m doing to step on the hose. Thank you for your consideration.

Kim Canario

January 6th, 2010 at 9:37 pm    

Hi Marcia,
I was so excited to hear that you were offering scholarships. At the beginning of the call, I ran to the computer to sign up for the 90 days to transform your life and the inner circle hoping and dreaming I could afford it, but knowing I did not have the funds to do it. Once again, I have run to the computer with a dream of coaching with Marcia Weider. I shared a bit of my story with you in an earlier blog. Briefly, I will overview because it is a rather long story and you have already heard it once. I don’t like to dwell on that part of my life or recite it often as it was very painful and I don’t like to burden anyone with it. The only time I usually tell it now is to help someone in a similar situation that I was in back then. But, basically in a nutshell, nervous breakdown after loss of baby, best friend to heart attack and housefire. 32 hospitalizations in 8 years. Husband crumbles under pressure of my sickness and 3 small boys. Two sick adults, no money, no electricity, etc. I have come such a long way from that time personally, basically from the bottom, from death’s door to wanting a dream. But, I can’t seem to get past the doubts and the ingrained thought patterns to start succeeding. I have made many attempts and I know it is me that is keeping me from it but I can’t figure out what it is that I have to change. As far as the money goes, my husband is laid off right now and I can’t seem to make my business work for me. I know there are many deserving men and women out there for these scholarships but I would be honored and thrilled to receive one. Thank you for considering my application. Thank you for you generosity in offering them.
Take Care and Be well!
Sincerely,
KIM CANARIO

Margo Resha

January 6th, 2010 at 9:39 pm    

I appreciate your generosity.

I lost my husband 5 years ago to cancer. He was my soul mate, and I know he will always walk with me.

My only job for the past 15 years has been Direct Sales. I was with a company for 10 Years, I was a National Award winner many times over.
2 years after losing my husband, I found I had an ARM and my house payment went to $1,800 a month.
I met a special woman from another company and found what I was missing in my business. Leadership!
I joined Private Quarters Nov. 29, 2008, the same day I lost my husband, and knew it was the right decision.
I lost my home in September 2009. However, I have a team!!! there are 5 of us and after 10 years with another company, I had a team by March 31, 2009.
I can’t pay for your training, yet I know I would be able to help my team members so much more with your coaching. I have a Dream to tak a very special Award this July, and be at Los Cabos as well. However my real dream is to be the kind of person others want to follow. I want to make a difference in the world!

I would love to be one of the 12 chosen for this scholarship. I know there are so many out ther who need help too.

God Bless You Marcia,and thank you for this opportunity.

Margo Resha
Private Quarters, Group Leader
Independent Consultant & Career Developer

Claudiana

January 6th, 2010 at 9:52 pm    

Dear Marcia, I am so thankful for the opportunity you are giving to those who feel they can’t afford to turn they dreams into reality.
I am 42 years old stay home mother of 2 wonderful girls,living in NYC with only one income[my husband] I would like to tell you about my dream, but unfortunely I’ve lost touch with them and I can’t remember what it is. I still have a feeling that I have a purpose in this world and have a great desire to serve myself and others, but I sadly have to say that I do not know how, and that’s why I WOULD LOVE to have a opportunity through your scholarship to find clarity and order and most of all remember what I came here for so I can experiment how it is to live a live with purpose instead of fears and doubts and pehaps inspire my girls to live they life dream as well.
Again thank you so much for your generosity.
Warmly,
Claudiana

Mark Wolkoff

January 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm    

Hi, Marcia.

I would be very grateful if you would consider me for one of the recipients of the 90 Days Program Scholarships.

I had just finished listening your the Wednesday Conference Call and had gone to the 90-day website page – where I immediately got disheartened. “$297″, I said to myself. “I can’t do it!” Then I saw this opportunity to request the scholarship.

I have had some college education, but came away without any degree – which has most certainly hindered me in the Labor Market. At the moment, I am on Unemployment in NJ – receiving roughly $800/month – half of which goes to renting a room in someone else’s house. Taking into account the need to eat, maintain and insure a car in NJ (a 1990 model that’s got no heat for the winter) – and given that I am not close to public transportation, plus the need to maintain a cell phone, so that I can stay in communication with my world, you can imagine how the benefits get eaten up quickly.

I consider myself fortunate in that I have managed to continue to stay alive after having lost my entire immediate nuclear family – both my parents, my only sibling sister, and – most bizarre – her daughter (my niece) – all due to unrelated degenerative diseases. Ironically, in addition to this, I have also miraculously survived having had a heart attack last April – for which I have recoverd with the help of medication and supervision.

I have certainly done MAJOR grieving for the losses of my family, but still find myself somehow unable to successfully “hitch my dreams to a star” and declare what I’m here on the planet to do.

I have been loudly acknowledged for the fact that I play guitar and sing, but internally, I still have those “doubting voices” which seem to always win out after every conversation I have with myself about my dreams – one of which, specifically, is to become a professional musical AND speaking voice performing artist.

Listening very closely to your call, it’s clear to me that you have managed to distill a certain “technology” about how to “transform” dreams into reality and – after having had some personal “training”, myself – in “listening” and “being”, I believe I can put your particular technology to work – provided I had the opportunity to participate in and use your “structure”.

Please, let me ask you, again, to consider me for one of your scholarships.

Thank you,

Mark Wolkoff

Elizabeth M

January 6th, 2010 at 10:02 pm    

Dear Marcia,
I enjoyed your two calls, last night and tonight. I believe in your causes, and I trust in your programs. I am a longtime big dreamer, what a great label, right? I have never lost my dreams, and have been an optimist through all the trials and tribulations, which there is no time to list here. I am the “trooper”, “the strong one”,with dreams still intact, who, with a 9 yr old son, who has fallen through the cracks of the school system, forcing me to homeschool for the past two years, and has kept me from using my skills in the workforce to any great extent, therefore no income to speak of. We are hoping to get him into a private Christian school, with a scholarship, soon. I have been doing it on my own for all these years, and asked myself “how am I doing this?”, and had to be honest and answer: “not very well”.
I would be honored to be part of our dream team, work together to reach as far and wide to discover and do what God has created me to do, and to teach that to my son, also. I have noble and philanthropic dreams. I appreciate all that you do.
Thank you for considering me for this scholarship. You are the best.
Sincerely, Elizabeth

Adriana Guastavino

January 6th, 2010 at 10:10 pm    

Hi Marcia -

I’ve spent the last several hours playing an internal game of tug-of-war with myself, while I tried to decide whether or not to apply for a Dream University scholarship. On one side of the rope is the tender part of me that yearns for the re-awakening of the possibility of dreams coming true, and the other side of the rope is firmly held by the gang of voices who are laughing at the dreamer and screaming that I’m not worthy, I don’t deserve it, I’m too old, I’m lazy, I have no drive, and on, and on, and on… all the same voices I have allowed to rule my life – for my entire life. Initially, others planted the seeds of those voices; over time, I’ve watered and tended to their growth, letting their roots permeate virtually every aspect of my life. I know it’s all an inside job now, but I haven’t figured out how to shut off those self-destructive voices and free myself from those invasive roots.

It seems as though every time I have allowed myself to have a dream, something stops me from pursuing it and making it a reality. Sometimes the roadblocks are external, but most of the time I sabotage myself. I keep wondering why I can’t stop the sabotage. I know part of the problem is that I can be very stubborn. Maybe the stubbornness is really fear camouflaged.

This is my current situation: I’ve been out of work for over 15 months. I am so utterly tired of being laid off from jobs (nearly every job in the past 20 years), that I have no faith that I will ever have a “permanent” job again. I feel my only hope is to create a successful business and be my own boss, and I haven’t been able to access the confidence and overcome the fear to take the leap of faith to pursue it. I have virtually no nest egg for retirement (I’m 52, and right now I see myself having to work until I die). I am on the verge of losing what little I have if I don’t start generating enough income in the next month to cover bills. My health insurance just ended because I can’t afford the premiums. I have no family of my own, and I am the black sheep of the family I grew up with, so there is no emotional support to be found there. At times, I feel like an insignificant little island in the middle of the Pacific. Ugh…this sounds like an episode of “Queen for a Day”…

I am tired of it.

I don’t want to leave this planet having not accomplished something significant and positive in my life. I want to be my own best friend, instead of being my own worst enemy. There are so many things I want to do and experience in the time I have left on this planet, and I have to get past all the road blocks I have put in my own way, along with knowing how to get past any other obstacles that appear. I know I have the potential, the talent, the intellect, the creativity, the energy, and all the other attributes necessary to be successful at something, but how do I BELIEVE that I have all that and utilize it all to fulfill any dreams? Knowing isn’t the same as believing, and it has been torturous to know intellectually that I am so fully capable, yet feel frozen in my tracks if I even think of pursuing dreams any more. It’s like being stuck in quicksand and watching life go by while I slowly sink into oblivion.

So, this is my story. Well, at least part of it. I feel like I had a mini workshop while writing this, too, so thank you, Marcia, for the opportunity. Maybe just the act of posting this and knowing you’re read it will be cathartic. I know that reading some of the other posts has helped me to feel less alone in my struggles. Best of luck to all who are trying to find their way back to solid ground.

- Adriana

Becky Callahan

January 6th, 2010 at 10:12 pm    

Hi Marcia,
I’ve been on a new life path for almost 15 months now, and it’s definitely time for my life to change even more for the rest of my life, and I am finally ready! I’ve been a strong female all my life now for 54 yrs, but what I’m about to share openly here takes the most courage I’ve ever mustered up, so here goes.

I believe with all my heart & soul that I deserve one of the 12 coveted scholarships to bust out into my dream. At first tonight on the call when you mentioned that some of us have forgotten our dreams or need to create new dreams, you are so right! Mine is a new dream that came into my life Aug 2007 & I’ve accomplished manifesting just a portion of it yet the largest part of it lives in my head & checkbook. It’s such a cool dream however, I’m not sure how to see it come true, & living it in reality, even tho the Universe has already showed me quite a bit of it. Here’s how my new dream came into my life and why.

I grew up the oldest of 7 children in an alcoholic, abusive environment. Thankfully I did not get the disease of alcoholism, however I came to discover just recently thru Al-Anon & Adult Children of Alcoholics that I had the tendencies of addiction when life would throw me a horrendous curveball and not having been taught any coping skills except to take care of everyone else, I would at times throughout my adult life turn to the party scene, whatever that was for me at the time that I needed something to numb the incredible feelings I wasn’t able to cope with.

I’ve had many different times of sobriety when life was ok or better or tolerable, like sometimes for 7 yrs leaning only on my inner strength and mountain of faith in God. But then there came a time recently where I just absolutely fell into a black bottomless pit brought on by the largest gift God could ever have brought me – my ex-boyfriend. To make a long story shorter, I hadn’t been in love w/ a man in 15 years until I met him & started dating Sept 30, 2005. We were together for a year and all that time, I did not know he lived a secret double life as a severe closet crack addict. Now I’m the girl next door type, kind of goodie 2 shoes always knowing when to step away from any danger including my partying days, and yet here I came to find one day that I had indeed attracted an addict!!! Talk about shock? The shock was so grave (and really no word describes how I felt when I learned the truth), but it was so very grave that I physically stopped eating except for a bite here and there. It was absolutely horrifying to me. I lost a lot of weight (which I really didn’t need to), and found that drinking a cold beer after the workday soothed my tummy nerves and numbed me enough so I didn’t have to feel the feelings. Then I would be able to eat someething very late at night but it wasn’t much. I was just so shell-shocked at what had happened to my life, I could hardly bear it.

Fortunately he didn’t bring it around me or was high around me, or did it in my presence while we were together that whole year (that was just a piece of the gift) and I will always be grateful to him and God for that. He also was extremely secretive & was very good at keeping it from me, as he had his own apt. For some reason, God didn’t want me to experience that, what so many on the Intervention tv show do go thru. For about a year as I watched that show educating myself, I just cried for all those out there who had loved ones addicted and they had to watch the destruction happen before their very own eyes. Not me, I didn’t have to and wondered why for many months, until I finally just stopped and said to God, “Thank you!”.

I gained some peace at that moment even tho he kept pursuing me. You see, I had asked him to leave for lying to me and that day he fled to another state and has never returned only via phone, but because I was learning about the addiction, I knew he was still using and even tho my heart was literally broken & shattered in millions of pieces, I managed the strength to finally change my number and be done with it once and for all. The road to him was always a dead end, and I knew in my heart & soul there was something better out there for me and it wasn’t him.

One nite in Aug 2007, I was channel surfing looking for something to take my mind off of him and there were the Boston Red Sox winning ballgames. I’ve always been into football but never ever had an interest in baseball (this is where the Universe first introduced my new dream altho at the time I wasn’t aware like I am today). The Red Sox were winning every game it seemed. I didn’t know, I was a baby fan and started studying the game bc I realized while watching it that it’s really a thinking kind of game. And it definitely took my mind off of my heartache, but I did keep drinking the beer or wine and gradually it increased to be too much for me. As I continued to watch this most amazing team, I knew they were going to take the American League Championship Series (ALCS) and they did! I was also introduced to The Secret during this time and watched it over and over and over. Then I knew the Sox were going to win the World Series and they did! I jumped & screamed right along w/ them in my livingroom!! I was so elated and no one could tear me away from that tv! It blew MY mind! But I knew it was REAL!

As I watched them win, I started hearing myself say outloud, “I’m going to watch the Red Sox play a live game”. I didn’t know where or when until my tax return came in. I asked myself, “Becky, before you pay bills what is it that you’d just love to do?” and the answer was clear as I stated outloud “I’m going to a Red Sox game in my area – they’re coming to town”. So I treated myself to a $125 seat, 8 rows from the field just steps away from the RS dugout here in Tampa. I realized something amazing had just happened on the drive home. Then I said, “I’m going to Boston to watch them play” and I did! I didn’t know when or how. But then the tax stimumlus check arrived in my bank account and voila, I went online and bought tickets to 2 games at Fenway Ballpark in the heart of Boston, Mass, and purchased my airline ticket as well. I had $78 left to live on until my next paycheck (at the time I had a pretty decent job). I was so excited beyond words and I had decorated my cube at work w/ all Red Sox stuff! It was so awesome, it was insane but I LOVED every minute of it.

I gave my boss 4 mos notice of my vacation for Sept 1-5, 2008, and saved my $ for my hotel and expenses. From the time I parked my car in long term parking at the airport in Tampa until I pulled in my driveway at my apt, EVERYTHING had been a miracle – just EVERYTHING!! I got our catcher’s autograph on the inside bill of my ballcap at the airport (he was on the same flight). I was upgraded from a standard room to a $400/nite suite at the Boston Park Plaza bc my room had problems – no problem m’aam! Awesome! The city just took my breath away after being a resident of Fla all my life and always have had a dream to move to a cooler climate in my later years – this was the city! This was the team! While in Boston, I found even more of my passion. Words just cannot express my feelings at this point, still!

As the plane took off and I looked down at the city lights, I had tears in my eyes and pulled my cap over my eyes fr privacyas I choked up, feeling like I was leaving home rather than going home. I didn’t expect that to happen – it just hit me hard. I told everyone “I left a piece of my heart in Boston, and a piece of Boston came home with me”. Everyone thought I was crazy to dream that. I felt these types of people were jealous bc I had finally found something that seemed to come out of the blue from the tv that nite…something amazing that literally lifted me up so high out of my depression, despair & loneliness!! I just knew I would be a die-hard fan for the rest of my days on this earth.

My kitchen is Red Sox, it’s all over my car (of course attractively lol), I have started a really cool collection. It’s ALL over my life and I thank God and that team EVERY single day for the ways they helped me literally save my life bc I was going down very fast!! When I stood in Fenway, I could FEEL I was exactly where I was supposed to be. But no one handed me this – I had to work hard to save the $ for the hotel and expenses. I ate raman soup for I don’t know how long to where my co-workers would take me to lunch and say “Now isn’t this better than raman soup?”. But I didn’t care. I knew something greater than me was calling me there, shouting at me like Field of Dreams. I just kept following the voice.

You see, I believe my dream is to relocate & live in Boston & work for the Red Sox. I feel I am missing sooooo much bc I’m in Fla and they’re in Boston. Even the little place I rent since I lost my job in July 2009 which I’m about to lose in the next month, I’ve never felt I belonged here since I moved in April 2009. There are partially unpacked boxes stacked in the corner of my kitchen, and I have stored some empty boxes as if I fell I will need them to use for packing up whatever items I take w/ me. I’ve never slept well in this little house, and just do not have my peace, period!!!

The Doubters as you call them, hmmm they all think I’ve just got my head in the clouds, but I don’t care. No one will take this dream away from me. My problem is that I yearn for someone to show me how to make it a reality bc I don’t know anyone there so where would I stay? How would I get there? These are just some of the questions that continue to pop up. I do have 1 spiritually enlightened friend who believes I can make this a reality for my life, and I am grateful for my friend. I even applied at a job they had posted I would’ve LOVED to do but they tend to only look at local folks and here I am in Fla.

I made a commitment Oct 25, 2008 to be completely clean & sober in my life bc I AM worthy of something I did not grow up with. I was ready to finally grow up inside my self, and every day I wake up it’s a new world, a new day, a new Becky and I am filled with unbelieveable gratitude. I am also very proud of myself and the new path I have firmly placed myself on for the rest of my life, and I am relieved from the huge burden I was taught to carry, but no more. That came out of my inner strength, unshakeable faith, and love for my beautiful self, and most of all absolute, crystal-clear passion!! When I’m watching the Red Sox whether they’re winning or losing, to this day I still experience the most incredible joy. I mean I can come home in a bad mood from being stuck in traffic or whatever it is, and sit down to watch a game and just go somewhere in my mind to the most beautiful and passionate, joyful place I’ve EVER been to. So I KNOW, BELIEVE and CLAIM my dream. No matter what anyone thinks (even reading this), this is what I was destined to do. If someone had told me this even in Jan 2007, I would not have believed them. But it’s true and I believe it now!

Thank you so very much, Marcia for you! I say I stumbled upon your website and honestly I don’t even recall how I found your website bc it was definitely divinely put in my life. God bless you and your entire staff. The call tonite was wonderful and all I could see in my mind was BOSTON! It’s calling me and I know this year I will become a resident and have a job offer working for the Boston Red Sox. Like the trip I planned, I don’t know when, how, etc….I just KNOW this will become a reality for my life in 2010! But I need your help to make it happen and I thank God for leading me straight to you. The student in me is ready – and the teacher will come.

Dreaming & believing,
Becky

Linda

January 6th, 2010 at 10:18 pm    

Dear Marcia,

Like many who have responded, I lost my job this past year. I’m 56, and have never been in this situation before. I am striving to maintain a positive attitude as I face the future.

I went to Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success on scholarship (but not for free), came home, and started writing a book about growing up witnessing domestic abuse (my Mom’s), experiencing child abuse, learning to choose joy, and encouraging others to do the same. I have 18 chapters written so far.

My dream is to make a difference as an author and as a motivational speaker. I really need a coach on many levels.

Jack said DREAM BIG, so I am asking for a scholarship to your Inner Circle. Financially, I can’t afford $297, much less $997. I know this wasn’t in your plans, but I’m inviting you to DREAM BIG as well.

I send this with love and blessings to you – and much gratitude, no matter your decision.

Linda

Denise

January 6th, 2010 at 10:18 pm    

Hi Marcia,
I am writing to be considered for one of your scholarships. After hearing your call today I decided that this is exactly the support I need to make my dreams come true.
After reading the posts prior to mine though, I realized that there are so many people who could use this opportunity that I almost didnt write….

My story is this: I was a HR manager for over 15 years and it was destroying my soul.I was not in integrity with the way that I thought people should be treated and the philosophy of my employer. It was eating me alive. Actually, I had no idea how much until I resigned to go to coaching school.

For many years while I was working, my husband and I were dealing with what the doctors called “unexplained infertility”. After about 7 years we decided to move forward and believed that it was just meant to be that way. We were at peace with it by then. After resigning from my position and taking a part time job, I began coaching school. My intention was to start a coaching practice in 6 months to a year. I was looking forward to helping people reconnect with their authentic-selves and find their passions. Well, then shortly before graduating, I found out I was pregnant. OH boy!! How in shock we were!! And how tired I was!! I could hardly do anything other than work my part time job. I just didnt have the energy to begin marketing myself as a coach!! So, I put that on the back burner, while I focused on our daughter. My most important dream, of course!
During this time we kept living as if we still had the $40,000 plus that I had left behind with the management position. Because of that, we now have huge credit card debt. We are just able to pay the minimum payments every month but at least we are not behind, yet. My husband is getting very depressed and feels that he cant keep working as hard as he does, while we barely tread water. I have reminded him that we are not alone and the we are actually very lucky. We still have our home, as many have lost theirs, and we also have our daughter!

My dreams are to start a coaching practice where I can help others find their passion, and to take action on making their dreams come true! I want to be a model for them by showing them that you can have whatever you want if you are willing to do the work. I want to be a model for my daughter so that she grows up knowing that it is OK to take a chance and follow her dreams in life, whatever they may be! And, I also want to be able make more than enough to allow my husband to quit his job if he wants to and to give him a chance to take the time he needs to remember that he used to have dreams too. I am not sure he even remembers what they may have been.

That’s it. Thats my story. I would like to thank you and everyone here for sharing their stories. I wish everyone in your community the best in 2010 and beyond!

Crystal Frazier

January 6th, 2010 at 10:42 pm    

This past year has been very challenging for me. After working in corporate America for many years, I lost my source of income and could not find a job no matter what I did. I am convinced that the reason I could not find a job is because I am supposed to become an entrepreneur and never again be an employee.

Without a source of income and no family or friends to support me, I lost all of my possessions and I began living on the street. I had to rely on donations and went hungry most of the time. After several months of battling the elements and the people who prey on the homeless, I was donated a free temporary apartment.

I can not begin to tell you how emotionally damaging homelessness was to me. Many people told me I was worthless and I started to believe this lie. I saw my dreams slipping away and I thought I would never become happy, successful, abundant or be an asset to the world.

I have dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur for 15 years. I have read many books, did online research, and attended many workshops held by Small Business Development Centers. I would get so excited and motivated and then I would allow others to discourage me. As soon as someone laughed at me. I would retreat and tell myself that I was just one of those people who wasn’t meant to be successful.

I refuse to let a lack of money stop me from growing so I take advantage of every free e-book, audio, or video I find online. I have read your 10 e-books of The Dream Movement series and your two books filled with 200 ways to make life easier. When I read your e-books, it felt as though you were speaking directly to me and I welcome the opportunity to receive coaching from you. I know I can make my dreams come true with your support.

My dreams is to design one-of-a kind glass home decor items. I have so many great designs floating around in my head and deep down I feel the world would appreciate my creativity. Unfortunately, I feel so stuck, overwhelmed and, confused about where to start.

I would also like to attend Dream Coach University and become a certified dream coach. I wish to use my hardships and accomplishments and lead by example in helping others achieve greatness.

I feel strongly that the missing ingredient for me is the lack of a support community and a dream coach to help me get past the blocks preventing me from realizing my dreams.

I am so inspired by ‘90 Days to Transform Your Life’ . I hope that you will offer me a scholarship and allow me to participate in the program and become a member of your Inner Circle.

Thank you for taking the time to listen and offer this amazing opportunity. I hope to gain access to your coaching and hopefully meet you one day. I will not give up and I will continue to look for the opportunities present in every obstacle.

Thank you again for all of your invaluable information and I hope to speak with you soon.

Patti

January 6th, 2010 at 10:46 pm    

Hi Marcia,

I was working at a small business for 17 years. I got layed off last August and have been unable to find work. I am now living on a very limited income and I am hoping you will condiser me for one of your scholarships. I have been treated for depression and I am working hard on trying to stay positive and believing in myself. I think your program would give me that boost to move forward in my life. My dream is to be successful as an independent beauty consultant. Thank you very much, Marcia for your time and consideration. Best of luck to you and all the people who are awarded schloarships. May all your dreams come true!

Patti

Lisa

January 6th, 2010 at 10:49 pm    

Hi Marcia,
Thank you for this offer. I am a single mother of 4. i have been out of work since 2006. I left my job due to a sexual harassment case i filed of course they retaliated, I left full of stress which out pressure on my mitral valve prolapse problem
then i started having problems with my knees which turned out to be arthritis. I get knee injections buy now they are talking knee replacement. My children are the best! they never complain. we didn’t really have a Christmas we haven’t since 2006 but they let it go. they are A B students grade point average over 3.0. i am very proud of them! i would love to get out of this depression I’m in and follow my dream! I want to heal and move on and give my children and myself a good life. i would be honored if you chose me for a scholarship! it would mean a lot not just to me but my children also, Thank you for this opportunity to at least try and get chosen! Thank you again!

Nicole G

January 6th, 2010 at 10:58 pm    

Marcia,
I am writing this letter to you because I really need your help. I have had a dream and a vision for many years now and just can’t seem to be able to get to it and it is frustrating me.A few years ago I would’ve been able to pay the money up front with no problem, but now things have changed. Let me start from the beginning. I worked at a job that I absolultely hated for 12 years. Everyday I would wake up and just dread going in. I hated it and I hated it with passion. I hated that type of work to begin with, (assembly) I hated the way things were managed there, I hated being the bottom of the pyramid doing the most work but getting paid the least, and I hated how it took me away from time with my kids and missing alot of years that I will never get back. I had to stay there because my husband could not find work,we had 2 kids, and we had bills to pay. I was stuck there and it made my life hell. I went to school in hopes that I would be able to quit my job and get a differnt one. A 2 year degree ended up taking me about 14 years to get. Juggling school, 48+ hours of work, and family was tough. I was miserable and I wanted something more. Finally, after years and years of praying, I got my answer. In 2006 I finally graduated from college and my employer was offereing severance packages to anyone who wanted to quit. Was this a dream come true or what? Not only did I get to quit but they were offering me money to quit! Wow! So, needles to say I quit my $30 an hour job to start a new life. I had no clue what it was that I wanted to do I just knew I didnt want to do what I was doing. I felt so good and I was so happy! I loved life and I loved being home with my kids! I took almost a year to do some searching with myself as to what I wanted to do. I found that I am a leader, am strong, very ambitious,and even found that I had an entrepreneurial spirit. I bought a tanning salon and my husband bought a business, too. Life was good!!! Or so for a while. My cousin,my maid of honor, lost her battle with breast cancer at the age of 31 and I took it pretty bad. Within a few months my grandpa died and on the same day my best friend from high school, who also was in my wedding, died at the age of 33 to diabetes. A few months later an aunt died also to breast cancer. I took all these pretty bad and the fact that they all passed within a year’s time hit me hard. Also, the salon I bought ended up breaking me. I made a very bad business decision and overpaid what it was worth. The salon was worthless and it made no profit. My husband let his business go and it put us in debt. Around the time when I was trying to sell my tanning salon, my youngest son started having seizures. We had no insurance at the time and owe much money in medical bills. We are now in debt a total of $90K and live paycheck to paycheck.’08 was very rough for us and ‘09 was even worse. My husband started working at that very same place that I hated working, but doesnt get the $30/hour and has been laid off a lot since the auto industry went bad. We ended up having to foreclose on our home and moved in with my mom. All this got to me and I ended up in and out of the hospital. One day I got dizzy and nauseated and stayed like that for 3 months, with a dose of high blood pressure, anxiety, and high heart rate. Not the life I was hoping for after I quit! Having explained this to you, I have always had this dream in the back of my mind. My dream is to make more than $30 an hour, own my own company again, get out of debt, and give to charities. I’ve had my husband and my friends and even my own mother tell me to give it up but I won’t. I’m not scared like they are. Just because something didnt work out for me before doesnt mean it won’t ever work out for me! I’m holding onto my dream.I did not quit my job to fail and I do not look at myself as a failure. I quit my job to have a better life and I will. I want to start a business that will help women who want to stay home but bring in extra income. I want some of that money to go to breast cancer research and the epilepsy foundation. I dont get much support from friends or family and usually get talked out of by my husband. These past years have just been stepping stones and I truly believe 2010 is going to be my year, I just need a little help and someone who understands and who will help keep pushing me towards that dream and telling me not to give up.I need that inspiration that I got when I watched the video you made. It really got my clock ticking again. Thanks for listening, Nicole

Bernard

January 6th, 2010 at 11:01 pm    

Hi Marcia,

Thank you so much for making this scholarship program available, I’m sure everyone will agree when I say, You are the silver lining in the sky filled with grey clouds. I am a person with the utmost respect and compassion for everyone and what they’re going through and yes I am also one of them. After reading the previous posts, I couldn’t imagine accepting one of the scholarships over any of those who truly wish to realize their dreams. With that being said, I’d like to propose something. Would you consider a payment plan? $100 dollars to start, $100 dollars 30 days later and $97 dollars within the next 30 days. I’d love to be part of your program and hope you will consider this offer.

Thanks in advance,

Bernard

Katie O'Regan

January 6th, 2010 at 11:19 pm    

Hello Marica,

I appreciate your work very much. I am a doctoral student in Wisconsin. I have been a personal coach for many years. I am doing my work in human resource development to help further my work and reserach. I wish to participate in your program because I believe it is important to bring the heart into our program of work, and I see you do that.
Due to my lack of funds because I am a student, I need the scholarship to be a part of your incredible program.

I will be a dedicated student, given the chance. I will help inspire you and those we work with given the opportunity.

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this scholarship.

Sincerely,
Katie

Donald Payne

January 7th, 2010 at 12:03 am    

First let me start by saying that I realize that we all have issues and circumstances but more importantly we all have dreams. My name is Donald Payne; I was recently introduced through one of my online friends. I found your information to be very informative and sincere. This is a rarity. Most people simply want to reel you in to push a product or service and could really care less about the individual. I thank you.
To that point please allow me to make my point for the offered scholarship. My situation is very similar to other’s who have responded but as I mentioned before I have a dream. I am a father of three beautiful girls one who is nineteen and a full time college student, the other two are but mere children at ages five and three (All from the same wife). The plans I had established for my family changed in a great way. Life can be funny that way. It all started several years ago when life was good. I was working in the auto industry making very good money. At the time I only had the one daughter. My plan initial plan was to invest in real estate hoping to flip a few houses and to build some wealth.
With the knowledge and experience I received buying and selling my own homes, I decided to become a real estate investor. I learned as much as I could about real estate, taking advantage of all the advice that was available to me. I went to seminars, found different information via television and talked to as many investors as I could. I discovered that the real estate investor market is a very serious market. As with many young real estate investors, the goal is to buy as many properties as possible and create the biggest profit. A person has to be focused on one goal, and that overall goal is to make money. My goal was not just to make money, but also to make a difference. I wanted to give someone a chance at a life they assumed they could not have. I wanted them to experience the joy of home ownership, just as my wife and I did. Buying properties was not a problem at all, and turning a profit was not a problem either. The problem was learning how to deal with the tenants. Most of the tenants that rented from me were very well funded, but lacked the necessary fundamental skills that would allow them to purchase their own homes.
Not to bore you with my real estate escapade just know that I was literally taken to the bank by a tenant who destroyed one of my properties to the tune of about $20K. I could go on for days about the other surrounding events that took place during that time but I would suggest that you read my book, “Fear Folly & Purpose” (I can send you a complimentary copy if you like). Meanwhile other setbacks had started to factor in. The auto industry was beginning to change, I now had my two youngest children and my eldest daughter was ready to begin her college career. Needless to say I lost the house, lost my investment and lost a little bit of my integrity. However I never stopped. Even though the auto industry told me to get lost, I never stopped, I was forced with a serious financial setback due to my real estate fiasco but I never stopped. Why? Because I believe in my dream, I believe that success will one day grace my doorsteps. I want to succeed and I would love to take advantage of the services that you are offering but with a daughter in college, a daughter in kindergarten and one child still at home additional money is simply not available. If you can find it in your heart to believe in me I can assure you that I will not let you down for I am determined.

