What a fantastic month! It just so happens to be the month of my birth. I celebrate my New Year on the 18th. Of course, I celebrate my birth all year long. I believe I should practice for six months before the date and then implement that excellence another six.
What are you doing this month, today to celebrate the opportunity that life affords you?
Lifework:
1. Review your mission/purpose/calling. If you don't know what that is, send me an email and I'll help you identify it. You can reach me at livforjoy@yahoo.com.
2. Take stock of what you've been up to the last six months. List the things that you've invested time and energy in. List things that have had the greatest impact whether long or short duration and things of long duration.
3. Are those things aligned with your mission/purpose/calling?
4. If so, how have they served others, you, the planet and all of creation? How did/do you celebrate them? Do others know about it/them? Would it be advantageous to broaden the network of the knowing?
5. If not, why are you doing them, for how long will you continue, what opportunity did/do they bring?
6. Based on these answers, what will you do (notice I didn't say CAN you do) to get the greatest ROI, bang for your buck? And that means, how will you use these things to bring delight to all of creation, to our host planet, to other people AND to yourself?
I love you!!!!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Our Wonder-filled, Creative Imagination
I was on a business trip a couple of weeks ago and my son called me. Aside from calling about something really exciting – like the Chicago Blackhawks being in the final running for the Stanley Cup – he only calls with exceptional news – good or bad.
This time – it was before the call about the Blackhawks – he called to say that the lights in my home office, master bedroom and master bath were out. And when I got home it only got worse. The furnace was not working right, so that meant that the AC wasn’t working. NOT good news in the Chicago area, where it was in the 80’s and 100% humidity and sticky, sticky, sticky! I told him I didn’t have a clue as to what was going on and that I’d take care of it when I came home.
Right away, I felt angst. What was wrong? Did I need a new furnace? Was all the wiring going to have to be replaced in my house? How many thousands of dollars was that going to cost? What else would go wrong? Well, I got the answer to one of those questions … the dryer stopped working. So, while we could wash clothes, we had to take them to the Laundromat to be dried. What the hell?!!!!!
I was home for the weekend and had to leave again for the West coast. I was really nervous and decided to just make a call for the electrician to come when I returned -- no need to take bad news and an empty bank account on my trip. Oh yeah. You get the drift. I was ROLLIN’ in fear.
I went on my next business trip to beautiful San Diego. I simply cannot be maudlin there. I mean, really. For me, it’s one of those heaven-on-earth places. And, after spending some quality personal time and work time with one of my favorite people on the planet, I came home on Thursday. The electrician was to come on Friday.
First, I got a free upgrade to First Class on the plane. ALWAYS great news, especially for a 3.5-hour flight. Pampering is one of my favorite past times. When we were about 100 miles from Chicago, we flew into some serious turbulence – you know the kind where the flight attendants have to sit and strap in. Well, I’ve learned that I have the power to control that. I mean REALLY. So, I said my visioning prayer – that the plane and all the air around it was calm and smooth. And I gave thanks for that reality. In less than one minute NO MORE TURBULANCE. Um hum.
Then a thought occurred to me, rather, I heard a small, soft voice said, “Gloria, why do you not have this same sense of calm about the electrical at home? Where is your faith beloved? Put it into my hands. Trust. Allow. Believe. Rely. Relax. Breathe. Be.” Well, I was in a zone. So, I was like, “Well awlrighty then! You asked for it, you got it! You God (and I do me “you” not, “you’re”). Be God.” With that, I went to sleep in my comfy First-class seating.
The next day, the electrician came. Guess what. I didn’t have a wiring problem. It was a service problem. Seems there are two lines that come from the main power source into my home and only one of them was working. So, the electrician spoke to Commonwealth Edison and told them what was wrong. They came out in under an hour and fixed the problem. Everything’s working! The electrician also said he smelled some gas while he was outside. So, I called the gas company and they sent someone out too. That repairman found a gas leak and fixed it too. Everything was repaired within 1.5 hours and all I had to pay was $50 for the electrician’s service call. FANTASTIC!
OK. That’s my story. So, what’s the moral. We have great power – as divine beings – to create healing and calm or hurt and upheaval. Why is it that even when we KNOW that and have experienced our power of healing and calm that sometimes, just sometimes we go to the place of terror, fear, angst, hurt and upheaval? Well, maybe ‘cause we’re human. That’s right. Sometimes, it just ain’t all sweetness and light. And you know what? I’m not beating myself up for that either. I’m grateful to know that I’ve been given the gift of choice – choice of how I will respond, to act or React.
Let me just bottom-line it though. We DO have the gift of choosing where we will place our wonder-filled, creative imagination. And what is our Lifework here? Read on, my love. Read on.
