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Don’t look at yourself as ‘crazy’ just because you may not fit in with all the thoughts of everyone around you. If you feel it within and it doesn’t hurt another person then it is genuine and unique…just like you. That is what makes each of us different. You don’t have to follow a thought of another unless you believe it will work for you.
It’s good to see Mom up and around making breakfast. It seems like it was ages ago that Mom went in for cancer treatment. It has only been a few months since her treatment. I am thankful that she is doing so well and back to her spunky self. She’s one of a kind!
Find your truth that rings true for you. Don’t base it on what you have been conditioned to believe through your lifetime or an opinion that someone says is the truth. Find your truth. You’ll find a bit here and a bit there and then build your belief based on what makes you feel ‘right’ within. We are not all the same. We all have unique views on life. What works for one may not work for another. Allow others their right to their truth. Allow yourself to step away from anything that doesn’t work for you and find your unique truth that gives you the feeling of peace and calm within.
I love to write. I love sitting at my computer and just letting the words flow. It is when I feel the most connected to the Universe. So today I have a full day of what I love to do best. Makes me happy!
Many of us can get wrapped up in the worries of the day. Your mind wanders into the worst case scenario and anticipates the worst. Just for today assume the best in any situation. If you’re heading into the big meeting and are anticipating all the bumping of the heads, tell yourself ‘stop.’ Then assume the best that could happen. Do this when you are anticipating the worst in all your life activities. Stop yourself in the midst of the worry and assume the best. Get into the habit of assuming the best instead of anticipating the worst. You will be sending the Universe a message of ‘the best’ and your life will begin to reflect just that.
Peanut cracks me up. She is growing like a weed. She is already taller than Grandma. I told her she was about to pass me up. I asked her, “What am I going to do with you get taller than me?”
She thought for a minute and said, “I will put you in my pocket and feed you chocolate.”
Silence and then…uproaring of laughter. She has her dad’s humor for sure!
See the Universe in everything and everyone. Do your best to not make any judgments on others who may be less active or less kind. Making judgments and disliking someone for what they appear to be is part of the problem in the world. When you make an opinion and judge another person you are becoming like them. You become someone who judges and dislikes. Take the vibration of ‘allowing’ others to be who they are and to put your focus to positive thoughts of what you like in a person. Shift your focus and if you just can’t see a positive trait then stay neutral within your mind (allow, allow, allow!) so that their negative way doesn’t affect the life you are living. It’s all about what you are thinking that creates the life you desire.
No more meanies, yeah! 
Dad came toddlin’ in this morning and sat down to breakfast.
“How are you doing, Dad?” I asked.
“I’m perplexed.”
“What about?”
“I checked my diabetic numbers this morning and they are too high.”
“Did you eat something that was over your limit?”
“Nope…I can’t think of a thing.”
Mom pipes in. “How about that extra piece of bread at dinner?”
Dad says, “No, no, that wouldn’t do it.”
Mom says, “How about the extra two pieces of coffee cake you had last night before going to bed?”
Dad says, “No, no that wouldn’t do it.” By this time I’m trying to keep from laughing. Mom’s rolling her eyes doing her best to give him a ‘light bulb’ moment.
“I know what it is,” Dad finally says. He looks at Mom. “It’s your cooking!”
“I know what it is,” Mom shoots back. “It’s your mouth!”
They are such a hoot!
Remember to tell yourself that you will most likely have to hear the opinions and misunderstandings of those around you when you walk to the beat of your own drum. Try not to take it personally. Others around you just want you to be like them or they think you might get hurt in some way and when you decide that you won’t react and don’t take it personal then the opinions will disappear and you will continue to walk to the beat of your own drum and be a success at it. Why will the opinions just disappear? Because the opinion will no longer matter to you when you don’t let it affect your world. I hear your drum beating and it sounds amazing.