Kim

January 7th, 2010 at 12:17 am    

Marcia,

wow, thank you for offering a scholorship.
I am a wife of 11 years and a mother of 4.
My husband and I have gone through so much over the last 11 years. Bankruptcy, job loss, moving, having babies.. Some good Some bad. I have had my own little digital scrapbooking business for the past 4 years, and to make ends meet while trying to advance in leadership with my business, I have worked second jobs, babysat all while trying to stay at home with my kids.. in this 2nd income world, I wonder if staying at home is possible anymore. My husband is doom and gloom and has the attitude nothing good will happen, etc….. So I push that much harder at my business to try and prove to him good things can happen, I can make the money I need to make. I spend my time, making payment arrangements, for my bills, accepting Food orders, babysitting other people’s children, and having to spend the energy doing all this “stuff” and not being able to be there for my kids because I am crunching numbers every night to see if we have enough for food or to pay the power bill. The last two years have been spent reading and reading adn reading, books, listening to motivational speakers and etc, trying to teach myself how to manifest my dreams, how to create my realitys… I know it is possible, is it possible for me, can I do this, can I do what I preach to my husband and kids,how can I teach my children how to dream and my husband if I dont know how to do it myself? I can dream, but that’s all it is. I am done crunching numbers and spending nights making payment arrangements for utility adn rent bills, when I could be reading my kids an extra story or getting ready for the next day. Instead I go to sleep wondering if my power will be turned off tomorrow. Marcia I sat and cried after your call tonight. I said NO MORE. I need to make my business work, for my family and most importantly for my sanity. I want to pay it forward to people, we have had guardian angels in our life, I want to be one for someone, but I can’t do it with what I am working with right now.
thank you
Kim

Kerri Tyler

January 7th, 2010 at 12:31 am    

Dearest Marcia,

I see by reading all of the above heartfelt comments that there are so many in need of your more than generous scholarships.

I have never been one to agree with the negetivity of the media or the “sky is falling” mentality pushed on us by those who thrive on keeping people in a “fear” type of mindset; but we are indeed in tougher times than most of us have ever seen within our lifetime.

People who never thought they could lose everything they’ve worked for their entire lives have done just that in the blink of an eye. Myself being amoungst those horrible statistics.

I don’t really want to get into a “how sad it all is” or how “unfortunate I have been” it’s not really relevant as I’m not one to elicit sympathy and there are already plenty of stories of hardship as unfortunate as myself listed on your site.

I simply want to take the steps to rid myself of the spiritual as well as financial tolls those hardships took on me. I feel your program would help me to pick myself up, dust myself off and get to the business of “winning” in life again.

I was a professional entertainer for years and gained so much joy in helping aspiring artists to become professional and use their art to improve conditions on this planet. It gave me great pleasure and solice to see others doing well and persueing and accomplishing their dreams in life. I then, through life circumstance and unwise choices got out of the arts, and in doing so lost a great deal of who I inately am.

Listening to your online videos has really helped me rekindle my desire to help others. But I know that before doing that I must help myself first. In order for me to do be successful in my endeavors I must get MY dreams back, along with my personal strength and power to attain them.

All of my adult life I have been the one to help others. It’s extremely hard, in fact painfully so to ask someone to help me. But I value what you say and how you help others and know that when I can gain my strength back and be “who” I truly am I will be able to contribute to your dream. That dream of expansion on a grand scale to help others to reach their full potential and accomplish their dreams as well.

I am a very powerful and able woman who has suffered some major losses. I just need some help to polish my star that became so tarnished and dim.

Should you find it in your heart to grant me a scholarship I will promise you the following: One, I will use my regained power to help all those I can and two, once I’m financially able I will reimburse you the cost of the scholarship so that you may pass it on to another.

Thank you for your consideration and know that no matter what your decision is (as I know it will be a tough one), I value what you do, your integrity, and what you contribute to others along with the purity of your intentions and goodness.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for sharing, and continue.

Kerri Tyler

Michael

January 7th, 2010 at 12:44 am    

Hi Marcia,

You are very generous to offer scholarships for your 90 day course. Thank you in advance for considering my request.

I was a sucessful real estate agent. I had everthing, two lovely young daughters, nice home, nice car, nice life. Then from the end of 2007 thru 2009, I slowly but surely lost everything. First the income, then the house , then the car, then my posessions and finally my beautiful daughters. My ex saw my failures coming in one after the other and used Parental Alienation as a tool to separate my daughters from me. (Parental Alienation is when one spouse or one divorced spouse uses the children to enact their own anger and revenge towards the other targeted parent. This results in separating the targeted parent from the children and scars the children mentally for life.)

At 53, I am now a waiter at a local restaurant. Living meagerly, I rarely have much at the end of the week. Not exactly my idea of where I thought I would be at this age! I was bitter for a long while. Then recently I let go. I just let go. I let go of all of the anger and resentment that had festered inside of me and replaced it with love and service. I volunteered for a support group to help other parents going thru difficult situations relating to divorce. As this process has gone on I have somehow met and been in contact with some great psychologists, therapists and others from all over the U.S. that deal with these and other problems associated with divorcing or divorced families.

I wish to save children and parents alike from going through what I am and have been going through.

Information is power and I want to bring information to as many people as possible on how to handle all of the situations that arise relating to divorce. I would like to bring together experts on the subject of divorce and divided families in weekly or monthly teleseminars. I believe that we could save alot of people anguish from this situation that affects over 50% of the families in the U.S. alone.

My friends say I’m crazy. “How can you do this? You have lost everything? It takes lots of money to put together something like that.”

I usually reply back “It’s my dream and somehow I will make it a reality”
I have thought that if I repeat this enough to myself and out loud, it will come true. Then this email came.

Marcia, help me to help others. I believe that your instruction and your course can help me to help others, help my daughters and get my life back on track.

Take Care,

Michael

Anouk

January 7th, 2010 at 12:50 am    

Hi Marcia,

I’m a 20-year old student of agriculture with a dream of making this world a better place not only for humans but for all living beings (I know this may sound cheesy, so I ought to add I am also very passionate about animal and human rights). My goal is to get engaged in positive psychology in order to help people improve their lives and to help them to start thinking differently and living in synchonity with their values.

As I am a student I don’t have the funds to participate in this program the “regular” way, but with this scholarship I could really get to the information you’ve piled up in all these years, and help to make a difference.

Thank you for all you are doing & keep up the good work

Have a lovely day,

A~

Teena Maria Kennedy

January 7th, 2010 at 1:55 am    

Marcia,

Reading all the stories made me weep yet I still could hear hope and courage in reading the words out loud.

Right now I am blessed to be active through volunteering to help others step into their dreams. I presented a seminar in Romania on Dreams to women rescued from human trafficking. What a priviledge. We’ve helped many women and children through http://www.troniefoundation.org become free from sexual slavery and be healed and whole again.

As a single mom, I started down-sizing five years ago. I gave up the waterfront house and truly moved into a barn/apartment to be able to stay at home with my son and make enough income to provide a very happy, peaceful, and joyful life. Little did I know the economy would take such a dive and as my income kept dwindling, I would continue to cut out anything I could to stay afloat. There is nothing left to cut.

I’ve purposed to focus on my dreams. And, let go of the broken dreams caused by abuse and divorce. At times I carried a plastic sign that read HOPE in my pocket in case I ever wanted to say “I have no more hope.”

I thank you for offering this scholarship. I need help to restore MY dreams. I can so relate to your story because I have just about given all of me and now find myself in so much need. Why do I feel shame for this?

You remain an inspiration to me and without knowing it, you’ve helped me so much already by reading your messages, articles, listening to the phone sessions. I discovered you in July without
having any prior media knowledge of you. You showed up in my email on the very morning I felt I was almost at rock bottom and might as well give up on my dreams.

Great appreciation,

Teena M. Kennedy
Seattle, WA

linda

January 7th, 2010 at 2:02 am    

Hi Marcia,
after leaving an abusive relationship with nothing more than 3 children and a sofabed, I pulled myself up and began a new life.I used my beliefs in the power of attraction and was able to start again with a lovely new husband and a new, if very broken down, house.However the theatre where we both worked closed down and we lost our mortgage payments overnight.Since then life has been really hard.We live hand to mouth and often haven’t had enough money to buy bread and milk.My husband and I have been working a small networking business alongside our other jobs but no matter how hard we work we never seem to make any money.Although financially we have been drowning we read and listen to tapes every day trying to change our lives, trying to bring abundance into our lives.We must be doing something wrong as we just seem to be attracting hardship and suffering.WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.I am in many ways fortunate, my husband is my soulmate, a good and kind human being,my children are the light of my life but our financial circumstances have meant our quality of life is non existent.I am full of dreams to bursting but have lost confidence in the process.If you award me the scholarship I will work really hard to make a difference not just to my family’s life but to as many people as I can.

Catherine Grumbling

January 7th, 2010 at 2:03 am    

Hello Marcia,
Thank you so much for the opportunity to listen to your teleconferences and participate via website in your extraordinary message of hope and dreams!
I have always had a specific dream in relation to what I found to be the love of my life… I am a direct seller with the “dreaded and frightening” Home Party Plan Industry! I have always been a hard worker and for many years worked 2 jobs in the regular work world. I started out in restaurants as a waitress and then moved into management as an Assistant Restaurant Manager. At the time I was offered the promotion my mother had just been diagnosed with cancer and I was in my second year of college pursuing an Accounting Degree. I really loved the job I had and the new job offer was a dream come true at that time! My salary was to be more than my father made and I was to move halfway across the country from my birthplace of Youngstown, Ohio. This was a GREAT thing though because in 1980 the economy was falling apart around the steel industry and decent paying jobs were shrinking while layoffs at the car plants, railroad and steel industry left no jobs for someone with a dream to succeed in life and make a difference to others in some way or another. I really felt that a door was being opened to me to go after my dreams and not be stifled in my current situation. The only real stopping block I felt at that time was my love for my family and my fear that my mother would die and I would never get to see her again. I thank God to this day that my parents were also strong supporters of being a “Dream Follower” and not a “Dream Fearer”. They both encouraged me to follow my dreams and move to Kansas City, MO! I did and for many years was very happy chasing my dreams. I stayed at the Hotel/Restaurant for about a year with great joy except for one small thing.. the property manager was a thief and worse than that.. a child molestor! I could no longer be a witness to such degrading and disgusting behavior that he and the Bar Manager (alcoholic and thief) and the Restaurant Manager (Major thief!)all displayed on a daily basis. I tried my best to do the right thing but the regional manager was also skimming off the top and was best friends with the father of the General Property Manager! I was offered a decent severance package (I now believe it was only because I could have testified to so many different criminal activities that they just wanted me to go away) that I decided to just leave and find a better environment for my dreams to take root in. I ended up going to work for the Federal Government and continued there for approx 15 yrs. I enjoyed my work but my volunteer work with Kansas City Cares and my changing dreams left me with new goals and desires. I wanted to become a foster mom and work with kids. I started my own business in the direct selling industry at this time as a way to be a stay at home “mom” and to reach out to enable others towards a better life with my products and customer service. I have to say that I was and still am a superb representative of all ways that integrity and truth can bring to my industry and always have gotten many, many thanks and praises for my excellent customer service! Over the years I developed a huge loyal customer following but was never able to “obtain” my latest dream – to be a fantastic leader and change women’s lives by showing them how to become more self assured and successful in following their own dreams! I would get 2 or 3 team members but never felt truly in the right “frame of mind” or a fully inspirational leader to them. Needless to say life would eventually lead them to other areas and I was never able to achieve the status I was dreaming of – that of a Director with a growing team. During that time I found that my goal of becoming a foster mom would not really work well with a full time government worker and a single person to boot! The state and county really wanted couples or at least a full time parent not someone who was as busy as I was at the time making my living. Then disaster struck. I was in a car wreck, hit by the salesman of a huge dealership and my parents by this time were both passed away. I was being sued by one of the big 3 automakers who had tons of lawyers at their beck and call and I had nobody! My health was impacted and then my emotional well being. I had a complete breakdown, entered a major depression and was only able to work part time for about 6 yrs. Luckily, I had always been a saver and had money to carry me through.. at least for the first 4 years. Then it got bad. I ended up selling all I could, cashing out my mutual funds, savings bonds, IRA’s and even cashing out my life insurance policies. I did have a lawyer but he was doing absolutely nothing for me. (Little did I know just how little until we finally entered arbitration and then I immediately fired his sorry soul!) During this time I found solice someplace I never thought possible – the internet! I ended up making friends and meeting people from all over the country online. I was very lucky to connect with real people like myself who always told the truth and only presented the real me to others online. A large group of us got to talking regularly on the phone and several of my internet friends flew out to visit and see the sites in Kansas City. That is how I ended up meeting the man of my dreams! The only problem… he lived in CA and I in MO. He worked for the state and couldn’t very easily transfer to the midwest while I worked for the Federal Government and could probably find something in any state. My question was… was this for real??? How in the world did I fall in love with someone online in the first place? Does any of this have anything to do with all the financial problems I was currently having? It was just “Crazy”…with a capital C! But then don’t our own dreams seem a little crazy to others? After much soul searching, deep introspection and a final conclusion to my legal problems I decided it was time to let it all go behind me and to begin looking forward again and start following my dreams again. (After losing all my liquid assets, including my home, and selling anything and everything I could, they finally settled with me once I fired my incompetant lawyer and demanded a court trial I ended up getting a 25K check) By then I was ready to move forward and I had found a better dream… life with a man I had come to know much better and after he spent so much time visiting me and sharing our goals and dreams of our futures together that I took that lousey offer and picked up roots and moved to the west coast to begin life anew!
We got married and I found a different direct selling company founded by Christians that made me feel right at home. Not to mention that for some wonderfully mysterious reason I was finally realizing my dream of being a leader! I was growing a team and we were doing fantastic… I was thanking God for all the wonderful people he kept bringing to me and I was able to see amazing things happening in others lives through our pursuit of our businesses! I also was able to realize another dream I had always had…. I quit my government job and focused completely on working from my home in Party Sales while getting the training we needed to become Foster Parents! Life was so good in 2002 when we were finally certified and able to bring the first of many into our home and into our lives! We worked hard to make a difference in not only the children’s lives that we fostered but also in the Bio-parent’s lives that we met and worked with! What a blessing we have in all the different families we have be involved with. Some parents we barely came to know because they wouldn’t let us in, others we had their kids for just the barest blink of an eye and never had the chance to even meet and/or work with the parents but the ones we did become a part of their lives are the best ones! We are still in touch with so many of the families and still get calls from moms or dads with updates, questions or just hellos! Several Thanksgiving’s we have had over 30 people at our home and not one of them a blood relative! We may not have a family to call our own (me and my husband were both married for the first time to each other and past the age of “making our own”) but we have more kids in our hearts than most ever get the chance to hold dear! And throughout this entire time I have continued to work hard at leading my team on to bigger and better things. The only thing that changed for us in the last decade was that my husband was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001 and his illness has continued to progress. Though still mobile enough, he no longer walks very well without a cane or walker which means he can not walk the dogs and kids to the park for playing nor run around with the kids to places with unstable footings or that involve lots of walking (beach, mountains, zoos, amusement parks etc.) nor rough house and tumble around with them like he was always doing before. As a result we aren’t able to handle the size of sibling groups as we have in the past and don’t even have any kids in our home at this time. This all leads me to why I am begging for a scholarship… He is still able to work but being a state employee we have been dealt furlough after furlough in the last year which has in effect now cut his salary almost 5% ($1000 a month). My company I represent ended up buying Home Interior out of Bankruptcy in Dec 2008. This led to so many changes and a totally new company name and structure in early 2009. My team has dissapeared either from fright at all the changes, the economic downturn which dried up all their business here in Northern California (at least in their eyes it broke their spirits to say the least)or other life changes (husband with triple bipass, divorce, death of a child, you name it and it has happened to someone on my team!) A once strong growing team of over 50 has now dwindled to a team of only 3! I myself haven’t had a home party since Feb 2009! My regular Hostesses and customers have lost their homes, jobs, spouses and desire to have any fun time in case they put any “stress to spend $ they don’t have” on their groups of friends. I may not have had any income in the last year from my own busines but I also have not had any job offers since I tried to go back to a “regular job” to secure income on a regular basis. We also haven’t been able to have any foster kids for the last 2 years since my husband’s health has been so adversly affected by all the stress that young teens and teenagers bring into the home due to their own problems with being in Foster Care that we can only accept small children and babies and they just aren’t being offered to the agency we have worked with for so many years. We looked into going straight with the county but sad to say, the system is not a functioning system that pays you what it actually costs to care for a child..usually not even half of what you need and with my own AND my husbands decreasing incomes in the last year we just haven’t been able to afford to even bring a child into our home. Not to mention the fact that I still owe the IRS about $16,000 in penalties and interest for withdrawing and cashing out my IRA’s in 1998! Last but not least… we are about to go into bankruptcy. Luckily we will be able to keep our home but financially we are completely drained. BUT we are not out for the count… We still have dreams and goals…they haven’t really changed much over the last decade for either of us. WE LOVE BEING FOSTER PARENTS – we have seen the impact we can have on troubled lives and still have on those we have loved as our own! That MUST continue… and to allow that to happen we must turn my business around back to a profitable and life sustaining enterprise. I feel I could fully embrace your program and put it to IMMEDIATE use. I also believe strongly in Paying It Forward…. We always have given back whenever and however we could and we both enourage all our kids and bio-parents to remember all thier blessings and share what little they have with others. We continue to do what we can for our past “family members” who call us for help whether it be emotional encouragement, financial advice or assistance and with recognition for all they do accomplish. We will always encourage others in our life to pay it forward and would be truly honored to do the same in a future sponsorship should I we be lucky enough to be selected to obtain one of your scholarships. I would find it a huge honor to honor you in such a manner! I know this is long…but I had to let you see just how important dreaming pursuing those dreams have always been to me as I have lived my life. My parents taught me not to be afraid to dream and then to FOLLOW that dream; my friends who share this passion and help tremendously with our Foster children; our little community church’s idea of “paying it forward” by giving right back to the community around us that needs so much and yet asks for so little (working with the homeless community nomadic sheltering program for over 10 years now and mentoring and tutoring the children in the local neighborhoods.(Check out the Leaven Project online!);to all the great dreamers of the world who show me daily how important it is to realize your full potential and to help other do the same such as Jack Canfield, John C Maxwell, Tom Rath & Donald O Clifton, Belinda Elsworth and so many others associated with the Direct Sellers Women Association that have inpired me over the years; and last but not least…YOU… I have always dreamed of attending your offerings but haven’t the financial ability to attend and therefore respectfully request your consideration. I salute you and wish you well… I sure wouldn’t want to make a choice in this but whether you select me or not…God Bless you and know that I will never give up pursuing my goals and dreams and some day, some how, some way I will eventually get to meet you!

Roisin

January 7th, 2010 at 2:46 am    

Hallo M, after reading the mails from those also needing a scholarship I am too ashamed te now ask same! I have a roof over my head, food, a simpel job. I dont have any extra cash to buy ”dream course” and the real reason I would love to follow it is because I think so negative about myself and for so long!
I would love to feel how it feels to have a dream again.
God bless whoever gets the scholarship and may it go to the most deserving.All the best to all. Roisin.

clifford

January 7th, 2010 at 5:40 am    

hi,am a 26 year old zambian.i have been following your programes and activities since Jackcanfield introduced me to you through e-mail last year.
my major hicap am facing is that i failed to complete my tertially education after my grandmom who were paying for my college fees died.
this has hindered me a lot to excute and nurture my future.
But one thing is that i have not lost hope because of your coaching with jack.
Please am appealing to you to offer any assistance appropriet to revive my life.
your assitance will be highly acknowleged
clifford Malambo.

Patricia

January 7th, 2010 at 5:44 am    

Hi Marcia,

I am a follower. I admire your outlook and desire to help. I read all your emails and have always wanted to be coached by you.
I have a good life. I have a wonderful husband who supports me in every way, I have 2 loving kids who make our life interesting and exciting. I have a job, which has become a burden for the past year. I have always felt that there is something more that I can accomplish – something more valuable – something greater. I have decided that I will make this year the year of change. In spite of the money that comes in every two weeks, I find myself in big debt and for this reason, I write to you and ask for the scholarship. I need help identifying what I really want. I spent most of my life doing what everybody around me wants that I get lost thinking of what I personally, really want. This scholarship will lead me to a life-changing crossroad and I am ready for the challenge. I am ready to make changes. I am ready to face my fears head on. I am ready to enhance my strengths and improve on my weakness. I am ready and I hope that you can give me the chance to prove that. I need direction.
I pray that you will always be blessed in the measure that you give, and more besides. God bless you.

Kelly Murdock

January 7th, 2010 at 7:01 am    

Hello Marcia,
I would like thank you for your inspiring emails, videos and for all that you do to help people make their dreams become a reality!
You could not have come into my life at a better time than now!

For a long time I really never knew what my dreams were because I was living my life around what other people thought I should do or be.
I have never had any children, but was married for 16 years until we divorced 3 years ago. During that time I was left with no money, no job, my new car was repossed and trying to get disability due to a back injury(without success)Didnt want the divorce , but it happened anyway.
At that time I felt so alone and did not really know what I was going to do. I was really depressed and feeling very betrayed, but I knew I had to stand up,be strong,and “Fake it til I made it!”
I was on a mission! The mission to not let him see me sweat , so to speak.
He had forced me to have to go get assistance from social services and through all the red tape and all the things I had to do to get that assistance led me to a very nice woman at the job service who recognized that I was there for more than just assistance and a job. Even though I was dressed for success,had a big smile on my face,she could tell there was more going on with me. She asked some questions of me and I was surprised that she could see through me so easily. Little did I know at the time that she would start a chain of reactions in my life! Just by having some compassion and understanding of my situation she became one of the angels in my life. She helped me to go to the right people to get some much needed help for myself she directed me to Voc Rehab , from there they helped me to set some goals and to define what my career goals actually were. I got a job a couple of years ago working with our local Social Service Center. I worked in a Transitional Living Program for homeless, pregnant and parenting youth. While at this job I became a mentor, and was teaching life skills, such as, Budgeting,Social/Communication,Rent-Wise, and Cooking. During the course of my job there I finally realized what it is that I am passionate about. I am passionate about teaching people of all ages life skills and seeing them become independant.
I have recently left this job to move elsewhere ,but the passion still keeps me awake at night. I live in a small community now of 840 and there is no such job here for what I do unless I travel 50 miles away from my home.
My car is not in good running condition and without a job this would be very difficult to commute.
The youth I worked with were really wonderful people and I learned alot from them as well. Nothing is more satisfying than to have a student come to you and tell you how much you have changed their life and the lives of others they continued to teach what you have taught them.
I would like to be considered for this scholarship because I truely believe I can use the knowledge to help make this world a better place!

Thank you for your generous offer and for opening your heart and mind to everyone around you!

Sincerely,
Kelly Murdock

Reina Caraccioli

January 7th, 2010 at 7:49 am    

Dear Marcia:

I felt so moved after reading all the comments above, so many people living similar situations. It really make me cry, to see how much we all need to have opportunities like the one you are offering. In times like the one we have right now, the goverment should programs like yours, but I forget sometimes this is not their concern. Something makes me happy: to see that there is also many of us who deep inside know that we can do something about what is happening in our lives; we want to believe, we want to take responsibility for our lives. It makes me want tolearn more to be able to help many more people out there. Those who probably haven’t had the opportunity to read your books of know about you and other wonderful coaches.

My personal situation is almost the same as everyone here: unnemployed, actually my husband and I used to work for the same company and we were laid off almost a year ago, our unemployment benefits are finished and we haven’t found a job as of today, we don’t know how we are going to cover for our expenses, feed our children and pay the fees to apply for high school and college. Well like I said before situations are similar all around, I would really loved to have a scholarship, because this could help me learn more not only for myself but also to help other people. I wish all of us here, could have the opportunity. But I know sometimes it is not possible for just one person. We need more people like you Marcia, willing to help others. This is something I will keep as a dream.

Blessings to all.

Thank you Marcia, from my heart. Thank you, thank you so much.

Kristin

January 7th, 2010 at 7:53 am    

Dear Marcia,

You are so right – Good Riddance! It is time to move on! I am ready!! Life is truly amazing and I’m ready to live it!! Before I learned of the Law of Attraction, I had no idea my thoughts and feelings were actually shaping my reality. I had a “victim” mentality. My (now ex -) husband left me for an acquaintance of mine. After I got remarried to a loving man and had a beautiful baby girl, I was put in the ICU after having multiple strokes and a blood clot on my heart. I was temporarily blind and could not go back to work for 4 months. This began our financial problems. With the stress of the lack of money and the fear of having another stroke, I had an anxiety attack and was instantly put on anti-anxiety medicine. A couple of years later I got pregnant again. Sadly, we lost our baby girl while I was 6 months pregnant with her. I then had a pulmonary embolism. My husband, our daughter and I were so sad. I was told never to get pregnant again. We started arguing more, we lost our home, and had to file bankruptcy. Although I loved God, I could not understand why He would let these things happen to us.

That was when my life turned around. LOA was introduced to me. I was amazed! I knew I needed to learn more so I may inspire others as I had been. My husband and I are doing much better! We are renting a beautiful home with the nicest neighbors, we love and appreciate each other so much more, our 6 year old daughter is the best, and we both love our careers. The reason I am asking for this scholarship is because, although I feel abundant in my life, the money hasn’t started rolling in… yet. I have been a Sign Language Interpreter at the local H.S. for 14 years and even though I love my job and students, I feel I am worth more than the small amount I make. I also feel I want to inspire more people. I know the money is on it’s way and I believe this could be the start of it. I’ve written a book about my experiences and hope to help others who feel “hopeless.” We are thrilled. We are going to be fostering and then adopting a baby soon. I believe now is the perfect time for us to become financially abundant so we can enjoy life to the fullest!

I appreciate all that you do and for this amazing opportunity,

Kristin

Alicia Horn

January 7th, 2010 at 8:04 am    

Marica,
I’m so glad that you have been obedient to your life mission in believing in yourself and helping others to fulfil their God given purpose and dreams. Thank you for the divine inspiration to offer these 12 scholarships. I know that I was divinely led to be on the call last night. I’ve attended several of your calls before and have gained so much. God certainly wanted me on that call. I wasn’t sure why at first. That morning while I was spending quiet time and journaling I asked the Lord what did he desire for me to focus on and he revealed to me that I needed to focus on my dreams.

It has been my desire to work with you and I’ve placed Dream University on my dream board several months ago. However, money has been the obstacle. My family situation finanically has been a circumstance that most would considered shameful. However, I believe the circumstances fits into a bigger plan that God has.
My family and I live with my mother right now as we regain a brighter future.
I’m a wife and stay at home mom with two children ages 13 and 2.My husband has not been able to find employment with the economy issues.I’ve been building a coaching business, but so far it has not produced any income. However, I’ve blessed two women with scholarships and led them through two coaching programs of mine and their lives have transformed and their dreams are coming true.

Now God is saying that it is my time to live with integrity on the dreams he’s placed in my heart and make the income that he desires. The way I see it: God is my source and everything else is a resource that he uses. Often I’ve been waiting for some big finacial opportuity
to open up that will allow me to work with you and begin to provide for my family. For me working with you is not an option it is a divine part of my path. To win one of the scholarship would put me in divne alignment with my calling to impact others and also it will be an honor and dream come true. Now that the opportunity for a scholarship has come available I can no longer feel deflated or entertain limiting belifs about not having the resources or opportunity to move forward on my dreams and work with you.
I believe that everything begins with good authentic leadership. My desire is to work with Spiritual leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs and help them reivent themselves, develop new platforms for a higher purpose. I also desire to open a center that will help people from all walks of life who don’t have a vision or a sense of direction find their divine path and get them in movement on their path using coaching and consulting.

Once again thank you for your obedience of helping others reach their dreams and also your great example of leadership. I look forward to divine connection whether it is now or in the future. Thanks & Blessings.

Michelle

January 7th, 2010 at 8:17 am    

Hello Marcia,

After waiting years to become a Certified Dream Coach I’m thrilled that you are offering the online course. I saw you on Oprah years ago and just knew I will be a part of your movement. Furthermore, I set the intention and made the commitment to share the message at home. My aim was to be the first Certified Dream Coach in my country and region. I was left standing when someone else did it. (There’s a story here but I won’t go into details).

First, I delayed my certification due to lack of finance, then my Mum became my priority after having a relapse of cancer and subsequently passing away. My focus was more on my family and honouring her final request. Having to compete with others who were intent on having it all, being first no matter what, business was slow. You see, I made the decision long ago to be ethical in business while doing what I love and passionate about. Thus, I put the coaching aspect of my business on hold and concentrated on T&D. This picked up then my major client and source of revenue, closed operations. Needless to say I was left with a mountain of bills. I’m still struggling with them.

Your programme, your vision, your mission all mirror my intention and vision for my business. Empowering people inspires me. I even went so far as to contact your assistant Angie years ago to find out how I could build a relationship with you until I could afford the certification. I so wanted others to get the benefit. As usual finance or lack thereof, slowed my plans on implementing what I had in mind. I’m not giving up. So it would be a dream come true and an honour to receive a full scholarship for the online course.

This year I’m saying “No More!” No more will I let money stop me from achieving my dream. No more will I let others walk in my light. No more will I play small. This year I will step out, step up and stand up for me. This year I intend to be a big dreamer in the spotlight, my spotlight, the glow of radiance from my soul.

Michelle

Patricia Hyman

January 7th, 2010 at 8:34 am    

Hi Marcia,
I am a bit reluctant to even waste my time and yours at trying to get this scholarship
since I have always been told all my life that if I ever want anything in life I must work hard. I am 57 years old and have worked hard since I was 16 and I am still working to help raise my grandchildren now. It is extremely hard trying to keep a positive attitude but I have committed myself to try to help my children and grandchildren learn that to have a dream, no matter how old you get, will keep you going. I know that God has a purpose in this life for me and I intend to help others like me learn this same truth. I am a missionary in Kenya but it is getting harder for me to raise the money to keep going with other responsibilities like helping my family. I can’t tell them not to give up anymore; I must show them that no matter what the past has help and no matter how long it has taken, that if we just keep striving to reach that goal and don’t take our eyes off of it that eventually we will win. We have 5 children and they have seen us work all our lives to have something and if we never have any more, materially, that we still have more than we could ever pay for. We love each other and want to help others who have struggled as we have. My goal is to learn all I can from the mistakes I have made over the years so that I can teach and encourage others that if we have a dream in our lives that God will bless our efforts. I know that it is late in my life to start but I have always had a dream of proving to everyone that if I don’t give up I can truly reach my dream. No one in my family has ever been debt free and able to really say they have succeeded in anything and I intend to to give them hope that it can happen. Thank you so much for the opportunity to make something out of myself even at my age. I am first of all a Christian, in love with my Lord, second a wife of a precious husband who has put up with me through some trying years and never given up on me, mother of three wonderful children who have really struggled in their own lives and 14 terrific grandchildren. I need to do this for me but especially for them so they will know that they can win in this life if they just don’t give up. If I don’t get this scholarship I will still strive to find a way to help those around me to believe in themselves. Thanks again Marcia for your love for others. It shows.

