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Do you really want everyone to think and act just like you? Do you really think it would be an exciting life with all of us the same, eating the same, thinking exactly alike, doing the same exact things? Of course not! We are here to experience, and our experiences are all unique. Two people who are raised the same come out having different perceptions of life. It’s just the way we are. Everyone has different thoughts and focus. It doesn’t mean one is better than the other…just unique. This uniqueness helps each of us figure out what we want and don’t want in our own lives. Contrast is a blessing to observe and helps us to fine-tune our own intentional creating.
I learned so much this week about…my mind. 
I went and had a sleep study done as well as many other tests to see how positive thought can affect the brain. I didn’t find out anything that I didn’t already ‘feel’ within because I’ve always known ‘within myself’ that being positive and looking through the eyes of joy makes a difference. The question is…does it make a physical difference within the brain?
I sat through a video of how our brain works which made my brain cringe. (hee hee) The terminology and all the ‘gobbly gook’ I will leave to the experts so I’ll give it to you in my terms.
I went in and put on my stripey green and white pajamas and then they put electrodes all over my head. Thank goodness I have short hair! They ‘wired’ up my heart, my legs, my arms, my face, my….everything and then attached belts around my waist with all different colored wires that fed into a tube where all the whistles and bells were on a board. They had cameras on me while I slept.
They asked me to do my normal routine of going to sleep. They explained that it may take some time to fall asleep because of the different situation. So my normal routine of falling asleep; brush my teeth, read a little, do a crossword or two, and then meditate. So did I have any problem falling asleep? Not at all…
I went into meditation and over an intercom they ask, “Are you asleep?” It made me laugh. Here they have me all hooked up to devices that should tell them and they ask if I’m asleep. Yes…I then got the giggles and once I start it, it takes a while to get me to settle down.
I found out later that apparently when I went into meditation, I had almost gone into a sleep cycle so they weren’t sure if I had been hooked up correctly. I guess that’s a good thing.
You would think with all these people watching me, recording me, knowing every little ‘brain wave’ and movement that I couldn’t sleep. Listen…I’ve had four children and two of those four seriously never slept as babies so I know when to settle in and sleep…I think I could sleep standing up if I had too! lol
So did I have the same vivid dreams I always do in the strange surroundings? I did. I don’t remember my dreams every night but I do remember quite a few of them and they can be like mini movies. My dream cycle changed when I began meditating and changing my thoughts many years ago. My dreams used to be filled with anxiety and working hard and they changed over the years to what I have today. Very vivid, clear, and concise. I dream about kooky symbols just like everyone else but they take on meaning where as before that didn’t happen.
So what did I dream? I have this spot that is recurring in some of my dreams. It is a bench overlooking the ocean and people and things come visit me there. I was sitting on my bench all night long and different images would appear in frame. Flowers, people that I have and haven’t met, birds, images that represent something to me, words (words show up on the bench and I ‘mull’ them over), and the whole time I can hear a stream of water.
When I woke up, they served me breakfast (bacon, eggs, and french toast!) and then pulled off all the wires and such. Then they proceeded to hook me up to a completely different kind of machine. This one was for my waking time. I sat and talked with the technician about my background and then they began to ask me questions. They would ask the question, ask me to ‘think on it, and then respond.’ So this went on for awhile.
Questions like: How do you feel about life? Are you happy? (Oh pleeeze…hee hee) Then they began to build scenarios and asked me how I would respond. This is where it got funny. The beginning scenarios were easy enough and definitely in a positive frame of mind. As they asked, I became more relaxed and went into what I call a ‘waking meditation state.’ That’s when they started to build very negative scenarios to see what the brain would do. On the first scenario I explained what I would do. The intercom went off and the technician left the room and then came back in to check all my ‘hook ups.’
He sat down, gave me another negative scenario, and I explained how I would handle the situation. The intercom went off and he left the room. He came back and smiled. “Your readings for your emotional responses to the positive and the negative seem to be the same. So we’re going to resort to a little bit of dirty play.”
Huh? Are they going to torture me? No…they brought in images starting with babies and rainbows and proceeded to some sad and upsetting images. It’s not that I am emotionless…I have just retrained my own mind to respond with compassion, not negativity, and to allow joy in as much as I can find. So they noticed when an upsetting image came up, I took a deep breath in, and breathed out heavily, and my ‘waves’ changed to a meditative state. That is what they saw.
What I do is this…I breathe in, breathe out, and release ‘into’ my eternal self and see the calm, ease, and…compassion. Compassion is different than pity or worry or fear. It puts me in a state of ease.
I thought it funny what they had written down. I was a person that was ‘least not to catastrophize.’ It they had known me years ago it would have been different.
So what did they find out after that loooooooooong opus I just told?
My positive thought has changed my brain waves. Positive thought creates permanent changes within the brain. It is as if it has been rewired. My dream cycles, my waking cycles, my meditation cycles are very similar. Not in the respect of not being awake but in the way of balance. They felt my ability for going into a meditative ‘ like state’ didn’t slow down any of my actions and that I maintained that state even when not meditating. They said by maintaining this kind of state leads to increased awareness and perceptions. Focusing on the positive, in my case, created a positive mood and also affects others around me.