Spending the day with my girls today. My twenty five year old, my ten year old, and I will be singing at the top of our lungs in the car to Billie Holiday and the B-52′s…’Love Shack, Baby! We’re heading down the hiiiigh waaaaaay…’ I am grateful that we all get along so well and enjoy the same music. Looking forward to a piece of See’s chocolate and a coffee and time with my girls.
In anything you do you can always choose peace and calm. All that it takes is you and the choice of changing your perception of the situation. As you go about your day with your daily tasks continue to see peace and calm. Being upset with each detail of life will only bring you more upset but if you choose peace and calm what will come to you? You got it…peace and calm. By knowing that ‘all is well’ no matter what the outer circumstances are showing, the vibration of ‘all is well’ and ‘I choose calm and peace in this’ will come into your life. That will do more for your outer circumstances than you will ever know.
Here it is pouring rain outside yet nature doesn’t pay any mind. There are elk walking through the hillside and hundreds of ladybugs all over my windows. What a sight to see! And there is one of our cats running out into the pasture thinking he is bigger than the elk. They aren’t paying any attention to him. I think the cat thinks he’s a lion. Now he is running back lickity split. What cat do you know that will run through rain? Oh…it’s Lee’s cat…that explains it. hee hee This is the cat that sits in the rain, doesn’t clean himself, and loves to kiss on the lips. He found Lee when we moved here and Lee adopted him. Animals give such joy, humor, and love, don’t they?!
Each day we have over 50,000 thoughts. Some we’re aware of but most of them we’re not aware of. Just by directing your focus of thought in a certain direction can change your life. If even ten percent of your thoughts are from a concentrated positive thought, you will achieve what you want.
When you meditate you are concentrating your focus and taking control of your own thoughts through silence. Using meditation to relax and train the mind to focus on silence is a positive vibration because you are connecting one on one with the Universe. Use meditation to retrain the mind from the negative to the neutral to the positive.
Use your intentional thoughts wisely.
I think Mom is our biggest fan. She has dogeared our book “Unlimited Thoughts” as well as “Transcripts from the Core Being.” She came into our room yesterday and asked if it was okay if she bought another copy of “Transcripts.” We asked her if something was wrong with her other copy and she said, “I’ve read it so much that I broke the binding on it. I read it like a bible. It makes me feel so good.” Lee went out to the studio and grabbed another copy. He came back in and handed it to Mom. “It’s on the house,” he said. Like we would ever make Mom pay for anything around here. I love that Mom is expanding her world in thought. Now Dad…he’s another story! hee hee
When you get excited about something that you want to do this means you have found the right energy to make it happen. And if you take action as well you will have inspired action which is an alignment with the thought of what you are excited about. If you don’t feel up to doing something or are dreading the very thought then you need to find a way to find the inspired action or else that feeling of procrastinating and pushing yourself will give you more to resist within. Only work from the excited feeling to align with what it is that you want to manifest.
Unlimited possibilities! Peanut had a grand time with her friends yesterday. They stayed at the library all afternoon. The librarian gave them some sidewalk chalk and showed them an area in the back where they could run around and play. The little group of ten and eleven year olds (3 girls and a boy) decided to create a town. So they began to draw the walls and all the little stores in their town. The girls worked hard on all that they wanted and the boy went inside for just a moment. The girls got a great idea. How about a florist shop? They created a mural of flowers and vases complete with a florist. So their boy friend came back out and stopped in shock. “What did you guys do? That was my police station!” So they came up with a plan. Now the florist shop and the police station are all in one. The police make arrangements and deliver flowers as well as protecting the town. The visual left Lee in stitches. It could happen, Peanut! Unlimited possibilities!