Kathy

January 7th, 2010 at 8:34 am    

Marcia, I think it is great to help other people. When I had money, I would pay other peoples bills or buy extra food at the grocery store to give them….It sounds like we have all be there before. I have always been a sales person or customer service. I really enjoy helping people and since I have been getting your e-mails the last two years I have relized a dream that I never really thought about before….after reading everyone else’s story, I don’t know if I am the one that should be asking for a scholarship, I would very much like to do this, I have a passion to help people, I came from an abusive home, have a child that needs medical attention, divorced, sounds like everyone else. I have had a few people in my life the last two years that has showed me how to dream, which I have never gave it a thought. I took at step to join Avon, I want to start a team and mentor them and grow them and help other women achieve their dreams and goals. I need help in this but it is a passion and I am going to pursue it, thank you for all you do. http://www.youravon.com/khouseholder is a web that I would love to help people or just talk to people thru e-mail ohiokh2006@yahoo.com. maybe I can make a difference in someone’s life, but not as much as you can…..Thanks

Sandra Michaud

January 7th, 2010 at 8:36 am    

Dear Marcia,My life has been a up hill climb for many years. Starting with abusive parents and quiting school to get a job just so I could leave my parents home. I have married more then once and divorced because of an alcoholic husband and raising a newborn by myself.I lived alone for several years afraid to remarry but being alone everyday is not good either. I tried again in 2001. I married a man I knew for over year since we worked together. He had a 10 year old granddaughter that I ended up raising since he worked out of state about 350 days of the year.We hardy seen each other and he didn’t want me to go with him on jobs. His excuse was I had to stay where I was to take care of Sara which I did not mind but it left me lonely again. Then I found out my husband was seeing someone thats why he didn’t want me to go with him. I ended up in the emergency room at the hospital several times for pains in my chest and body only to find out it was caused from anxiety. All i had was my dreams to keep me going. Telling myself I will find someone that truly loves me and is caring and kind.While the divorce was going through I had two brothers dye eight months apart.I wandered how I was going to make it through all these things. But I heard about THE SECRET at a WOMEN EXPO CENTER and have read and watched the video for over two years now.I have become a stronger person and deal with things a lot different now.My friend who is 65 and has bone cancer wanted to get together to take one last trip that three of us has done for years since one lives in Canada and one in Florida and we only see each other one week a year. But with real estate which I have my licence for has not been very fruitful and the cooking job I have just to cover my health insurance leaves me financially burdened. But I told myself something will come up so I can have this time with her and it did, not sure how but it did. I keep asking for money so I can help my family and friends and to rid this financial load on my own shoulders and find a loving. kind ,caring man to come into my life. I REALLY need your help to get my life to this point.I will keep thinking positive about this scholarship it meants so very much to me.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Sandra Michaud
Boscawen, NH

LaJune

January 7th, 2010 at 8:57 am    

Hello Marcia, Thank you for all you do. Your emails and all you send my way mean soooo much to me. After reading anything you send I feel like I am on top of the world. I am sure you have heard the same stories over and over again and everyone is a good person to receive a scholarship. I just pray that the most deserving people receive them even if I am not picked. I am a mother of 4 with two younger ones at home. My youngest two father passed last year and it has been a hard year. Not knowing how to pay this and really robbing peter to pay paul. Life has just really taken a toll on me. My small in home childcare business has went downhill. I felt soooo alone. Then one day I read an email from you and it was like you knew exactly what I needed to hear. It made me pick myself up and try to start all over again. My childcare business is just making enough to keep my head afloat, but here lately my friends and family have been asking for my advice on there relationships and other personal things. I have really enjoyed helping them and the advice I have given them has been most effective. One day my oldest daughter said to me “Mom you should be some type of relationship coach or something like that”. Then it dawned on me, Hey, I do enjoy helping my friends and family try to get through things so why not? In saying this, I have you to thank for that. I would benefit from this course because it would help me take a leap of faith and pursue something that I can only dream about without help from you. I feel you will give me that push I need to help others along the way since you do the same for me on a regular basis. If I were to be awarded I wouldn’t take it for granted. I would know in my heart this is truly what I was meant to do. Thank you so much!!!

Mana

January 7th, 2010 at 9:25 am    

WOW! I like your passion! You’re so radiante! I remember people telling me that too several years ago. I have lost it about 10 years ago. Looking for it!:) I am a french women from Canada and I have received a message from heaven…or well I don’t know really…about 5/6 years ago I received a download in my head with a complete plan to what, how and why. I started to work on that plan and never been able to achieve it. It is strange cause the plan is to help raise young women’s self worth on the planet. I trusted that if I receive it, life will show me the way. I being to douth it now cause, I maybe wrong but whatever I did got worst and worst instead then better. More I go for my dream…less I get. I am a very active, go getter, motivated, energic and passionate person but I can’t even afford a roof for my two children, food or winter shoes for me right now! I keep on thinking it most be a test or something…lol.
Well, here I am wondering if this is the road to finally be able to connect with a passionate dreamer just like me who wants to created a great life for others… will see…I ask the univers for this opportunity and thanks to you.
Love!
Mana

Yvonne Burton

January 7th, 2010 at 9:48 am    

Hi Marcia,
I am a Japan-US business consultant with my own consulting business. I got laid off 4 years ago and saw that as the perfect opportunity to start my own consulting business. I want to do business a new way with Japan to help smaller businesses both in the U.S. and Japan find and do business with each other because there is a lack of support for these small companies in Japan especially. If U.S small businesses are suffering, Japanese small businesses are suffering ten times more. In the process of trying to make this happen, I have lost everything. My home, my investment property, and of course I am in debt due to not being able to find any kind of work for over a year. I am happy to report that I did get a part-time job in retail for the holidays and that helps me a great deal. I am making money again and trying to get back on solid footing.
I believe that the only thing we cannot recover from in death so I know eventually I will get from under my financial struggles and make my business a great success if I just keep at it every day and believe and take action. I have always believed in myself and no matter how hard it has been, it is not in me to give up on this dream that I have worked at for so many years. I have used this time to learn, to grow and know that no matter how bad things have gotten for me, I will succeed. Each and every day I do what I can’t take what little step I can. But as you said in your video, it can get lonely and I need help and support. I need you and like minded people to help me come back from the brink of bankruptcy and make this business work because I know that there are so many small businesses that need this help and I am fortunate to have had this dream so it is up to me to make it happen.

Amanda

January 7th, 2010 at 10:15 am    

January 7th.,2010.-

Dear Marcia,

I thank you thoroughly for the immense desire you have in helping people achieve their dreams. I know it is very generous of you to offer scholarships that will provide tools to those who cannot afford your course for the time-being. That says much about you and your dreams and mission.

Speaking of lacks would be focusing exactly on what I do not want. I am working to reach my highest dreams at all levels…including prosperity, of course.
It would help me enormously and would offer me precious tools to help others in return…which is exactly one of my dreams.

I appreciate your offer and thus…leave it in your hands….I put it in Divine Order…

Thank you, from the depth of my heart and keep on with that wonderful effort..!!

In Light,

Amanda

Brenda Bertrand

January 7th, 2010 at 10:19 am    

I have a dream: that every woman in their 20 and 30s who is courageous and ready to live their purpose would have a mentor.

I want to be in integrity by having one of my own that is an expert in the same area. I don’t have $997 but I would ask for a half scholarship.

I think paying something will help me to stretch myself and keep me in integrity with what I hope to teach 20 year old women here and abroad.. whatever you invest in will yield exponential results.

Thank you and I am requesting a half scholarship. I am already in motion and need to invest in my development. A half scholarship would stretch me and place great value on the experience and I can model what I believe is a principle of sowing and reaping.

Thank you!

Chris

January 7th, 2010 at 10:23 am    

Dear Marcia,

I am the least likely person to be applying for this scholarship. Today I find myself the most likely person for this scholarship. You see I turned 35yrs on Christmas Day 2009 and January 1st 2010 should have been the beginning of the best year of my life but it is not turning out to be so. Let be back track a little-At 19yrs old I found myself pregnant and penniless. However, I was extremely hopeful because I was in college and I subsequently graduated. I went on to have a total of children while getting a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree. In September of this year I graduated with a doctoral degree and was ready to take on the world. So how did I find myself here? Two years ago two of my grandparents died twelve weeks apart which prompted me to visit my doctor. During this routine doctors visit I was diagnosed as obese (210 lbs). After multiple X-rays, CAT scans and MRI’s I was diagnosed with a dislocated right hip, torn cartilage in the right knee, torn stomach muscle (from chest to Pelvic), prolapsed pelvic and urinary incontinence. At thirty-two this was too much for me. I spent most of 2008 having surgeries and physical therapy to restore myself and 2009 completing my education. During this time I used up all of my funds and the market did not help either. All this time, I stayed in school and never loosing focus of my dream. During my recuperation I realize that I needed to make some changes in my life. I went back to my childhood and remember for the first time that I was on the debate team and also won a public speaking competition at fourteen years old. THIS IS IT THIS IS WHAT I MUST DO….
Now, after graduation I couldn’t be happier then, something devastation occurred.. I had a MISCARRIAGE. I did not expect this to affect me this way…but I found myself in a DEPRESSION so deep I feel I can’t get out until today. Today, I opened my email and saw your video and felt a little spark. This was my indication that my time had arrived, to get myself back on track and move forward into my DREAM. This is why I am applying for this scholarship.

Respectfully
Chris

Midori

January 7th, 2010 at 10:59 am    

Dear Marcia,

While watching your video, I thought to myself that you embody the type of coach I need: steady, strong, confidant; and gentle, sweet, understanding and nurturing. I read everyone’s personal struggles and requests and thought to myself that I could not ask for a scholarship, but then I began reading Wanda Jenkins’ story about how she prayed and asked the Lord to provide a way financially for her to participate in your teleseminar. Then, I remembered that I started a “to do/wish” list yesterday. Number 2 on my list is to receive “Education-Reiki, EFT, energy type work education/facilitators/classes come to me-either I can pay for them or it’s a trade or a gift.”

I work in the salon/spa industry. Five years ago, I wanted to leave a spa that I was working at. The spa wasn’t going in the direction that I wanted to go in and I thought that I could create my own spa with other therapists who shared my idea of customer service, growth and care. I talked myself out of leaving and talked myself into believing that where I was “was good enough.” As it turns out, the Universe always gives you what you ask for. Two years ago, I started to separate myself from the spa and the spa from me and we were no longer a fit. It took me 18 months to accept that my “home” away from “home” was no longer a place for me. I finally left and have started my own business. As a result of my lengthy denial, I have created a lot of debt for my family. I have been depressed and I have not generated the income that I need for my family.
I have started many “self help” projects and read many books. I am the poster child of self-help and yet, I have not been able to get over the slump.

I would be very grateful to be one of your scholarship recipients. I know that with your guidance, I can get back on track and move happily forward. I am definitely one of those people who loves to help other people in any way that I can. I am a good investment.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Rose Schraer

January 7th, 2010 at 11:24 am    

Dear Marcia, First of all let me thank you for offering this opportunity for scholarships for those who are not able to afford this outstanding offer.I woild like to be considered for this. I have always felt that in my heart and mind I need to do more, to accomplish more to fufill a empty hole in me…. I have worked hard for most of my life, I am turning 57 this January. My husband was laid off back in June and we are trying to work a business together so we can survive. I work part time at a Curves franchise so that we have some $ for food and other necessiies. I also have a 13 year old daughter who we adopted at birth. She keeps me young! Years ago I worked at a residential scholl for LD and Emotional disturbed youg adults, and I only left because my husband was transferred out of state. I have done many things but I feel I have more to give to young people. Iam also a co service unit manager for our service unit, by the way, I heard you speak at a sales convention and I remember you saying that you spoke at a Girl Scout event, encouraging girls to realize their dreams. Recently I read an article in the Houston chronicle talking about the sex trade hub in Houston and hey talked about 2 programs for these young girls, though I am sure there are young men as well.There’s G.E.M.s in NY and another program in Dallas. I feel like I need to make a difference but need help to take that step, I need the tools to do the right thing…and make adifferrence. In the article they gave an overpriced cost of what it would cost to house one child,And that amount would surely deter others from doing something about it. If I was chosen it would be heaven sent for me. If not, please let me know whenyou may possibly do his again and I will save each eek for this oportunity,
Respectfully,
Rose Schraer

Deborah Roberts

January 7th, 2010 at 11:34 am    

Dear Marcia,

I have come to this part of the site several times since I watched the video and each time, I left without applying. NOT, because I don’t need a scholarship, but because so many people seem to need one and i just kept having inner dialogue that said it is probably more important for them. As if, it will be okay if I go the rest of my life without dreaming anymore, as if, I can just tough it out.
almost a year ago, my life just blew up. I went from a thriving practice, a loving relationship, feeling healthy and really good for the first time in years.
Prior to that, it had been so long since I actually could see a future, then had a really good 15 months and then everything blew up.
I had an intensely abusive childhood and quite a bit of abuse in my early adulthood. I did so much work and healed to a very deep level, emotionally, spiritually and mentally, as well as healing myself from 5 years of being disabled from Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia/Epstein BArr.
That was some time ago, however, the events that led up to my life falling apart really triggered previous Post Traumatic Stress, as well as new PTSD. I then contracted MRSA which is a virulent flesh eating/antibiotic resistant staph bacteria. I have been ill for months, had to take massive antibiotics which I NEVER do and now am dealing with the aftereffects/side effects of this.
I am struggling with depression, isolation, rebuilding my health, and so longing to find a new dream and perhpas more importantly to believe there is any point to finding a new dream.
I know it is virtuallyimpossible to attract new clients when I feel so hopeless, doubtful and cynical.
I am 54 yrs old and I really can’t see a future at this time. I don’t think that is a good sign.
I know there are many persons applying who are all very worthy, I also know I am in a precarious place in my existence and i so need support and hope.
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this scholarship.
Many blessings……………deborah

Cheryl

January 7th, 2010 at 11:46 am    

Hi Marcia
This past year has been the wildest ride every imagined. I lost my home,marriage,friends,family,been physically threatened, been slandered, gossiped, verbally assaulted, I no longer wanted to be on this planet. In May my Dad passed, June my Minister, July my best friend and neighbor, Aug my husband of 32 years who suffered a brain injury 13 years ago threatened me with a bullet. I left with nothing. Later that month my brother in law died. Sept saw another friend go missing, he was later found to having been attacked by a Grisly Bear. October I saw my dream job and partner being ripped apart because of his domestic problems. My life was threatened by his spouse.Being homeless I had purchased a home. Then was threatened with fraud because of a letter to the bank stating I was employed at this company. I was at the time, but had left by the time I took possession. His spouse wanted me out of town. I was a business threat and personal one as well. They proceeded to slander gossip and tried to ruin me. As well as interfer in my divorce. I was left with no jobs,no money, friends scattered, business contracts and suppliers stayed clear. I found a job 2 months ago, I have been cleared legally, I am dealing with the gossip. I am trying to reconnect with my grandchildren.My husband, someday will grant me a divorce and I will get back some of my possessions. I am trying to find new dreams. Financially I will dig myself out of this hole, I will create a settlement with my husband. I will reconnect with my business partner. I will let my suppliers know that it was all untruths. And I will have that love relationship back with my children. I do need help recreating my dreams once again. Thanks for considering me. Nameste

Helen De N

January 7th, 2010 at 11:53 am    

I have really followed my passion and studied and taken steps to move my life in the direction of my dreams, by very definite intention, planning and action.

I believe that people in my life want to contribute to me and to each other. When there is a student who really wants to be in my class, and cannot pay, I let them, because they really want it, and I really want to contribute to them. I am so rewarded by their growth. They go on to do great things.

I haven’t quite reached the money thing yet, but I will. Help is always avaiable along the way.

Grace is contagious and goodness constantly flows. I would love to have a scholarship to Dream University.

What I can commit to is using it fully to improve my own life, and , in turn, improve the lives of others.

Warm regards to all,
Helen
Toronto Canada

April Welsh

January 7th, 2010 at 12:02 pm    

Marcia,
WOW!! This is a truly amazing and generous offer.

I am ripe for change…

My husband and I have been in business together for 4 years. The income from that business has been up and down, but with the current economic climate our income has been consistently lower than our living expenses. This has put alot of pressure on our relationship and at this point we are living separately.
I love my husband and know in my heart that we can overcome this!

My DREAM is to create a passionate positive income separately from Artistic Connection – to bring money in from a different source. I have been praying for a way to afford a coach because I know that that is the next step for me on this journey!

Thank you Marcia for considering me for this scholarship. I am clear that this coarse will contribute to my life in a way that will manifest in the world.

I am currently reading and following the exercises in the book The Answer by John Assaraf & Murray Smith.

Wishing you a JOYfilled & Prosperous 2010!!

Erica Krause

January 7th, 2010 at 12:48 pm    

Hello Marcia,

Thank you for this opportunity to receive a scholorship. This is my story. I was laid off from my job last February and for 4 months my job was looking for a job but to no avail. At that point I decided to go back to school to become a Medical Assistant, mind you being on unemployment at the time and still am.Today was my last day of classes which lasted 6 months and next week I start my 3 months of Internship.

My husband has been working at a Golf Club for $7.5 per hr. all of this time which has helped out a great deal financially. We make ends meet. This past Monday he got laid off. My unemployment stops in February.

I have managed to save some money but right now in the situation we are in taking out $297.00 would be a hardship.

I know it is time for me to make my dreams materialize and would be honored if you would select me as one of your recipients.

Thank you,
Erica P. Krause

Kate dePaul

January 7th, 2010 at 12:59 pm    

Thank you Marcia!
I truly believe you are a wonderful coach and have a very powerful program, but I must admit as I was scrolling down the page for the new program I was going to delete it, knowing I don’t have any money, credit, available to me at the moment, or forseeable future, when I saw the highlighted, “do not let money be an obstacle”. That is so generous of you. My story is the same as many at this time, job, home, partnership loss, … yet there is purpose in all this. It seems to me the collapse of the structures we’ve had in place so long is a call to do things differently. It is opportunity disguised as loss.

I am noticing more coaches, more capable people like yourself reaching out to others to help them up. It is a time to live our passions. I am in my 50s and have always lived a life of service. I know I’ve somehow blocked my success and feel that now is the time to remove those blocks that I may serve in a greater way.

If it is time… I am ready..
Thank you for living your passion!
Blessings,
Kate dePaul

Rosey Ware

January 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm    

Marcia,

I am so grateful that you are offering scholarships. I have heard you speak at a HUB conference and was truly inspired. Four years ago I was viciously attacked by a pit bull which turned out to be a blessing. At this time it was revealed to me that my mission was to empower disenfranchised youth to follow their dreams, specifically orphans in Jamaica and youth in the shelters of LA. So I started a non profit and about a year ago walked out of my full time job..stepping out in faith. I knew this was what I was supposed to be doing. I am quite gifted at inspiring the youth but have struggled to bring in the funding necessary to keep doing this. I know it is what I need to be doing but this has created financial challenges for me as I work to get the programs running full time. I would be so appreciative of your assistance which I am not able to afford at this time. This would benefit not only me but hundreds of kids around the world. Please consider me and god bless.

Amber

January 7th, 2010 at 1:32 pm    

Thank you Marcia for offering this great opportunity! I am truly blessed and have a great life. I have a wonderful husband, 2 beautiful healthy boys (one more on the way), a roof over our heads, clothes on our back, and food for the family.
About 2 years ago we were living a wonderful life style, a big house, pool in the back yard, brand new cars, money in the bank, etc. Well over the last year we have had to give all that up. My husband is in construction and I am a Mortgage Broker. Things have been few and far between. We ended up giving our house back to the bank and filing bankruptcy and rent a small 2 bedroom house at the time. It has been a big change for us, but one that I am truly grateful for. I feel that everything has a reason and that I have a part in the outcome. I feel truly blessed to have all that I have now. I have learned that material items are fun to have, but I needed to get back to the basics of life and realize all I have without the material items.
My goal in life is to help others. To make a difference!! Not only for others, but for myself and my family!! I feel that your coaching can help me with that. I would grately appreciate the opportunity to have you has a Coach! To be able to experience the wonderful knowledge you have and learn and grow from that.
The opportunity to learn from you would be like nothing I have experienced.

I thank you for the opportunity and I hope that I am one of the blessed 12 that you choose. It is an amazing price at $297, and you are a wonderful woman for offering that. Unfortunately I am unable to pay that at this time. My husband is not working, I have unemployment until March, and we are using Food stamps for food. I am grateful for all that we do have, and if I am not chosen I intend on manifesting $297 to be able to participate in the 90 Day Transformation!!!

I again thank you for your time and consideration. I will speak with you soon.
Thank you,
Amber

Kelly

January 7th, 2010 at 2:10 pm    

Marcia,
bless you for your offer of assistance into this program. I would love to be involved and really do need help to make this happen. I am doing my best to live in integrity. Therefore, I am working to clean up old debt, primarily from a failed business that I started several years ago. I have been told by everyone-friends, attorneys, family members, etc.-to file bankruptcy. This was never the way I wanted to proceed, so I still haven’t. It simply takes every dime I am earning to stay afloat, but my debts will be repaid!

Being awarded a scholarship would mean the world to me. I know I have a mission in life. I know I am supposed to help others create amazing lives, to escape their lives of quiet desperation and live based on what is in their hearts. I know with all that I am that this is my mission. I simply need some help right now to get there. Receiving one of these scholarships would be an amazing sign that I am on the right path, in the right place at the right time. My dream is to receive a scholarship, create the life I dream of, and then help others to do just that. I would also love to sponsor others with scholarships into your future programs to repay your kindness. Thank you for offering these scholarships and for your consideration of my request.

Many Blessings,

Kelly

Eric A. Dahl, LMT, ACMT

January 7th, 2010 at 2:14 pm    

Hi Marcia!
I am grateful for all I have right now!
I thank you for your work,and all you do!
I thank you for the opportunity to write to you for a scholarship to your program. I believe in you and your program. More importantly I NOW believe in myself and and will do whatever it takes to be successful with your program and make my dreams a reality! I do this so that I can heal myself so I may heal others! I want so much to be a contribution to this world and realize I must work on myself first! I believe with your training I could accomplish my dreams and make a great contribution to many peoples lives!

I am finally waking up to how wonderful life actually is, and what an opportunity I have and we have as humans on this earth for personal development and spiritual growth. It hasn’t always been so. Even though I cared a great deal for others, or so I thought, I used to take this life for granted. I did not fully value myself, life or my body. I had low self esteem. I would help others but not myself. I was to some degree…just going through the motions. Because I had a very difficult birth I was left with severe learning disabilities. To some degree I have struggled my whole life. Its been very difficult and confusing realizing I am very intelligent but having a hard time in school, socially, and with general life skills that other people had no problem with! I have learned a great deal from these challenges. I have learned to be a great massage therapist and have become a very creative person. This year has been the best of times and the worst of times. It is like I am tearing myself completely down in order to rebuild myself from the ground up! This last year has been financially a disaster. In June the spa I was very comfortable in had a disaster and all of a sudden closed never to open again. I used to be able to get by without any advertising at all. Because of the economy clients aren’t coming as much and other agencies i have worked with have less and less work. I am embarrassed at my financial state. I have yet to fully pay for Decembers rent and January’s is now late. I have about $200 in the bank with multiple debtors calling everyday! These incidents are teaching me that I need to do something drastically different to be the person of healing and vibrancy I know I can be! I have so much energy and vibrancy, and I know I can do better if only I knew how! I wish I had enough money to pay for your course, but right now I don’t. If I were to get a scholarship to your program and with your dream coaching I would be able to transform my life and create my dream business to help others! In my Dream business I would help others live to their fullest potential and live healthy vibrant lives! This would be through my various creative healing techniques such as massage therapy, and energetic healing work I have been doing for the last 10 years. I would also offer health counseling, and lifestyle design. Helping them to express themselves creatively through music, art, and movement would also be very important in helping them attain their full potential. I also have dreams of conducting retreats to beautiful destinations incorporating all these mediums with yoga and health y organic foods and with guest speakers such as yourself.

You see I have great dreams and have so much to offer! I am very dedicated and ask that you help me make these dreams a reality!

Thank you so much!
Bless you.

Eric A. Dahl

sylvia theisen

January 7th, 2010 at 2:56 pm    

Hi Marcia:

Congratulations on Dream University and your personal journey to creating what you love! In reading through previous comments, I can see that everyone has dramatic and often traumatic life events that led them to their current situation. So, I will briefly mention my story of how I came to a place of need, but don’t want that to be the main focus nor do I want to “top that story!”…I fully believe that my past does not equal my future.

Some of the recent challenges in my life include my husband dying rather suddenly of cancer, being left with tens of thousands of medical bills uncovered by insurance, single parenting my interesting teenager,and my previously successful real estate business crashing, blah blah blah

More importantly the reason I need a scholarship AND that you would benefit from choosing me is that I am a person who is committed to taking radical, massive, consistent action towards creating a wonderful next chapter in my life. Many people will get “pumped up” by your material but may fall short in taking risks and implementing what they need to do. You could end up feeling as though you gave a gift that was under appreciated. I, on the other hand already know that I will 100% change my life for the better in the next 12 months and I would love for your help to be part of what gets me from here to there. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would be one of your raving fans and one of your true success stories. In addition, I will be a positive, energetic, humorous and supportive member of the community in helping others to reach their goals.

Not to be a complete pig, but in the spirit of “being clear on my intention” and asking the Universe for what I’d like…I’ll risk saying that if you choose to offer any scholarships for the Inner Circle program, I would love that too.
Thanks for all that you do and for sharing your own personal stories as well as your gifts and knowledge.
Best,
Sylvia Theisen

Steve Warner

January 7th, 2010 at 3:28 pm    

Marcia:
It is truly rare to find such a knowledgeable person that is willing to devote their time and effort to help others for no monetary gain-because after all, that is what you are really selling is your knowledge- for that I thank you. May your generosity be rewarded 10 fold!!

As many of the individuals that have asked for your help, I too have experienced very tough financial times. In the past year I have went through a divorce with a long and nasty child custody battle in which many baseless accusations were levied against me; all found to be untrue. I have tried to find employment since December of 2008 after losing my job in the real estate industry. In fact the response to my most recent application I was told that I scored 100 out of 100, but they had a more highly qualified applicant! During the last year I have lived off all the credit that I had left after the divorce so I am in debt beyond belief. At this time I live off hand outs from my parents that have little to give to begin with, but God bless them for trying.

As you can see my 2009 is something I would rather forget.

It is time for moving forward, after all the past does not define our future!!!

As a person that is requesting help, the real question that I also need to be asked of me is what I can do for you in exchange for this opportunity? I can assure you that I will apply myself and take the opportunity head on so that I can make the most out of it. I am willing to do what is asked of me, no matter how uncomfortable it is to me. I will work this course and live it “outside of the box”.

I have prayed that an opportunity would happen to start the change- and I honestly believe that you are it.

Thank you for the opportunity to apply and may God bless you!.

Steve

Edi Spanier

January 7th, 2010 at 3:46 pm    

I saw your offering for this course but did not act on it as money is an obstacle right now, then talking with a friend this morning who was on your call last night, Jan 6, she was really excited about it so sent me the link again. I have just spent the last two years going through my certification process to become a professional life coach. At the same time I have gone trough a separation and I am now proceeding with my divorce. I have moved into my own place now with my children. I have not worked over the past 12 years as I have been at home with my children but I am now very eager to build my coaching business to support myself and my children. I realize your program started this week and there may be no scholarships available but thought I would take a chance and apply. If I have to I can put this on my credit card but I would very much like not to have to go into debt. I am trying to start this new life on my own with my children by paying for everything with cash. At the moment I do not have the additional cash for this program. Thank you for considering my application.

Donna Susor

January 7th, 2010 at 3:52 pm    

Marcia,

You are a generous person offering 12 scholarships. I would love to be one of the 12 that you choose for your scholarships. These are the reasons why…………….

I have fallen on hard times. It first started out over a year ago when my business hit the recession. I was making about 1/2 of what I was use to making, but stayed with it hoping that things would get better, well it did not. This past December, I had to quit because it just was not worth it any more. I also had surgery during this recession which put me a month behind bills every month. It’s been a struggle with paying my monthly bills, paying the hospital bills and keeping up with the NSF charges from the Bank (just recently almost $300 in charges). I have a stack of utility bills on my desk with the Companies threatening to shut off my water, electric, and gas. My phone was up for disconnection too. I just recently had to give up my business in the evening that use to pay all of my bills because of the recession.

I really need this program to get me back on my feet. It would mean so much to me to be one of the 12 scholarships.

I would like to make a promise to you. Once I get back onto my feet again and am current with my bills, I would like to pay back the $297, so that another person could take advantage of your program. This is a promise from me.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read about my story and other stories. We appreciate the passion that you have for life, for dreams, and for others.

I am ready to create a new dream for myself.

Sincerely,

Donna Susor

Paul D

January 7th, 2010 at 4:47 pm    

Hi Marcia
My dadughter came home the other day and said “dad you need to buy toothpaste” How could i tell her that toothpaste was not the ony thing i needed to buy. I live on the barest of food. So that probably sums up my situation, but I know I have set in motion a chain of thoughts and desires that is 100% putting me back on track and I have already pictured my self on 31/12/2010 as having everything I am asking for. The very fact that I am writing this is proof that my “ask for” is working – it is 2 15 in the night and I just woke up and went to the computer and found your email offering this course!! Once i complete this course and am back on track I will offer 2 people this course on my account. This is a solemn promise.
thank you and God bless
sincerely
paul

Melanie

January 7th, 2010 at 4:54 pm    

Dear Marcia

Thank you for this incedible offer. I would love to be consider for this scholarship. Due to problems caused by Post traumatic stress syndrome, I continue to sabotage all the good that I know is waiting for me. I have financial obligations which stop me from doing this wonderful thing for myself, so I saw your scholarship opportunity as a blessing that fell inmy lap today. I am truly ready to move on and let go of the past, but like all others, I need some help with this. I would be most blessed if you consider me for this opportunity. My way of blessing others (especially my children) with this knowledge, will be my greatest gift to you.

I am looking to my new life with anticipation, excitement and expectancy.

With many thanks,
Melanie

Eric

January 7th, 2010 at 5:00 pm    

Hi Marcia,
It’s really very altruistic of you to donate twelve scholarships. I have less than one year in U.S. and I’m coming from Africa. Your writing and those of others inspired me a lot. This would not be exaggerating to say that it literally saved my life, so rather than dwell on the difficulties that I cross and dramas that I have experienced it is with optimism that I see the life. I am requesting a scholarship for this program because currently I cannot afford it.
I appreciate you considering me for this but in the meantime, I will never be enough grateful of your uplifting words.
Sincerely

Jackie

January 7th, 2010 at 5:01 pm    

Marcia,
I have been waiting for an apportunity like this to come along. My husband lost his job about 8 months ago and we have been struggling to make ends meet with our 4 kids and a mortgage. I have been reading your online books and most of your teleseminars just dying to participate but unable to due to the loss of income.
I am ready to embrace on this new adventure and learn from you if you are willing to choose me as a candidate for a scholarship.
Thank You for considering me and I hope to be part of this wonderful new 90 day program!!!

With Much Gratitude
Jackie Mendoza

Marnie Houston

January 7th, 2010 at 5:06 pm    

Marcia,
I thank you for the opportunity to join this wonderful program.

I want you to know that I don’t think I deserve it anymore than anyone else who has asked for the scholarship.

Just a short story why I can’t afford it. For the first time in over 40 years (since I was 14 yrs old) I have been displaced in the workforce 11 months ago.

I had always believed when one door closed another one closed. So I used this opportunity to start my own coaching business.
I found Christy Whitman of QSCA to be an affordable option for me. I am still learning how to be a coach in the Law of Attraction.

With no money coming in at this point and still paying for my schooling there is no $ to spend here.

HOWEVER, I have ALWAYS loved and followed you and your DREAM COACHING. Because I always believed that everyone can make their dreams come true.
That is why I want to become a part of your 90 day challenge.
I believe that I can make my dream come true and help others to do the same after this 90 day challenge.

I guarantee you that if I achieve my dream, I will pay you back 5 x’s what it cost for my scholarship. That way you can have 5 additional people given scholarships for your next program.

