Who Earns The Right To Be Gold Medal Winners in Your Life?

I’m thinking about relationships as if they were the Olympics. 

• ·       Specialized
• ·       Takes work, commitment, dedication, education, practice
• ·       It’s fun
• ·       There are gold, silver and bronze winners; coaches, spotters, judges and other officials on and off the “field”
• ·       There are teammates, supporters, equals, helpers who are needed and complement
• ·       Other players are competitors
• ·       Different experience and training levels, amounts and methods, strategies and approaches
• ·       There are observers that are at different distances from and interactions with the players:  premier seating on the field, in the first rows of the auditorium or theater, mezzanine, box seating, parterre and sky boxes; the gallery, balcony, behind-the-pole box seating, some in the nose-bleed section (note this may be the same distance as sky boxes, but there’s a HUGE difference in relationship, honoring, acknowledgement, comfort, access, etc.
• ·       There are folk who want to get in but can’t for various reasons
• ·       There are folk who watch on television or online
• ·       Some folk know about the games
• ·       Some folk don’t know and don’t care
• ·       Others that I’m sure I’ve missed.

I started thinking about this because I was thinking about people in my life.  I have a small number of people who in the winner’s circles with me.  Some are gold medal winners, some silver, some bronze.    My Maternal Grandparents are definitely gold medal winners, coaches and role models.  Yeah.  People can have different places and roles.  Still, the spiritual and emotional gold medal winners/holders are few. 

It’s possible for people to change positions and importance.  “Friends” and family members change position and role depending upon family structure initially.  But our interactions, their actions, my evaluation of their actions and interactions with others may move them into the gold medal category, or may move them to the, “yeah, you just read about it in the Huffington Post – online at that. 

There are wannabes who have not earned the right to have more than seating on the back porch of a building that’s close, where the folks use a telescope to see the play.  I’m just sayin’.

Here’s the bottom line:  do you know where people are in your life.  Be honest.  Just because someone has a title or shared DNA doesn’t make them gold medal winners.  Some of those folk earn the right to be on the platform with you, some – not in the same hemisphere.  And some folk who have no title or position power or shared biology earn the right to get to and stay in the inner circle.

Be careful of how and where you invest your resources (time, energy, attention, thoughts, etc.)

Just because someone has seen a basketball doesn’t mean they can be an Olympic basketball player.  Watch who you invite to your game, who you play with, who you allow the privilege of being in your audience, who you allow to get and stay up close and personal with you.  Look at the people it is and isn't safe to play with, to win or lose with.  Who can you safely share yourself -- much less information -- with?  What are your criteria for gold medal winners?  The criteria are measures.  Do an assessment.  Maybe it's time to turn the lights out on some relationships.  And others may have a contract for life.  Lovingly, be real, be you, choose Love.

Brag about your friends and loved ones TO your friends and loved ones.

Most of us have family members, love partners and friends that do really wonderful things. They rock at at least one thing. And we sometimes tell other folk about all the good things they do:

• Chiiiiiiile, you should have seen the big bouquet of flowers my boo bought for me. No, it’s not my birthday, our anniversary or any “special” day. He said he bought them just ‘cause he loves me. Isn’t that sweet?


• You know, my friends all helped me move – for the third time! I paid for the moving van and they went and picked it up for me! They packed and unpacked everything without a scratch. And all I had to do was give them pizza and beer afterwards. They saved me a lot of money. But more than that, we had fun and I didn’t have any worries. What great friends!


• Look at those children being disrespectful to their parents. I’m glad MY children don’t act that way ‘cause I wouldn’t want to go to jail for homicide!


• You know, she really made that presentation come alive. The whole meeting was going downhill until she stepped in with all that historical data. She really spoke the client’s language, thank goodness! Wow. She saved our bacon!

And on and on and on and on and on. At least once in a while we share big and little things with someone – sometimes even a stranger – about folks who are important in our lives and who did something that made us smile, that met a need, that helped us, that we’re grateful for, that we didn’t have to do ourselves ‘cause they did it, etc. Know what I mean?

