A LONG NEEDED UPDATE...

09.Jul.2010

It has been a very busy year... in August, 2009 LJC was asked to come on and help found and launch a start up project as a business development manager and consultant, and since then I have been working night and day getting the project off the ground since launch in December.  We have an office in River North, Chicago, and have grown from 3 partners to 18 employees, and from 1200 opt-in (free to join) members to 50,000, in just 7 months.  It's very exciting and I'm looking forward to developing much more with and for the company, and being a part of it's growth.

The company is YouSwoop (YouSwoop.com).  Do you Swoop?  It's an exciting new social commerce website that provides businesses a great opportunity to market their business and get hundreds of new customers, while providing consumers with an exciting new way to experience and enjoy what the city has to offer at an affordable price.  Check it out.  Get your Swoop on.  We will be coming to your city soon...

Other than that, I've been living in and enjoying Chicago with friends and family, and am looking forward to a great things to come. 

I will be updating the website more frequently, and you will also see a few changes soon.  I hope you're happy, grateful to be you, and following your heart and dreams.

As always,
Peace, Love, and Light.

Luke Jensen

THE LIGHT...

01.Sep.2009

A very close friend shared this reading with me and it really helped me when going through a certain period of my life, which helped me get through many other similar periods.  

I feel that a lot of my clients and affiliates have, are, or are going to experience this, so I thought it would be nice to share.  Hope you enjoy...
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Going through the Opening. Contracting before Expanding.

Sometimes our lives contract before they expand. We may be working hard on ourselves spiritually, doing good in the world, following our dreams, and wondering why we are still facing constrictions of all kinds—financial, emotional, physical. Perhaps we even feel as if we’ve lost our spirituality and are stuck in a dark room with no windows. We may be confused and discouraged by what appears to be a lack of progress. But sometimes this is the way things work. Like a caterpillar that confines itself to a tiny cocoon before it grows wings and flies, we are experiencing the darkness before the dawn.

When things feel tight, it’s easy to panic or want to act in some way to ease the feeling of constriction. We might also spin our wheels mentally, trying to understand why things are the way they are. However, there is nothing we need to do at this time other than to be patient and persevering. We can cling to the awareness that we are processing the shift from one stage to another, and the more we surrender to the experience, the more quickly we will move through the tightness into the opening on the other side. Just like a baby making its way down the birth canal, we may feel squeezed and pushed and very uncomfortable, but if we remember that we are on our way to being born into a new reality, we will find the strength to carry on.

Even as we endure the contractions, we can find peace within ourselves if we remember to trust the universe. We can look to the natural world for inspiration as we see that all beings surrender to the process of being born. In that surrender, and in the center of our own hearts, is a willingness to trust in the unknown as we make our way through the opening.

B&B @ FLATWATER

05.Aug.2009

For our 2nd event we honored Hoslitality with a special prix fixe 3 course menu provided exclusively for B&B guests by Flatwater's Executive Chef Mark Hemmer.  It was an amazing event! 

Visit BeautyandtheBottle.com for more info on the coming including upcoming events and special offers for you to redeem at different business locations for FREE! 

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