This program and opportunity is something I TRULY believe in and I AM TOTALLY Committed to your Dream University and helping MILLIONS of people around the world.

Will you help me help you help others?

With Love & Light!
Marnie

Anwar Haque

January 7th, 2010 at 5:22 pm    

I would first like to thank you for offering 12 scholarships.
I would put it in a very simple way. I always wanted to do something big. I wish I had all the money to achieve my Dreams. Then one day I saw the Movie, THE SECRET. I came to Know about JACK CANFIELD. Then I came to know about Your Dream University. I read about the offerings and I made up mind that one day I will Join Dream University. The only problem was that the enrollment fee was excessively much for me to Afford.
The $ 297 offered As enrollment fee is a huge amount to me. I cannot afford to Pay even if I Want. THEREFORE, I waited to some kind of miracle of this kind to happen. Then I came to Know about the Scholarship Program. It was like a Wish Come true for me. I wish to win the free scholarship to get a free Entry to the dream university.
All I want to Say that if I won the scholarship, it would be the happiest moment in my Life – like a dream come true.
You see I have great dreams and have so much to offer! I am very dedicated and ask that you help me make these dreams a reality!
Thank you so much!
Bless you.
Anwar Haque

Chris Ellison

January 7th, 2010 at 5:30 pm    

Marcia, I can’t believe that there is this opportunity available. This is the first time that I have written down what I want ever but I did it in 2010. I am very commited to have my dreams this year. My heart dropped when I saw the fee because it is reasonable but I
don’t have it to spare at this time. I am paying the IRS because it was necessary for me to claim enough dependents to get most of my paycheck up front to meet needs at home. Yesterday I changed my w-2 to have more taken out which is going to leave us short and I’m not sure what we will do to make-up the difference until we get our Website business off the ground. I actually work as a coach for for a small management company right now and we are going through uncertain times so I’m lucky to remain employed. My husband is an Assistant Pastor but receives no income from the church, my daughter and my 3 grandchildren moved in with us last May after she filed for divorce and her income in early childhood education does not meet the needs so far for her to move out or contribute much towards our household. I need to move in a different direction this year and the sooner the better. I’m ready to be the creator He made me to be. Thanks for the consideration.
Chris Ellison

Shane Butler

January 7th, 2010 at 6:08 pm    

Thank you Marcia for providing the scholarship opportunity!
For some time I have been working on some method to support my family and be with them as much as possible. The job I have currently has limited hours each week and is unpredictable.
My wife has a good job that pays the basics but she’ll be off from it for a while this spring when our second child is born and I am determined to make it so she can stay home as long as she wants to this time, as she was not able to with our first child.
I truly desire to clarify my dreams and make them a realty and assist others to be successful in life. I am taking some steps toward this but the Dream Community will assist me to get there much faster and successfully.

Thank you again.
Shane

Tracey Warren

January 7th, 2010 at 6:09 pm    

Finances aside – and like everyone else here, mine are a mess…

2009 was a dreadful year for me. In three months, I lost my father-in-law, mom and grandmother – all to cancer.

I have been overwhelmed with grief since the passings began and I am just starting to feel like I can dream again. What I really feel like I am doing is starting over…everything.

This dream university would be the perfect way to kick off that dreaming again. A transformation is definitely in order!

Thank you, Marcia!

Tracey

Marg Patterson

January 7th, 2010 at 6:58 pm    

Dear Marcia:
Some months ago I found your website and ordered your 10 books on dreaming. They were a great help to me as I made an effort to work them into my life. Thank you for making them available when I needed them. Some years ago, when I became a widow I owned my home and a small investment, but I lost my health and my job went with it. My health is much improved but at a cost of having to sell my house, and with no bank interest I soon used the principal investment, plus without insurance coverage for my supplements, I have stacked up a bank loan which I am unable to pay. I have found a challenging home based busisness in the Wellness Industry, but five months ago I had another heart attack which my doctor believes was brought on by stress.
I’ve lost my self-confidence, and hardly know where to start. That is where your training comes in; however, it is beyond my reach financially, and all I have for collateral is a burning desire to succeed.
I am very grateful for this scholarship offer and I believe with your incredible passion I can find courage to dream again!  
Warm regards, Marg

Michael Swaffar

January 7th, 2010 at 7:09 pm    

Hello Marcia, and thank you for offering 12 lucky people the opportunity to share in your program.

The past year was incredibly challenging for me, and even though I tried as hard as I could to stay positive about things it wasn’t always easy. I started back to school, after many years of struggeling with dead end jobs, in hopes to try and better myself and the lives of my family. Taking the bus to school, interning in a dental office on the days I wasn’t in school, and living on unemployment not being able to make ends meet. Luckily I successfully completed my dental assisting program, and was able to find a job right away, I was even able to get a car. I was still struggeling, but felt my life finally going in a more positive direction. I want to continue on with my education, and was able to move closer to the school in my area in which I would need to go. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go to school in the fall semester, and so I continued to commute to work which was now an hour away while trying to find something closer to my new residence. On November 4th my car was stolen from my driveway which made it impossible for me to get to work, and so I was forced to quit my job I worked so hard and went to school for. I have been looking even harder every since that day sending out over 150 resumes, signing up with different job agencies, and even looking for work in retail. I was able to find a part time retail job that barely covers my rent. Luckily I have a very loving and supportive family, who do what they can to help me. It is extremely challenging for me right now, and I try my hardest to stay as positive as I can, and remind my self that this too shall pass, but I really don’t know how much more I can take.

When I saw your email today inviting us to join your dream program, I was so excited, but unfortunately unable afford it at this time. Then I saw you were offering scholarships and figured I would give it a shot. If granted one of the schalorships, I would be forever greatful, and will put everything I learn into prctice immediately to better my life, and those around me.

I know you have a lot of people applying for this opportunity, and just want to thank you for the chance to let me apply as well.

To your continued success!

Sincerly,
Michael Swaffar

Vania

January 7th, 2010 at 7:16 pm    

Hi Marcia!
I write to you this reply because I would really love to be a part of your programme. I have always wanted to become a coach but have found that the courses are too expensive for me to afford. In my case, being certified as a coach has been stopped by money. I am 25 years old, I’m mexican. I have been a teacher for six years now and a trainer for 2 years at customer-care related jobs. I love helping other be the best they can be, enjoy their jobs and lives, set their goals and change into winning mindsets. I believe that if I had the chance to receive your help this could move me forward to accomplish so many dreams I have. In your video you said you excel at helping people overcome their fears and doubts. Just by watching this one video I already feel empowered and worthy of achieving my dream. Marcia, I desire to transform my life in 90 days so I can start transforming other people’s lives as soon as possible. The hardship for me?Well, it is very simple and maybe not so dramatic and big as others have shared.
I am finantialy independent since I was 19. I just left my mother’s house and am living with my father and his second wife because of a job oportunity near them. I have always been grateful to my parents for all they gave me, but university was as far as they could take me thanks to them I have a psychology degree. Since I have this feeling of gratitude I pay all my expenses, I pay them a rent, wich they do not demand but is the least I can do for taking me in. I contribute to house expenses and also to paying half my mothers mortgage and sending her some money. Also I have a 4 year credit for a car which is my means for work. I have a steady income, but at the moment I do not have the credit possibilities or hard cash to afford your programme. I would love to share your knowledge with as many people as I can in my country because here in Mexico I have come to see that we suffer from limiting beliefs that come from our nations background, we are hardworking people but always seem to think that the grass is greener on the other side. I’d like to start a movement myself to slowly but steadily change our nations mindset. Another of my goals is related to my country also, we are the world’s #2 country in obesity levels and want to help people achieve the lifestyle and fitness goals they set to become a healthier country.
Marcia, hopefully you’ll find me worthy of one of your scholarships. That would be a dream come true for me. My best wishes to you.
Vania.

legacycoachmary

January 7th, 2010 at 8:13 pm    

Dear Marcia,
Thank you for considering my request for a scholarship to your program. I have survived 4 unexpected deaths of family members, including my 22 year old son, Taylor, in a car accident. As a result of these trials I have designed an incredible end-of-life planning coaching program and I have been so buried in financial problems and fear that I haven’t been able to achieve ‘lift off’. My heart is dedicated to helping elders and providing grief support. Please help me to begin this important work with the incredible skills you have learned over the years working as a coach and online marketing pro! Thank you.

Mary

Rich Ong

January 7th, 2010 at 9:14 pm    

Dear Marcia,
You are truly an angel. Doing your best to help people. I would like to be consider for one of your scholarship position if God’s willing. I am a single 52 year old father of 4 kids. Who depend on me for their daily living. Was laid off from work since June 2009 then went under the knife for ruptured appendix. Stack with medical bills, credit card bills, & now facing foreclosure. Got no income coming. I am desperately need your help to get back on my feet for my kids and build back my self confidence.

Words cannot described the situation that I am in. With you help I can make life easier for my kids.
Thank you so much for the opportunity.
More power to you and God bless.
Rich Ong

Timothy Brown

January 7th, 2010 at 9:24 pm    

Dear Marcia,
At this time I am out of a job. My family and I are getting by on my unemployment
check, but not enough for others things at this time.
I need these tools that you offer to know how to reach my dreams.
Thank you and God Bless you.

char

January 7th, 2010 at 9:35 pm    

Marcia

Hello, I’am 50 and I make little money
for two people to make it. I have dreams of making a better life not only for me but, for my family as well and all those who come in contact with me. I read all the stories on here and I can not say I deserve it more then them. This is my first program that I can get in voled with at home and get the help I need. We all have dreams and one of mine is to grow independent so that I dont feel like I can not make it on my own. One dream of mine with many to achive..I’am not very good at expressing my self as you can see
but, I do appreciate the time you have taken out just to read and listen to us all.

May all your dreams set before you be acheived.

Blessings
char

LaDonna

January 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pm    

Thank you for such an opportunity. I honestly don’t know if I am as deserving of some of the others listed here. I feel very fortunate in a lot of ways and reading some of the other posts here makes me feel even more. It’s hard to imagine receiving a scholarship to learn how to live my dreams. I have had so many dreams in my life that weren’t a reality, however other dreams that weren’t thought of came to fruition.

I have so many goals and dreams in life to try to attain, but how do you get there when you don’t know how? I have had a lot of unthinkable things in my life to deal with that it seems that the negative has done its best to overpower me. It has not won yet or I would not be here still trying. I have been a survivor of domestic violence and great losses. I continue to ‘fail forward’ in my journey in life.

I feel it within me to succeed. I have the dreams in my head….I can envision me reaching them but the middle part always escapes me. Everything that I read about the ‘Dream University’ almost seems too good to be true but I am here placing my faith in you to give me the tools to lift me, to catapult me to where I am meant to be. I, like most on this thread, have money woes that are almost too embarrassing to place in print. I am grasping at straws to make sense of it all and to not give up hope.

This is one of my straws…

Nila Newby

January 7th, 2010 at 10:57 pm    

Hi Marcia,

Thank you for your generous offer. Even the price is generous, but would be a challenge for me. I am a 48 y.o. recently divorced, single, late-in-life mom. I never imagined I would be broke by the time our child was born and divorced a few years later. And starting over at my age.

My son has Down Syndrome and a rare form of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. He has been through so much physically and medically. He is now 4 y.o. and thriving. I finally have plenty of child care through medicaid (that’s how broke I am – I qualify for medicaid!). Now I can start my business up again with a new business partner. I have had to be a stay-at-home mother with my son because of his health conditions, but that has left me with no income, no savings, no insurance, no assets and no credit.

However … I have a history of being successful and self-supporting for my entire adult life. I WILL get back on my feet AND follow my dreams to do it. My dream is to keep alive a body of work that was created about 7 years by someone else. I am well trained in this work and the creators have ended their business as it was. Leading this work is like being in heaven.

My business partner and I want to take this work out into the world and give people the HOW TO of stillness and inner peace. Our business name is “Stillness Road … A deepening path of peace, pleasure and possibility.” (Website is under construction.)

This work is so very profound and effective. We all know the teachings, the advice and philosophies – this work is a physical route that makes it so much easier to LIVE the teachings and the trainings we have all worked so hard to achieve. It creates an incredible state of permanent relaxation and expanded states of consciousness. I want to deliver this work around the country. There are already groups of people waiting for this.

This is my dream and I know it is meant to be. Miracles are happening to me every day to have freed me from my situation with my ex-husband and to keep me going. The Universe is indeed providing and I keep landing on my feet. I’m a manifestor and I am sure that I can create the dream so deeply embedded in my body, so viscerally.

I know that the right resources are key to being effective in life and this coaching program would be a very powerful resource for me. Thank you for considering me.
With love,
Nila

Valorie Johnson

January 7th, 2010 at 11:09 pm    

Dear Marcia,
I’m a huge fan and applaud what you are doing. I do think you are right when you say that it can transform the world.

My world could definitely use some transformation right now. I’m a big believer in cause and effect and I just don’t know where it all went so wrong. I had a bad fall in July 2009 and as a result broke my ankle, tore my knee up, tore my rotator cuff, split my bicep muscle and had a concussion. My ankle healed (badly-it will require future surgery) I recovered from the concussion, had surgery on my knee in Sept 2009 and physical therapy to rehab that and then surgery to repair by bicep and rotator cuff injuries in Oct. I’m still in rehab from that and the prognosis is that I will regain full use of my arm (thank Goodness) by October of this year.

In the meantime, my estranged husband decided to stop paying spousal support December 5, 2009. We go to court January 29th but he has a lawyer and I don’t. I can’t even pay my rent let alone a lawyer. I have had to borrow money from my 80 year old mother who is struggling to keep her home in order to pay for rides to therapy, etc.

I know what we think can turn our lives around, but I just can not see past my current situation on my own. I think with your help I could get back on track. Find a way to support myself while I heal and go on to achieve my dreams.

Please consider me for a scholarship. I’ve manifested before and right now I’m just lost. Help me get back on track. I could turn into one of your biggest success stories.
Blessings,
Val

Myriam Reyes

January 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am    

What an amazing thing you are doing offering these scholarships. I will pray for you because I can imagine it will not be easy to choose your 12 people. There are so many people out there in need that I almost didn’t write anything but decided to tell you my story anyway. I am a 53 yr old woman who has been married for 32 yrs to an abusive alcoholic. I have 3 children. My 28 yr old daughter is profoundly mentally & physically disabled which is why I went into Direct Sales. I would never have been able to get a job because of all her problems and frequent hospitalizations. My oldest son was also an asthmatic who was in and out of the hospital. I had my 3rd child and she was born handicapped like my daughter but she only lived 10 months. Then I adopted my youngest who should have been my healthy child but I didn’t know he had
Fetal Alcohol Effect. I love him as only aa mother could because he has been incarcerated on and off since he was 13 yrs old. When he turned 18 he got 10 years in prison. Now that I have raised my kids I decided I wanted to change my life. I want to rid myself of the negativity I am constantly subjected to at home. I truly believe that I am very good at what I do. I have a growing downline and was doing very well until last year. My checks went down by more than half. My husband stopped paying any bills and we are filing for bankruptcy. I had $1500 in my checking account to pay my bill for my products and one of my creditors froze my account and left me with the money in my pockets 2 days before Christmas. I have a dream to help people who don’t have dreams for the future by helping them start their own businesses the way I did. Unfortunately because of what’s been happening this year financially all my dreams are on hold. I won’t give up though. I feel I have a purpose and that is to help others to be successful but I have to be an example first. How can I tell them they can do it when I haven’t yet. Good Luck in your choosing people for your scholarships. I know you can only choose 12 people and I will make it with or without it but of course it would be much easier if I got one. Keep on being an inspiration.

Simon Dawe

January 8th, 2010 at 3:25 am    

Hi Marcia,
I so want to do this course! It is not beyond my means in a few months time, but at this moment I am out of work and staying with family to make ends meet. I share the dream you have and set up a website with it in mind but have not yet the means to fulfill it! I am stepping out in faith and would so love to help facilitate such a global shift in dream achieving )))
Sincerely,
Simon Dawe

Maureen Rocks

January 8th, 2010 at 3:54 am    

Dear Marcia

I would love to be consider for this scholarship. Thank you for making this offer possible. Over the years I have survived much pain & hurt {domestic violence, with 3 kids 7,3&2); restarted a new life eventually BUT it was short lived when my husband dies at 49. I am active in my community & church & help others when when ever I can. Money has always been tight for me. In Jan 07 I had a stroke. I had wanted to die BUT GOD had other plans LOL. I worked hard at rehad & have recovered 90%. When I got this email in my mail box it seeded like looked placed it there. I forgot to mention that I turned 60 in December so guess its about time I live my dream. Thanks again & God Bless You.

Maureen Rocks

Vianne

January 8th, 2010 at 5:16 am    

Dear Marcia,

Greetings and all the best for this New Decade. I too am so glad that 2009 is done! Thank you so much for your work, ongoing inspiration and now your generosity in offering 12 scholarships.

My dream is to create programmes that bring young people and adults, animals and nature together to resolve their problems and issues and then create living their dreams whilst also contributing to making the world safe for humans, wildlife, domestic animals, pets and nature – cocreating a sustainable and wonderful life on earth all over the planet.

I am a trainer, coach, mediator and community artist with over 20 years experience in working successfully with people of all backgrounds. I know I will create my dreams one way or another.

So why am I applying for a scholarsip? I agree with others that $ 297 is a very reasonable fee – however, at the moment I do not have it. In 2007 I lost my finacial stability through a property fraud and have been recovering ever since. At the time I was puting my daughter through private University and this added to the stress. In 2008 I moved from Australia to Portugal to mary my Portuguese fiance. I sold everything I had and came ready for a new life, knowing it would take some time to recreate an income that works for me, knowing that for a while I would need to teach English in businesses to keep my own seperate income. Portugal is a poor country and the financial crisis hit the market hard. Businesses cut anything extra from the budget and many people lost their jobs. It has been an ongoing challenge to find and keep clients and fees are low. On top of this, it turned out my fiance became a completley changed person and the relationship has fallen apart in a very difficult way for me.

I have recently begun to regain my confidence and establish the beginnings of a new network, both professional and personal. However, I could really benefit from clarifying my vision for the next decade and receiving encouragement, witnessing of my efforts to move forward, revisiting old skills and attitudes, learning and practicing new ones.

My intention is also to develop a new service in my area of expertise for those of us who find ourselves suddenly alone in a foreign land with few resources, little language, broken trust, total and immediate accomodation and financial insecurity whilst along way from friends and family.

This is the beginning of the rest of my life and I intend to live every moment the best way I can and encourage and support others to do the same.

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the scholarship and all the best to those who receive it!

Daniela Paula

January 8th, 2010 at 5:42 am    

Dear Marcia,
Thanks for the opportunity.
I am brazilian, 33, single.
I worked 13 years in the banking industry, and in 2008, decided to follow my dreams. I pursued my career and invested all my money in NLP course and coaching courses.
I really love what I do. My dream is to help lots of people, to create a happy family and to make a good money that I can afford my expenses and enjoy life, help others and plan my future.
I’d love to have this opportunity.
I started already to follow my dreams, and I really want a support to continue this .
Whoever you choose, I’m thankful for the opportunity and that you exist and that you are helping people.
Thank you!
God bless you!
Daniela

Jean Wallace-Jones

January 8th, 2010 at 7:54 am    

Hi Marcia, Thank you so much for offering these scholarships. I have read many of the above comments and feel that all of them deserve a scholarship.
I would love a scholarship such as this for a number of reasons. I completed my training in life coaching, hypnotherapy and NLP in the last three years while working full time and juggling my work and family life9 I have a husband and four wonderful Children from age 3 to 8).
I was made redundant from my position as a laboratory supervisor in April 2009 (I also say…good riddance to 2009) and although my husband does still work, my family lost our main source of income.
I have learned through my training about what I value, what I am good at, and what motivates me My chief motivator, without a shadow of a doubt, is helping people.

I am about to start up my own business as a hypnotherapist and coach and I dream about giving big training workshops so that I can work towards motivating and encouraging as many people as possible, to recognize their right path, and to achieve their own life goals. My business however, will take a little time to ‘bring in the bacon’and I know that any expendable cash that I have needs to be pumped in to get me up and running. Therefore I cannot invest at this time in any more courses.
I would love to become a part of your dream movement and sing its song here in Ireland so that people can be lifted out of their depressions and fears.
There is a huge complex of guilt and fear in Irish society.With the recent devastating economic downturn there is a systematic depression descending on our citizens. I would love to play a part in lifting the cloud and moving people towards the productivity, positivity and sense of fun which we as a nation are famed for. This is a big goal and I believe that with the help of the great coaches like you and Jack Canfield, I can play my part in achieving this dream. I have no doubt that many of the people who have written to you may have a greater need than me, I am not hungry and I have not lost my home, however, I do have a dream and I feel that with guidance I can achieve great things, I do not have expendable cash right now to join your course and would very much appreciate any help I can get. Best of luck in everything you set out to achieve…you are already making my world a better more dreamy place!!!
kindest regards and best wishes
Jean

Ruth Wannek

January 8th, 2010 at 8:09 am    

Hi Marcia,

Thank you so much for offering those of us who cannot afford it a chance at a scholarship for your program. I feel it will be the turning point in my life that I absolutely need to turn things around.

My husband became out of work in 2007. He’s in his mid fifties with limited skills so was almost a year until he found another full time job with very low pay. During that time we lost our home and filed for bankruptcy. We are now digging ourselves out from that. About a month ago I heard that I will most likely be losing my job this year. Just as we were starting to get our feet under us again.

I’m afraid to dream these days because every thought I have had in the past has come to nothing. I desperately want to believe again that anything is possible and I need help. I need to have my faith restored and the ability to dream and hope again.

Please consider me for one of the scholarships.

Thank you,
Ruth Wannek

Eric H.

January 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am    

Dear Marcia,

First let me say “Thank You” for the opportunity to help me change my life for the better!

I am somewhat embarrassed to be writing you asking for financial assistance, especially when the amount of money for this incredible service is so small compared to the value I know I will receive. I also know that there are many deserving people with very difficult circumstances as well. Unfortunately, I have not been able to take a paycheck in a long time, my wife is in school attempting to follow her dreams and we are struggling to make ends meet.

I am 43 years old and feel I have wasted the last 20 of them trying to please everyone and everything but my own soul. I wake up everyday with little energy for my family and feel completely lost. I have always been a leader, a person that others look to for advice and yet for the past 6 months feel as though I’m nowhere and don’t know how to move forward. I live in fear, worrying what tomorrow will bring.

I’m concerned for my family and feel like I’m letting them down everyday, yet I’m afraid to change my life and pursue my dreams. I know that your program can help me and I will give you 120% of myself and committ myself to achieving my dreams.

Please consider me for this scholarship as I know it will help me change my life and be a better person for my family.

Thanks so much for this incredible opportunity!

Eric

Delyne

January 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am    

Hi Marcia… Thank you so much for this opportunity and consideration of a scholorship.

After reading through the other comments, I almost let this opportunity slip by, thinking other people need this more than me. For the last year I have been praying for God to guide me to the person that can help me move forward in life… to live my dreams. I believe you are a godsend and it is time to stand up for my dreams and stop drifting through life. We are all given divine dreams and purposes in life and I am the only one who can fulfil mine. So I am answering the prompting.

I have dreams, yet somedays I am afraid to believe in those dreams and move forward on them. Too many disappointments in the past. You say Money should never be an obstacle in living your dreams, yet in so many instances it is and it is frustrating and a dream stealer. And one of my challenges is thinking everything has to be perfect and I have to know how to do everything to move forward on my dream. This keeps me stuck. Learning to get out of my own way will be so freeing!!!

At this time money is an obstacle. We moved to Northern Idaho a year and half ago to be near my mom for health reasons. My husband has been laid off 4 times since the move. Our unemployment runs out next week and we are not sure if we will be getting an extension. He does custom woodworking and the jobs in that field are few right now with the housing slump and this economy. We only make ends meet by the Grace of God, truly. Things seem to work out each month and when I get stressed and start worrying I remind myself that somehow things do work out and have faith.

2010 is the year I am determined to start living life again. For too long I have just been existing and drifting day to day. It is time to Dream again .. to Live those Dreams and move forward in Life in Joy and Happiness. Time to BE BRAVE!! Through your generosity, Your program will be a huge stepping stone for me in fulfilling this goal.

Thank you so much for this opportunity.

~purrs … Delyne

Sylvia Morales

January 8th, 2010 at 12:26 pm    

What can I say, Marcia, it was so generous of you to offer these scholarships to 12 people and it will be tough competition to acquire one. I’ve read the previous entries on your blog and I feel so sad for everyone of their circumstances. I am grateful for what I have at this moment and say that I don’t have it as bad as the next person. I would like to move to the next level in my life by first clearing the negative trash in my brain and I have read and listened to audios from the library. I can suggest to some of your blog participants to at least read the book “The Secret Code of Success” by Noah St. John to get them to stop asking negative questions and get them in the right frame of mind to start asking the positive questions to attract abundance even for the simplest things in life, and then eventually, the larger things will come to fruition. My story is not so bad, but I would like to be considered to be one of your students. Throughout my whole career, I have been laid off four times before the vestment period for a pension plan at each employer. I have never had anyone help me financially (a mate, father, brother, etc.) and had to learn to survive on my own. I did whatever it took to keep my home and was able to get rid of my bad debts which took forever. Now, I am a 50 yr. old single woman with no husband or children and no retirement plan. I was just laid off in February 2008 and decided to try working from home and start my business. However, it is a network marketing business and I’m trying to make some income which is very difficult at this time and it may take 2-3 years to be able to show a decent income. I’m not giving up and have been learning new internet tools that will help me make some income now to live off and to build a retirement account quickly. In the meantime, I am living off my unemployment compensation which will end September 2010. This only covers my mortgage and utilities and nothing more. I would love to learn from you on how I can help myself and also learn to help others in their time of need. However, I don’t have the funds or a credit credit card to pay for any courses/training materials/seminars at this time (most credit cards were closed by the credit card companies for inactive use and I cannot apply for a new one even for emergencies.) I would love to teach/coach/mentor and help others realize their dreams. My future goal is to some day open my own Charitable Foundation so I can have the funds to make things happen for others, but I need to have my life in order so that I can concentrate on others. I wish you good luck in choosing the participants and I hope some day I get to meet you someday.

Sanjay Gupta

January 8th, 2010 at 1:32 pm    

Dear Marcia, I did apply for the scholarship on the 6th. I talked to Angela today and she recommended I should apply one more time. I am 45 year old person, married with 7 year old twin boys. Until 2002 I was a corporate professional and then I got into home building business for myself. The business came to close last year and I have not had any real income in the past 18 months. Last seven years have been the most difficult years of my life but they have also been the most rewarding in terms of self-discovery. At this time, I know with clarity the purpose of my life and what I want to do for the rest of the life. There are at least 3 or 4 options I could pursue. But I am faced every day with the financial constraints and since there is urgency to have the income as of several months back, I am finding it really hard to focus on any of the dreams or passions. As I take some steps, I start self doubting myself.

Reason I want to work with you is because you said on your call that you are master of eliminating uncertainty. I want to work with you so that I can create certainty in the face of uncertain life and move forward with focus and integrity.

Regarding financial situation, I have not been able to pay mortgage payments for about 14 months and I have been able to keep my family in the same house by filing for bankruptcy. But bankruptcy has not been finalized yet and confirmation date is on February 5. If I dont have any solid consistent means of income by then, chances are that bankruptcy may not confirm which would put our house back on the foreclosure market. If I were alone, I would let the house go but I do have family with kids and I want to keep them in the safe environment. I have been living on borrowed money. And I would prefer not to borrow money any more because there is only one option left to borrow money from and I would like to keep that for emergencies.

I am in the urgent need to work with someone like you and move ahead with certainty in a direction that I can take care of my family, meet my financial obligations, and contribute back to world.

I am pretty strong minded and I am able to get things done whatever I put my mind to. I have had history of success and confidence. I know I can get back there.

I also have very strong skill in coaching others for which I need formal education and guidance. One of the things I would like to explore through Inner Circle if being a a certified coach is the option I should pursue.

I need to enroll in the Inner Circle program because I want to use individual guidance from Marcia to definitely manifest my dreams to be who I can be in this Universe. I know I can rise to be a person of full potential and I would like to get Marcia’s help at this time. Thanks and I look forward to hear in the positive. I can be reached on my cell at 678-923-5382. Thanks a lot.

Sincerely,
Sanjay Gupta

Rachael Monroe

January 8th, 2010 at 2:21 pm    

Dear Ms. Wieder,
I am interested in receiving one of your scholarships. I am enjoying a very blessed life with my new husband and our 5 wonderful children. I am a recent graduate of massage school, and my husband works full time for the county. I have been reading some of the other applications here, and it makes me apprieciate more than usual what little things we have. It seems like everyone has lost a job or a loved one, and are hanging their star on your program. I would love to be involved, as a new therapist, I need some expert advice and counceling on promoting and building a successful service based business, while maintaining a healthy happy home life. It gets overwhelming at times, and frustrating. I just received news today that my partner and his wife are taking over the space I was to rent to operate my business and where I have been working for the last 6 months, trying to build a client base. I became a massage therapist to help heal people, and create a better life for my family, and so far it has been filled with frustration and heartache. I need some help finding a new focus that works better for my clients and I. I know there are alot more desperate people submitting their applications, I don’t expect to be chosen, I have at least a roof over my head, and the local food bank for groceries. God bless you for your generous nature.

Tami Dempsey

January 8th, 2010 at 8:45 pm    

In February 2009, we lost our home and filed for bankruptcy. In September, we decided to quit all spending and do our best to begin paying off our debt rather than bankruptcy. Do I have the cash in my bank right now? Yes. Everything in me wants to “just do it”…but, I have a dream. I believe the Universe will bless me for being integrous.

edison farris

January 9th, 2010 at 10:26 am    

There is alot of people that want this and I applaud them all for wanting to break the mold.My story has been told once in the blog and after reading I want to ed-it a bit.My contrast has led me to these life coaching possibilities and I now see that I am coached by the masters and that I will rise above and be victorious for my family.I now see in my minds eye getting the affluent break I have always dreamed of.My concept of my self is supported by myself and my loved ones.I am success and I renounce all that gives evidence of my doubt to the thoughts of pure potentialality.So it is and all is well.FOOD,SHELTER,WATER AND ENERGY.Father of five and more alive!!!

Carolyn C

January 9th, 2010 at 3:05 pm    

I have been living in the world of “not enough” for so long, it’s hard at times to raise your belief factor to know that a world of “enough and more than enough – (which means that you can share w/others)
truly exists”! My house is need of repair and I can’t afford to do it, had plumbing problems and was charged $1,450 for a water bill (which after praying, crying and begging) they reduced it to $750. Various other situations have existed, but my prayer is to be able to move into a place where I can be a testimony that truly states “In 2010, I Win”!!!!! My prayer is that you would please consider me for a “full scholarship”! Thank You
for your consideration and your generosity, it is appreciated!!!

Phillis Benson

January 9th, 2010 at 3:10 pm    

Marcia, Mark and committee members –

I have been blessed to have actually met Marcia during an awesome coaching event – Maui 2002 — A week with Marcia and 12 other Dreamers.

That event gave me the tools to move along in my life and create a lot of wonderful experiences. I’ve recently completed a 12 month Life Coaching Certification and am ready to officially launch my own Dream / Life Coaching practice.

Currently I am working full-time and have had hours cut back – hence not allowing me the opportunity to pay for the Dream University tuition.

I am asking for a full scholarship so I can further my education – allowing me to continue with my “Dream” of being a Dream Life Coach.