LIFEWORK – when you’re having “bad” thoughts and feelings:
1. When you find you can’t breathe, sleep, eat, think, dream or just be without feelings of fear, apprehension, anxiety, doubt, etc., give thanks!!!! You are in the midst of an opportunity to choose certainty of the Love, bounty and blessing of God, the Universe, the Creator or whatever you call Divine Love.
2. Do not try to push those thoughts and feelings away. Do not try to deny you’re having/experiencing them. Do not deride yourself, the experience, others or anything.
LIFEWORK – when you’re having “good” thoughts and feelings:
1. When you find you’re excited, exhilarated, joy-filled and happy, give thanks!!! You are, again, in the midst of an opportunity to choose certain of the Love, bounty and blessing of God, the Universe, the Creator or whatever you call Divine Love.
2. Do not push those thoughts and feelings away. Do not try to deny you’re having/experiencing them. Do not deride yourself, the experience, others or anything.
Now, here’s a question: Why are the Lifework Steps #1 and 2 the same for both categories? What do you think? Ready? Let me either affirm or inform: Some people believe that life is all one and never the other. In this dimension, we cheat ourselves if we deny any part of our experiences or if we are not able to see the opportunity and reality of Love in every/any experience. The goal is to be able to see and experience fully that Love. Soooooooooooooooooo, if it’s “good” or “bad,” the process is the same:
3. Give thanks, asking for Divine Wisdom that we may learn from, in and with everything.
And what’s our reward? Love, joy, calm, peace. These things are the outgrowths of our seeing, experiencing and choosing them in all of life. In our interactions with others, in relationships with ourselves, in business, in success or failure, in happiness or sorrow, in joy or fear in smiles or tears.
I choose Love. Thank you God for a $50 reminder. What a bargain.
I love you ... Unconditionally!
This time – it was before the call about the Blackhawks – he called to say that the lights in my home office, master bedroom and master bath were out. And when I got home it only got worse. The furnace was not working right, so that meant that the AC wasn’t working. NOT good news in the Chicago area, where it was in the 80’s and 100% humidity and sticky, sticky, sticky! I told him I didn’t have a clue as to what was going on and that I’d take care of it when I came home.
Right away, I felt angst. What was wrong? Did I need a new furnace? Was all the wiring going to have to be replaced in my house? How many thousands of dollars was that going to cost? What else would go wrong? Well, I got the answer to one of those questions … the dryer stopped working. So, while we could wash clothes, we had to take them to the Laundromat to be dried. What the hell?!!!!!
I was home for the weekend and had to leave again for the West coast. I was really nervous and decided to just make a call for the electrician to come when I returned -- no need to take bad news and an empty bank account on my trip. Oh yeah. You get the drift. I was ROLLIN’ in fear.
I went on my next business trip to beautiful San Diego. I simply cannot be maudlin there. I mean, really. For me, it’s one of those heaven-on-earth places. And, after spending some quality personal time and work time with one of my favorite people on the planet, I came home on Thursday. The electrician was to come on Friday.
First, I got a free upgrade to First Class on the plane. ALWAYS great news, especially for a 3.5-hour flight. Pampering is one of my favorite past times. When we were about 100 miles from Chicago, we flew into some serious turbulence – you know the kind where the flight attendants have to sit and strap in. Well, I’ve learned that I have the power to control that. I mean REALLY. So, I said my visioning prayer – that the plane and all the air around it was calm and smooth. And I gave thanks for that reality. In less than one minute NO MORE TURBULANCE. Um hum.
Then a thought occurred to me, rather, I heard a small, soft voice said, “Gloria, why do you not have this same sense of calm about the electrical at home? Where is your faith beloved? Put it into my hands. Trust. Allow. Believe. Rely. Relax. Breathe. Be.” Well, I was in a zone. So, I was like, “Well awlrighty then! You asked for it, you got it! You God (and I do me “you” not, “you’re”). Be God.” With that, I went to sleep in my comfy First-class seating.
The next day, the electrician came. Guess what. I didn’t have a wiring problem. It was a service problem. Seems there are two lines that come from the main power source into my home and only one of them was working. So, the electrician spoke to Commonwealth Edison and told them what was wrong. They came out in under an hour and fixed the problem. Everything’s working! The electrician also said he smelled some gas while he was outside. So, I called the gas company and they sent someone out too. That repairman found a gas leak and fixed it too. Everything was repaired within 1.5 hours and all I had to pay was $50 for the electrician’s service call. FANTASTIC!
OK. That’s my story. So, what’s the moral. We have great power – as divine beings – to create healing and calm or hurt and upheaval. Why is it that even when we KNOW that and have experienced our power of healing and calm that sometimes, just sometimes we go to the place of terror, fear, angst, hurt and upheaval? Well, maybe ‘cause we’re human. That’s right. Sometimes, it just ain’t all sweetness and light. And you know what? I’m not beating myself up for that either. I’m grateful to know that I’ve been given the gift of choice – choice of how I will respond, to act or React.