Do you have what you consider a past failure that you are embarrassed about? Does it keep you from moving forward or taking a step in a certain direction? Embarrassment only comes from being concerned about what others think of you. You didn’t mean to embarrass yourself did you? It wasn’t your intention whether it was a failed business or saying something you shouldn’t have. Time to get over it and realize you are…human. We all, at times, worry about what someone else will think about us. Everyone has moments of regret but it is the ones that you can laugh, move forward, and know from within that you can make it…embarrassment not included. Others have no idea what brought you to a moment no matter what they tell you. The Universe gives you unconditional support and that is all the encouragement you need.
Time for some Lee and Beth time. We’re going into town for some lunch and shopping…maybe even a movie! A nice weekend to sit back and relax. Hope you enjoy your day as well.
Think for a moment about many of your beliefs. The ones that you have been hanging on to year after year. Is it possible that maybe some of your beliefs are a result of someone handing you that particular belief? Some of our beliefs stem from our own life conditions and how we perceive them and some come from the loved ones around us and we just assume that the belief was right for us as well. Do your best to open your mind to experiencing something yourself before deciding that it is true for you. Make up your own mind about what you believe. This will ensure a life full of conditions that you consciously decided to be a part of your life.
My dad can be opinionated and stubborn. It is his way or the highway. On the other hand he has many wonderful qualities such as tenderness to his family and his soft heart for animals and plants. I choose to focus on his wonderful qualities. This morning he came in with tears in his eyes. I asked, “Are you okay, Dad?” He said, “I just had a spiritual moment. I woke up early and caught the sun rising. The sky turned purple and the trees turned a beautiful shade of gold. The moss changed to the color of luminescent white. I sat and watched the world wake up and was reawakened to the Universe once again.” I love my dad.
You have thoughts and you have feelings about the thoughts. It is the feeling that sends the vibration out into the Universe. The thought itself is just that…a thought. It becomes active as we put more attention and focus toward it. The feeling coupled with the image of the thought sends a message out. If you have a thought and there isn’t really any feeling to the thought, the thought is not powerful and doesn’t become a part of the vibrations that you continually send out. If you have a thought and you have a definite feeling connected with that thought, it is the one that will be sent out into the Universe along with all the other strong feeling thoughts you may have. It can be a big mix of vibrations by the end of the day. That is why it is important to guide your thoughts and feelings into a place of positive as well as focus on what you want in life. The more you create positive the more positive life will be.
Peanut came in the house so excited. The chicken (the one that just showed up one day) is friendly but really doesn’t let you get close enough to pet her. Peanut ran in yelling, “Daisy let me pick her up!” Grandma and Grandpa went to the window and Peanut went outside and picked Daisy up. Daisy kept her legs moving but chortled and clucked with content. Peanut put her on the ground and Daisy ran to her corn and then came back to be picked up again. Peanut sat outside with her chicken on her lap. Grandpa grabbed the camera and then called my siblings of the huge breakthrough. I love the small details of life that make all of us happy. They are the moments that make me content within.
Life isn’t about reacting to situations or trying to second guess how life is going be. All you need is your thoughts and how you feel as guidance. You don’t need someone telling you what to do or controlling your life. If they do, it is your choice. You see, you have the ability to choose your own thoughts about any situation. You don’t have to conform to what is considered normal and follow in line with others who want to be alike. You can choose… just like you can choose how you feel and react to your surroundings. You can choose to create the life you want and when someone upsets you, you can choose to stay calm within and keep creating the life you want. If you put energy toward what they say or have done then it becomes a part of your experience but if you just allow them to create whatever they are creating and you keep creating your life then it doesn’t affect you. It doesn’t affect your surroundings unless you bring their thoughts into your vibrations.
Dad has the funniest habit. He sits at the breakfast table and if there is any kind of bowls with fruit or something in them, he feels the need to arrange them or change their position. It drives Mom crazy. They go round and round about the grapes in the bowl. He takes all the grapes off the stems and puts them in a pile in the bowl. Mom tells him over and over again that if he takes the grapes off the bunch that they will spoil faster. This morning after breakfast he pulled off all the grapes and put them in the bowl. Mom said, “Well that proves it. You solved an age old question. You should be proud of yourself. “ Dad took the bait. “Proves what?” She said with a little smile on her lips, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks!” He snickered and said back, “I’m not old…” A lively morning at the McCain household.