It’s wonderful to have something to tell. It’s wonderful to tell it. The question is, are you telling how wonderful your family member, partner and friends are to them – or just to others? Oh yeah, most of us may say things like, “Thank you!” “That’s so sweet.” “I love you.” “You were right on time.” But, do we give the details of what they’ve done and the impact of their actions and the difference they made? Or do we think: “Why do I have to give them the details? They did it! They know.” Do we take the time to ruminate on what the person did – things they either didn’t have to do or didn’t have to do the way and when they did it? I remember seeing this anonymous quote:

“A miracle isn’t just the thing that happened. It’s that it happened when you needed it to happen.”

We’ll tell people every detail of the things they do that are “wrong” and hurt, but not of the things that are “right” and help. And, if we don’t tell them about the wrong, hurtful things, we imprint them on our memories for all time and those things form the bricks and mortar that build the walls between us emotionally and even physically.

Without detailed, loving feedback (given to others and ourselves), over time we may become emotionally damaged, angry, sad, depressed, lonely, withdrawn, numb to other’s pain, resentful, selfish, compassionless, “un” and then “dis”believers in love and joy, happiness and the privilege of being alive, in this moment, on the planet with other beings.

Pretty much everyone acknowledges we are in a financial depression. What about the emotional depression that people from all walks of life, all nations, races and ethnicities, religions and belief systems are experiencing? Our world reflects the cancerous, gangrenous state of our hearts, minds and souls through all the war and violence that we perpetrate on one another and ourselves.

LIFEWORK

1. Create bricks and mortar that are used to build connections to and with one another and ourselves.


2. I challenge and humbly beg you to write and deliver or send, I Appreciate You cards, notes, emails to one other person and one to yourself today and every day for the rest of 2011. And, after you’ve developed the habit, who knows -- perhaps you’ll continue to do it for the rest of your life. Here’s the format:

• Dear (name of the person), I appreciate/value/love you for (state what they did in detail). You/it (state the impact and the difference what they did made to you, others and/or things.) I (state your feelings about what they did AND your feelings about them). Sign, date and send it to them.


• Here are a couple of examples:


• Dear Lorren, I so love and appreciate you for wanting to spend time with me this weekend. Thank you for welcoming me and making me comfortable in your home, for simply knowing that the first stop is always gonna be Chevy’s and a delicious flavor-of-the-season margarita (or two!) and guacamole. Thank you for the open conversations and for working to be sure we both understood one another thoroughly and completely, for being my very best friend. I feel so blessed to be your Mom. You have helped me learn how to be a nurturing Mother, a sagacious woman and truly supportive friend. You are such an important part of my life. You’re are wonderful and so easy to love! Mom. April 8, 2011.


• Dear Arik, I so love and appreciate you for doing the research for me to buy the 4-track recorder. I don’t speak that language. but I know you do. Thank you for speaking with the technician, finding out what I really need, translating that into language that I can understand without getting a headache or wanting to “throw up both my hands” as well as my lunch! Thank you for your advice about which piece of equipment to buy. You have earned and hold my ultimate confidence in you, your knowledge and ability and I’m so grateful to God that you are my personal sound technician. It saves me lots of time and energy to know I can depend up you to help me sort this out and to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you are here to help and guide me through this process of recording tracks and sending them to my recording partner. The confidence and peace of mind I have about this, I owe to you. Thank you, my love. Mom. April 8, 2011

Think about starting and/or ending your day by sharing missives like this with people you know. Make it real! And remember to also write one to yourself. Can you imagine the impact on the person who receives your message of appreciation, valuing and/or love? How will you feel writing it? Allow yourself to smile. It’s its own reward! Can you imagine if every person on the planet – or the tipping point number of people – did this? What impact do you think it would/can/will have on them, families, communities, cities, states, nations?

I love you.