Let me just bottom-line it though. We DO have the gift of choosing where we will place our wonder-filled, creative imagination. And what is our Lifework here? Read on, my love. Read on.
LIFEWORK – when you’re having “bad” thoughts and feelings:
1. When you find you can’t breathe, sleep, eat, think, dream or just be without feelings of fear, apprehension, anxiety, doubt, etc., give thanks!!!! You are in the midst of an opportunity to choose certainty of the Love, bounty and blessing of God, the Universe, the Creator or whatever you call Divine Love.
2. Do not try to push those thoughts and feelings away. Do not try to deny you’re having/experiencing them. Do not deride yourself, the experience, others or anything.
LIFEWORK – when you’re having “good” thoughts and feelings:
1. When you find you’re excited, exhilarated, joy-filled and happy, give thanks!!! You are, again, in the midst of an opportunity to choose certain of the Love, bounty and blessing of God, the Universe, the Creator or whatever you call Divine Love.
2. Do not push those thoughts and feelings away. Do not try to deny you’re having/experiencing them. Do not deride yourself, the experience, others or anything.
Now, here’s a question: Why are the Lifework Steps #1 and 2 the same for both categories? What do you think? Ready? Let me either affirm or inform: Some people believe that life is all one and never the other. In this dimension, we cheat ourselves if we deny any part of our experiences or if we are not able to see the opportunity and reality of Love in every/any experience. The goal is to be able to see and experience fully that Love. Soooooooooooooooooo, if it’s “good” or “bad,” the process is the same:
3. Give thanks, asking for Divine Wisdom that we may learn from, in and with everything.
And what’s our reward? Love, joy, calm, peace. These things are the outgrowths of our seeing, experiencing and choosing them in all of life. In our interactions with others, in relationships with ourselves, in business, in success or failure, in happiness or sorrow, in joy or fear in smiles or tears.
I choose Love. Thank you God for a $50 reminder. What a bargain.
I love you ... Unconditionally!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Heartbroken
What do you do when someone you love and have loved for a long time and/or with great intensity is totally absent from your life? And, what if that absence is about their choice, not because of death or mutual agreement?
I can tell you what I have done. I rationalized, justified, made excuses for, ignored warnings and proofs, tried to see things from the other’s perspective. I went through denial, anger and all the other steps. And, in the end, the reality is the reality. Someone I love, who’s been an important part of your life, someone I’ve grown with and celebrated victories with and cried about defeats with isn’t there. They’re not there because they choose not to be. There’s nothing I can do about it. I’ve already tried everything I could think of, everything friends and family have suggested and everything countless self-help, spiritual, psychological, philosophical and other books have in them. And, still, my love is not here – because they choose not to be.
How about taking it further. What do you do when, IF you have occasion to connect with the person, and the once warm, fun, passionate behaviors that demonstrate love and concern have now been dummied down to polite exchanges, forced smiles and pregnant pauses signaling the inner conflict of, “What do I do and say now?” And perhaps worse, “Get me the hell out of here!” What do you do when you sense they are experiencing slow death in your presence – when you believe they’re dying for you to go away?
One of our many blessings is to be able to choose who we will be with, who we will love. And, while I’ve found that sometimes who we love is beyond our control, certainly demonstrating it is within our control – at least most of the time.
So, here I am today, following a wonderful weekend, squarely looking at an emptiness in my life, caused by an important relationship – at least to me – that’s missing. In fact, this isn’t just now happening, it’s been happening over years and years. It’s just that now, today, I’ve accepted at a deeper, heart level that my love is really gone. Our relationship is totally dead. It will never return, cannot be revived.
Now I have a choice. I can truly accept it, step away and pray that some miracle will happen (as I’ve done for years), I can continue to deny it. This last is the equivalent to drugging myself to avoid the reality. The fact is, all actions to bridge the gap and restore the relationship to its once full glory have always come from me – never from my love. They have been met with varying degrees of tolerance, but only that. And, on a couple of occasions when my love has reached out to me for help, it has been for just that, help that’s fueled by my love, not for my love. Most of the time the resulting actions were accepted and then unacknowledged by the one I love. That hurts.
Letting go, really letting go is painful for me. REALLY letting go involves looking at my broken heart, feeling it, holding myself because the one I love surely isn’t going to, and striving slowly ahead through the muck of allowing the one I love to be out of my life – because I love them, because I love myself.
I get to say all the stuff I want to myself, to the Divine, to my absent love – in absentia. I get to cry and wail and bitch and moan and wail some more.