Sincerely,
Phillis Benson
coming soon – http://www.PowerWithinCoaching.com

Colleen K

January 9th, 2010 at 3:21 pm    

hello Marcia and all .. like everyone out here I too am in the toughest of times. I have a full time job with NY state, although i have 25 years I have never been able to move passed the entry level and its because I am too hard of a worker everyone needs a donkey and they have it in me. I so want a better life for my son and I .. we struggle so much and because of the lies his father told the court he pays 88 dollars in child support, that doesnt even cover a day of the month for my sons needs. Our dream is that I become a coach and help others, especially woman and children of domestic violence .. we got out with lour lives although Family Court here tried to defend the father and make us suffer more .. but one day we will be free from him and will live in no fear .. we need the tools to help us overcome all the odds and make our live be the life we so desire and deserve. I thank eveyrone here for reading my story and for keeping us in their prayers .. we are only blessed by the love and grace our Heavenly Father shows us every day and this scholarship would be a huge step for us and the best step to get us to the better life. Thank you sp much for the opportunity here you are offering all of us .. its so needed in todays world to know there are people that believe in us to pull ourselves out of the worldly nonsense and make better lives.

nes

January 9th, 2010 at 3:26 pm    

greetings all,

i’ve had ms for almost 10 years now (since right out of college) and just a few days ago found out what i thought was probably happening. i have been hoping against hope i was wrong. sigh. well, my relapsing remitting ms has progressed to secondary progressive. my drugs alone cost over $50,000 and i just turned 31!

i haven’t working since 2005 and i miss working terribly. i’ve been in studies, written about, on chemo. my ms has affected me cognitively mostly which is heartbreaking, to me and those around me. i was a stellar and studeny. i feel like i’m slowly losing myself and am sure a program like this could really help me.

kindly,
nes

Sumit Kumar

January 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pm    

Dear Mercia, first of all, I want to say thanks of you all.I am sumit from India.You are really doing well. I want to become a commercial pilot. But I don’t have enough money.I were think of a sponsorship.But this is a great chance for me.If u sponsor me for that, I will work a lot for you.I am not taking loans because of high rate interests.Please assist me if u can.Thanks again because 12 people will beneficial for this scholarship only by you persons.

Yours Sincerely,
Sumit Kumar

Sally Francis

January 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm    

Sally Francis

January 9th, 2010 at 3:17 pm

It’s wonderful what you are doing!

I could do with a helping hand at the moment I got sick with the flu and haven’t worked in a while teaching and it’s tough I am in debt

5 years ago I got out of an abusive marriage but I then had the family to contend with! They didn’t believe me or support me literally cast me out, didn’t believe my ex could lay a finger on me ten tried to keep me away from my Mother and father. My elder brother saying “I killed my father”

Have learnt alot about myself and got my children to uni my daughter has just got through to study Physiotherapy and just got in the top 2%, shes’ driven to be a healer,and my sons doing Media, but it’s been tough. I haven’t been able to buy them Christmas presents and it broke my heart, my daughter asking for food to take back to uni ! I always think they will have the lifeskills I never had I praised them and told them they could be and do anything.

I helped to build an orphanage in the last few years with musician friends spent ever waking minute helping – we hav e the roof on now. I took a step back this last year as I want to build my website to affliate and help promote people who are doing great things in the world.

It would be wonderful to recieve a scholarship as my kids have left now and I am on my own for the first time in years. I have sort of worn myself out a bit!

I hope to JV and help promote people and maybe one day write my story to inspire others. I haven’t been able to give my children much but I love them and they love me and that’s all that counts in the end.

Sometimes through the tough times you find yourself and find out what you really came here to do and you realise that just seeing the sunshine and the flowers means more than flash cars or houses.
If I was given the scholarship it would give me a boost as my divorce is looming and I am a bit scared of being kicked out here and I would use any information to give back to the world and help to inspire others as that’s how I got through the last few years. My Dad used to say there is always someone worse off than you – that’s kept me going.

With love and blessings
http://www.sallyfrancis.net

R Spencer

January 9th, 2010 at 3:58 pm    

Hello,
I really want to transform my life. For the last two years, I have been unemployed for all but six months. I have always lived paycheck to paycheck – even before the last two years, but with trying to survive on unemployment – at 45 I am down to nothing. I am very thankful that I have had family and friends who have allowed me to stay with them, but am so ready to regain my life and move forward in a empowering way. I know that I am the only one that is standing in my way and desperately want to change old patterns and emerge as a strong confident woman. It is hard to face the current truth of how unsuccessful I have actually been in my life. I am educated and have worked for some of the best companies in the world – only to be laid off, outsourced or have them close all together. I have a vision of what I want my life to be – but haven’t been able to manifest even enough to take care of myself effectively. I am asking for help and hope you will consider me for your generous scholarship. I know many are deserving… but am ready to believe that I am too!

thank you.

Nadine White

January 9th, 2010 at 4:00 pm    

Dear Marcia:

Since May 2006 I have had two back surgeries, two years in rehab, lost my disability benefits after being told I could return to work only to find my employer had not held my job for me as was supposed to be done. Then within six weeks the economy collapsed.

I am in an area where most jobs require a government security clearance. My employer allowed mine to lapse while i was in rehab and did not renew it. Now I find myself in the catch22 situation of needing a clearance to get a job and having to get a job to re-apply for a clearance. I have been looking for work for 18 months and not even one interview has surfaced. Yet i have a very good resume as a systems engineer and business analyst . It is like being all dressed up with nowhere to go. I have never chosen a job or life based on a passion – rather on what I knew I could do well and serve my employer with excellent results. There seem to be no further options and I have no idea how to restart.

Please consider me for a scholarship. I will find a way to repay by providing for others to do the same when I am able.
Thank you — Nadine White

Linda

January 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm    

Dear Marcia,

I have been watching you and the Dream University from a far and have always believed in what you do and personally, I like your style. I have a dream and it is my intent to manifest this scholarship for the 90 day transformation program.

In Feb. 2008 I lost my job and have used up all financial resources including loans from a gracious person to try and survive until a job or contact opportunities became available. In addition, I am being sued by a vendor who’s services I employed prior to my unemployment owing in their estimation more than $20,000. After many attempts to try and negotiate a promissory note and make monthly payments, this vendor who was considered a friend at one time is trying to force me into bankruptcy and take my car and home that would leave me with absolutely no resources to pursue the only thing that is meaningful in my life, my dream.

I am single, with no family support and yet I know in my heart there is something out there better for me. My mission in life is to allow others to see their natural talents and abilites and learn how they can authentically share them with the world. I beleive this scholoarship will help me do just that. Therefore, it is not just a scholarship for me, but for anyone who I can touch and share your gift of knowledge.

Therefore, I ask for your gift and your blessings.

With gratitude my friend!

Nina

January 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm    

Hello Marcia and the dream team,

wow, this is an amazing idea, the more I read, the more blown away I am by what you are doing. It is like sci-fi but so real and important in our world.

I am 54,000 in debt and penniless but pretty happy and very creative even when life seems more like a struggle. I have found love and we have a beautiful baby daughter.
I already know my dream. It is like a volcano inside. I create music and my dream is to have the tools to continue to do this and release in to the world and inspire others, to collaborate on inspired projects and to make soundtracks for inspired films. I dream about living without worries about how to pay the rent or bills.
I have been critically acclaimed but always missing any boat of opportunity. I have no doubt that this music that I am so grateful to be gifted with can inspire and is my calling.
My doubt always comes in to the practicalities of being able to live well(even survive at times) from this passion and find my dream home where rent is not an issue.
I have lived by my music dream for all of my adult life(17 years now). I never stopped believing and working at what is my passion. My life experience of doing this has shown me that I am truly on the right path and I was born to do this.

However, something in me has not believed in myself and I attracted the wrong people who took away my power and ownership of albums etc. and I became so in debt. I know I have been subconsciously sabotaging any chance of success.

For some months now, I have been working on undoing my limiting beliefs that have been buried so long inside. I know it is me who can design and change my life and that it is me who creates everything.
I do not blame anybody and I am on a path of gratefulness and forgivness.

I feel your course would be perfect to give me tools and show me how as I have been going alone on this path and doubt does rear it’s head when things are not going according to plan.

Anyway, I love what you are doing and I congratulate you on achieving your dreams and helping so many others to do so too. Thanks so much for the opportunity,
Nina

CM Gorman

January 9th, 2010 at 4:04 pm    

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for one of the twelve scholarships to be awarded. I have been disabled for five years by fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression and anxiety. When I first became disbled and lost my job because I just wasn’t fast and sharp anymore. I lost my apartment, cried as I watched as my belongings were thrown into a dumpster and floundered through the social services system, was homeless repeatedly then slowly regained my footing and created a more stable life. I want to be able to achieve more in my life and have a new dream since at some point I gave up even thinking about what I’d like to create. Financially, I have limited income from Social Security and already this year I have been astounded by expenses increasing while my income stays the same. I desire to move forward and beyond the limitations of physical and financial situation and have the courage to dream again.

Thank you for the opportunity and bless you all for your generousity.

Colleen

Crystal Carroll

January 9th, 2010 at 4:08 pm    

I’m replying on this site to be considered for on of the 12 scholarships you are so generously offering for you Dream University. I have read many of the requests and realize that there are many wonderful people asking to be considered. I know I cannot afford to pay for the training and I also know that at age 71 I am one of the oldest applicants. So here is why you should consider me…I love learning ways to help people. I have been a teacher of special education, headstart and montessori. I have studied and taught yoga and many mind-body disciplines. I have studied with shamans and healers from around the world. I now supplement my social security with hypnotherapy counseling and conducting weddings. I would make this program the major focus of my life for the next 90 days and use it to realize my dream of being a force for good in this world. Thanks, crystal carroll

Leslie

January 9th, 2010 at 4:11 pm    

Hi Marcia,

What a gracious opportunity you’re giving so many of us to apply for a full scholarship. I have enjoyed your videos and admire what you are doing for others.

I don’t know where to start but I’m here to “spill the beans” and get the help I’ve been avoiding.

I moved to CA several years ago to be with my fiance. We met at our 20th high school class reunion and have been together ever since. Dating long distance for 5 years was too hard on us so that is how I ended up in CA.

I thought it would be a breeze for me to make friends and build my business here. I’m an outgoing and giving person and make friends easily. I found CA to be such a culture shock for me.

I had lived in Oklahoma all my life and left my family and friends, including my college daughter. I became depressed, lonely and paralyzed by fear. After 4 years I’m sick and tired of being stuck in the same place.

My fiance has been very supportive in every way. I’m use to being an independent woman and another person having to support me is very hard to deal with on a daily basis. It eats at me.

My business activity declined and I went looking for a job. I do have a job now but it pays minimum wage and that is just enough to pay the bills.

In Oklahoma I worked at a local University for 20+ years, then started my direct sales cosmetic business and became a director. I know I have the passion inside of me that is jumping to get out. I’m lost and don’t know where to start.

I want to feel good about myself again. I will be 50 years old next November. I have several business ideas but I need guidance to get there.

I will be 50 years old next November and when I celebrate my birthday I want to be able to say I came through, I DID IT!

Thank you for listening.
You are indeed paying it forward.

Love and Belief,
Leslie

Shirley J Washington

January 9th, 2010 at 4:24 pm    

Hi Marcia, your generosity is overwhelming. I am 75 years of age and my desire is to create a better life for myself in that I could live a more fuller life and be a blessing to others. I believe that your course would be beneficial to me in creating the life I desire. You see I haven’t bee able to enjoy life as I would like to. I want to travel the world meet new people, make new friend and help as many people as I possibly can. I work as a CNA but I so want to have my own business where I can work for my self, take vacations when I want to, and most of all be my own boss. It is time for me to prosper in life,enoy life and not have to answer to someone else. The only way I can prosper is to have my own business. By creating a better life for myself would be a dream come true. I would be most gtateful and appreciative if you would consider awarding me one of the 12 scholarships.May our Creator continue to bless you in your work.

Mark W.

January 9th, 2010 at 4:35 pm    

Dear Marcia,
Thank you for this generous opportunity! Ten years ago I discovered my true calling – I am a dog behaviorist and trainer. Manifesting this has been difficult. I’ve been studying this on my own and I volunteer my services when opportunities arise. Turning this into a career/life path is where I’m stuck. I see a variety of paths to get there, but haven’t been able to get traction. I have gotten my depression under control. I am currently homeless. I work part-time, but barely make ends meet – I live month-to-month. What I need now is the mental-emotional-spiritual step to realizing my calling. Thank you for considering me for a scholarship.

Bob Miller

January 9th, 2010 at 4:37 pm    

Hi Marcia,
Wow there are so many worthy people applying for scholarships here already. I’ll be brief. I am committed to totally transform my life and the lives of other stroke survivors(I suffered a major stroke in 06.)I operate an online stroke support site and presently my only income is 1100 per month social security disability which I am determined to get off of this year.
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for the mini scholarship.
Warm Regards
Bob Miller

Dale Williams

January 9th, 2010 at 4:43 pm    

Hello Marcia, thanks for the mini-scholarship invitation and the chance to get a full-scholarship. I am still doing my best to bring income from my website(almost for 2 years now, in the health and wellness arena) and follow my desire to assist and empower individuals who want to live their “dream life”! I am currently self-employed to cover my day-to-day living expense’s, and all but forgot about what my dreams are(and that maybe I should drop my website all together) until you did a special call with Margie Aliprandi(from Neways International) last Wednesday. After reading the other full-scholarship applications, I thought for sure I would not even get a chance to have my application reviewed, until today!I want to be able to expand my business to include Life Coaching(or other coaching) so I will be able to give back more, because at my core, I truly enjoy seeing individuals grow when they start to understand their own limitations and get that “aha” feeling! Even though I have no credit or consistent,reliable income (at the present), I now know I MUST change my thoughts to receive abundance in all area’s in my life. Thanks again for your understanding, consideration and generosity for all that have a applied for this much needed 90-day course!

P.S. I left this same dialogue on the comment page for you mini-scolarship. The one note I am adding here is this; I have a 40k credit debt that I want to be done with by this fall of 2010(or sooner). I truly want my “money” obstacles gone for good!

Cynthia V.

January 9th, 2010 at 4:50 pm    

Thank you Marcia for the gift of scholarships for 12 deserving individuals. I have not seen anyone else show such generosity in this industry. With there being so many people who are financially strapped, it is such a blessing to see someone who will extend themselves in this way. I know that your generosity will be given back to you in many “my cup runneth over” experiences.

I have been unemployed since February 2009. I didn’t recognize this situation as a blessing, but now I have come to understand that the signs were there and being a place of fear I hung on to a job that I was not appreciated in nor was I happy in it. My heart longed for something so much deeper and that was to be working the ‘plan’ that God wrote upon the tables of my heart before time. I am so grateful that God has provided for my daughter and myself during this time. We eat everyday, we have clothing to wear, a home to live in, our health has been great and my household expenses are being paid.

Over this last year I have reached out to a few teachers to see if they would mentor me at no cost since I only receive unemployment benefits. This would help me to grow and I could in turn pay it forward, especially to tweens/teens.

I asked Infinite Intelligence to help me to find that individual who would help me to realize my calling through their program, and would also help me to be a role model to my daughters, grandchildren and other girls and women in my community and around the world.

We are admonished by so many spiritual teachers to surround ourselves with people of like mind so that we can grow. That is difficult to do when you are living off a limited budget and their programs aren’t within the budgets. I live in a very transient community and there is not a large spiritual community that I could join with and learn with. Most of my learning has been gleaned from the internet, teleconferences, webinars, Sunday fellowship, books/CDs and some activities at my local metaphysical bookstore.

I hope that you will consider me for this scholarship. This will allow me to learn and to connect with others through a sense of community through your program. Thank you so much.

Lynda Duffy

January 9th, 2010 at 4:57 pm    

Namaste’ Marcia, I first heard about you from a sharing and caring Jack Canfield email. I totally am grateful for the dream book you gave away to me and to all the dreamers in this world.. I totally appreciate the possibility of a scholarship to Dream University as well. I find the need for balance and clarity and I am hearing others say the same. This changing economy has hit all of us in one way or another. I have heaps of debt to take care of and my home with my 2 Shih Tzus to make sure of. I am writing you to request a scholarship not only for my own dreams and achievements ( I am a singer/composer/healer)but to pass on this wonderful transformation to other aspiring artists ( young and older) and folks who desperatley need hope and aspirations they have lost through desperation. I want to wake up fully, take my dreams and make them happen not only for me but all those I come in contact with. This will be a “pay it forward” for me and sharing these teachings would be an awesome experience and honor. I want to get back or shall I say, finally get on track with all my energies, goals, visions and love of life and what it all has to offer. I look forward to sharing and caring and passing on your wonderful teachings to all who want to receive them,
Blessings, Lynda Duffy

Camille

January 9th, 2010 at 5:05 pm    

Hi Marcia

I would like to apply for your scholarship. I have studied energy work and energy therapy for the last eight years. But I have let myself sink into major depression. My negative thoughts have almost overtaken my life. I am in the middle of bankruptcy. I feel like crying and sometimes I let myself. So I pretend that everything is alright. I have to listen to Louise Hay 101 Power Thoughts and read my Bible to keep myself and my thoughts in a good place.
But there comes a time when you say enough of self pity. Now is the time to create the life of my dreams. Not only do I want to help myself but I know I have the ambition and drive to help others.

Melissa Perry

January 9th, 2010 at 5:14 pm    

Dear Marcia,

I am so personally touched by what you are doing and especially how you are a living witness of being true to yourself and living your own dreams.

I was even more moved by your 2nd video because I am right at that point…of saying “enough already”. You know some about myself and my family already…that I have a brain injured child and my 5 dreams of last summer and how you have already helped us.

Now my daughter is six years old and growing very fast. We live in a small two story colonial house and I can barely carry her upstairs anymore. (She’s 46″ long and 44 #!) We need to manifest a new rancher home with a handicapped bathroom and the selling of our current home within 6 months. We are only able to work part time because my daughter’s care is so involved. Currently we are living on and supporting my daughter’s care from donations that people made because of an article about us in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I can’t very well bring myself to spend that or what little we have remaining in savings. People were so incredibly generous to us…giving up Christmas gifts in order to send us money to live on. Incredible.So we are living on love right now…quite literally.

II would have applied earlier but I am aso very short on time. I wasn’t sure I ccould make the commitment to be there on the calls especiallly if my daughter goes back into the hospital. She is having a lot of seizures since August and we have been in the hospital every other week with one problem or another since August.

The great news is my daughter is swallowing more than ever before. She didn’t want to leave the children at the Christmas party when her oxygen saturations were dropping after 2 hours in her wheelchair. ( We keep her on a monitor all the time that beeps when she gets into trouble.) Well she started consciously swallowing big swallows over and over so she wouldn’t have to leave the party!!! She just needed that incentive I guess. She never gets to be with children because she catches their infirmities too easily and winds up in the hospatal. She’s now been admitted 72 times since birth.

My big big dream for this year is to get some hospital (maybe Duke U)to give her an injection of stem cells that we collected from her own baby teeth. Duke is the first hospital to inject stem cells into kids with cerebral palsy and they are having big success. Then I want to follow that up with more hyperbaric oxygen and exercise on the “quadriciser” a patterning bike. This could very well cost around $75,000. I dont think our insurance will cover any of it. We need to raise it all in addition to what we already raised.

My daughter is beginning to talk and communicate with us daily. She is all there. If there is anyway we can do this for her, we just might be able to help her escape the box she’s in and if she could even swallow and eat, it would free our family to live a more normal life (have time to make a real living) and enable her to go to school. Of course we are hoping for even more…walking, being able to hold up her head and trunk. Being able to hold a pencil by herself. She’s very bright and deserves the very best.

I’d also like to cut a CD with some other artists to raise money for other CP kids to have access to these life transforming therapies.

Those are my dreams…my heart is in my throat.

You have this way of pulling the truth out of us all Marcia and that is a beautiful gift indeed. Even to be able to articulate all of this is a blessing for me today and I am grateful just for that.

God bless you in this wonderful world changing endeavor you’ve set before us all!

Melissa Perry
mother of Sara Ann Kronrot
http://www.firendsofsara.com
http://momofamiracle.blog.com
http://www.melissaperrysoprano.net
http://www.hboxygen.com

Pam Lutzker

January 9th, 2010 at 5:16 pm    

Dear Marsha,
In 2001 my world came crashing down and the depression that had dogged me for years caught up. My children were taken from me; I lost my job; I lost my car and it is only by the grace of God that I did not lose my life. I had lost my dreams even before that because I married a man who told me I was worthless and I believed him.
For the last nine years I have struggled and fought and I have finally reached the point that I have my family back (although they are now all adults) and I am working part-time. I still have no dreams because I have no idea where to go from here. I am hopeful that you will give me the chance to learn to dream again, and to achieve those dreams.
My current income is just enough to cover the basics and little luxuries like paper towels. Please consider me for your scholarship.

Debbie Ervine

January 9th, 2010 at 5:22 pm    

I am afraid – afraid to die with my music still inside me. I am divorced, I rent a lone room, I don’t know how to become the person I was meant to be. I don’t want to whine and cry about my past, I know that there are those out there who are worse off than I am. But I do need to know how I can finally become someone that I like, some one that I can be proud of so that I can reconnect with my daughter and that she will be proud of me.

I have been a battered wife, I have been told that I am ugly, stupid, and all of those horrid things and I want to stop believing that.

I want to create a wonderful life, I want to have joy, I want to know that I have done something great, but I don’t know how. To be awarded one of your scholarships would mean more to you than you could ever know. If you want to know more about me, I would be glad to share my story, but I am trying to be brief now.

lisa

January 9th, 2010 at 5:30 pm    

Thank you for offering these to us all. I understand you can only offer 12. I am a single mother of 4 with a dream ive had since i was a child, that was to help anyone and everyone. to show and send love to everyone. To teach that the world has so much to offer. of course i was married and was not happy! I am now happy but still missing something in my life. I would so greatly appriciate this! it would change my life aand many others forever!! I hope you do choose me! If i could pay for this i would in a heartbeat! But I can not I bearly have food to feed my kids!. I understand there are people who need this more then i because there issues are much higher. if you choose them i will understand. I only can hope that you will consider me and allow me to pass your dream and mine on in this worlld. God Bless Thank you Lisa

Shirley

January 9th, 2010 at 5:51 pm    

Hello Marcia, I would like to request one of the full scholarships you are offering for the Dream University program. I was forced to make a creer change following a disabeling accident. Not being able to work in the field I had enjoyed, I went back to school, and now 12 years later, I will receive my Doctor of Psychology in May 2010, at age 62 yrs. I have learned that the journey is just as important as the destination, if not more so! I am proud of my accomplishments, but find myself wondering “What now?” I am working part-time as an independent contractor therapist, but want to make a more positive impact on lives. I realize that first, I need to define more clearly my own focus/purpose/dream, and then I would love to facilitate that process for others, however, I am not financially able to pay the full tuition for the Dream University. I was introduced to the Dream University about 3 or 4 years ago and have always believed in it’s mission. I hope you will consider my application as worthy of assistance, it would allow me to acquire additional tools necessary to assist other individuals who have- lost their focus, recognize their abilities, and discover their dreams.Thank you in advance
Shirley F

Sherry

January 9th, 2010 at 6:23 pm    

Dear Marcia and The Dream University, Thank you for searching your soul/heart and doing this for whomever you pick to receive a “Full Scholarship”. I wish I’d be one of the 12, but, I also have decided to leave it up to God, The Universe, My Guides and My Angels…and maybe even Adamus!

My situation is I have no job and have not been working for over 4 years…due to a major car accident and reinjury that I had this last January ‘09. I do some crafts and dapple in antiques to bring in some funds, as well as have done a bit of consulting. My savings is almost gone and even the Chiopractor that was treating me has not done the paperwork for Worker’s Comp. So, many things are stuck or moving very slowly. I so desire this to change and be “In Flow”.

I know I am to be doing work with Angels and their charges (the inidividuals they are watching over and helping). Somehow I am able to tap into the names of the main guardian angel’s of some individuals and recently, someone asked me on the spot and they (the Angles and Spirit Guides came through). For sometime now, I have felt the urge to be a writer…and feel my connection to Spirit/God, and Nature which is very revelant to me and all that is.

Without any funds to even consider your program, I place my need and desire at your table and feet, heart & soul. You decide what is your own decision.

In this last year, three people (Spiritualists) have told me I am a healer (they where all complete strangers and it kind of floored me to hear it from each of them, and at different times, basically…chance meetings). I have been studing “EFT” and I have had some very good successes…but, I do realize my path is not with just “EFT”…it goes beyond that, but, I will be the first to admit that I am not so clear on all of it yet. I recently have been introduced to “Bio-Genesis” and was so drawn to it, that it astounded me. So, I guess what I am saying here is that I feel am to learn a number of healing processes, and have them at my disposal for others as well as myself.

Also, I have a very strong connection to Nature and feel it so intensely and the love of it all, that I would like to explore that more too. As I write this, one laten dream has surfaced and that is: being a movie director and making movies that teach us how to be the best we can be; show us the real beauty of this wonderful place we call “Earth” (which I love)and repect it (her) and ourselves as well as others! Lofty thoughts and ideas I must admit…it is hard for me to fathom doing this…but, I do get excited when I think of them.

So, again, the final decision is yours to make. Many of us need financial help and guidance here. May God guide you and your staff appropriately. I know I would be ever grateful, but, I also feel that most everyone would be too.

God Bless you for sharing all this with the World, Us, and the Universe.

Thank you from my Heart and Soul.

Sincerely,

Sherry

Linda Connolly

January 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm    

Hello Dream Team

I have a dream a beautiful, inspiring dream. It is a dream I have been fine tuning for the last few years. My passion has always been in helping people for I receive so much from the giving.
I have spent several years searching, reading and studying to find what is preventing me from breaking through my personal glass ceiling. It has been my experience positive thinking and affirmations are not always enough. Many of us, myself included, have hidden beliefs lying quietly deep in our subconscious sabataging our dreams. This past year I have been developing a workshop to assist people in discovering their hidden beliefs. Late 2009 I set my intention to make my dream come true in 2010. My intention is to guide people on a treasure hunt where they will discover the richest treasure of all, their true passionate, authentic self surrounded with limitless love. Through this process I realize I need guidance and a mentor. A few days after this realization I received your email.
My husband has been unemployed for the last two years. I work two jobs to make ends meet. I know abundance surrounds each and everyone of us, your generous offer further confirms the fact. I would gladly pay full price for the opportunity to participate in your program if I had the funds. If I receive your generous scholarship I will continue to pass on your generosity to people who can use a helping hand to live their dream.
Thank you for the possibilies
Linda

Hobby

January 9th, 2010 at 6:28 pm    

Over ten years ago, I wrote a dream business plan to create a coaching practice I called Women of Worth. I felt drawn to helping women design their lives by creating wealth and abundance in all areas of their life during times of transition from college to the workforce, from pregnancy to motherhood, from divorce to independence, from widow to fulfilling lifework.

In these last 10 years, I’ve read hundreds of books starting with the Success Principles by Jack Canfield, to Barbara Stanny on Overcoming Underearning, the Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer, and everything in between. I’ve learned how to write affirmations, manifest with intention, create vision boards, personal shrines, dream journaling through personal research and taken action to achieve the dreams I’ve envisioned.

Meanwhile, I’ve raised 3 great kids who are all becoming successful adults, and survived two layoffs and self-employment between good paying jobs while thriving as a single mother. Now that my children are grown, I find myself at a cross roads.

I’ve spent a good bit of time reviewing my life skills and achievements and I feel that the time has come for me to pursue and expand my 10 year old plan – to use my self education and learned skills to help other women achieve more by learning how to use their life knowledge to dream bigger, earn more, and contribute more to our world and local communities.

After downsizing from a family home to a small condo, having a long term relationship end, losing a long term job last summer, I feel the Universe is allowing the space to create a new purpose for me and the work I intend to do in “creative abundance”. Putting my time while unemployed to good use, I’ve started visual journaling and painting again, and I am forming the idea of combining expressive arts and coaching to help others learn how to create more in their life.

I may not be the most destitute of the many responders to this scholarship, but I feel that the credentials and knowledge I will earn from Dream University can allow me to help more folks like the women and men who are responding to this post. I know I have changed my life and my thoughts about true wealth and abundance, and I believe I can share my story and my knowledge to help others do even more than they think is possible.

Gratitude and abundance to you for your giving and much success to those who receive your generous gifts.

~Hobby

Jane

January 9th, 2010 at 6:34 pm    

Hi Marcia:

I would like to request a full scholarship to your program. For about 15 years, I feel like I’ve been floating in limbo – not knowing what earth I was put here on this planet to do. I feel I’m just existing and not living. I want a full DREAM Scholarship because, unfortunately, due to my financial circumstances, I am not able to fund it on my own. It would mean so much to me if you would grant me this scholarship. I need someone to light a match right under me so that I can move forward and do the things that I’m meant to do. Thank you in advance.

Jane

Karen Sanchez

January 9th, 2010 at 6:47 pm    

Dear Marcia,

Your generosity is boundless and so much appreciated! I have some difficult circumstances which have just been more opportunities for the Universe to see how creative I can be. This is how I view my life and the details of my past year will give you a glimpse of why.

One week before Christmas 2008, my fiance lost his job. This not only eliminated our plans for Christmas, but put us on a very rough ride into the first half of 2009. zit was 7 weeks before any unemployment was received and so by this time my parents were having to pay our bills, including the mortgage. My fiance finally found work at $7/hr. four months later. The gas prices were so high that he was working an entire day just to pay for gas. Finally, after re-writing a letter to the Universe & my Angels and Guides, things began to turn around. Last August, my fiance was hired with QVC which is less than 2 miles from our home, and would be paid better and receive benefits down the road if he was made permanent. We were elated.

Up until this point, I was dealing with my own medical problems as I’ve been physically disabled since early childhood, and I’d been facing some unfortunate choices regarding my knees and a hip replacement that needed a revision. I’d been dealing with excruciating pain which resulted in my needing to go to pain management once a month starting in Spring 2008. Now with the Dec. 2008 job loss and the ensuing financial difficulties, I had to put some medical decisions off because of the inability to afford it. Things were going to start changing when my fiance got his new job at QVC and we were so excited to be able to finish out 2009 on a better note than it started. But, then on October 8, 12 days before my 50th birthday, we were in a head-on collision and I was driving. As a result, this was a major medical setback for me, and although we experienced the blessing of our lives being spared, I didn’t come out unscathed. My right ankle broke at impact, and I’m currently in a short leg cast. My car was totaled. Obviously, the accident affected me in other ways too.

Our Christmas, once again, suffered. Our finances are suffering as well, and yet! I choose to see this as another opportunity to see how creative I can be:)

I am not new to Universal Law, manifesting, metaphysical principles and Spiritual teaching, as I spent over 20+ years coaching others in these areas, all which I have done for free. But, even with that as my background and countless miracles that I have manifested in my own life, it has become apparent there are times when even I need help from others.

This is what brings me to ask that I be considered for a full scholarship. I am spending my time, while I am laid up, with learning, reading, watching videos, listening to podcasts and all around empowering myself, so as to be of better service to others when I am able.

I am grateful for all of your e-mails, blog posts and videos and it is my pleasure to include you within my long days here as a I heal and dream of a better 2010.

Many blessings, and many thanks,
Karen

Lori

January 9th, 2010 at 6:59 pm    

I have too many dreams to waste and with $85,000+ in debt I’m completely utterly frustrated at how long it will take me to pay them off and not have the opportunity to live in my dreams NOW! My hope is this course will show me how to stop living a life a resistance and struggle and get on with all the dreams I have. Please may I have a scholarship.