The Practical Purpose of Praise and Worship and Positive Thinking

I’m a practical, bottom-line person. I’m always looking for the ROI (Return On Investment), the business case, etc. In other words, I wanna know why I’m doing something; what it’s worth to me and those people and things I care about and am invested in. I wanna know the WIIFM’s – the What In It For Me things. I mean, really. If I’m gonna have to work hard to change things that are working or that AREN’T working, I wanna know why.

I grew up Southern Baptist – with lots of rights and wrongs, do’s and don’ts. As a child, I was one of the ones asking, “Why?” I was told “God needs our praise and worship.” I was like, “Now what kind of sense does that make? I mean if God is God, then He doesn’t “need” anything. (There was no “she” reference to God back in the day.) Otherwise, He’s not almighty and is just as needy and maybe a candidate for therapy and appropriate medicines as the rest of us.” So, I asked, “Why? Why would a Being who’s omni-everything ‘need’ anything from me?” Here’s what I came up with. God doesn’t “need” our praise and worship from a place of co-dependence. Rather, it’s God’s desire for us to give praise and worship because of what we get in return. When we get into the zone of thanksgiving, appreciation, bounty, happiness, joy, unending possibility, etc., that’s what we begin to create and attract: thanksgiving, appreciation, bounty, happiness, joy, unending possibility, etc.

That’s pretty cool, right. So, why (there’s that question again) is it that even when we think and think and think about things, nothing changes? Ready? It’s ‘cause thinking alone just makes more thinking. How ‘bout that?! If we think long enough without taking aligned action, we’ll earn the right to be sick and tired of being sick and tired. That’s all. And that kind of thinking can fester, putrefy and become “Stinkin’ Thinkin’.”

So, what aligns our reality and experience with our thinking? What do we need to do? That. That’s what we’ve got to do – DO something. We’ve got to take action. Ta daaaaaah! And when those actions are aligned with the outcome we say we want, then and only then do we begin to create the outcome we want vs. creating more thinking only.

Folks, with all the praise and worship we’re doing and with more and more churches, houses of faith, television ministries, prayer lines, meditation circles, therapy sessions, self-help circles and on and on and on popping up every day, if thinking about it would deliver the goods, we’d already have them. And if talking about what we’re thinking about would get it, we’d all be rich, beautiful, slim, young, have the romantic relationship we desire, live where we want, drive the fleet of vehicles we want, and have the job or – dare I say it – the career we want, go on the vacations we want, be pampered as we want, blah, blah, blah. Let’s be clear. I believe ALL these things are helpful, valuable and precious. It’s just that their empowering companion is action.

OK. By the time I was in college, I started reading self-help books about Positive Thinking. Same message, same outcome, same process – thinking activates the possibility of outcome. What was missing many times is the truth that doing delivers outcome.

A few years ago The Secret came out. I own the book and the DVD. It was the rave. What people had problems with was it was all about the Law of Attraction, positive thinking, etc., but not stressing the Law of the Harvest – what you sow is what you reap. Doing yields the harvest.

Whether you approach this from a religious, spiritual, psychological, metaphysical, ROI, WIIFM, pragmatic or good ole common sense perspective, know this: On this third-dimensional planet, thinking alone does not make it so. You gotta do. And realize that not acting and not doing is really acting and doing. Think about that for a second.

LIFEWORK:

1. Think about things that are in your highest good and the highest good of all.
2. See the vision. Make the plan.
3. Do. And make sure the doing is aligned with the vision and the plan and the thinking about what’s the highest good.

PS: Have you noticed there are fewer Lifework steps and they’re getting shorter? What do you think that’s about? I love it.

I love you.

Trust the process. Don't fight the feeling.

So I was thinking, “You ought to write something for the blog.” I sat down at my computer and just stared at the screen. Then I started writing about something that was nice – families reuniting and love and forgiveness, compassion for yourself when you can’t forgive and the thought of loving makes you want to throw up, and yada yada yada yada.