Then, I get to pray to the Divine, sipping air through love that is ever present and unending, learning to breath again as I’m given righteous CPR. This is when the “breath of life” is really blown into my lungs and entire being. What would I do, O God, if you weren’t there? The pain would be unbearable.
It is now that I realize that my broken heart is being massaged with holiness and wholeness is possible again. Oh yes, stitches are there. But I can feel the hole being mended. And the fact that I am loved unceasingly by the Creator sustains me and breathes for me until I can sustain and breathe for myself.
Lifework today:
1. Tell God about the things that hurt and trouble you.
2. Repeat step #1 until you’ve exhausted everything. Believe me; the One who created everything can take your moaning, groaning, crying and complaining.
3. Allow yourself to feel everything – without censorship or judgment.
4. Tell The Divine about all those feelings too.
5. Repeat Step #4.
6. Notice the ache in your heart and the lump in your throat is slowly dissolving.
7. Give thanks and praise for lessons learned, for the opportunity to experience love at such a depth that you could feel the same intensity of pain when it is gone.
8. Just give thanks and be grateful for whatever comes to your mind.
9. Repeat all these steps until your broken heart is truly mended.
I love you.
I can tell you what I have done. I rationalized, justified, made excuses for, ignored warnings and proofs, tried to see things from the other’s perspective. I went through denial, anger and all the other steps. And, in the end, the reality is the reality. Someone I love, who’s been an important part of your life, someone I’ve grown with and celebrated victories with and cried about defeats with isn’t there. They’re not there because they choose not to be. There’s nothing I can do about it. I’ve already tried everything I could think of, everything friends and family have suggested and everything countless self-help, spiritual, psychological, philosophical and other books have in them. And, still, my love is not here – because they choose not to be.
How about taking it further. What do you do when, IF you have occasion to connect with the person, and the once warm, fun, passionate behaviors that demonstrate love and concern have now been dummied down to polite exchanges, forced smiles and pregnant pauses signaling the inner conflict of, “What do I do and say now?” And perhaps worse, “Get me the hell out of here!” What do you do when you sense they are experiencing slow death in your presence – when you believe they’re dying for you to go away?
One of our many blessings is to be able to choose who we will be with, who we will love. And, while I’ve found that sometimes who we love is beyond our control, certainly demonstrating it is within our control – at least most of the time.
So, here I am today, following a wonderful weekend, squarely looking at an emptiness in my life, caused by an important relationship – at least to me – that’s missing. In fact, this isn’t just now happening, it’s been happening over years and years. It’s just that now, today, I’ve accepted at a deeper, heart level that my love is really gone. Our relationship is totally dead. It will never return, cannot be revived.
Now I have a choice. I can truly accept it, step away and pray that some miracle will happen (as I’ve done for years), I can continue to deny it. This last is the equivalent to drugging myself to avoid the reality. The fact is, all actions to bridge the gap and restore the relationship to its once full glory have always come from me – never from my love. They have been met with varying degrees of tolerance, but only that. And, on a couple of occasions when my love has reached out to me for help, it has been for just that, help that’s fueled by my love, not for my love. Most of the time the resulting actions were accepted and then unacknowledged by the one I love. That hurts.
Letting go, really letting go is painful for me. REALLY letting go involves looking at my broken heart, feeling it, holding myself because the one I love surely isn’t going to, and striving slowly ahead through the muck of allowing the one I love to be out of my life – because I love them, because I love myself.
I get to say all the stuff I want to myself, to the Divine, to my absent love – in absentia. I get to cry and wail and bitch and moan and wail some more.
Then, I get to pray to the Divine, sipping air through love that is ever present and unending, learning to breath again as I’m given righteous CPR. This is when the “breath of life” is really blown into my lungs and entire being. What would I do, O God, if you weren’t there? The pain would be unbearable.
It is now that I realize that my broken heart is being massaged with holiness and wholeness is possible again. Oh yes, stitches are there. But I can feel the hole being mended. And the fact that I am loved unceasingly by the Creator sustains me and breathes for me until I can sustain and breathe for myself.
Lifework today:
1. Tell God about the things that hurt and trouble you.
2. Repeat step #1 until you’ve exhausted everything. Believe me; the One who created everything can take your moaning, groaning, crying and complaining.
3. Allow yourself to feel everything – without censorship or judgment.
4. Tell The Divine about all those feelings too.
5. Repeat Step #4.
6. Notice the ache in your heart and the lump in your throat is slowly dissolving.
7. Give thanks and praise for lessons learned, for the opportunity to experience love at such a depth that you could feel the same intensity of pain when it is gone.
8. Just give thanks and be grateful for whatever comes to your mind.
9. Repeat all these steps until your broken heart is truly mended.
I love you.