Lori,

nazeer

January 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm    

Hi Marcia,
Thanks 4 starting out 2010 with such great practcal abundance.The sharing of our time and talents is the greatest treasure to give,knowing also it is changing the world.Living in the Caribbean,such engagements are rare.I will like to ‘partner’ you in this journey and I think that this scholarship will prepare me 4 this challenge
NB I am retired,dedicating my life 2 restoring dignity to people in work and everyday living….my dream 4 mankind all over the world
Naz

Patricia

January 9th, 2010 at 7:29 pm    

I am applying for the full scholarship because my income was cut in half and the amount of money that I previously had I don’t have anymore. I don’t have the extra money that I would normally have to attend Dream University, therefore I’m applying for a full scholarship.

joey allen vidal

January 9th, 2010 at 7:31 pm    

I am not sure if this is the place to apply for a full scholarship…..I will leave my partial story here anyway. I have always had big visions/dreams of helping humanity with simple ideas; whether it be to create many new jobs, irradicate illegal activities, help the poor, new ways of enhancing things, or whatever my mind concieves whenever it concieves it. I have issues with the legal business knowledge and financing of these big dreams and have been searching for many years for someone or people to help me; oh and I don’t trust too many people(I don’t desire to make evil people super rich). So far drug dealers or illegal operations were interested in my ideas when I was younger about 20 years old; now I am 40 years old and I have clammed up and seem pretty useless because I share only bits and pieces and demand a lot before I even will ever begin to disclose the really good stuff. There are a bunch of simple ideas and there are a few technical ideas as well; all of which will generate money and jobs. I am a member of something called CEO Space formally IBI Global and have not had any success there(I didn’t know how to effectively communicate at one of the forums of which I attended there and I didn’t trust too many people there), I messaged the founder on Facebook and my state rep of that company has said to email the founder although he hasn’t responded to me at any of the times I messaged him so I am pretty much not desiring to do that anymore. I am also a student of PSI Seminars(People Synergistically Involved/ recently they changed it to Personal Success Institute for marketing purposes), Have attended PSI7 and now involved in PLD of PSI Seminars, I have risked a lot of money (through credit cards) attending these things in hopes of meeting someone who will support and help me see my dreams to reality; now I have a debt that is causing a lot of unhappiness for me and my true friends/family.I have found some success in PLD; although I may be removing myself off of this team. PLD is a game with a team involved in enrolling people into your life (and basically building the companies cash flow) and most people I know do not have money to risk in anything! Plus I feel that they favor other people who lie and put up a good show. I feel that many of the people that I have met through PSI Seminars and CEO Space only want me to pay for their services and they gaurantee nothing in return even after I have explained to them that I am not able to afford the fees; I even offered part ownership or percentages of profits and they still want money up front; so I am fed up with them and I have been recieving these emails from you guys so I reply and continue to hope that I will reach someone who will help me financially and mentoringly and most importantly not kill my dreams. I don’t need inspiration or suggestions about hiring someone who wants money up front.Oh and I will mention that because of my past poor decisions I am in a lot of debt…..to my mom basically(my dad died when I was about 15).I have a small business for approximately 5 years now and it maintains itself because my mom and I don’t get paid; if we paid ourself we would be out of business by now. I used a lot of the money used to cover the bills and now the bills have fallen behind because of my decisions to seek out some wealthy people through these forums and seminars to help me and not knowing how to approach the situation. I tell them what I need and they think I am foolish I guess…..I say that because I haven’t had success yet.

RAJU CHANDIRAMANI

January 9th, 2010 at 7:41 pm    

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Alison H.

January 9th, 2010 at 7:54 pm    

So many requests….even better, so many dreams.
CIRCUMSTANCES: I am writing because I am so close but get distracted; actually hoping maybe someone associated with you will want to coach me. I’ve been very lucky. Lots of family, pretty good health, a long term rental I love, a piano, garden, friends and so on. I’ve had meaningful but low paid work most of my life, currently still working home health and hospice. So month to month I have a little extra for car repairs or gifts or maybe a $30 workshop.
DREAM: Quit working early childhood special ed (assistant/autistic, medically fragile, etc.) after decades, a year and a half ago. The reason was to pursue educational publishing + teaching at conferences + writing. The picture books have three languages (first book is in English, Spanish and Japanese), books for teachers two (more text). Non-violent chase games as a handout free, “Games to Play when you are tired and your children aren’t” included in start up printing, to go to agencies for families at risk. Website close to done, programmer in family. Eventually a related children’s catalog website of games and toys. Main other values are environmental sustainability and global citizenship. This dream has a high likelihood of changing my income levels and allowing me to do more. It should also be flexible enough to allow me to stay close with family on two continents, as I should be able to do business almost anywhere. Highly creative, I have files of ideas for improving communities and services through businesses and nonprofits (or just writings)…and they keep coming! Natural to transition at my age from helping one on one or five, to teaching what I have become so effective at. I would, of course, pass on any assistance I receive. Always have.
NEED: Very little start up funds needed, not looking for money, just a coach. To encourage me to keep on track despite working nights, frequent changes in schedule, and my own resistance. I have 4 young grandchildren, aging parents, and a wonderful assortment of other people who sometimes need me, sometimes support me but are usually good at letting me distract myself with them!
So maybe you know someone who would enjoy helping me in this way. I am not as in need as many but a good bet for being able to turn around and help others sooner than later. Did I mention the right livelihood class for 11-17 yr olds…I was given a spiritual name about generosity and have been truly blessed with more gifts/talents than I can use in my lifetime. But it would be nice to try! and to pass some of them in some way to someone who can!
SO blessings and intuition to you while sorting through these requests. Thank you again for all that you do, and the ingenuity with which you are using technology to help more and more people.

keith

January 9th, 2010 at 8:13 pm    

Hello Marcia,
In all honesty I cannot remember how or why I came to be on your mailing list. I am however convinced it must have been meant to be, and am very grateful to have decided to read and keep on reading emails etc.
Your offer of scholarships is truly a very generous gesture.
I was in what should have been a long service career with an extension and had approval to go straight into a 2nd career, finally to go on and into consultancy work after forced retirement through age.
I was injured which resulted in an early medical retirement. These disabilities meant I could not follow the planned continuous employment agenda. My marriage partner decided that it would be to their benefit to file for divorce at this time. As you rightly say the law does not protect the innocent as I ended up bankrupted by the divorce. It took me 16 years to pay their legal fees and still have my own to look forward to. I did retain my home, though this took all my income (state aid) to continue to pay the mortgage & utilities. I am now not allowed to work as my condition still deteriorates. I do still look and apply but always my health becomes an obstacle imposed by others that I cannot overcome. When new neighbours arrived I then went into the same scenario you had with your original house. They have no consent for any of the developments they have carried out. They also knew it would seriously damage my home but still carried on. Like you I thought this would have been quite simple to resolve using the courts. During this prolonged process my accommodation has been crumbling and in places has collapsed. I have been made bankrupt for a 2nd time when only trying to protect my property. This time I have been told that the property may be seized, will not receive any of the proceeds and still have legal fees to pay. Unlike you I find it impossible to ‘take a leap of faith’ as I will not have any asset nor am I able to work to purchase another.
While I can help others with situations, I have become really tired and totally drained with my own circumstances.
I will be very happy and grateful should you consider me eligible for a scholarship but will understand if you decide another is a more appropriate candidate.
Your words of wisdom are an inspiration to one and all.
Thank you.

Suzanne

January 9th, 2010 at 8:18 pm    

I would love to take part in this program but do not have the funds. I would be so very grateful for a scholarship.

The last several years have been very difficult. I am starting my life over at 38. I have a 4 year old son that is the light of my life. I want to be able to provide for him and use my talents to improve the lives of others. My recent story is so wild I can’t believe it is true. every time I think I can’t imagine things getting worse, they have to be looking up something else happens.

I am a newly divorced single mom. My ex-husband developed an extreme mental illness (had to go to a residential treatment facility) and even though I thought I would always be married, found I had to file for divorce to save all of our mental health. The divorce was long and drawn out at a difficult time in the economy. The house that should have provided an income sold for a lot less than we purchased it for after going into foreclosure. The mortgage company cashed the check but still hasn’t marked the account paid after 2 months. I had fabulous credit and no credit card debt when this all started. Now I have to file bankruptcy because of all the legal bills. In the middle of all of this, I became unemployed too (in May). I spent 9 months living in my parent’s RV in East New Orleans hoping my house would sell. My parents have been supporting my son and I. I have been working to start my own interior design business. I have always worked for others but want to be able to help clients and employees utilizing interior design. I think this program would benefit me in moving toward reaching my goals.

Richard

January 9th, 2010 at 8:30 pm    

Hello Marcia,

Today I received an email from Ridgely through the Thrillionaires website, telling me about your course.

I live in New Zealand and have not heard of you before but I have read your website and watched the videos.

I felt compelled to apply for a scholarship as I have been working my whole life to find ways to realise my dreams. This quest continues to be the driving force behind all of my endeavours and I intend to help others by showing that they can achieve their dreams just as I will. History is full of emamples of people who have used their own success stories to show others that anyone can and I believe the more examples there are out there, the closer we might get to a type of critical mass for personal achievement and success.

For the last five and a half years I (along with my business partner) have put everything we have (and then some) into a technology business progress which it looks like will finally come to fruition this year. This journey has been one that has been more challenging and beneficial than I could have ever imagined and I know it is the right path because I truly feel passionate about it.

When I can afford to I am happy to pay full price for your program however my current circumstances mean that I simply do not have the funds to do so at the moment.

I have moved out of my home and left full time work in order to dedicate my time to our project in this vital last phase and after reading about your course, I feel that it could really help me with a boost to get through this challenging time.

It is for this reason that I would like to submit my application for a scholarship for your consideration. Whatever the outcome, I know it will be the right one and I thank you for your amazing work in any case!

You are an inspiration.

Thank you, Richard.

Alexandra

January 9th, 2010 at 8:46 pm    

A warm hello to you Marcia,
in reading these letters i realize that i may not have it so bad. First i must thank you for the opportunity to get a scholarship, it takes a kind and understanding heart to offer this, AGAIN THANK YOU. As for me, well i am a 41 year old insuline dependant diabetic living with a man that i love deaply but that unfortunetly has bad depression. Every day i get a smile from him is a god send. I do so love him but his state makes it impossible for him to work. I have a job that i also love very much, i am a vet technician but that does not pay much. There are months where i pick out of a hat the bill i am going to pay. Being a diabetic i have learned to look at the bright side of things but i must admit some days are much harder than others. So this is my humble plea hoping you will consider me for a scholarship in order to help me regain my positive state of mind and heart. THANK YOU AGAIN =)

ryan

January 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm    

Hello Marcia,

I’m from Mauritius. I would welcome this opportunity to change my life so that I can reinvent myself first through the law of attraction and the positive people at the camp and then later use that force to get a college education in the US. Then using the same force later we can get whatever we want.

Thank You Marcia

Patti Empey

January 9th, 2010 at 9:21 pm    

Thank you for offering full and part scholarships, this is going to help so many people and through helping them many blessing will come your way as a result.
This is my story:
3 1/2 yrs. ago I was no longer able to work as I had developed Cronic Pain Syndrome as a result of a work related minor misshap in 2001. From that day on I have never been without pain. I worked for 5 1/2 yrs in pain beliving that it was more a state of my mind than my body.
Boy, was I wrong.
I was informed in June of 2008 that I would never be able to return to traditonal employment. This was very hard to except. You see I shake uncontrollably at times so that I am unable to walk or sit in a chair without assistance. I take Morphine now for the pain.
I’m still young only turning 50 this year. I still have a lot to offer I can still learn. Well I have set 2010 as my year to raise public awareness of this condition and to help educate others in pain. Through this I’m hoping to find a way to have a career. I’m at the start of my dream and really need help to see it come to realty. For me to ask for help is rare and as I prefer to help others. I was “I rather do it myself” type of person. But now I know I do need help to full my dream. So please consider me for a full scholarship.
Thank you again

Juliet

January 9th, 2010 at 9:41 pm    

Early in September of 2006, my body betrayed me- suddenly I was falling asleep everywhere, at any and all times of day. even when driving. My body would start shaking uncontrollably, I would drop things and sometimes just collapse, unable to hold my head up and unable to make my body work right. I would wake up unable to move, no matter how hard I tried. One of those collapsing episodes was witnessed by co-workers and brought to the attention of my manager and I subsequently lost my job. Uninsured, I ran out of money trying to find a diagnosis. I gained over 100 lbs between various medications and being suddenly sedentary. Since then I’ve lost or sold everything of value I had and am saved from being homeless by the generosity of a relative who lets me live in her basement. I am getting no help anywhere, despite filling out myriad forms, fighting the system and even begging. For over three years, my family has been contributing what little they can to supply groceries and hygienic supplies (soap, etc.) but there is only so much they can do. I have learned just how little someone can live on.
This past holiday season, just after my 35th birthday, I fell into the deepest depression I’ve experienced- circumstantial depression since I’ve never been prone to it before. One night, I literally faced off with a bottle of pills and a bottle of wine, seriously contemplating how much easier it would be on everyone if I weren’t a burden. What got me through that night is very personal- but obviously I came through for a reason. I’ve started working on the weight issue and making myself get up and dressed every day- even though I’m not going anywhere.
I am very intelligent, resourceful, multi-talented and have had several great ideas for businesses I could start and be able to work around my newfound limitations- except for the financial limitations. Thus far, the old addage that it “takes money to make money” has proven to be true and I haven’t had an income since September 14, 2006. Empathy is a special gift of mine, as is compassion, especially with what I’ve dealt with in recent years. I believe I can help people become all that they are meant to be.
At the end of that period of darkness over the holidays, I made a promise to myself. This is not the life I was meant to live- and I refuse to accept it. One way or another, I will overcome these circumstances and get my life on track. Failure is not an option and I will not accept defeat. If I fall on my face, I’ll get back up and keep pushing. Somewhere, somehow- a door has to open.
And then you made this generous offer. Thank you for the opportunity to take my life back, for the opportunity to reach out to others and help them meet their goals and face a brighter, better future. Thank you for the gift you’re giving- that will be, for me, the gift of independence. Thank you for opening the door…

Carla Jane

January 9th, 2010 at 10:04 pm    

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia…sorry couldn’t resist … (Brady Bunch) as you can tell I try to have a sense of humor. However, like everyone else, some days are harder than others. My line of work is one that many people run from…..I’m a Registered Dental Hygienist. And I LOVE my career…notice I said “career” and not a “JOB”. I love working with people, and I believe my patients love me. Yet, like Rodney Dangerfield, Dental Hygienists gets “no respect”…everyone assume that all we do is “just clean teeth”. They are SO wrong! There is a “mouth/ body connection” and the world is just not getting it…so to speak. If someone is diabetic and have periodontal disease, that person maybe not control their blood sugar until they have the periodontal disease under control and vise verses. There’s a reason we ask about your medical health history at each visit. We need to know what type of medication each patient is taking due to the side effects…not just dry mouth, but some medications cause gingival growth. Marcia, I could go on and on about my career….bottom line, for the last four years I have felt that I should reach out to other hygienists by speaking, writing, or consulting. Things were going fairly well….became more involved with my hygiene association, started attending more continuing education classes, a wonderful, loving, terrific husband, plus a supporting boss. Three and a half years ago, I notice a slight tremor in my right hand, my writing became extremely small, my right shoulder froze…I have Parkinson. The Lord has blessed me; I have found a Movement Disorder Clinic and have everything under control. For the last 13 years I have worked in the same office and developed a hygiene department, with the verbal understanding, that before my boss would retire, another dentist would join us and learn our philosophy. Wrong! Six months ago we left a beautiful office and merged with an office with no knowledge of our philosophy…quite the opposite…my new boss is more about how to make money….there comes a time when everything is not about money. Lord, knows I tried, I started not sleeping, acid reflux, etc….with my husband understanding I resigned. That was July 2, 2009, and I’ve only been able to find one day a week, it’s been hard, but we’re making it……I will be attending CareerFusion next week, (only by another scholarship) to help with my writing, speaking and presentation. Marcia, I’m not stupid, I understand dentistry, not writing article, speaking (even though my former boss called me silent Carla, LOL) and presentation, what I need is coaching, a mentor, a guru and an adviser. With your help I truly believe I will be capable of helping others in the dental field and Parkinson.

Lani Nicholls

January 9th, 2010 at 10:07 pm    

Yes, I have a dream. Being awarded a Dream University scholarship would be a dream come true…it would be like a booster rocket, that extra surge to a higher level than I could reach alone.

The dream I plan on achieving in my lifetime has three parts. (1)Create an income of more than enough to provide for my husband and myself and meet all obligations; 2) Establish a non-profit foundation that provides people wanting to make mid-life or retirement-age career changes scholarships for training with a focus on holistic, healing arts or complimentary practices that empower people to heal and enhance their lives in all dimensions…mind-body-spirit; (3) Bring together committed people to establish a community-based Complimentary Care-Wellness Clinic that serves low to low-middle income people at no charge (donations if they choose) and reduced fees for all others. As part of this clinic an internship and professional development programs will be offered to those who choose to volunteer their time and skills.

I’m a 69 (70 in a few months) female, inching my way toward re-creating a private practice. I closed my private practice in 2001 to enjoy retirement with my husband. Shortly after that he had a heart attack following the loss of his retirement when the stock market dropped, combined with a financial advisor that was skimming money from our account. We downsized, selling our home at a loss and moved into a 5th wheel RV located in an RV park where we still reside. Its a small, confined space and the winters are difficult (we live in WA state).

I worked a couple different both downsized due to budget cuts and I was laid off. I’ve been looking for part-time work but haven’t found anything suitable (I need to work around my husband’s care). I’ve been slowly working toward re-creating my private practice but have limited funds (social security)and financial overload from medical bills – my husband had a major stroke in late 2008, and has been left with residual health issues requiring on-going doctor visits and numerous medications.

I feel blessed that my health is good and I am able to continue as his primary caregiver (lots of experience caregiving other family members over the years). I am grateful for having the ability to provide supportive care for family members. Its given me great strength, knowledge, understanding and a unshakable spiritual connection.

This oppotunity is very much appreciated and I thank you.

The following is not only my personal quote but my heartfelt belief:
“When you tap the energy of your mind-body-spirit…miracles happen!”
– Lani Nicholls

Denise

January 9th, 2010 at 10:36 pm    

Hi Marcia and Ridgely,

Here’s my situation. I met my ex in high school. We were married for over 20 years. In that time, I did odd jobs to supplement his income. What happened was I became emotionally and totally financially dependent. When I had my son in 1996 I was 40 years old. Having had 3 rounds of marriage counseling, I believed it was finally safe to start a family. Shortly after my son was born, changes that had been made were reversed and things I could not live with came back into my life. At this point, I realized it would never be over. And now I had a son – an innocent child who had to be saved even if I could not save myself for the sake of myself. I finally moved out with my son when he was 4 years old, with no job and no education. When he started 1st grade, I went back to school and took computer classes because I figured that was a good way to make money. I got straight A’s, was a room parent every year, and an active member of the PTA. I completed the courses for an IT Certificate with a 4.0 GPA, only to realize that I am extremely uncomfortable in an office setting…to the point that I never even picked up the Certificate. I then cashed in the small 401K to support myself and my son. He is 13 years old now and I have a stack of unpaid bills. After wasting money on a number of work-at-home “opportunities”, I decided to work on myself first. I am working with a nutritionist and am doing self-work (affirmations, meditation, hypnosis) on a daily basis. In spite of a long history depression and anxiety, I am improving dramatically. Unfortunately, this has not translated to an income. I have come up with a fabulous idea for starting my own business but need help getting started – especially with the nuts and bolts of how to bring the idea to reality. If I could just get some help on where to go from here, it would change my life and secure a future for my son. Otherwise, it looks like I will lose everything, including my son. I am now 53 years old, and in spite of past challenges am ready to do this. I just need to know how.

Thank you,
Denise

Kathi

January 9th, 2010 at 11:21 pm    

What an incredible and genrous opportunity you have offerred. I can only imagine the daunting task of selecting from the many deserving request for a full scholarship.

I will keep this brief. I am the single mother of 2 boy’s ages 12 and 14yrs. I have seen success in my life and well as many hardships. I have been set back and temporarily stopped in my tracks. After diagnosis and a year of chemotherapy; I have post-chemo medical conditions that limit me from even seeking gainful employment outside of my home at the present time. It is my belief I will overcome these conditions and regain good health. I do not want to sway you with the sad details of my suffering. I have shed all the tears necessary already. I am a dreamer and I have hope! I know that I will realize all my dreams in my life in perfect timing. Your scholarship offer is perfect timing and exactly the opportunity I dreamed of.

This is my dream and my life purpose. I have much to offer in service to others. I am transformation in action and this application for a full scholarhip in “The Dream Movement” is key to my personal transformation that will allow me to be empowered completely and play not just another positive role as one among millions but rather as my dream as I clearly envision it…This is the action that will bring me together with the power expoentailly on purpose to have a substantial impact on the transformation of the world. I am a dreamer, a leader, and can clearly see what this moment holds for not only myself but each of us coming together to make all our dreams come true.It is clearly divine intervention that brings me to your website and the opportunity I have been creating in my dreams!

I thank you for this opportunity and your consideration to include me in your full scholarship program.

With gratitude and Love,
Kathi

Marian LaSalle

January 9th, 2010 at 11:36 pm    

Thanks for considering a few of us for scholarships. We all deserve it and we will ALL benefit from it because we are all connected.

I asked for you because I believe in Ask and You Shall receive. I am intending to use this gift to help myself and share with others all the knowledge and resources you give to us.

I’m 51 and with out a job or any income but that is not stopping me from expecting the best this life has to offer.

Thanks for your consideration and for your work in spreading JOY! Please stop by our blog and see that we are on the same path.

Sending this with ~LOVE~

Marian LaSalle

Dorothy

January 9th, 2010 at 11:47 pm    

Hello Marcia,

I would like to be selected as a recipient of one of the scholarships because I would not be able to attend without it. I am pursuing a dream of becoming a family therapist and in order to complete school I had to leave my well paying job because they would not allow me to work parttime. I am now working on my hours as an intern and find myself in a very low income bracket ( I have exhausted all savings, credit cards max’d.).
I did not mind that so much because I was headed towards the end of the tunnel, then a few years ago I got very depressed over my son’s death and went out and purchased programs that I have not been successful in implementing. Now I am in debt beyond measure. Now the tunnel seems like it will never end. I do not have enough money for the month.
I use to dream dreams and when my son died so did my dreams and they have not returned. I realize now how much the dreams were a part of my life and losing them and my son was a bit much. When I am licence, my goal is to give to the community because there are a lot of hurting people in the world. Being selected would enable me to give back sooner with your help as a mentor & dream coach.

Sincerely,
Dorothy

diane

January 10th, 2010 at 12:03 am    

Hi Marcia,

I have been a certified specialized kinesiologist for more than 10 years, and up until now I have used this training only to benefit a few friends and myself. I believe my soul purpose includes offering this work to the public so many people can benefit from it. Last week I was laid off from my job, so now I have a lot more time and energy to invest in implementing this dream. I am motivated, disciplined and have a strong work ethic, supported by a degree in business. Within four days of being laid off, I retained my first paying kinesiology client. I am inspired and empowered by Jack Canfield’s Success Principles, which I have listened to many times, and would be honored to be coached by you. I believe that with your coaching, I will be able to implement my dream faster, more easily and much more effectively than I would be able to do otherwise. Time is of the essence, and every day is a precious and valuable resource. I am a single person with a mortgage, no income, no relatives who are able to provide any financial assistance, no severance pay, and when I begin receiving unemployment benefits at the end of January they will cover only my mortgage and part of my utility bills. Therefore, I am unable to pay to attend your program at this time. I am writing to request a scholarship, which will benefit all of my future clients in addition to me. Thank you for your work and for offering these scholarship opportunities.

With gratitude,
Diane

Bob

January 10th, 2010 at 12:12 am    

Thank you for offering these scholarships.
I am retired working on a business to supplement my Social Security income.

A scholarship is the only way I could take advantage of any training. By the time my wife and I pay bills, what we owe to the California Franchise Tax Board, and the IRS thanks to the stock market hiccup, there is scant money for little else. Social Security Payday is the 28th of the month and we are usually broke by the 29th after paying our bills, and buying groceries for the month. Thank goodness we moved out of California when my wife, our animals, and I did, or we would not be able to pay our bills on what social security is paying me per month.

I could sure use a scholarship.

Gerry Seymour

January 10th, 2010 at 1:15 am    

Marcia…

5 years ago, this month, I started as in my own business with an organization that teaches leadership and entrepreneurship. I brought two decades of leadership and consulting experience with me, but still had much to learn.

Thanks to my business mentor – a brilliant businessman 10 years my junior – I have learned a great deal and my business is poised for a breakthrough this year.

However, my learning curve in entrepreneurship was steep. I made some serious errors in judgment two years ago (just in time for the market?) that eliminated my reserves and took my business back to its beginning.

Since that time, my mentor has helped me get the business back on the right track, and I’m now helping others build significant growth in their own small businesses.

The past two years of struggle and survival have left me struggling to focus my dreams and keep them the focus of my efforts. This 90-day program would be exactly the boost I need to ensure I don’t lose that focus again (the cause of my errors two years ago).

Please consider me for the full scholarship in your program – my participation may mean the difference between progress and breakthrough this year. And breakthrough would mean that I have many others starting their own businesses who can benefit from the same programs in the future – truly win-win!

Elizabeth

January 10th, 2010 at 1:16 am    

Marcia, first and foremost thank you for your kind hearted generosity and wether I am chosen, or not I will continue to follow and support all you do.
As I sit here to write this I pray that God will provide me with the words to express my thoughts and feelings. Here is my story. I’ve never know what it’s like not to work and support myself. I have been working and striving to reach my dreams and goals since I was 14 years old. I worked and went to school full time and even served my country every weekend and 2 weeks a year in the Army Reserve. I met and married a man whom I thought would be there for me and did something I have never done, which was to rely on someone else to be there for me. I gave birth to a healthy son and thought everything was fine. Well, my son was diagnose with Autism at the age of 2 and I stayed home to help him with his emotional, physical and educational needs. My soon to be ex did not take part in helping with my son so it was me dealing with this alone. He then decided that being married and supporting a family was too much for him and he left and stopped paying the mortgage on the house although he could afford the payments. I now find myself on the verge of losing the only home my son and I have. Although I have a degree, I am finding it hard to find a job thanks to the economy. I started my own Coaching business, but it is not going anywhere and find I lack the support and mentorship of someone who has been there and is successful at it. My father died on December 4th, 2009 and had no insurance and for the first time in my life I felt like a total failure. I didn’t even have money to bury my dad. Marcia I ask myself, how the heck did I get here? What kind of mother am I that can not provide for her son? What ever faith I had seems to be slowly slipping since my dad died. Despite the downward spiral my life seems to be heading I try to put me aside and help others because that’s always been what I do. Although the bank may take my home any day now I use my home for an Autism meetup group where parents with Autistic children can come to share their experience and find support. What this scholarship would do for me is help me find the person I used to be, help me to stand on my own again and help me continue to give of myself to others as I have always done. Marcia, I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired. I want my life back, I want my son to be proud of me, and I want to be proud of myself again as well. I have new dreams for me and my son and your Dream University could help me reach these new dreams.

Again thank you for the opportunity.

Godspeed in all that you do,

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

January 10th, 2010 at 1:19 am    

Marcia, first and foremost thank you for your kind hearted generosity and wether I am chosen, or not I will continue to follow and support all you do.
As I sit here to write this I pray that God will provide me with the words to express my thoughts and feelings. Here is my story. I’ve never know what it’s like not to work and support myself. I have been working and striving to reach my dreams and goals since I was 14 years old. I worked and went to school full time and even served my country every weekend and 2 weeks a year in the Army Reserve. I met and married a man whom I thought would be there for me and did something I have never done, which was to rely on someone else to be there for me. I gave birth to a healthy son and thought everything was fine. Well, my son was diagnose with Autism at the age of 2 and I stayed home to help him with his emotional, physical and educational needs. My son is now 6 and despite my situation I would not change a thing because he has flourished and can now speak. My soon to be ex did not take part in helping with my son so it was me dealing with this alone. He then decided that being married and supporting a family was too much for him and he left and stopped paying the mortgage on the house although he could afford the payments. I now find myself on the verge of losing the only home my son and I have. Although I have a degree, I am finding it hard to find a job thanks to the economy. I started my own Coaching business, but it is not going anywhere and find I lack the support and mentorship of someone who has been there and is successful at it. My father died on December 4th, 2009 and had no insurance and for the first time in my life I felt like a total failure. I didn’t even have money to bury my dad. Marcia I ask myself, how the heck did I get here? What kind of mother am I that can not provide for her son? What ever faith I had seems to be slowly slipping since my dad died. Despite the downward spiral my life seems to be heading I try to put me aside and help others because that’s always been what I do. Although the bank may take my home any day now I use my home for an Autism meetup group where parents with Autistic children can come to share their experience and find support. What this scholarship would do for me is help me find the person I used to be, help me to stand on my own again and help me continue to give of myself to others as I have always done. Marcia, I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired. I want my life back, I want my son to be proud of me, and I want to be proud of myself again as well. I have new dreams for me and my son and your Dream University could help me reach these new dreams.

Again thank you for the opportunity.

Godspeed in all that you do,

Elizabeth

carol

January 10th, 2010 at 1:55 am    

Thank you for your generosity in offering these 12 scholarships and the opportunity to apply for one which I feel is desperately needed. I am a divorced 72 year old woman and have been afflicted with scleroderma since 1980. This includes the hard skin, Raynaud, telangiectasias, and arthritis with deformed fingers, joint stiffness and pain all over. My condition has slowly improved and I am still alive (thank God), mostly due to prayer and positive thoughts, but the disease is still there imposing limits on my general health and well being.

I have three sons two of whom are unemployed–one has already lost his home and cannot be with his wife and two daughters so he lives with me. The other who is also unemployed is near foreclosure. He has recently divorced and his wife and baby daughter moved back to Kentucky (we live in Los Angeles, CA).

Ny third son and his wife are being unjustly sued by my brother and two sisters for supposed elder abuse against another brother (83 years old) with whom I live as his care-giver since losing my home five years ago. This brother is also god father of the son being sued and they love each other dearly. The family has imposed a conservator on my brother because he is timid and was not able to voice his objection to this.

The lawsuit against my son causes me tremendous sorrow and pain as I am torn between him and my family. One of the sisters has completely severed relations with me while my son feels abandoned and unsupported by me because I remain friendly with my brother and the other sister.

I am trying the best I can with what I have but seem to be drowning and feel I definitely need more in order to survive.

Thank you for your consideration.

Maria Azhar

January 10th, 2010 at 2:23 am    

Hey Maam Marcia, Its good to have your generosity….
i wish i hv this scholarship so that i can achieve my dream to come to you as i see you my guardian angel

because am in desperately in need of motivation and courage
these two things plays a very vital role in everyones life… and am lacking in this….. thats why it affects my career… btw am doing Bachelors in Business Administration 4year program… and this requires alot of courage and confidence….and this is my last year of BBA so i have to choose btw MARKETING and FINANCE… but still am confused even i love marketing bt dont have much impressing communication skills……..so please help me Owt and do consider on my request….