It was shaping up pretty well and all of a sudden, I just said, “No. This is coming from me, not through me. I’m forcing this … doing it because it’s what I think I should do, not what I know I have to do.” Did you catch that difference there – thinking vs. knowing? I became aware of the fact that I was putting a lot of effort into forcing something out. And for all previous blogs, everything just flowed. I get “a hit” and can’t get to the computer fast enough. I never have to work hard at it. It’s always totally invigorating and effortless.


Before I could think twice, I deleted everything. It felt soooo good. And as I breathed, and smiled broadly, that’s when I KNEW what today’s post was going to be about. It’s about allowing, not forcing. It’s about listening to and being led by the ever-present internal, Divine Wisdom vs. thinking or taking action because of some message of “you ought to” that comes from your own or other past, present or anticipated voices.


LIFEWORK:
1. Folks, if it feels like you’re pushing a rock uphill – you are! In fact, you may be pushing a mountain uphill!! I encourage you to allow yourself to get in touch with the tiring effort vs. exhilarating effort that you’re investing. You don’t even have to think a whole lot about it. As you become aware, just stop. Say no.
* If you’re having that experience, you may be working against what’s in your highest good. Will we experience challenges? You betcha. And will some of them be horrific? You betcha. And do we have to be horrified by the horror? Do we have to be sick, tired and exhausted in the midst of a sickening, tiring, exhausting situation? No. Remember that while we are being horrified, sick, tired, whatever, we’re just creating more of those feelings. So, just say “No.”
2. Breathe. There’s a better way. A way out of the situation and a way to begin experiencing it differently even as you are being led through it.
3. Breathe. Be. Release. Listen. Allow. Know. Do. When you follow these steps, you’ll do what it is your highest good and the highest good of all. And I promise you will immediately begin to experience the quality and effectiveness, joy and success in ways and amounts that you wouldn’t have enjoyed had you tried to push and push and push that mountain up the mountain.


I love you.

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Let the Love flow.

Last week I was working in Tucson, AZ. Two of my business associates and I decided to visit the shrine at the hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received treatment. As my colleagues and I approached the shrine, I felt an energetic wall of love. It literally stopped me in my tracks. It was so strong and powerful that I was overwhelmed. With a sharp intake of breath, I told my associates I couldn’t go further and asked them to go ahead without me, which they did. As I stood there, I placed my hand over my heart and my eyes filled with tears as I marveled at the beauty of the quiet, comforting, cocoon of love.

A man who was leaving the shrine passed me and said, “I feel you sister.” I smiled. After walking on a few steps, he turned and came back to me. He asked, “Can I have a hug?” I said, “Oh, baby … .” and opened my arms. We embraced. As we hugged, he began to tremble, then to shake and then to cry. I rocked him … gently as a mother rocks a child who’s been hurt. He said, “Thank you. I needed that .” Then he walked away.

The energy wall that stopped me dissolved and I was released to walk to the shrine. As I walked around, witnessing all the messages of love -- the many candles, flowers and works of art given by people from all across our nation -- I received a message from the Divine, telling me why it was arranged that I was in that place at that time.

You see, that man was alone. He felt alone and lonely. He’d come to the shrine to mourn, to grieve. He felt as if no one loved him, as if he could not find love anywhere and that he was unworthy to love. And he was wrapped tightly in the energy of suicide. He needed to connect in love with another human being. And, in that moment, the Divine allowed that person to be me. When he walked away, the energy had shifted within and around him. He was released to love, to receive love and to be Love.

What did I think? How did I feel? What does it mean to me? I’ll tell you. What a privilege. What a privilege to be allowed to share love with this man. What a blessing to be allowed to bless someone else and to be blessed myself with Love. There’s a level of synergy and win-win-win … win that cannot be measured here. What a precious privilege to be allowed to serve this man. What a humbling thought that all of my life led and prepared me to be fully present, open and allowing of the Spirit. I did not think. I simply obeyed. I didn’t know nor ask why I felt what I felt and did what I did. I heard and obeyed. Those of you who know me know that I fully admit to being what I call “a recovering control queen.” Blind obedience isn’t in my realm of possibility. This wasn’t blind obedience. It was conscious obedience. I wasn’t a puppet. I was a servant who was allowed to serve. Thank you, God. Thank you for that gift and privilege. Thank you for loving me so much and for allowing your Love to flow through me to this man and for the Love that flowed through him to me.

