Spooky Austin HousesGeneral Real EstateUpdated on Oct 24, 2013 View more like this | Visit AUSTIN, TX | Contact EXIT Options Realty |
In the spirit (no pun intended) of Halloween here are a few Austin homes you can check out that will feeling that finding your new home in Austin really isn't that scary.
When looking for haunted houses in Austin, Austin Ghost Tours is the perfect place to start. These tours have been going on for years and I am sure you have seen their green trolley rolling through downtown. They will share with you all the spooky history Austin has to offer.
Let us give your a tour of our Austin houses, no ghosts included!
For all your Austin real estate questions and needs, please call Rose Castro at 512.656.3281 or [email protected]
NOTE: As a thank you for reading this blog post, we are providing you with a free excerpt from Dan Castro’s
book CRITICAL CHOICES THAT CHANGE LIVES.
We cannot control what happens to us, but we can control how we react to it. For example, if your car starts to skid out of control on a wet road, experts tell us you have two options. You could either slam on the brakes, which would exaggerate the skid and cause you to lose control completely, or you could slowly release your foot from the gas pedal and turn in the direction of the skid, which would bring you out of the skid. You have a split second to make a decision. Which action you take could determine whether you live or die. It is your decision, therefore, not the wet road, that determines the final outcome. If you could practice the proper maneuver over and over in a controlled setting, it could save your life one day. But, unfortunately, most of the crises we face in life don’t come with a dress rehearsal. There are, however, some crises that are predictable and for which you can and should prepare.
Commercial airplane pilots, as part of their training, are exposed to predictable emergencies in flight simulators so that they can learn how to react in a real crisis. This training teaches them which decisions to make quickly when time is critical. Usually the answers to every flying emergency are readily available, but untrained pilots tend to panic and not think of the options they have in time to prevent tragedy. Private pilots are not required to go through this simulated decision-making process. As a result, private pilots have accidents 200 times more frequently than do commercial airline pilots. You see, it’s not whether your plane stalls that determines whether you live or die; it’s how you react when your plane stalls that determines your fate. How a pilot reacts is dependent on the split-second decisions he or she makes.
In the U.S. Army, the Rangers, an elite fighting force, are required as part of their training to go through rigorous survival training in which they must eat bugs and leaves and suffer extreme physical conditions. This training teaches them that they can do anything they need to do in order to live. This training builds confidence, layer by layer, and leaves well-worn paths and patterns in their brains that they can follow instinctively if they ever encounter a similar situation in real life. They come to believe that even when they are in grave danger, there might be alternatives to death, if they choose to exercise them. This belief allows them to see potential sources of food, shelter and weapons that others might not see.
On June 2, 1995, Captain Scott O’Grady’s F-16 was shot down by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while trying to enforce the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia. He was hunted and shot at by the Serbs, but he escaped and survived for six days behind enemy lines by eating grass, leaves, and ants and collecting rainwater to drink. He was ultimately rescued in a harrowing rescue mission. In his book Return With Honor, Captain O’Grady relates two stories that were constantly on his mind while he was evading capture and trying to survive.
The first story was about a man who was stranded eight days in the Arizona desert without food or water. He lost 25 percent of his body weight from lack of water. This is normally fatal. His blood was so thick that his lacerations could not bleed. The man had made every mistake in the book. He survived not because of his training or survival skills, but because of his will to live. He simply refused to die.
The second story was about a civilian pilot who was forced to land on a frozen lake in Canada when his engine failed. He was not hurt. He saw a wooded shoreline approximately two hundred yards away, which was a potential source of food and shelter. He started off across the lake and made it halfway, but not knowing what he would encounter when he got to the woods, he lost hope and returned to the plane. When he arrived at the plane, he smoked a cigar, took a pistol out and shot himself in the head. Less than twenty-four hours later, a rescue team came upon his body. Was it the circumstances that determined his fate or an internal decision that there was no hope?
These two stories kept reminding Captain O’Grady that he must keep believing and keep hoping against hope that he would survive and be rescued. It gave him the motivation and the energy to keep struggling no matter what–and it worked. Captain O’Grady survived and became a national hero. The decision behind his decision was to believe and keep trying. This belief allowed him to see and hear options that kept him alive until he was rescued.
The U.S. Military has learned what the rest of us need to learn; the most dangerous and daunting circumstances alone cannot defeat us. Our circumstances need help from us in order to prevail. It’s how we react to those circumstances that determines our fate. You can literally turn your fate around by learning to respond properly in any given situation. First you have to make a conscious decision to believe that you can survive and prosper. This belief will help you see that there are other viable options to defeat. Then you’ve got to make a decision to pursue them.
Nothing affects the world around you like the actions you take. Positive mental energy helps, but it isn’t always enough. Neither is meditation, prayer, or yoga. You’ve got to take action. But what you are able to see and hear determines what options are available to you. When you choose to believe, your eyes and ears suddenly open up and you are able to see and hear things you never saw or heard before.
In order to change your world, you must realize that life doesn’t happen to you; you happen to life. You are not a piece of laundry flapping in the breeze. You have to choose to be the cause rather than the effect. You have to decide to make something happen.