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Power of our Thoughts
One of the songs I learned at Unity Northwest in Des Plaines, IL contains a line that says, "Our thoughts our prayers, and we are always praying." Love that. The question is, what kind of prayers are you praying? What kind of thoughts are you thinking?
How 'bout this -- and let me know if you believe it's true or not -- we are powerful beings. We have the ability to create with our hands. And those things that we create with our hands are first born in our minds. The concept, the thought, the idea, the belief, the "ah-ha!" moment begins in the mind. Then, we usually speak about it with someone -- sometimes that someone is ourselves. Then, we take action and ta-daaaaaaah! It's done. We've created something and it's visible for others to see, or it somehow impacts others in ways that they experience and/feel.
Do you agree that's how it's done? Cool.
So, the question is, since we can and do create/manifest our thoughts, what is it that we can do to realize that we just have that power, that ability and begin to use it to expand our own, created space -- inner and outer? Ready for your lifework? Here it is?
LIFEWORK
1. Sit down in a comfortable setting and position in a quiet, peaceful place. You'd be surprised where these places can be. I commute by plane and often find the bathroom on the plane or even in the airports can be used. A stairwell, or during your cab ride from one place to another, even on the bus or commuter train when you use your earbuds just to block out the noise. If you can, go out into the open air and feel the sun and the breeze upon your face. It may be more difficult to find these locations, depending upon what's going on in your day. AND, it's doable.
2. Become aware of whatever thought or feeling you are having or experiencing at the time.
3, Engage it. That's right. Have a conversation with that thought or feeling. Begin by addressing it in this way, "Beloved, I am thankful and grateful for you and the experience you are bringing me in this moment. What message of love do you have for me?" Continue having this conversation. You will soon find that you will begin to experience calm. And, even if the thought or feeling is "bad" or limiting, you will soon find that at the heart and core of it, there is only love and it WILL express that love to you.
4. Do not abandon the thought or feeling or try to stop it. It is your partner, your helper. WITH it, ask your higher self (I call that God, but whatever you call it works for you, so do that) what is in your highest good. And, there you will have it. THAT is what you can be about creating by thinking, speaking and doing.
5. Enjoy the process. If you have questions or other thoughts and feelings about what you are creating, engage them in the same way and invite them to help in the creation of what is in your highest good.
There you have it. Let me know the changes you notice, experience and have as you incorpirate this Lifework into your life.
Oh, and by the way, the full lyrics of the song I mentioned are:
Our Thoughts Are Prayers, and we are always praying
Our Thoughts Are Prayers, Listen to what you're saying
Seek a higher consciousness, A state of peacefulness
And know that God is always there, And every thought becomes a prayer
I love you!
How 'bout this -- and let me know if you believe it's true or not -- we are powerful beings. We have the ability to create with our hands. And those things that we create with our hands are first born in our minds. The concept, the thought, the idea, the belief, the "ah-ha!" moment begins in the mind. Then, we usually speak about it with someone -- sometimes that someone is ourselves. Then, we take action and ta-daaaaaaah! It's done. We've created something and it's visible for others to see, or it somehow impacts others in ways that they experience and/feel.
Do you agree that's how it's done? Cool.
So, the question is, since we can and do create/manifest our thoughts, what is it that we can do to realize that we just have that power, that ability and begin to use it to expand our own, created space -- inner and outer? Ready for your lifework? Here it is?
LIFEWORK
1. Sit down in a comfortable setting and position in a quiet, peaceful place. You'd be surprised where these places can be. I commute by plane and often find the bathroom on the plane or even in the airports can be used. A stairwell, or during your cab ride from one place to another, even on the bus or commuter train when you use your earbuds just to block out the noise. If you can, go out into the open air and feel the sun and the breeze upon your face. It may be more difficult to find these locations, depending upon what's going on in your day. AND, it's doable.
2. Become aware of whatever thought or feeling you are having or experiencing at the time.
3, Engage it. That's right. Have a conversation with that thought or feeling. Begin by addressing it in this way, "Beloved, I am thankful and grateful for you and the experience you are bringing me in this moment. What message of love do you have for me?" Continue having this conversation. You will soon find that you will begin to experience calm. And, even if the thought or feeling is "bad" or limiting, you will soon find that at the heart and core of it, there is only love and it WILL express that love to you.
4. Do not abandon the thought or feeling or try to stop it. It is your partner, your helper. WITH it, ask your higher self (I call that God, but whatever you call it works for you, so do that) what is in your highest good. And, there you will have it. THAT is what you can be about creating by thinking, speaking and doing.
5. Enjoy the process. If you have questions or other thoughts and feelings about what you are creating, engage them in the same way and invite them to help in the creation of what is in your highest good.
There you have it. Let me know the changes you notice, experience and have as you incorpirate this Lifework into your life.