Lots of LOve
Maria (PAKISTAN)

Wong Mee-Lee

January 10th, 2010 at 6:38 am    

Thank you for offering the scholarships. After 30 years slogging it out in the banking industry in Singapore, I was laid off. I then moved to Australia partly to be close to my daughters who were studying there and to learn coaching. When I came back to Singapore some months later, I connected with a consulting offering outplacement coaching. The work, at best, was intermittent but it helps to pay the bills and gave me a chance to use what I’d learned in Australia to help others in a situation I once was in. That lasted till recently when I fell out with the MD and was marginalised. The paid work had all but dried up. At 60, getting a job is out of the question. In the meantime, I volunteer at a non-profit organisation teaching low-income women to become better at manage their finance. Some of these women had only recently consider how they can become independent. I would really welcome the opportunity to learn to “transform my life”. It is my dream to support women in their journey towards independence, financially as well as in other aspects. Thank you for considering my request

Taghreed Yousif

January 10th, 2010 at 6:41 am    

Dear Marcia, I just left a comment on the previous page, I explained why I need the full scholarship, some of the reasons being out of work, struggling to build a network marketing business for almost 2 years and can’t take it to the next level, as of right now, I have stopped my autoship which keeps me active in the company and eligible of commissions because I can’t afoord it any more, I need a major transformation in my life, I simply can’t do it by myself, I need help and I think I found it, I’m expecting a baby in the summer and I’d like to get this business off the ground before the baby is here so I could have a peace of mind. I feel that I do qualify for a full scholarship and I hope that I will be selected among the 12 people because I can’t wait to see that transformation happeneing in my life. Thanks again for your generosity, you are highly appreciated.

Taghreed Yousif

January 10th, 2010 at 6:43 am    

Dear Marcia, I just left a comment on the previous page, I explained why I need the full scholarship, some of the reasons being out of work, struggling to build a network marketing business for almost 2 years and can’t take it to the next level, as of right now, I have stopped my autoship which keeps me active in the company and eligible of commissions because I can’t afford it any more, I need a major transformation in my life, I simply can’t do it by myself, I need help and I think I found it, I’m expecting a baby in the summer and I’d like to get this business off the ground before the baby is here so I could have a peace of mind. I feel that I do qualify for a full scholarship and I hope that I will be selected among the 12 people because I can’t wait to see that transformation happeneing in my life. Thanks again for your generosity, you are highly appreciated.

Sharon

January 10th, 2010 at 7:44 am    

Thank you for this opportunity. Unfortunately I do not find it comfortable or attractive to write my story highlighting loss and need. So, I will merely say that a scholarship would aptly be part of the abundance that I know is flowing toward me. I share my positive outlook and thankfulness for the blessings I have and will receive with anyone whom I have contact with and will continue to do so. Any boost to that energy just makes it all the grander.

grace flores

January 10th, 2010 at 8:17 am    

Hello Marcia,

Honestly I am hesitant to try reading all of these comments but i thought there is no harm in trying. This could be one important turning point in my life. Thank you for giving me this chance.

I am applying for a scholarship because i do not have a credit card, and I can’t afford to have one.

I am a Filipino,a mother of five, but I and my husband are both working in assisting some indigenous people of our town, the Mangyan people get education and fight poverty. I want to do bigger and get wiser in this dream. To make a difference in the fight against poverty. I thought your program would be of great help. I thank God for people like you who mentors people like me.

I AM LEARNING ALOT FROM YOUR ARTICLES TOO.

GOD BLESS YOU MORE AND RETURN TO YOU A HUNDREDFOLD YOUR GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS.

GRACE

Martha

January 10th, 2010 at 8:20 am    

What an amazing gift to the world! What a beautiful initiative! In a world consumed by deception, frustration and resentment it is so wonderful to have the opportunity to witness the generosity and love of others…
I’m on a path to change; I began my journey one year ago and I’m still travelling. I hoe when I reach my final destination I’ve become a dream achiever that has delivered a message of change, hope, and believe on yourself. The road hasn’t been that easy because changing what we bring within since we were born is not easy but it is possible. I live in a country where freedom is less of an option with each day that passes by. The news surrounding this country from dusk till dawn are of hatred, restrictions, death, corruption. Yet I’ve managed to keep myself focused on my path, ’cause that is where I want to stay, that is a way to remain sane and it is also a way to support others. I’d love to be chosen for a full scholarship because I deeply believe in the program, I think it would be a blessing to continue learning and growing. I cannot afford to pay for the program mainly because there are restrictions to buy or pay for items or services outside my country. I’m not free to do that.
Anyways, I hope i can be one of the 12 and if I’m not, I’ll continue with the other options available thanks to a beautiful heart.

Thanks,
Martha

Tanya Mundo

January 10th, 2010 at 8:49 am    

Hello Marcia. I am so grateful every day for so many things, including the love and generosity that comes from so many people. You are truly a gift and this scholarship program is a huge blessing for so many people!
I truly believe that I was born a coach. I have always been interested in what motivates people and how they can truly step into their own greatness using their unique talents and gifts. I have a B.S. in Social Work and an M.A. in Counseling/Therapy. However, almost 5 years ago, my father died in my arms of a heart attack the morning of my wedding. That sent me into a tailspin and really made me examine my life and sent me into a journey of self-discovery and quest for purpose.
Naturally as someone who wants to help others, “me” often gets lost in the mix. Right after my father’s death, I began helping my husband in launching and building his business. Exactly one year after my father’s death (on our one year anniversary), we learned that I was pregnant with twins. I spent all of my time and energy with my husband’s business and then with the babies and none on my own dreams.
Then the unthinkable happened. Some local gang members began extorting my husband and threatening our lives if we did not pay them large amounts of money. We were forced to close down my husband’s business and move across the country for our own and our 4 childrens’ safety. We lost our home, our business, and our stability. That was 2 1/2 years ago now.
Since then, the gang members have been arrested and/or deported. We have since moved back to our town, but this time we have nothing. However, I know that with just a little help, I will be able to finally begin working toward living into my purpose and my dreams for helping others to do the same (something that I do for free anyway).
I truly appreciate your consideration and hope that I will have the pleasure of working with you in the very near future.

Ginny Cipolla

January 10th, 2010 at 9:03 am    

Dear Marcia,

God bless you! My husband and I need help in learning to live “in the black”…though we are not destitute like many “middle class” Americans we are finding that the current political and spiritual systems would like to “squeeze” the life out of the middle class…and that is not good for any country or society. We need help in learning to beter focus on our dreams, claim what God desires for us…and be in a better position financially to be able to give to others..we would not be in a position now to pay for your class…that is the truth…any help would be greatly appreciated…..

Thanks so much,

Ginny

Zenaida Acosta

January 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am    

Hello Marcia,
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the scholarship program. I’m 41 years old, live in Bogota, Colombia and have 3 little children. I have no job and my husbands incomes are not sufficient for rent, schools and servcies. I’ve always been very positive solving problems, but our debts keep growing up and my family’s stability is starting to break down.

I would realy beneffit from this scholarchip since, I could have my dreams of a happy, harmounius, quiet and free of debts family come true and also help other people in Bogota to stand up for their dreams.

Thank you,

Zenaida

Tracey Shoemaker

January 10th, 2010 at 10:52 am    

This is such a great opportunity and being awarded a scholarship would be a blessing. At this time I am unemployed. I determined to make the most of my time off and started to pursue my Masters Degree in counseling psychology.

What I have discovered is that I am very confused about what I want from this life. I can describe vividly what I do to help others but I continue to struggle with persoanl success. I have been fired from jobs I love, I have a serious weight problem and although I sincerely desire to be healthy I do not follow through with the behaviors that I know would benefit me.

Along with needing the help you can offer I have a sincere desire to use and share what I learn. I believe gifts are meant to be shared. I know that if I can determine what I truly desire I can achieve it with support and coaching. I have a very concrete familly and they are not able to provide me with the support I need as they do not view their lives in the manner that I do.

In closing I want to add that this scholarship would be well used by me.

thank you for all you do.
Tracey Shoemaker

Anne

January 10th, 2010 at 11:01 am    

Marcia, God Bless you for making this opportunity available! This is an answer to my prayers! I would like to be one of the 12 that receive the Full Scholarship, and here is why I want to be a Certified Coach!

For 14 years, I was one of a few 100 leaders through out the USA, in a Skincare/Makeup company. I was a Mentor, Coach and Motivational trainer to hundreds of women from all walks of life, I was Happy, Confident and Genuinely Humble to be so Blessed!

In 1992 my abusive husband, began physically hurting my son and his emotional abuse on myself and our three children began to escalate. I carefully & quietly began the process of divorce, praying my husband would not become more enraged. That year was scary and emotionally challenging, pretending all was well as I protected my children, continued to be a trainer and leader in my business. He did become more unstable, taking it out on the children, especially my son, as well as myself and pouring himself deeper into the bottle and drugs.

The day after the divorce, he lost it and tried to kill me in front of my 2 young daughters. As the weeks went by and he came to pick the kids up for visitation, he continued to spiral out of control, scaring us all. It became apparent to me that the children and I would never be safe in this environment and had no one to protect us (at that time the Police were not supportive of battered women and domestic abuse).

Six months after the divorce I convinced a friend to take me on vacation with him 1200 miles away from my home. My intuition had told me that I must take the children somewhere safe, anywhere far away, Spirit pushed me, and in that weeks vacation, I bought a beautiful house (had no money at the time – a huge Divine Intervention) in an area with great schools and by the grace of God we moved 6 weeks later! So far from all family, friends and my business community. This was in 1992, few had the internet, long distance was expensive & only the very elite had cell phones.

So, I had to leave not only everyone & everything I knew, but I had to give up the one thing that brought most joy after my children. The one thing that defined me outside of being a mom, I had to give up my business & my leadership role. I had to quickly take a job and support my three young children alone, far away from all of my support network.

Well, it definitely was a defining moment for me, a “Step Up to the Plate & Make it Happen” moment! So, I gave up all that I loved for work and began the journey of “Surviving & Thriving as a Single Mom”, in the past 18 years I have been on an incredible journey of discovery, heartache, hard work and some days just hanging on for dear life!

Support only came for a small portion of the first 3 years then stopped. Yet, my children & I perservered and now they are all incredible young adults, in College working on their future.

The past 18 years really has defined who we are, strong, resilient, generous, loving, supportive and mentors for each other, we have raised each other well!
Over the last 18 years, I have been successful in raising my children, working in jobs so I could be available to them and their school events and have recreated myself many times.

Strangers & acquaintances have always been led to me in all kinds of crazy places & circumstances, and seem to immediately open to me with their deepest darkest secrets, somehow knowing that my intuition (or inner voice) would have just the comforting guidance they were seeking. It took me years to realize that this gift was God’s way of fine tuning me for such a time as this, as well as fulfilling a little of the emptiness I have always felt since leaving a business & position I adored and all those that I worked with.

My dream has always been to be a Coach, well looking back, I now see that that is what I have always been, and that God gave me the circumstances and the people to work with that would teach me compassion, love & communication skills to coach them & others.
So now I feel that this is a Divine Appointment for me to get some formal training so I can finally be a paid Coach in the very near future.

I am currently taking a course that has 9 months to go, I was blessed to have signed up for it before my world started to fall apart. I had taken a new job, what I saw as a great opportunity to support me and my children while finally going after my dream! On the 90th day of my job, my boss called and Congratulated me and told me how well I was doing!

Well that afternoon, during work I had a car accident, and my whole world began to change. I was injured, having much pain I returned to work the very next Monday and with the pain worked very hard to bring them in some great business! Long story short, they began to treat me differently and approx 3 weeks after the accident they let me go. So here I am, in a great deal of pain, out of work, still no unemployment, trouble getting the proper medical treatment and all alone. Boy, isn’t God working with me now! Well it has been a journey, doing self work, and staying positive during this very challenging time. I have been able to surrender to the process and not allow myself to buy into the negativity the media is spilling out on everyone. I find myself becoming stronger, more in tune with my inner voice, with a deep knowing that the crooked road these 18 years has all been to groom me to be an Advocate, Mentor and Coach to other Abused women & children as well as Single Parents, and the lonely & lost! If my children and I could come through this as well as we have, it is my duty to get the story out and help others through the process in whatever manner I can.

So, I am asking that you choose me for one of your Full Scholarships! I am ready to do the work I was put on this earth for, the work that this life of physical & emotional abuse as a child and as a wife has prepared me for. The life where trusting in the Universe (the Grace of God), wasn’t an option it was a MUST!!!
I know now my calling, and I believe that my reading this email & the opporunity to get this Scholarship at a time when I am so ready to follow my life plan, is a Divine Appointment!!

So, Please choose me so I can begin my work sooner, rather than later. I will honor you & your prograam by using this knowledge to lift up and assist others, I will be sure that in my work I am always working with atleast one person that I too will give a Full Scholarship to, another who’s light glistens and just needs that hand up to make their light shine & become who they are meant to be!

Out of the Ashes, we find our true self, our strength, our divinity & our deepest desires! Please, let me be instrumental in the lives of many to bring Light & Love so that we can all be blessed by their Light and one person at a time help change the world for the better!

Thank you & your staff for all that you are doing to lift up others and be a driving force in changing the lives of many!!
Love & Blessings,
Anne

Kathleen Fletcher

January 10th, 2010 at 11:09 am    

Dear Marcia, Everyone on this list would love to be part of the 90 day transformation program as everyone has a dream that is awaiting fruition. All need a scholarship to be part of your program, including me. Raised in metaphysics and an Instructor in Energetic Healing Techniques, I am increasingly curious as to how the entire country has bought into lack and how this belief has effected so many lives. It seems to me that we need a large number of people, well trained in finding wealth outside of money and living their dreams, whether money exists at all. During meditation, it came to me that the 90 day training scholarships will go to the 12 in most need, with those 12 passing it forward to the next 12 each and so forth. That way, everyone who truly desires the training will get it and the Energy of the movement will amazing. Love & Hugs, K

Clarissa P.

January 10th, 2010 at 12:28 pm    

Thank you for giving me the chance to know you. I came across your books by chance, and read the 10 ebooks I got in no time. They were incredibly inspiring.
Here’s my story, I came to America six years ago, my then husband tricked me into accepting this trip using all kinds of arguments, but keeping the truth to himself.
He came first and I was left alone in charge of getting rid of everything that for more than 19 years we got together . It was a very sad experience, selling, giving away even throwing things to the trash, things that meant something to me. After doing so, and being robbed and devastated for leaving my old parents behind, I took my three young kids, $3500 dollars and flew to what would be my new home.
All his promises were lies, he had no job, there was no house for us to live in, nothing, a few days later his father died so he used part of the money to attend the funeral, I was left without much, in a foreign country with no family or close relatives, no friends either. One month after we got here, having to make quick decisions, I found a house and sent my kids to school. I heard about an adult school and went there to see what I could do. The first place I visited was the wood shop. I knew I belonged there, the semester was about to end so the tuition was $8.00, God sent me there, because I had that amount in my pocket, I told my husband that I wanted to enroll and he said that I could do it later, but I told him, that I had the money and that I would do it right away.Thank God I didn’t listen to him.
That changed my life forever, I learned the basics of cabinet making, even though
my English at the time was a little rusty, I learned every tool name and all the vocabulary I needed fast, so I could communicate with my teacher without a problem. I struggled from day one, because money was always scarce, and three months after being here, I learned the truth about our coming here, my husband owed lots of money to the equivalent of the IRS and he had to leave the country or he would go to jail. I was devastated, we were in a position in which going back was not an option, and staying here meant going against the everything, without a job or means to survive.
I suffered a break down, I had an old lesion in my shoulder which caused me such pain that I couldn’t even lift my arm,I had no money for medicines and no support from my husband. I made a deal with God, if He would take the pain away, I would do anything to make things better for my family, after a few days, there was no more pain, and I decided to take any wood project that would come my way.
I have been working for six years, never saying no to any request, but I am still a ghost, I can’t advertise openly , I work at home, I have been able to buy some tools. I divorced three and a half years ago, but my kid’s father has never supported me in any way, he has never provided for the kids, so I am the only provider for them. Last year was specially difficult for me, work was scarce and I could hardly manage to survive, even so, my faith and positive attitude have never diminish, I want to have my own shop, help seniors ( I met many when I was in school ) who still feel the need to be useful and also women, who need to learn something to provide for their families, just like me.
Right now, I don’t have a job, I have been asked to give estimates, but it takes time to reach a decision and my kids need to eat and we need a roof on our heads. I will never give up, I was given a second chance in life, when I came to this country years ago and I want to give something in return, by helping people feel more confident and useful.
I do want to reach my goal, my oldest son is a senior and he want to be a civil engineer, I need to provide for his studies, my second daughter ranked first place among 733 students in her class this past December, she just started 9th grade, and my youngest, she is in 4th grade, she has been honor student every month since she started kindergarten.
I want to succeed, but I still don’t have the means. Money is a huge matter for me.
Thank you for your inspiration. God bless you.

Susana Quezada

January 10th, 2010 at 12:29 pm    

Dear Marcia,

I am very motivated to take you course because I need to change the course of my life stop the nightmares and become a dreamer.

I find myself living in a very tight budget as I lost all of my life savings, and good credit do to a wine export business venture that I started in 2006 with the one who was supposed to be my husband by March 2009. Instead my ex partner married somebody else last February without me knowing anything about it. I found out through our distributors. We lost the representation of he main winery as our distributors used the opportunity to go directly with the wineries we represented.

As a consequence I am by myself -my family lives in a different country- and without an income. The betrayal has left me emotionally destroyed, paralyzed and confused. I haven’t been able to function well to attract steady earnings therefore incapable to pay the debt I acquired to start the export venture neither to pay the fees for a bankruptcy lawyer.

I have resolved to turn thing around in 2010. I want to recover my power and the ability to dream. I am glad I have found you because I know you can show me the way.

Your generosity to provide scholarships to make your teachings accessible is immensely appreciated.

Many Blessings,
–Susana

Irina

January 10th, 2010 at 1:02 pm    

Good morning, Marcia. Thank you for the chance to get a scholarship.

Writing this letter, I am out of my “comfort zone”. First, I have to ask for a help. Second, I have to write in English – the foreign language I studied 35 years ago. I feel linguistically impared as I can not express my feelings sa I can do it in Russian – my native language.

I was born and have been living for 46 years in Kazakhstan – one of the former Soviet republics. Seven years ago we got a chance to immigrate to USA. Believing in american dream, we packed five bags, grabbed the kids and came to the country of great opportunities to start from “zero level” again.
Back there we were highly qualified professionals. My husband has two degrees: in achitecture and civil engineering. I have a diploma in linguistics. There he was the head of the project group, here he had to start as a driver working from 4 a.m. to 9p.m. earning $70 a day. I was more fortunate as I was able to get a job in my professional field – education. But there is one small detail which makes a huge difference: back there a was the founder, the owner, and the principle of my own school, here I am a teacher’s assistant earning 10000 a year. No pencion plan, no health insuarance neither for me or my kids. Zero benefits.
So both of us are a little bit far from the place we are supposed to be. But we do not want to give up. We still believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are not going to betray our dreams.

Though the money is the thing which is on my way now, it is not the reason I made up my mind to write to you. There are some others.

1. People always ask for my advices and I shared my vision with them. I have several successful stories, but I let me tell one. Ten years ago I had a student who was a single mom with a seven-year-old son and parents on her hands. She was trying to make the ends meet and asked for my advice. I always try to inspire people when I can, so I told her: “Do not give up! Your future is bright. I see you happily married in a european country. Study English, you will need it!” Ten years passed since that time. We moved to the different continent, to western hemishere, so we lost each other on the globe. But guess what happened? Last week I got a e-mail message from her. She found me on Facebook: “Irina, I have been looking for you for so many years to say thank you. Everything happened as you told me tnen. I am a happily married woman living in London, and I am glad I followed you advice”. When I read her message I couldn’t sleep for two nights: we never know how your words will echoes in people’s lives. The power of words is endless!

2. I still believe in my american dream. I know it will come true one day. So many people believe in me and watching my life to get the evidence of miracle.

3. Those who have a vision and know the power of words should use that gift to be happy and to help other people to be happy too.

That is mainly why I need to join the program. I do realize this transforming expeience costs much more than $297, but unfortunately, I am in that situation when money is the thing which is my way.
Thank you for concidering me for the schollarship.

Jose G.

January 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm    

Hi Marsha, I want to thank you for your generosity in offering these scholarships.
I’m the only bread winner in my home and have been without a job since July 2009, but still have great faith and belief that something good is just around the corner.
I’ve struggled trying to fully determine what is my dream and purpose in life. I know that I’m here to serve in some way but haven’t figured in which way yet.
Reading some of your material and others like Wayne Dyer has helped me to think positive and look forward to good things in life.
I was very tempted to apply for one of these scholarships. However, after reading several e-mails from other applicants I feel that I would not be of service if I took this opportunity away from somebody else that may need it more than I do. Spiritually I feel that I’m doing the right thing. I’m sure my time will come where I’ll be able to afford the program.
Thank you for helping me to find some peace in my heart and to develop the patience of knowing that in the long run I will figure out the details of my call in life and will fulfill it.

Julia Neiman

January 10th, 2010 at 1:46 pm    

Thank you for offering these scholarships. This will be quite an opportunity for whomever receives this gift. I’m applying because I am in a place in my life where I am stuck behind a cement block wall that is impeding the flow of abundance which in turn, is making it very difficult to continue my passion dream of assisting at-risk teens and young adults to have a better life. I’ve accomplished a lot in my life and will be able to accomplish a lot more if I can transform the stuck place I seem to be in. Things are backwards and I seem to be doing more and having less rather than doing less and having more. A year ago the agency I worked for went bankrupt after 25 years of service to very at-risk adolescents, leaving me without a job. And because of the troubled economy, the nature of social services, at least in Los Angeles, has changed. No more is experience valued; agencies are hiring young, inexperienced people who are at the bottom of the pay scale and bilingual, which I am neither. And while I am a senior, I’m not yet to the age where I can apply for Social Security retirement. Having no income and being on the brink of my unemployment running out, I am no longer able to assist my clients who are homeless and have no food. Yes, I did say clients – I continue to work with “my kids” privately even though there is no income. I am attempting to build a private practice and what I’ve discovered is that the people who need the most help can least afford it. Sometimes I feel like a hamster caught in a running wheel, constantly running and not going anywhere.

I’ve read many of the stories posted here and some are heartwrenching, making me feel like I should not be asking for this gift. However, I am asking to be considered for the scholarship because I do have the potential, with some help, to break through this cement block wall to come out on the other side in a much better place which will allow me to continue to live my passionate dream of helping at-risk to have a better life. Thank you for your consideration.

Julia

Connie Bartholomew

January 10th, 2010 at 1:52 pm    

Thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow to learn how to better reach my goals and dreams – to become a better person. I went thru a difficult divorce after many many years of marriage – needless to say my life changed drasticully – I am free to be me – but having a huge challenge getting back on track to my goals and dreams – I am on a very limited income and struggling monthly to meet my responsibilities – building my self-esteem is a challenge as well – I have been a positive person – an encourager to others – but now need to get back my confidence so I can move forward again – I have been receiving your E-mail messages – have read, have deleted, have ignored, have read again – you keep coming to my attention – I am a mother, grandmother, soon to be a great grandmother – I intend to make this the best time of my life – I have much to do and what I do I want to do the best I can – I believe it is what we do with what we get that makes a difference – I desire to make a difference in the quality of peoples lives and am willing to do what I need to do to do that-thank you for what you do and have done to make a difference yourself – happy, healthy, prosperous 2010 – Respectifully, Connie Bartholomew

Karen

January 10th, 2010 at 2:48 pm    

Hi Marcia,

This is an amazing offer and reading the letters there are so many worthy recipients. Here is my story to add to the list.

I was laid off of my job in July of 2008. I live alone. I was fortunate to have a little money in the bank and decided to go to Christy Whitman’s Quantum Success Coaching Academy. It was an amazing program that I learned so much from and Christy is so full of light and love. I graduated in Oct 2009. So now I’m a certified life coach. The experience has transformed me and I have manifested some wonderful experiences and people in to my life yet have not been able to build my practice as I had imagined it would be. I know I’m a good coach, of that I have no doubt. The money is dwindling to almost nothing and yet I’m still not afraid. I know the right people and circumstances are moments away.

I have decided to contact local organizations that help the homeless, and others who have come upon hard times to volunteer my coaching. I feel this is what I have been called to do. To help others see that their thoughts and feelings are so intertwined with their reality. And that they can create a new reality if they choose.

So where do you come in? I have seen enough of your work and watched enough of your videos to know that you have so much to offer someone like me. I know that what I will learn from this course will in turn help hundreds (if not Thousands) of people that I coach. If I had the money to enroll, I would. I will even go so far as saying I would be willing to pay you back when I am able.

This is not a knock on what I learned from Christy. There are so many awesome teachers out there and I am this sponge that is so wanting to soak it all up. I have learned so much from many sources and it has all helped me be a better coach. I would relish a scholarship and promise to use the info to make this world a more loving abundant beautiful place for those who seek it.

Thanks for your consideration.

Maryjane

January 10th, 2010 at 2:57 pm    

Thank you for the opportunity to listen to module one. Your title that “Money should never be an Obstacle to your Dreams” sure resonates with all of us on this list and many who didn’t leave a comment. Unfortunately the lack of money in these challenging times has certainly become an obstacle for achieving alot of things. My dream is that these desperate times for many of us will bring us back to helping each other without a cost that is truly unreachable for so many. Those who can afford it the least are the ones who need it the most!
Thank you for sharing a piece of your valuable information with all of us and blessing the 12 who benefit from the full program. Here’s hoping those 12 will pay it forward so the blessings are exponential. Thanks so much for your generosity and reaching out to help others. Maryjane

Don Schluter

January 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm    

Hi my name is Don,
I’d like to thank you so much for considering me for one of the 12 scholarships. The last 7 years have been very difficult, my dad passed, then lost my best friend to a heart attack, then my fiancée passed from crone’s dease, and then I was diagnosed with cancer.
I am disabled with a bake injury and also just recovered from the big challenge of cancer for the last 3 years.
I live on SSA with an income of only $640.00 a month, which is just enough to barely pay my bills.
I am working toward attracting new changes into my life. I know this scholarship could be the brake I really need to begin attracting a positive direction back into my life. I know others are having had hard times as well, I wish them my best and that they receive the blessings they deserve.
Namaste,
Don

Svetlana

January 10th, 2010 at 3:40 pm    

Marcia,

Thank you so much for being such a kindlyhearted person. I just listened to the video about mini-shcholaships and 2 full scholaships. I really really really want to participate in this wonderful program of yours. I have taken the sum neccessary on credit. I am going to execute the payment tomorrow. But I encounter some problems – my country is not present on the list of countries. I am from Ukraine. Please, help me with this. Is it oke if I indicate Russia, the closest country to mine. Or, shall I do soemthing else? Please, help me. I sent you an e-mail to info@dreamuniversity.com but unfortunately I didn’t get the answer. So I am a bit at a loss because I want t take part in this program so much. Please, help me. Svetlana

Summer Simonton

January 10th, 2010 at 4:24 pm    

Marcia,
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story. As a professional speaker, workshop leader, and coach, I know that sometimes people assume your life has been perfect and I think it is important to be transparent. Until I discovered visualization and Universal Laws, I was a very unconscious person. My life changed dramatically when I started applying what I learned through spiritual books and started finding parking everywhere in San Francisco, quit smoking, doubled my sales, and lost 35 lbs. That is when I knew I had to spread the word. In 1982 I taught “Strategies for Success” (because nobody wanted to hear about visualization or Laws of Attraction) and once I had the audience, I discovered that people were hungry for the spiritual information, especially in large corporations. I was successful and living my dream. People told me I was a pioneer teaching this information in businesses. It was such a high and I became well known in the Bay Area.

After my son, my mother (whom I moved to Oklahoma to take care of for a year), and other family members passed away, I went into a terrible depression and didn’t have it in me to pursue this dream any more. I lived on my savings for a while and then had part time jobs working for someone else whenever I could find work and still lived on savings, and like most people, a few years ago lost almost everything I had.

Now I am ready to do what I know I am here to do and just need some coaching. Like you, I have a gift for what I teach and know I am here to do this work. Marketing in 2010 is soooooo different than in the 1980’s. When I teach my workshops, I am at my happiest and feel Spirit saying YES !! Before my losses, I had an easy flow with money so it is hard to believe I am in this position. Now that I have committed to getting back out there, I know in my heart things will turn around, and I will pay it forward. I would be very grateful to receive the support and coaching I now need, however, I just had to charge my rent so would appreciate the scholarship. I must be on a fast track now. I am in my sixties now (hard to believe) and finally asked myself “If not now then when?” Whoa…. that was too transparent.

Thank you for your consideration and what you are doing. I want to live my bliss again.
Blessings,
Summer

Sheila Pham

January 10th, 2010 at 4:26 pm    

Dear Marcia and the Dream University team,

Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to experience a very important step towards all our dreams. Ever since I could remember I have always wanted to become an actress and singer, but have always been doubtful about myself which always stops me from being the person that I want to be. Only recently have I found teachings that rings so true to me. I have read “The Power of Now” and “The Secret” and for once I feel like I can accomplish anything. I know that your 90 day program would be very beneficial towards my path to empowerment, happiness, and prosperity. Thank you so much for this opportunity and I wish all of you a Happy New Year and New Decade!

Annette Pedersen

January 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm    

So many people with so many good dreams!
My Dream is to create a TV show that: goes to the volunteer vacation projects that non-profit organizations have set up around the world.
The Mission: physically helping said organizations, and presenting the idea to the general public. Going there, working the projects and filming it will show what to expect if and when you go; it will increase awareness of such opportunities ~ which should increase the effectiveness of the organization’s projects. I myself want to start with the wildlife issues in Africa (Cheetahs are my biggest draw), so the first step is to go there and start filming!
I’m also hoping to have a future partner who will focus on the humanitarian projects.
I believe this will help in many many ways – folks would become more active in solving world problems, they would have Fun doing it, and all the organizations involved would benefit from the publicity and added human resources. Not to mention feel-good TV shows! Gosh do we need more feel-good, constructive TV!
I also want to do a lot of public speaking: workshops and training courses with the Inner Dream theme. And to be greatly involved in producing and organizing fundraising events for non-profits and charities.
At this point in time I am just beginning a new job – I haven’t even starting the training yet! This new job will aid me in gaining leadership skills and working in a new way with people, to bring out their inner smiles, and taking responsibility for choosing how to utilize my time.
It’s taken me a long time to really discover what I am born to do – I feel as if I am playing catch-up! I’ve had a few work-at-home businesses, but as you can guess, the passion wasn’t there so neither was the success of those businesses!
I would be honored and thrilled to be chosen for a scholarship. I know what I want to do and be, but am rather unsure how to make it so! The Dream University would certainly teach me how- – and then I would be living proof that Dreams really do come true!

Deb

January 10th, 2010 at 6:23 pm    

Hello Marcia,

I had the pleasure of seeing you in person a few years ago, while in the midst of helping my oldest son through some very challenging surgical treatments. Your lecture helped me understand that while his circumstances where life changing, his perseverance inspiring.

Over the past three years he has struggled with 8 additional operations, painful limb lengthening, and T1 diabetes. It has taken and emotional toll on the whole family, but as a family we stick together and leave no one behind.

While being emotionally and financially drained is no excuse; I feel as though there truly is some greater good that can come out of this. Direction is the answer, and I find myself need of a map.

Two things I know…the only way back is to take a stand for something bigger than myself, and to remind my children that no matter how hopeless…there is always hope.

Warmest Regards,

Deb

Tesa

January 10th, 2010 at 6:28 pm    

Dear Marcia and the Dream University team,

Thank you for your very generous offer. I would be very happy for a mini scholarship.

I have a simple dream. I have been working on expressing perfect wholeness for a very long time. I would love to achieve this for my own sake and to be an example to others with a ’so called’ irreversible illness. I do run a mailing list for others like myself and it would be fabulous if I could be such an example.

I’ve no doubt whatsoever that we are All That IS but expressing it to the level of my dream is currently not happening.

Thank you again.