How many of us believe that our past is what is responsible for our current life conditions? We want to blame and give a reason as to why we can’t seem to get out of the repetitive situation we keep having. We’re sure that our past and all its problems are causing our life to just sit there. And dare we take it a step further? We hold our past close to our heart and blame experiences of the past for what we experience now. We actually bond to the pain and hurt not willing to let it go for fear it will leave and then what will we do without it? What would we do without that baggage and the comfortably uncomfortable? We’d have to think of something else. We’d have to claim responsibility for the life we have been leading and then create a new life free of the baggage.
Doesn’t sound too bad, does it? Let go of the past. Only bring the learning experiences from the past with you, not the emotions. Let go of all situations and everyone who have ever hurt you. Now you are free to create what you want in your life without all the baggage. Well done!
Lee and I will be personal consulting today. We really enjoy helping others to find a path that they may not have thought of. It’s a retraining and learning process for the mind but once you get the hang of it life will change. Here’s the link if you’re interested. Direct Positive Counseling
Now time to get Peanut up and ready for school. Enjoy your day everyone!
Be clear why you are choosing a dream in your life. It is important to know why you really want it. We hear all kinds of opinions about our dreams and until you are ready to really act on your dream you should keep it to yourself. You see, when you tell everyone it is almost as if it dilutes the dream. If you come across someone who says that you can’t do it, those negative thoughts will have some kind of impact on you if you let them. It is best not to tell anyone. When you are excited and envision your dream and you keep quiet, it builds up the energy and the momentum of the dream. If you have others that are of like mind then by all means tell them when you are absolutely one hundred percent clear why you want the dream you do. When you are that clear and that sure no negative words can touch your magnificent dream. Your dream will be full of positive, clear, thought, and vibration and you know what that means? Manifestation!
We’ve been without the internet today so here I am blogging in the afternoon in the library. We had a brown out yesterday and it took out some of the telephone lines around our place. So we have our laptops and are working in a different environment today. Kinda fun!
No matter what you repetitively think and feel will eventually manifest into your life. Each thought and feeling builds a unique vibration that goes out into the Universe. As you repeat a vibration over and over again it is like putting vibrational positive money in the bank. Do you have more negative thoughts in your vibrational bank or positive? Shift the focus to the joy of life. Rack up those vibrational positive thoughts so that your vibrational bank account will be full of the positive and your life will become just that.
Celebrating a birthday today! One of our boys is 28 today. It’s funny how when a birthday rolls around the kids resort to being little kids once again. He wanted pepperoni pizza, bbq wings, and an ice cream cake. I remember his fifth birthday…he wanted the same thing! A day to celebrate a beautiful spirit coming into this world to experience. I’m honored he picked me to be his mom.
Is there someone in your life that does not agree with how you live life or maybe they are letting you know that your decisions don’t meet their approval? Maybe they tell you your decision for what you want to do is too outlandish? Albert Einstein said it best: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” This is not to say that anyone has a less than wonderful mind but what it does say is that some limit the possibilities while others soar and they do so without the limitations of what people consider ‘normal.’
Peanut and her friends remind me of the ‘Little Rascals.’ Do you remember Spanky, Alfalfa, and Darla? I watched the reruns religiously when I was a little girl.
Peanut has the rascals coming over today. They make up so many fun ideas and sometimes their antics wind them up in the bathroom wiping of tons of mud. One day they came in and I could only see the whites of their eyes through all the mud. They enjoy every moment. To be a kid!
Here’s something that can seem hard at first but try it. Your life will change because of it. Try sending love where you normally would be sending dislike or even hate especially when it comes to the television, the internet, or newspaper. When you send love to something, no matter how hard it seems, you will be becoming a part of the solution to peace in the world and not just another person contributing to the hate and judgments of the world. You will find, if you make it a habit, you will be a calmer and more joyful person. It always starts with you.