Oh, and by the way, the full lyrics of the song I mentioned are:
Our Thoughts Are Prayers, and we are always praying
Our Thoughts Are Prayers, Listen to what you're saying
Seek a higher consciousness, A state of peacefulness
And know that God is always there, And every thought becomes a prayer
I love you!
Monday, March 8, 2010
So who wins the "Oscar" in your life?
Last night was Hollywood's big' night. You know. Most people on the planet who have televisions and access to the internet know. There were some big winners, some I agree with, some I haven't a clue about. Perhaps the person or movie that you wanted to "win," got the coveted Oscar, perhaps not. Why all the hoopla? What is the purpose of the Oscar? It's intended to acknowledge and honor excellence. Nice, huh? I like it.
So, my question: Who are the Oscar winners in your life -- and do they know it? What do you earn Oscars for? Where is your excellence and how are you acknowledging it, yourself. I'm serious about these questions. What have you done for YOURSELF lately? How 'bout others?
LIFEWORK
For yourself:
1. Identify one thing each day this week that you are doing or have done with excellence.
2. Determine an appropriate (by that I mean it's really going to make a difference to you and touch your heart) award. Did you see Jeff Bridges' speech? When he spoke about his parents, couldn't you just feel that in your heart? If not, go back and read some of my earlier posts on this blog -- particularly Unconditionally Loved. THAT's the kind of significant emotionall impact I encourage you to look for in your award. If it's not there, look for another award -- or even perhaps a different excellent thing you are doing or have done. You need to be rocked to your core with deliciousness about your service AND the award.
3. Enjoy the award! Do it, go to it, speak about it, buy it -- whatever. Make it happen. This is something to be actively enjoyed, not a great idea whose time never comes.
For others:
1. Identify one thing each day this week that one other person has done either for you or someone/something else. You can stick with the same person for five days, or have a different person each day or whatever really works for you. Make it real! They should have done something that you know has really made a difference!
2. Determine an appropriate award that you will bestow on them.
3. Give them the award!
For your award and for others:
1. Identify at least one other person you will share this with. Now, folks, don't minimize this step. This actually intensifies the butterfly effect that you've put inplace by #1-3 for yourself and others above. This is how you "pay it forward" and wake and stir up the wonderful "I love myself and others" parts of our DNA.
Lastly, allow yourself to be swept up in the tide of wonder, awe, deliciousness and Love. GO FOR IT!
I love you ... Unconditionally!
So, my question: Who are the Oscar winners in your life -- and do they know it? What do you earn Oscars for? Where is your excellence and how are you acknowledging it, yourself. I'm serious about these questions. What have you done for YOURSELF lately? How 'bout others?
LIFEWORK
For yourself:
1. Identify one thing each day this week that you are doing or have done with excellence.
2. Determine an appropriate (by that I mean it's really going to make a difference to you and touch your heart) award. Did you see Jeff Bridges' speech? When he spoke about his parents, couldn't you just feel that in your heart? If not, go back and read some of my earlier posts on this blog -- particularly Unconditionally Loved. THAT's the kind of significant emotionall impact I encourage you to look for in your award. If it's not there, look for another award -- or even perhaps a different excellent thing you are doing or have done. You need to be rocked to your core with deliciousness about your service AND the award.
3. Enjoy the award! Do it, go to it, speak about it, buy it -- whatever. Make it happen. This is something to be actively enjoyed, not a great idea whose time never comes.
For others:
1. Identify one thing each day this week that one other person has done either for you or someone/something else. You can stick with the same person for five days, or have a different person each day or whatever really works for you. Make it real! They should have done something that you know has really made a difference!
2. Determine an appropriate award that you will bestow on them.
3. Give them the award!
For your award and for others:
1. Identify at least one other person you will share this with. Now, folks, don't minimize this step. This actually intensifies the butterfly effect that you've put inplace by #1-3 for yourself and others above. This is how you "pay it forward" and wake and stir up the wonderful "I love myself and others" parts of our DNA.
Lastly, allow yourself to be swept up in the tide of wonder, awe, deliciousness and Love. GO FOR IT!
I love you ... Unconditionally!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Make friends with your dragons, "bad feelings" and demons. They're doing their damnedest to kick you into gear.
Make friends with your dragons, “bad feelings” and demons. They’re doing their damnedest to kick you into gear.
Ever wonder why God allows these things to be in your life? It’s because they serve a purpose. Think about it. Many of us really get movin’ when the heat is turned up, and not before.
First of all, I subscribe that all anger is really fear – fear that something will happen that you don’t want to happen or something WON’T happen that you really want to happen. That can be things that you believe will/will not happen to you or someone/something important to you.
Fear is one of the great motivators for many of us to take action.