Elizabeth

January 10th, 2010 at 6:32 pm    

Thank you so much for offering the opportunity to be a part of your 90 days to Transform Your Life program. I too have lost my job. I have been laid off since September 2008. Even though the money is not there, I do feel my lay off has been a blessing. It has given me the opportunity to re-evaluate what is truly important in my life and is allowing me to create the life I want to live. Your program would be a wonderful asset, as it would give me the tools I need to breathe life into my dreams and let go of the self-imposing obstacles. Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to your future teachings.

Diane Hanson

January 10th, 2010 at 7:04 pm    

I am willing to look into this program and to work hard. I am a front line mental health counselor working at a community mental health organization about 50 hours a week teaching CBT and DBT to the poorest of people in our one of the cities in our nation.
To stay positive, and avoid burnout, I read as much as possible, pray, practice affirmations, and keep up with the human potential movement, as well as the research in the mental health field.
Blessings!
Diane

Kristina

January 10th, 2010 at 7:05 pm    

I want to thank you and your team for all of your generosity in awarding 12 full scholarships as well as a mini scholarship to everyone! That is truly amazing. It is also inspiring and full of hope that even during these tough times there are people who care and want to help. I know that this is something I am drawn towards doing in my own life.

This past year has been a very difficult period of my life – emotionally, spiritually and physically. I was engaged to be married but realized he was not the right one for me, I was overweight and unhealthy and feeling sluggish from the extra weight, and spiritually I was drained, doubting everything I knew and believed for so long. And all of this affected me financially. I decided to make some very difficult and necessary changes in my life.

It has been a year of real growth and transformation for me. I broke off my engagement which was the hardest decision I have ever had to make. I have worked through many of the emotions attached to the dream I had of marriage and the meaning it has in my life. I have also lost 50 lbs and feel physically strong and healthy. I have also begun to have faith in myself and the higher universal source that is unconditionally loving.

Financially there is still a roadblock and I am struggling to make ends meet. I live modestly, living paycheck to paycheck and sharing an apartment with 2 other people. I do not have a car because I cannot afford one so I rely on public transportation, and I have major credit card debt exceeding $10,000 as well as student loans over $100,000. So it is very overwhelming to even consider taking on more debt at this point in my life. I am asking to be considered for one of the twelve scholarship spots so that I can continue on my path of transformation. I believe that your 90 day program will be the whipped cream and cherry atop my sundae of transformation.

My passion and purpose in life is to shine my light in order for others to see their own path, to help people clarify their dreams and goals and figure out what the next step would be for them, to encourage and support them by sharing all those tips, tools and techniques that have helped me along my path.

What I have learned over the past 12 years of self-discovery and self-development is that continued learning and growth occurs most easily through sharing what I have learned through educating others and helping others work through their roadblocks. I have been courageously clearing the roadblocks that have been dimming my light and I feel that I am at the point in my life where I am ready to take the next step and shine.

So, I am putting my stake in the ground and declaring that “Yes I am ready to take action and make my dreams become a reality”. I believe that if given this opportunity to participate in the 90 Days to Transform my Life, that I will in fact continue transforming my life so that I can pay it forward and help others transform their lives!

I truly appreciate you taking the time to read through all of the worthy entries that have been submitted, including this one, and hope that you find my passion and dedication as truly deserving of one of these 12 scholarships.

Fola Adama

January 10th, 2010 at 8:03 pm    

Been out of work for more than 3 years believing I was going to live my dream. Still going around in circles till savings finished and struggling to pay school and co. hopes and dreams dashed. Attended seminars, read books, watch the secret, listened and read Marcia books and articles. Situation worst than 3 years. I have great hopes for this 2010 and I need help. I live in Africa.

Thanks

Deena Morando

January 10th, 2010 at 9:49 pm    

Thank you for this opportunity! Life is wonderful, challenges and all. I have been on a constant path towards my heart for many years, beginning with leaving a well paying career to work with dogs, my life long passion. As I have been fine tuning my desires (starting with kennel work, grooming, always learning behavior & training), an awareness of just how responsible I really am for my world has been revealing itself.

For the past 3 years I have run a dog training business, started on a shoestring. It’s been satisfying, and has taught me a lot about what I want more of, and what I want less of! The past year has been financially challenging, and I ended up falling behind on rent. Although my landlord was patient, in the end, I lost my lease, and am in the process of vacating the building now. Upon receiving the news I would have to vacate, the first 24 hours was rough. But I allowed myself to feel everything, and now I feel renewed confidence that life as it is unfolding is not only my own creation, but perfect. Thankfully I obtained local part time employment last spring, so my living expenses are covered.

I am a dog trainer, and will continue in that profession, albeit without a facility (for the time being). I am grateful for what I have learned about the process of manifesting desires from many teachers, and look forward to seeing what can be in my life. The opportunity to work with you at this juncture would be awesome. Either way, I thank you for your time, and wish you the best life has to offer!
Mahalo,
Deena

JD

January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 pm    

I worked for Corporate America for 25 years and decided in May 07 to open my own business. Two major impacts happened. My husband lost his job 6 months after opening the business, and the market fell. He has still not been able to find a job.

We are at a turning point of losing it all. If the business doesn’t become profitable within the next 4 months and my husband does not find a job we will lose it all. Every night my heart breaks. I know I am in the right place with my business. I am helping people, I love what I do, but the market has impacted us being able to grow the business. My husband and I have taken our 401Ks and put everything in the business to try to survive. We have huge tax payments on top of normal bills. Every day is scary but yet everyday I try to dream of when we will be out of this. I try to remain positive, I want to be positive.

I understand that I may not get the scholarship. And your generosity to take the first segment is incredible. I will just hope that it is my time to move forward and make the dream happen. If not, I will keep trying.

Renee Alfieri

January 10th, 2010 at 10:25 pm    

I am a Solopreneur in the thrust of the lowest point in my own career transition. While I can help others and they benefit from my services, I notice that I am not closing as many deals as I know I can, am not nearly earning what I know I could, am not committed to what I am doing all the time, and find that I don’t JUMP out of bed with clarity and conviction about my own life purpose. I have taken advantage of paying for programs in the past that have led me further away from my own truth and purpose, and the funny thing is, I start every coaching session asking people, “What is your dream–even if you have had no limits and barriers–allow yourself to go beyond your preconceptions.”
As a Coach, it is difficult to do this for yourself. I find that I need someone to help delineate a process for me and to focus on myself in order to turn around whatever inside is stalling me. It is 2010 and I have had an extremely difficult 2009 with 2 sick parents in which my business networking, marketing and selling was on hold and I started and stopped multiple projects and strategic relationships and now find that I want to go full throttle as a Corporate Coach to build minimally 5 Strategic Corporate Contracts so that I can continue as a Corporate Coach and Human Capital Strategist. I just find that I don’t ask for help, I don’t step outside my own walls, I don’t set the SMART objectives and daily steps at moving ahead, and then somedays want to hide and disappear amongst the sea of other “successful” coaches knowing that I have the power, guts and intention, yet, I need to free my subconcious limitations and need someone or a community of dreamers to allow me to dream again and not to allow the naysayers and fear to hold me back.
I ultimately am broke and need to get back into the earning state. I am accustomed to a certain state of living and am not living anymore because I chose to be a Coach–what I do well and always dreamed about–yet, I am struggling, caring for parents, am fearful and forgot my dream. Please help me–I am desperate and fully capable–I am finally admitting, I haven’t a support circle strong enough to carry me through this economy with all the pro-bono and volunteer work I do–I am slowly falling off radar. Thank you, Renee

Poppy Vincent

January 11th, 2010 at 12:35 am    

Hi Marcia, I’m a huge fan of yours. In fact I had downdloaded all the interviews from your Dream Circle a few years ago and I’m am listening to them all again as I have many times before. They are all so inspiring. You have such a sweet spirit and are such a giving person I pray God blesses you beyond anything you could ask or think. I would love to be part of your program. I feel like I’m self motivated but I do so much better if I have someone prodding me on. I am very blessed in many ways. I am very creative artist and I’m also a singer and used to perform quite often for various events. The last 10 years though have seemed to really take their toll on me and I’ve lost a lot of self confidence and motivation. Without going into too much detail it really sounds like a movie anyway. In 99 my son was diagnosed Bi-Polar and was hospitalized. My Step Mom left my Dad. Who shortly had Quadruple heart by Pass. I was basically his sole support. My Mom got lung cancer and came to live with us and died in 2005. We found out my husband had Hepatitus C and he started an interferon treatment that almost killed him and didn’t rid him of the virus. He was forced to retire and go on disability. In 2006 I think he figured he was dying anyway, so he started drinking and doing drugs. I ended up leaving him for 6 months until he agreed to go into rehab. He spent a month in a hospital. It did him wonders and I was so encouraged to have my husband back. Less than 3 months later he was hit in the face with a tree he was cutting down. It broke almost all the bones in his face. He had brain surgery and they put in 5 titanium plates and 45 screws. Unbelievably he had previously had brain surgery in 1974 when someone shot him in the head trying to kill him. Then in 1983 he was struck by lightning. I swear to God I am not making this up. The poor guy has just been through so much. Anyway I have been married for 33 years and I think in the past 10 years I started becoming very co-dependant. I sort of lost my identity as the wife of the miracle man. I also noticed that I was depressed and really afraid to start anything because I just knew some kind of catastrophe was going to happen. It’s also hard to stay motivated when you are around someone who is chronically sick, and depressed. I really want to start singing again and not be paranoid the other shoe is going to drop or something else is going to happen. I feel it’s my gift and I want to share it. And I think you’re just the gal to help me get my confidence and motivation back.

Deborah

January 11th, 2010 at 2:01 am    

Stuck seams to be my middle name when it comes to the area of Dreams, Marcia. Because of the length of bad news in my life I just can’t seam to have hope that good things happen for my Husband and I. We just don’t dream because it is so disappointing. I just can’t seam to make myself believe that good things happen to me since I keep getting knocked down financially. Parents that were terminally sick and came to live with us which financially broke us to the point of forclosure and bankruptcy. We built up some security to have it all fall away when my Husband’s brother took thousands from us and my Husband fell off a ladder to shattering his right wrist which financially took us to being homeless some 5 years ago. We, once again are building some kind of security, which is slow but sure. I am not giving up nor have I ever, but I am certainly not on top of my game. You know when you try to build a business you need to either pay someone to do what you can’t or you need to learn to do it yourself. It is a very long learning curve to learn everything. I so wish that my gremlin would quit telling me not to risk and risking could put us in harms way again. To dream seams to be this stuck spot I just can not get past. I just know that your program will help me to overcome this block that I have tried so many times to get through and have not. You seam to have the solution that I heard on the telephone the other night. So I am here asking for one of the scholarships if you please. Thank you very much for your generousity, really.

ToWo group

January 11th, 2010 at 6:57 am    

Hi marcia and teachers, we would love to be offered a scholarship. We are a group of volunteers working toward trauma healing in Africa, mainly with African women in South Africa and Uganda (women that are refugees from drafur as well). It would be so helpful for us to see how we can move this initiative forward. A successful pilot has been manifested, yet many obstacles are in the way of having it taking off and expanding as a full fledged training for the African society. Money is just one, and that these years has been an issue with so many donors cutting down their funding.
Kindly
Keren, Judy, Yael

uzelle williams

January 11th, 2010 at 7:08 am    

Marcia et al,

I was going to apply for a scholarship but have changed my mind upon reading some of the posts. I was laid off my job in marketing in early October and have yet to get my UI benefits. (She challenged it and now we’re supposed to go to an administrative hearing.) So I’ve more or less burned through my savings just paying my monthly bills. But my mortgage is paid off and I have never carried much debt. (Always been a squirrel with my $$$ and hate paying interest!!) So ….I’ll just count my blessings and be content with the free first call. I’m sure you’ll find other candidates that need the scholarship a lot more. It certainly is a nice, kind gesture on your part and I and the universe thank you in spades. .

Jami Weber

January 11th, 2010 at 7:56 am    

Dear Marcia
What a generous and truly thoughtful gift you are offering. I am a stay at home mom with an almost 5 yr old son and 7 monthold daughter.My husband is working very hard to provide for us and allow us to stay true to our values and keep me here with the children. However things are very difficult at the moment. I am a firm believer that the answers will appear as long as you put faith in their existence. I have that faith and I believe that you have the answer. My goal for 2010 is to unearth my passion. If I am chosen as one of the winners I know this will be a very big part of my journey.With much gratitude and appreciation for your belief in all of us and your generosity.
Warmly
Jami

Donna Walker

January 11th, 2010 at 8:16 am    

I want to thank you Marcia and your team for giving out 12 full scholarship, and the mini scholarships to everyone. My dream is to get a house and have enough in my life to be blessed and to bless other. I think about this everyday. I decided that I will try to bless other with what I already have and I do, but my dreams is to do something large for myself as well as helping others achieve the positive things in life.

For many years I have had low self esteem and I know that that has stopped me from getting further in my law. Growing up without a mother and not knowing my father until I was twelve has made me a child of the universe-not having someone to nuture and helped me grow I learned a lot on my own by trial and error and listening to my heart. Believe me it has been hard-but I must say with God’s help I have survived. I hope that I would be one of the recipient of the scholarship. I have worked all my life and haven’t had anything come to me easy-but I guess that has made me strong. Thank you Donna Walker

Troy

January 11th, 2010 at 8:43 am    

Wow. That’s I can say right now. Thank you so much for this opportunity! I feel that this is an answered prayer for me. I am a single mom, basically homeless and living with a friend. I live paycheck to paycheck and there still is never ever to cover all the bills let alone save for the future or afford a home of our own. Calls from collection agencies are a daily thing. I don’t want to turn this into too much of a sob story because I don’t want to focus on what I don’t want or what I don’t have — yet. Just trust and believe when I say that I cannot at this moment afford a toothbrush!

I try my best to be positive but I can’t seem to move forward. Everything that I want or have “asked for”, I see other people getting and I have to question, when is it my turn? Receiving a scholarship would mean that I would finally be able to move towards my goals and dreams. I am committed to taking whatever I need to and am prepared to make 2010 my break out year! Thank you for your consideration.

Joy

January 11th, 2010 at 8:47 am    

Marcia I have wanted to go to your Dream University for years. I have not be able to afford the cost and trip. If I could at least receive a mini-scholarship it would be so very helpful. Others are so much more deserving than I for the full scholarship. I have credit card debt and unfortunately my spouse is a dream killer or stopper. I am not allowed to use any monies toward this. I would love to help others to dream and realize their dream coming to reality. Thank you so much for the lower cost option. I truly hope to be a part of this group.

Arriel

January 11th, 2010 at 8:48 am    

Hi Marcia,

I am applying for a full scholarship to the dream university because I have always had big dreams. I have accomplished some of my dreams, but I have not yet made it to where I want to be. I am a recent college grad, and I currently work as a sales associate. My earnings are just enough to support my family and I with very little left over to spare, and there is no way that I would be able to afford a full scholarship out of my pocket.

I have always been a big dreamer, but for some reason, I have always felt that my dreams were hanging right over my head, or right around the corner, but never within my grasp. I can pretty much say that I am overall happy with my life: I have a beautiful and wonderful family, lots of friends, I have found my passion, but my biggest challenge is my finances. I would like to become part of the Dream University because it seems that there is always something draining my finances, and I would love to learn how to create financial abundance for myself.

I know that I am more fortunate than some: I have a job, and I am supporting myself and my family. With that in mind, I feel that I am stuck in the rut of living paycheck to paycheck, and I want to break out of that rut and really live my life. Please consider me for a full scholarship! I would love to reap the benefits of this program.

des longinidis

January 11th, 2010 at 8:49 am    

Hi Marcia

I lost myself in motherhood; I want to rediscover who I am and who I want to be when I grow up.

It is hard to find guidance from someone who’s been there, done that, and knows what to do next. I seem to be a step ahead from your every day counselor.

I’m asking for a scholarship because I’m watching my funds dwindle as I take care of everyone else’s needs.
Des

Joshua Myrvaagnes

January 11th, 2010 at 9:34 am    

Dear Marcia,

I am writing to request a scholarship. Magic aside (and I have not been very good at magic), I am not likely to be able to get $297 any time soon. I am disabled, on SSI, and have no income today. I have a dream that could cost a lot of money, however, probably ten million dollars at least, and for some reason that seems to be a good way of describing what it would mean to me to have this full scholarship: it’s worth ten million dollars I don’t even come close to having to create the place I dream of for the people who need it here, and to do it right.

I am not as poor as some on this list. I am not working two jobs to pay off a debt, nor am I a refugee from a war, nor homeless yet nor an artist who has been willing to starve and eat poison for his art. I could probably “suck it up” and find my way through another month if I weren’t “so undisciplined.” I have been called a dilettante, and I write far more poems than I ever share with others. A poet when spirit calls for it and the rest of the time a babbler. But somewhere inside me is my voice, and it has sung and cried once or twice so that even heaven heard. Do you believe I could shout that loudly? do you believe I would dare do that? I would and I have! I know that I can dream a good place into this world: a farm that supports true life, a place where the arts are nourished and nourish others. I saw it in a dream, and it felt like home. I have already done so much for it on a subtle level, but my sense is I need your help to fill out the gross and to be serving the dream on a day-to-day basis.

It’s not the anthroposophic farm up in Spring Valley, at least not exactly as that currently exists–since it’s got to be true to the dream internally as well as in its outer form. When I’ve gone to that farm, there have been very good energies in nature but also stress and anger and a painful seriousness. The farm in the dream is full of light and peace and stillness. I sing of a place where there is such spaciousness in each person to see the needs of others and take care of them in the way they really want, and where each person’s true gifts are welcomed into the world. Inspiration comes back and you can feel it again, and only when feeling it realize how long it’s been since the last time you really and truly felt inspiration. You can speak the truth here, you can say what you really want to say.

The person above me, Fola Adama, lives in Africa. This is not a coincidence. This dream comes from Africa, and it is being sent by the ancient spirits there to sustain life here in spite of the fact that so much has arisen against it and so much been forgotten.

I want to go home.

I want to eat food that strengthens my spirit as well as deadening my hunger again.

I want to sing to the crops and to the farmers, and hold grief rituals twice a year.

I want to feed the spirits and stomachs of all those who are on this list, whether or not they ever have another “job.”

I want to have courage.

I can’t do it alone.

Barka, barka.

Ashe.

Joshua

Mariana

January 11th, 2010 at 9:52 am    

I would love to stay in the program, but I don’t spend any money to buy it,
thanks,

JV

January 11th, 2010 at 10:01 am    

This could be once of a lifetime opportunity of learning so I wish to thank Ms Marcia for her generosity. It is my long cherished dream to help people fulfill their dreams and it should start with myself. I am a 59 year old woman. who just got out from a cult,I was a “robot” for 26 years.I lost who I really was and after dismembering myself, I started to live again. I wish to make up for the long lost years by learning through the Dream University and deep in my heart I hope I can be one of the 12 lucky ones. I live in the Philippines and I wish to pass on this knowledge to those people who hunger and thirst for knowledge, the right way to live and to reach their highest potential as a human being who just have dreams.For the whole staff of the Dream University, thank you very much for this offer!

Gigi Paolantonio

January 11th, 2010 at 10:07 am    

Hi Marcia,
I cannot believe how generous you are!! Wow, it’s so nice of you to share your knowledge and help twelve lucky people.

I met you personally last spring when you came to Ct for the Dream workshop. It has changed my life. I have always felt that I would like to work helping people find what they are looking for in life.

My own personal life has been so challenging and I have strived to always improve myself. Well, last January 16,2009, I found myself without a job, my position had been eliminated and I didn’t know where to turn. I didn’t think 1 year later I would still be here without a job.

After attending your workshop I wanted to do exactly what you do, you really inspired me. I spoke to Marge Piccini about how it has changed her life. Marge told me I should attend your program. Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford to attend your university.I do keep in touch with what you are doing through your newletters.She is doing fabulous!

I know you only have 12 full scholarships, but hope that you will consider me as a person who has always belived in the power of positive thinking which has helped me through all of the many tough times I have made it through. I have grown as a person and strongly believe that I can do anything I want to in life if given the opportunity.

Thank you again Marcia!!
Gigi Paolantonio

Maggie Cason

January 11th, 2010 at 11:02 am    

Thank you so very much for your generosity and for this opportunity to apply for your Dream University scholarship. I truly want to participate in your Dream University as I believe it will help me to achieve my mission, which is to make the world a better place. I like to have a positive impact on the people around me. If I can teach them something, do something for them to help them out, enrich their life in some way…. If I can make the world a better place, I will have lived for a good reason.
Two years ago, I lost my job as well as my home. As a result, I had to move to a new town to get a job and through doing that, lost contact with many of my friends and my support system. It has been very difficult building a new life in my new surroundings because of the high cost of living, and now the low economy. My monthly paycheck does not cover my bills and I am desperately searching for a second job to make ends meet. I work hard to maintain a positive attitude and want to bust out of this trough in my life. I believe that Dream University could be the turning point in my life. I am a teacher and I believe that any positive change that comes to my life as a result of Dream University will be passed on to all of my students and have positive affects on their lives too. I truly want and need the skills that I believe that you will teach through your Dream University and I would like to have this opportunity to participate. Thank you so much for your generosity and for providing this scholarship opportunity for people in need.

Tracy

January 11th, 2010 at 11:09 am    

Dear Marcia,
What an incredibly generous offer you have made to all us. I am truly touched by your generosity to share vital tools with those who can truly benifit form your programs.
4 years ago at a Mary Kay Leadership Conference you presented incredible, powerful information with several National Sales Director areas, I was in that audeience. That mini seminar had a powerful impact in my life and help me to soar for the next year and a half. My buisness boomed and my family benefited in so many ways. For some reason (usually complacency) I found myself, my business and my family facing challenge after challenge. With each one being bigger than the one before, right on the heels of the previous. My youngest son(13 months at the time)spent an extended time in the ICU followed by my own need for emergency surgery to remove a lump, just 3 months later my appendix burst, with what ended up being a lengthy recovery. When I just about got my feet under me, my best friend, business partner and mother found herself inexplicably ill. After many doctors visits and 2 hospital stays we were finally given the source of the problem, she was diagnosed with AML luekimia. Becasue My sister was in Kuwait serving our country I found myself her primary caregiver which I would gladly do all over again for the time that I was able to spend with her. Just before her Stem Cell Transplant was to take just after Christmas last year my husband came home early to tell me he had been laid off due to budget restraints. For 9 1/2 months we were blessed with many incredible blessings that only God can be given credit for. Many prayers were truly answered. My gratitude for what we were given is overwhelming at times. The day my husband recieved a job offer my mother’s treatment plan came to a halt. She had been preparing for a second transplant – this time to be a cord stem cell transplant, but becasue the AML had returned so voraciously they could not get it under control. My mother passed away 3 days before my husband began his new job and had to take off his 2nd and 3rd day to be part of the family procedings. It has now been 5 months since her passing and we are begining to settle in. My 4 children miss her acutely as she had always been a part of their daily lives. I know that the example I set for them in perseverence and faith will have a life time effect on them and the future generations that follow. It has always been my goal and purpose to help those around me to see what God sees in them, and help them to feel his unconditional love for them. I have always beleived that our dreams are given to us directly from God. They area form of personal revelation to us, of the greatness that God has given us and they are a glimpse of all that God has in store for us. I know that as I take on my greatness that is will give others the permisson to be who they are intended to be. During the experiences of the past 2 years I have truly felt his hand in my life guiding me to the next step. I have grown tremendously and I am movng to the next step. I am taking ownership of my dreams, they are important to me. I have redefined my definition of integrity, being honest with myself first and foremost, keeping the commitments I make to myself, not letting myslef off the hook(even the snooze button is no more.)I am taking action in every aspect of my life. It is hard work but I am committed to the dreams that I deserve to see a reality. I hope that I am able to recieve one of the 12 scholarships so that I may be able to stand on a sure foundation as I reach my dreams. Again thank you for the opportunity to participate in you programs. Thank you. Tracy

Glenda

January 11th, 2010 at 11:21 am    

Hello Marcia,
First let me tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your material on the computer. I feel guilty getting something I have not paid for but as so greatful for your positive messages and giving me hope for the future. I will add my name to your already extensive list of applicants in the hope that I can further my own goals for the future. This sounds really selfish but the last thing my daughter said to me before she died was, “Mom it’s not selfish if it is what you really want.”

Dorothy Nyako

January 11th, 2010 at 11:54 am    

Thank you for considering me for your scholarship program. I would gladly pay the price of the program, however I just do not have any money. I am now 65 years old and raising my 4 grandchildren, who belong to my son who is an over the road truck driver. He does his best to support us, however there is just never enough. My husband has been unemployed for 2 years, our house is in foreclosure and we are forced to get our groceries from the food bank. I so want to pay back to the food bank and every month, I think this will be the last month that we have to take. I have tried several on line programs and I always have such high hopes and within just a short time, my hopes are dashed. I do not know what I’m doing wrong, I have strong faith and I think of myself as a positive person. I’m not sure what your program can do for me. I would hope that you can show me what I’m doing wrong and how to get out of this mess. I realize you only have 12 positions and part of me feels that there must be others more worthy than myself, but I am desperate for some direction. I will be on the mini-Scholarship call. Again thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Dorothy Nyako

Sharena S.

January 11th, 2010 at 12:02 pm    

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the scholarship program. I am currently applying for law school and find it difficult to put myself through graduate school after just completing my undergrad. I have surmounted quite a bit of debt by going to college to obtain my bachelors in Business and Legal Studies. This year I would like to start law school with enough money so that I will not need to get more loans. I am currently $40,000 in debt because of my undergraduate education. With law school costs increasing with little grants/scholarships my overall debt would increase to about 3 times this amount. I enjoy school and want to get my law degree with a concentration in business in order to work with business owners that need access to a lawyer for assistance with taxes, forming a type of organization, transactions, etc. I would greatly appreciate the assistance. Thank you for considering me for this special gift.

Sinthia Georgina

January 11th, 2010 at 12:08 pm    

Hi Marcia: I´m a divorced mom of three children, I support my family, and I really want to win a scholarship because I want to improve my incomes, I want my children to believe in me again, I wish to promise something I can really have access to, because of my finances we´ve been living with a lot of limitations, and I really want to end up with that.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Sinthia G.

Rain C. Adams

January 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pm    

Hi Marcia! Wow, you never cease to amaze me. I’m finally on the path to living my dream life. As you may remember 4 years ago I began this great journey and just now life is beginning to work out for me. I discovered I had been afraid of people judging me and that is the reason I made the choice to stay in a “Safe Place”. It just so happens that place was the land of misery! The past 2 years just happen to go right up there with the worst years of my life. Ironically, they are the years that will define me and my next steps. Everybody around me wants me to go back to being the same. The same has offered me nothing but poverty and lack. The scholarship would mean the world to me because #1 there is just something about your gift that activates my gift of life, I have given away everything in order to create my dream life and have failed to create anything but a mess, and most of all my children who have suffered the most deserve to see what I teach them about dreams can and will come true. I want to leave confusion behind me and move forward with my life in a way that only a Dreamer & a Visionary can.

Shawn Paul

January 11th, 2010 at 1:00 pm    

Dear Marcia,

This is such a generous offer to provide 12 scholarships for those who really need it. I find myself somewhat embarrassed to be included among that list. I have been a nonprofit leader for over five years and recently found myself out of a job due to the economy, as have so many others. I did not roll over and play dead as a result of the blow, I created my dream business but I could use the focus that this program would provide to really successfully accomplish the work that feeds my soul. We all need to make money to live, and while I have had a meager start over the last 8 months, I am willing to keep putting in the time to be the success I know I can be.

There are so many deserving applicants, I truly do not know how you will choose, but if I am selected as a recipient of a full scholarship, I assure you that I will be a walking billboard to your success.

Thank you for your consideration and the fire you ignite in people to reach their full potential.

Sincerely,
Ms. Shawn Paul

Michele Shenker

January 11th, 2010 at 1:13 pm    

Hi Marcia

I only realized now that you had a separate section for scholarship requests, so part of the message below is repeated in the comments section.

From the start of your communication I have been impressed by the way you have engaged your students by telling and inviting stories, and in the process, making yourself ‘personally available’ and real, by ‘coming into our homes’ and telling your story as it is. I am inspired by your stories, not just the content, but the beautiful way that you tell them.

Your generosity is not only financial, as well as helping to lighten vibration and make a difference to the world, but in allowing us a glimpse of your world and the challenges you have overcome.

I look forward to the course, and was very keen to upgrade to the ‘inner circle’ when I joined your call in the middle of the night (as it took place at 4 am African time). However, the monetary exchange rate in South Africa is extremely poor, which makes it very expensive at a time when cash flow has been slow, and that is why I have held back.

To give you an idea in terms of buying power, when I visited the United States 30 years ago the rate was $2-00 to one rand (R1-00) of SA currency, and now it is the other way round, $1-00 to R7-50. I would still like to upgrade, and would be very grateful for any help you would be able to extend – not necessarily a full scholarship, but something that would make it reasonable relative to the currency situation.

Due to the distance I am not in a position to attend the workshops you offer as bonuses, and doing the course also means waking up at 4 am to take part, but I am dedicated and keen to do whatever it takes.

Sharon Hanson

January 11th, 2010 at 1:17 pm    

I request with my entire heart that everyone know that just by posting here you are not alone. There are hundreds, thousands of people just like you in the world. I know that there were many people before us, who have had the same issues and worse! Think of those who traveled in wagons across the U.S., those who walked in a war, and those who are suffering health issues today and cannot even think of responding to a scholarship, those who don’t have basic needs being met and who don’t have the internet as a resource. Please always remember to remind yourself, whatever your situation, it can be worse!

Dream University is helping us to better our lives and I like to think to help others. With the internet (which we all seem to be finding a way to access) and this way of promoting hope back into our lives, we will help our world repair itself. Dream University is providing something intangible to everyone, the underlying message to beat these struggles. We too must believe.

It surprises me to read of many who are already coaches or dream to be coaches, and how they are in a similar field of coaching. So let’s all agree, no matter if you get the scholarship or not, to focus on those around you, no matter what country you are in, to focus on your personal inner circle; your family or your clients. Let the world changes start with you each day. Dreams are great and provide hope, just don’t forget that there are others in your “wake”.

For this reason, I am requesting a scholarship. I am not a coach or in the business of coaching. I have a big list of issues and things that are wrong in my life, and with this scholarship, I hope to find help for myself. I am no where near retirement, I do work in adult education, in an office, and not sure if my job will continue. My husband lost his job of almost 20 years and deals with his own personal issues, my children who are striving to figure out what is happening in the world and who know we cannot afford things as others do, our home and our payments are suffering, my parents who are worried about us and lived through worse times and who will soon leave this world, my office co-workers who are aggressive, hurtful, and have disdain for me while I appear to be staying above water. They have no idea what struggles I face and because I choose not to dramatize about my life at work, they pile more on me. Lately they find fault in what I do, how I am, or what I have done to make them successful. They have shaken my last core of stability with threats of losing my job. So this scholarship dream is for me, to remind me to dream but within reason, to live life no matter what is thrown at me or thought about me, to remember who I am and fix me, and for me to help others achieve their dreams! To do this I need help to remember what a dream is for, what I should do, and how I should be!

Many days I want to give up and crawl in a hole, leave all this behind…but I don’t, I try to get through the day. Many of my dreams I will never realize, but some I will! I have a love of mankind and I bet most of you do too! I plan to find my dreams a little less lofty and realize many people will be better because I am better!!! I know I am not better right now, but I hope to be better again.

I reference my three legged stool; my job, my health, my home and are collapsing around me. I know I MUST continue to try. This scholarship couldn’t come at a better time for me or for anyone else you decide. Thank YOU! Please see it in your heart to choose me and I promise to deliver the message to those close to my heart and my livelihood. What this scholarship means to me is at my very core, to repair and awaken my inner being, to help other’s with their inner circles and to become bright again too…so a kindness never goes undeserved! This scholarship would mean the world to me.