We never know who needs what when. It’s true that sometimes we need to know the answers to the who, what, when, where, why and how questions. And sometimes that information isn’t intelligence, it’s just clutter and serves as a distraction from Divine Wisdom that comes from, with and through Love. Are you listening? Are you open? Do you trust that the Divine Spirit (energy, Love, God, Source, etc.) truly is Love and that that Love is in and available to us all? Connecting us all? Do you allow yourself to be obedient to Love? Are you aware of the privileges and benefits that being obedient to Love brings to you and others?

LIFEWORK:

1. Begin now. Listen. Allow. Respond as you are led. Be. Reap the benefits.

2. Share what’s happening as you are led. That’s part of it. We must spread the word and reality that Love is alive because many believe it’s either dead or in short supply. Join me in dispelling that illusion.

What will your environment, your sphere of influence, your family, loved ones, community, business, region and nation be like when you begin to live Love? This is not a small thing. It is huge. One person at a time being Love is huge. Think of yourself as one, unique, precious, beautiful drop in the sea of Love. Many are parched and dying of thirst for Love. Will you allow yourself to serve them, to help quench their thirst?

I love you.

The Universal ComEd

Ever say or think, “The lines of communication between God/the Universe/my creativity, etc., are closed.” or that, “They are now open.” Well, I’ve got news for ya. Those lines are always open. Spirit broke it down to me like this:

1. God is like ComEd. Just go with it. I hope you’ll see and appreciate the humor of this analogy as I did. OK. So, God (the Universe, Spirit, Divine Mind – pick whichever works best for you) is, owns, has and shares all power.

2. Guess what. You will never have to pay a bill. In fact, you’ll never be sent a bill. In fact, (hold on to yourselves for this one) there is no bill to pay. There is no Accounts Receivable Department. The power is available to the Universe (duh) and since you’re a part of the Universe, it’s always available to you. You don’t have to earn it, or call for a special hook-up or make an appointment (only after speaking to untold numbers of agents and customer service reps and being in the “Q” and listening to mind-numbing music for hours) to have it turned on. The power is always on – you just have to realize it. Perhaps the problem is that because it IS always there, we don’t recognize it. We think we must have to DO something to keep it runnin’ otherwise, it doesn’t work. No. That’s your human mind doing a bit of creative thinking again. I love creative thinking. Make it work for you and realize when it’s not.
NOTE: At this point, you can dig out your copy of The Secret or one of L. Ron Hubbard’s books or one of the scazillion self-help, self-actualizing tapes or books that you’ve bought or been given. If one in particular comes to mind, check it out. Otherwise, continue reading this missive if you like. This isn’t a new message, it’s just repositioned. Why? ‘Cause this is about The Power, OUR Power and the Users Manuals is part of our DNA. Folks have been speaking and writing about it for ages. If you are getting a message, a "hit" about your own power right now, click out of this site and get into that. Bottom line: you ARE the Power. If a switch has already flipped for you -- go with it! Give yourself permission to be the being of wisdom, love, majesty and power that you are.

Still there? Cool. And welcome! Read on.

3. Breathe. It may take a minute to work through all the self-talk and dogma speak about limitations, unworthiness, privilege, us vs. them, etc. Think of it this way, if human beings owned the power, some greedy, scared-to-death little people might limit how much others could have. They might determine who is worthy and who is not. They might tell you what you have to sacrifice for the privilege--and doing so in a way that you'd always be operating from a place of deficiency and lack. They might even say one group can have access and others can't because of the way they dress, bow, where they were born, who their human and historical Moms and Dads were. Yeah. That is the creative thinking of people who know of the concept of power, but have no active relationship with Power. These are people who covet man-made power and use what they have in punitive ways to create a divide, to promote darkness for some and dimness (vs. light) for others. These people have not flipped their own switches. They are operating from darkness themselves while pretending (or maybe honestly thinking) that the faux, temporary, conditional power is the Universal Power. They project a voice like that of Gollum (a.k.a. Golem) from the Lord of the Rings) saying, “My precious. My precious.” in that creepy voice, with a skinny, dirty hand and gnarled fingers trying to snatch power from Mr. Frodo. Here's a link to images of Gollum. An unattractive fellow. http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS391US391&tbs=isch:1&q=gollum+lord+of+the+rings&revid=206200157&sa=X&ei=tMcZTfK3OoSUnQeShs3SDQ&ved=0CDQQ1QIoAA&biw=1345&bih=528