Here’s my suggestion. Before I present my suggestion, know this: If you’re in an immediate, life and death situation – TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY AND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO BE SAFE. Example: You’re driving and the care in front of you stops quickly. In addition to adrenalin, you might feel some fear. ACT. Swerve, brake or whatever.
If it’s a situation where the outcome is imminent death, do these things:
1. Acknowledge and address at the feeling or thought head on. Don’t try to dismiss it, pretend it’s not there, minimize or ignore it. Remember the saying, “What we resist, persists.” That’s true. So, just admit that it exists.
2. Get quiet and see how it presents itself to you. Do you see it? Hear it? Feel it? Smell it? Is it just a thought in your brain? Get as clear about what it is and how it is presenting itself to you. Believe me. It wants to be recognized, so it will present itself to you in some way.
3. Now that it’s got your attention and know it, begin to have a conversation with it.
4. This may be a twist for some of you. Begin your conversation in this way: “Beloved, thank you for the lesson that you have been and are bringing to me for my highest good. I know you have been working very hard to get my attention and that, because you were created in Love, are doing this for my highest good and the highest good of all. What is it you want me to know?”
If your partner doesn’t speak with you, it’ll be for one of two reasons: (1) It doesn’t believe you really respect the job it is trying to do; or, (2) it has been operating in darkness for so long it’s forgotten its original purpose was only to help you and that it was created in Light and Love like everything and everyone else that exists. Either way, you may need to enlist the help of some Ascended Masters, Higher Beings, Angels, etc. Whichever you connect and communicate with most often will be available to you. They will guide you and even bring in other Beings of Light if they’re needed. They’ll put together a Love Team to do the work.
Here’s the bottom line folks. If you’re in a fight, you have to be a better fighter than your opponent to win. And, win or lose, you’re still fighting. Sooooo, stop fighting. Try Love and loving instead. By loving your dragons, “bad feelings” and demons, that’s how you transmute them to higher realms of Love and Light. It’s a great win-win!
LIFEWORK: See Numbers 1-4 and the paragraph immediately following them, above. That’s it! Happy loving!
Ever wonder why God allows these things to be in your life? It’s because they serve a purpose. Think about it. Many of us really get movin’ when the heat is turned up, and not before.
First of all, I subscribe that all anger is really fear – fear that something will happen that you don’t want to happen or something WON’T happen that you really want to happen. That can be things that you believe will/will not happen to you or someone/something important to you.
Fear is one of the great motivators for many of us to take action.
Here’s my suggestion. Before I present my suggestion, know this: If you’re in an immediate, life and death situation – TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY AND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO BE SAFE. Example: You’re driving and the care in front of you stops quickly. In addition to adrenalin, you might feel some fear. ACT. Swerve, brake or whatever.
If it’s a situation where the outcome is imminent death, do these things:
1. Acknowledge and address at the feeling or thought head on. Don’t try to dismiss it, pretend it’s not there, minimize or ignore it. Remember the saying, “What we resist, persists.” That’s true. So, just admit that it exists.
2. Get quiet and see how it presents itself to you. Do you see it? Hear it? Feel it? Smell it? Is it just a thought in your brain? Get as clear about what it is and how it is presenting itself to you. Believe me. It wants to be recognized, so it will present itself to you in some way.
3. Now that it’s got your attention and know it, begin to have a conversation with it.
4. This may be a twist for some of you. Begin your conversation in this way: “Beloved, thank you for the lesson that you have been and are bringing to me for my highest good. I know you have been working very hard to get my attention and that, because you were created in Love, are doing this for my highest good and the highest good of all. What is it you want me to know?”
If your partner doesn’t speak with you, it’ll be for one of two reasons: (1) It doesn’t believe you really respect the job it is trying to do; or, (2) it has been operating in darkness for so long it’s forgotten its original purpose was only to help you and that it was created in Light and Love like everything and everyone else that exists. Either way, you may need to enlist the help of some Ascended Masters, Higher Beings, Angels, etc. Whichever you connect and communicate with most often will be available to you. They will guide you and even bring in other Beings of Light if they’re needed. They’ll put together a Love Team to do the work.
Here’s the bottom line folks. If you’re in a fight, you have to be a better fighter than your opponent to win. And, win or lose, you’re still fighting. Sooooo, stop fighting. Try Love and loving instead. By loving your dragons, “bad feelings” and demons, that’s how you transmute them to higher realms of Love and Light. It’s a great win-win!
LIFEWORK: See Numbers 1-4 and the paragraph immediately following them, above. That’s it! Happy loving!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Share the love!
I usually commute to work via airplane -- 1 to 2 to as much as 3 trips each week. In the airport and on planes before we take off or after landing, I sometimes overhear people talking on their cell phones, ending calls with the words, "I love you." When I hear those words, I notice a physical change in the air on the plane. It's charged with God energy.