I love to watch Dad in the morning. He goes outside and opens up his big bin of bird food. He sprinkles it all over the ground and then sits in his chair. His eyes sparkle with delight as all the birds come over to have their breakfast. He gets up and goes over to his other bin of food which is the chicken food. He calls Daisy and he/she comes running over clucking and carrying on. Dad proceeds to cluck back at her. They ‘talk’ to each other the whole time Daisy’s eating. He then sits back down in his chair and makes sure the birds eat all their rice. He then goes and gets the paper. He toddles back in the house and says, “All babies have been fed. This baby needs to eat now!”
Every morning the same endearing routine and the same words. It makes me happy to see my dad content.
If you are in a conflict with anyone, before you decide to say a thing ask yourself if what you are about to say comes from your need to be right or your need to teach them a lesson. Or is your thought about being kind. I think you know where this is going. Be the ‘bigger’ person by always saying what you mean through kindness and not through your human ego. Pick a reaction that comes from kindness and calm no matter what your ego tells you to say.
It’s my morning to answer e-mail questions so here I go with coffee in one hand and laptop in other!
The goal isn’t to get rid of every problem we may have. The goal is to learn to shift the way you see life and how you react to those moments. When you begin to realize that you can change your life by just changing the way you see your life experiences, you will then change your own reality. You may still have some problems but they will no longer be seen as problems. They will be another stair step toward changing your life through your focus and your reactions to every day life. You will find that you no longer call them problems; you will call them moments of growth and the easier you see yourself gliding through them, the easier you will.
If you see a roadblock, change your reaction and know from within that there is a solution and then move on from it. Don’t mull it over in your mind over and over again wondering where there is a solution. Just know there is one and focus on the solution even if you don’t know how it will happen…just know. Change your reaction by seeing the solution instead of worrying about the problem. Keep moving, keep shifting, keep changing your genuine reaction, let it go knowing it is all taken care of for you, and it will all be easier.
Does this mean you are avoiding? Not at all. It shows you are working on the process of how thought comes through you and goes out into the Universe. You will still be aware of any opportunity that you should act on toward the solution…and not the problem. Remember all those vibrations that you are sending out are coming back to you in some form. By releasing the stress of anything, you are telling the Universe you want a stress free life and you will have just that!
Lee and I worked late into the evening last night. Sometimes I enjoy the late nights. It is so quiet and still. All you hear is the typing of the computer keyboards and soft music in the background. The best time to hear the inner self and where it takes you. We worked late last night because I’m going to town with ‘the girls.’ It’s one of our son’s birthday this weekend so I’m off to pick up party supplies. He’s going to be twenty eight years old! Twenty eight? How is that possible when I am thirty two?! (hee hee) He’s been a joy in my life and still is. He was my one that helped me with many lessons through experience but now it is all smooth sailing. I am proud of the man he has become.
Every moment spent crying over your past will not take it away. You can bemoan and even feel pity but nothing will take the feeling away as long as you sit and continue to mull it over in your mind. Remind yourself, the self that feels hurt, that was then and this is now. Think about the experience and find what you have learned from the past. Thank your past for helping you find what you want and don’t want in life. And thank it for helping you to know what to do and what not to do next time. Then come back to your life now. Live now and not in your past. Forgive yourself and others for the past and move to the present bringing the experience and lessons with you. Live and enjoy every single moment now.
Appreciating the everyday life today. You know, the things that we sometimes forget in our daily life that are just as important as what we are attaining to. Having a bed to wake up in, being able to brush my teeth, giving my children hugs, seeing my parents toddle in, Lee’s morning hair, my favorite jeans, my car that purrs like a kitten, the morning walk that shows me the amazing ways of the Universe. I could go on and on. I am so thankful for this journey.
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