Turn away from the Gollums (internal and external) and realize you’re not wearing a ring of power. It’s not something you can put on and take off. No one else can give it to you or keep it from you. You ARE the power. By the way, sometimes the Gollums in our lives are quite attractive and that's part of their strategic distraction. Their surface beauty and power may present themselves as money, position power, sex, belongings, etc.

4. Search your DNA, touch your wisdom to remember the Truth that Divine Power is: universal, unlimited, inexhaustible, totally in-the-moment appropriate (in other words, it’s exactly what you need, when you need it and even present before you know you need it) available to all – all the time, immutable, exciting and the manifestation of Divine Love.

5. Now that you remember The Power, what it is, how and where it is and whose it is; now that you remember who you are and that you are The Power, now what? Here’s the kicker. Sometimes we forget we have and are The Power and, therefore, that it’s available to us all the time. Sometimes we thrash around in darkness, cursing the darkness, stumbling and stubbing our toes, not realizing all we have to do is flip the switch of our thinking and speaking to be in illumination and to be illuminated. Sometimes we believe the hype that we have to go to a special storehouse to get a special brand of a man-made bulb and, because we’re trying to get it from another human being who’s spewing the dogma of limitation, we believe the privilege is limited or can only come in a certain package or wattage. Sometimes we believe we’re 1000-watt bulbs, or 100, or 25-watt bulbs or worse, night lights. Sometimes we content ourselves with believing we're only as powerful as candle lights and spin it so we say it’s romantic as we squint and try to read the book of our lives. You know what that sounds like. It's the language of dogma.

Instead of this misthinking, know you’re phosphorescent white light. When you show up in all your power, some people – even you – may be temporarily blinded. We’ve been taught to look away as if we’ll sustain some kind of spiritual retinal damage. This Power is not an eclipse. You don’t need a box with a hole in it or special glasses to see it. You ARE it. Look at it. Look at yourself fully. Yes, you may squint for a moment. But keep looking and you'll begin to see -- in every way.

Lifework:

1. Flip your switch.

2. Live in the light, which is your Power – which is you being fully you.

3. Take all the actions that you can now clearly see.

4. Share your Power with others. Allow your light to first help them see shadows (not seen in total darkness), then the full spectrum of their own beauty, light and Power.

5. Thank God, the Universe, yourself and all creation (all the same thing, by the way) for simply being so powerfully, unrelentingly, lovingly and freely the Truth, the only reality.

6. Celebrate!!!!!!!!!!

I love you.

Heart Soaring!

A couple of months ago, I wrote a posting entitled, “Heartbroken.” It was about being betrayed in love, hurt and your heart being "broken" by a loved one.

Today, the title of the blog is Heart Soaring! This is about the experience and feeling you have when someone you love walks and talks within you, on and in the same wave and vibration of love. When you finish one another’s sentences and thoughts. When you are of one mind, stand in agreement, see one vision, hold one commitment – when you are not waiting to exhale, but are inhaling together and then in a complementary fashion while being totally independent and appropriately interdependent.

What?! What does all that mean, Gloria? It means that you and a loved one are looking at or feeling one another in such a way that you’re like, “Yeah. Yeah. Yeah!!!!! That’s it. That’s the ticket!! At last!!! SOMEone understands and agrees and is with me. I am NOT alone. I am no longer praaaaying that they get it. They’ve got it. And man-on-man DO they ever have it! I think I’ve got to throw up both my hands, shake a tail feather, give a high five to God and all of Creation. I can breathe!!!!!!!!!!” And while you’re experiencing all of that – your loved one is experiencing the same, identical thing. It’s like being at a restaurant and they bring one decadent desert and two spoons and you both dive in and just enjoy the deliciousness of it all.