There is so much pain and suffering in the world -- on all levels. People are in pain individually, couples, teams, organizations, communities, nations. And that pain is on the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Many people are searching for, believe they do not have, are experiencing a lack of fulfillment, contentment, love of one or more types: Agape/Divine, familial, romantic, loyal, protective, dutiful and/or erotic.
For those of us who know/remember how Love-filled we are and the joy, beauty and privilege of sharing and exchanging love with the Creator, family, a lover, friends, etc., I believe it is our charge, duty, honor, joy to do just that -- to share, exchange and remind others that they are loved; that love is available, free, unconditional and unending. That it continues to grow and vibrate between, through, around and among us with each breath and vibration across and beyond all that is.
And so, it is with happiness, joy and gratitude that I say, "I love you." to you. When I say/send/share these three little words to you, it's anything but simple. It carries with it the Love that I feel and know with certainty is in all of creation. And I know that my meaning, intention, energy of and with those words vibrates and impacts all of creation. All of THAT is what I send with those three words.
I've become consciously aware of different types of love (Agape/Divine, familial, romantic, loyal, protective, dutiful and erotic) in the advanced energy healing classes I took in California (http://www.dancingwithsource.com/). I believe there are even more and different types of love that we've been given. What a blessing. I am overwhelmed -- oozing with love in this moment as I think of how much you and I are loved by our most divine Creator (you may say Universe, Source, God, Spirit, etc.) to have been given such a gift that is totally free!
LIFEWORK:
1. Say, “I love you!” to yourself. And list at least 5 reasons that you do.
2. Identify 5 people in your life – family, friends, co-workers or even strangers – and say those magic words, “I love you!” to them. Be sure to give each of them at least 5 reasons that you love them. Having this conversation with them face-to-face is most ideal. If that’s not possible or practical, a visual media like Skype is next best, then telephone. While you may follow up a conversation with email or a letter, please begin with actual contact, human to human.
3. After you’ve connected with these 6 people (5 others, plus yourself), do some journaling about how and what you’re feeling and thinking about yourself, situations in your life and life itself.
4. Share the results and impact on this blog.
.
That's all. And so, I have only one more thing to say as I end this missive to you. You know what it is, so you won't be surprised and I surely won't disappoint: I LOVE YOU--UNCONDITIONALLY!!!!!!!
There is so much pain and suffering in the world -- on all levels. People are in pain individually, couples, teams, organizations, communities, nations. And that pain is on the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Many people are searching for, believe they do not have, are experiencing a lack of fulfillment, contentment, love of one or more types: Agape/Divine, familial, romantic, loyal, protective, dutiful and/or erotic.
For those of us who know/remember how Love-filled we are and the joy, beauty and privilege of sharing and exchanging love with the Creator, family, a lover, friends, etc., I believe it is our charge, duty, honor, joy to do just that -- to share, exchange and remind others that they are loved; that love is available, free, unconditional and unending. That it continues to grow and vibrate between, through, around and among us with each breath and vibration across and beyond all that is.
And so, it is with happiness, joy and gratitude that I say, "I love you." to you. When I say/send/share these three little words to you, it's anything but simple. It carries with it the Love that I feel and know with certainty is in all of creation. And I know that my meaning, intention, energy of and with those words vibrates and impacts all of creation. All of THAT is what I send with those three words.
I've become consciously aware of different types of love (Agape/Divine, familial, romantic, loyal, protective, dutiful and erotic) in the advanced energy healing classes I took in California (http://www.dancingwithsource.com/). I believe there are even more and different types of love that we've been given. What a blessing. I am overwhelmed -- oozing with love in this moment as I think of how much you and I are loved by our most divine Creator (you may say Universe, Source, God, Spirit, etc.) to have been given such a gift that is totally free!
LIFEWORK:
1. Say, “I love you!” to yourself. And list at least 5 reasons that you do.
2. Identify 5 people in your life – family, friends, co-workers or even strangers – and say those magic words, “I love you!” to them. Be sure to give each of them at least 5 reasons that you love them. Having this conversation with them face-to-face is most ideal. If that’s not possible or practical, a visual media like Skype is next best, then telephone. While you may follow up a conversation with email or a letter, please begin with actual contact, human to human.
3. After you’ve connected with these 6 people (5 others, plus yourself), do some journaling about how and what you’re feeling and thinking about yourself, situations in your life and life itself.
4. Share the results and impact on this blog.
.
That's all. And so, I have only one more thing to say as I end this missive to you. You know what it is, so you won't be surprised and I surely won't disappoint: I LOVE YOU--UNCONDITIONALLY!!!!!!!
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