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS EXCERPT!
Remember, if you are buying or selling Austin real estate, please call Rose Castro at EXIT: Options Realty.
When looking for haunted houses in Austin, Austin Ghost Tours is the perfect place to start. These tours have been going on for years and I am sure you have seen their green trolley rolling through downtown. They will share with you all the spooky history Austin has to offer.
Let us give your a tour of our Austin houses, no ghosts included!
For all your Austin real estate questions and needs, please call Rose Castro at 512.656.3281 or [email protected]
NOTE: As a thank you for reading this blog post, we are providing you with a free excerpt from Dan Castro’s
book CRITICAL CHOICES THAT CHANGE LIVES.
We cannot control what happens to us, but we can control how we react to it. For example, if your car starts to skid out of control on a wet road, experts tell us you have two options. You could either slam on the brakes, which would exaggerate the skid and cause you to lose control completely, or you could slowly release your foot from the gas pedal and turn in the direction of the skid, which would bring you out of the skid. You have a split second to make a decision. Which action you take could determine whether you live or die. It is your decision, therefore, not the wet road, that determines the final outcome. If you could practice the proper maneuver over and over in a controlled setting, it could save your life one day. But, unfortunately, most of the crises we face in life don’t come with a dress rehearsal. There are, however, some crises that are predictable and for which you can and should prepare.
Commercial airplane pilots, as part of their training, are exposed to predictable emergencies in flight simulators so that they can learn how to react in a real crisis. This training teaches them which decisions to make quickly when time is critical. Usually the answers to every flying emergency are readily available, but untrained pilots tend to panic and not think of the options they have in time to prevent tragedy. Private pilots are not required to go through this simulated decision-making process. As a result, private pilots have accidents 200 times more frequently than do commercial airline pilots. You see, it’s not whether your plane stalls that determines whether you live or die; it’s how you react when your plane stalls that determines your fate. How a pilot reacts is dependent on the split-second decisions he or she makes.
In the U.S. Army, the Rangers, an elite fighting force, are required as part of their training to go through rigorous survival training in which they must eat bugs and leaves and suffer extreme physical conditions. This training teaches them that they can do anything they need to do in order to live. This training builds confidence, layer by layer, and leaves well-worn paths and patterns in their brains that they can follow instinctively if they ever encounter a similar situation in real life. They come to believe that even when they are in grave danger, there might be alternatives to death, if they choose to exercise them. This belief allows them to see potential sources of food, shelter and weapons that others might not see.
On June 2, 1995, Captain Scott O’Grady’s F-16 was shot down by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while trying to enforce the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia. He was hunted and shot at by the Serbs, but he escaped and survived for six days behind enemy lines by eating grass, leaves, and ants and collecting rainwater to drink. He was ultimately rescued in a harrowing rescue mission. In his book Return With Honor, Captain O’Grady relates two stories that were constantly on his mind while he was evading capture and trying to survive.
The first story was about a man who was stranded eight days in the Arizona desert without food or water. He lost 25 percent of his body weight from lack of water. This is normally fatal. His blood was so thick that his lacerations could not bleed. The man had made every mistake in the book. He survived not because of his training or survival skills, but because of his will to live. He simply refused to die.
The second story was about a civilian pilot who was forced to land on a frozen lake in Canada when his engine failed. He was not hurt. He saw a wooded shoreline approximately two hundred yards away, which was a potential source of food and shelter. He started off across the lake and made it halfway, but not knowing what he would encounter when he got to the woods, he lost hope and returned to the plane. When he arrived at the plane, he smoked a cigar, took a pistol out and shot himself in the head. Less than twenty-four hours later, a rescue team came upon his body. Was it the circumstances that determined his fate or an internal decision that there was no hope?
These two stories kept reminding Captain O’Grady that he must keep believing and keep hoping against hope that he would survive and be rescued. It gave him the motivation and the energy to keep struggling no matter what–and it worked. Captain O’Grady survived and became a national hero. The decision behind his decision was to believe and keep trying. This belief allowed him to see and hear options that kept him alive until he was rescued.
The U.S. Military has learned what the rest of us need to learn; the most dangerous and daunting circumstances alone cannot defeat us. Our circumstances need help from us in order to prevail. It’s how we react to those circumstances that determines our fate. You can literally turn your fate around by learning to respond properly in any given situation. First you have to make a conscious decision to believe that you can survive and prosper. This belief will help you see that there are other viable options to defeat. Then you’ve got to make a decision to pursue them.
Nothing affects the world around you like the actions you take. Positive mental energy helps, but it isn’t always enough. Neither is meditation, prayer, or yoga. You’ve got to take action. But what you are able to see and hear determines what options are available to you. When you choose to believe, your eyes and ears suddenly open up and you are able to see and hear things you never saw or heard before.
In order to change your world, you must realize that life doesn’t happen to you; you happen to life. You are not a piece of laundry flapping in the breeze. You have to choose to be the cause rather than the effect. You have to decide to make something happen.
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS EXCERPT!
Remember, if you are buying or selling Austin real estate, please call Rose Castro at EXIT: Options Realty.