Know what I mean? When you get to this point, you can agree together – because you’re together and I mean really together. It’s spiritual, emotional and mental intercourse. At this point, when you’re in this zone, you can disagree because it’s actually FUN – yes I said it – it’s actually FUN to discover what any disagreement is about, why it exists and then happily work through it to agreement or respect-filled disagreement. The journey is exciting because it and the end are sacred. And whether you have different stops along the journey, you’re always only a heart-beat away from one another.

Now, here’s a secret. Ready? You don’t have to wait for the New Year to expect, find, celebrate and enjoy this kind of connection. As you have been reading this, several New Minutes have passed and a New Moment is already here. There is was and here’s another one. Each is packed full of possibility – possibilities that Love has created, has put into place and that are waiting for you.

I want to thank my birth children, Arik and Lorren, for today’s experiences that inspired this blog. I experience rapid-fire, delicious, yummified GOT-CHA’s with them. A double portion of Love, togetherness, God-presence and God-harmony. Wanna know how we created this? (And keep in mind that my son lives with me here in Illinois and my daughter lives in California.) Read the Lifework so you can be reminded of how to create this in your own life, with your relationships.

Lifework:

1. Begin by meditating, praying and/or thanking God; by consciously connecting with Universal Love. Plug in. If you saw the movie Avatar, remember or the scenes when the Avatars would connect the fibers in their long braids with those of another being. That’s what I mean. Plug in. Become one with Love. This is a deliberate, clearly stated intention and expectation.

2. Next, go and do whatever you’re inspired to do. Stay inside, go outside, walk in nature, turn on soft music, light some candles. Folks, it really, really doesn’t matter WHAT you do as long as you’re aware of and do what you’re led to do. The outcome will be that you are connected with Love and you can feel it. You’re all wrapped up, tied up, tangled up with and in Love. TIP: By stating your intention then allowing yourself to relax, listen and do as you are led, you’ll see how quickly you simply ARE Love. TIP #2: Don’t do this while driving or operating heavy equipment. Have some sense! (-:

3. Commune with Love. BE Love. Enjoy it. You’ll feel different: lighter, clearer, softer, more gentle. Tears may come to your eyes. A smile may come to your face. You may chuckle or sigh softly. You’ll know you’re there ‘cause it’s like being a baby that’s held so gently and lovingly by someone who loves you unconditionally.

4. Allow yourself to think of other beings – human, animal, plants, water, the Earth, etc. At this point, you are actually connecting – Love thread to Love thread – with that being. You don’t even have to wonder if they’re open to it. At this point, the Universe/God/Love is knitting those fibers together. Just go with the flow. Whoever comes to mind, go into the sharing of Love with them. Enjoy it. Feast. Allow it. Don’t try to hold onto it. Let these feelings and thoughts come and go as they will. When you do, it will be divine. If you try to hold on to it, somewhere in your being you’ll begin to think about the lack of it and then you’ll begin to slip off your center, out of the space.

5. You’re done when you’re done. You’ll experience that “That was so good, I need a cigarette.” feeling. I’ve never been a smoker, but, based on what my friends and family who are have told me, I think that best describes the feeling.

Now THAT’S something to be addicted to: Pure, Universal, Godly Love. It affected and impacts everyone and everything it touches. Imagine what your moment, your life, your world will be like when you are in and benefitting from being in that space. Can you imagine it? I don’t know that I’m capable of imagining all the possibilities. There are so many that are waiting and ready to nurture, restore, empower and supply us with our heart’s desire. Possibilities that lift our minds, souls and hearts; our creativity, intuition and energy. Possibilities that cause our hearts to soar.

Won’t you join me? Happy New Moment.

I love you.