They also did some intuitive testing as well. The normal, “Tell me what number is on the card” type stuff but they were more interested in the effect of meditation and positive thinking on the brain itself.
Their studies have shown that people who do learn to ‘rewire’ the brain have lives that are more productive, more alert, less tired, handle stress well and tend to not have much stress, and overall enjoy life creating a life they want to live.
So did I need to be ‘hooked up’ to know this? Not at all…it was an opportunity to meet new people and to see how they go about it. Taking science and trying to find the cold hard facts on how we ‘tick.’
Science is an amazing tool but there are some things science will never be able to ‘harness’ until the ‘normal’ scientists delve into the mind, body, AND spirit.
Everyone has made some choices that they aren’t too proud of. Everyone has things in their lives that they just wish had never happened; but remember, those events are not, and do not define who you really are. They are just experiences that you have had. That’s it. Each and every thing you have done has made you who you are today. Each shows you another experience and path you can take; just events in your life that the physical self has experienced and the eternal self within you observes. You are an eternal being within who experiences through the physical self. The physical self creates events for you to observe to expand the mind even further. Just an event…not the real you.
I was contacted by phone asking if I’d be interested in helping with a study regarding positive thought, brain activity, and intuition. So what did I say? Yes! How fun that would be.
So I had a sleep study last night and I am going to be ‘testing’ this morning after I leave the sleep lab. Wonder what they’ll find in there? hee hee
Are you so scared of rejection and hearing the would ‘no’ that it keeps you from even trying anything at all? How will you ever ‘know’ if you don’t try? No is just a word. There doesn’t have to be all this attachment to the feelings that it may cause. You really have nothing to lose if you just ask and do. It may take you out of a comfort zone, but it will take you to a higher level of experience. Are you ready for that kind of change? Just say ‘yes’ to ‘no.’
I was a costume designer before I began this wonderful journey I am on. I remember when I first began designing costumes on my own. I was asked to build over a hundred costumes for a theatrical production of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ I had a little baby at the time and I could hear every reason as to why I shouldn’t, why I couldn’t do this job. But there was this little voice within me that seemed to get stronger when everything was quiet. It was telling me “Yes…you can do this. This is what you envisioned.” My logical ‘sense’ told me, “No way. Too much! You can’t do this. NO!”
I just wanted to let you know I listened to the right voice. I built all those costumes, made every rehearsal, found more babysitters than I could have ever asked for at the theater, learned and enjoyed every moment of the experience, and even was nominated for best costume designer.’ This wouldn’t have happened if I had listened to the voice that said, “You’ll fail. You might screw it up. What if you can’t do it?”
So remember to listen to the voice within you that matters. The one that tells you, “You can do it. “
So what if you don’t know what will happen. Whatever will happen you will have listened to the real voice of reason that resides within you, not the voice of fear and ego. And the experiences you will have will outweigh any thing you could have ever imagined.
The Universe has your back.
Through contrast we learn and grow. It is part of all that we are. As things change you will begin to have new experiences to learn and grow from. If you are having a recurring theme in your life that doesn’t seem to want to go away, it is because you haven’t learned the life lesson yet. Look the theme over, turn it upside down and look within, and see what you can learn from the experience. Then release it into the Universe, never to return. It doesn’t have to return just because it has before. If you recognize a recurring theme, then do your best to understand it and move on from it. When you are able to see the recurring theme and begin to understand what could be changed ‘within’ to move forward then it will fade from your life.
I took Mom and Dad into town yesterday and as always we had quite a time. Dad wouldn’t take the walker because, I quote, ‘I don’t want to look like an old man.’ So he takes his cane and Mom and I get on both sides of him just in case he loses his balance.
As we walk to lunch, Mom and Dad are talking about ‘the garden.’ Dad isn’t able to get in the dirt and he doesn’t want to wear plastic bags on his legs. He said he would only do that for Peanut when she wants his help outside. He misses being able to garden and he’s digging his heels in to any kind of raised gardening beds so, at the moment…no garden.
After lunch Mom and I head into the local Rite Aid (Mom loves Rite Aid. She says, “I used to go to Rite Aid before it was Rite Aid when they called it Thrifty.” So out front there are hundreds of vegetable and flower plants all ready to take home. She knows Dad can’t plant, she’s not able to plant, I don’t really have the time to plant, and they don’t want us to hire anyone to plant so we’re kind of at a standstill until they are ready to move forward.
She asks me to run in and get Dad’s ‘Groom and Clean’ hair oil. When I come back she has this package in her hands. She buys all of her stuff and we put it in the trunk. She obviously doesn’t want me to see the package.
We get home and the girls and I unload the trunk and bring in all Mom has bought. I drop the Rite Aid bag on her bed and the ‘package’ falls out.
Dad grabs it and asks, “What’s this?”
“It’s for me,” she says. She had bought a package of the tomatoes that grow upside down from the ceiling.
“I’m NOT growing tomatoes on the ceiling,” Dad says stubbornly.
“You’re not going to grow them…I am. You can just look at them.” Mom’s good. She’s using psychology on Dad but he doesn’t realize it.
“It’s not natural,” he complains.
“Well neither are you but I bought you didn’t I?”
“You gonna hang me from the ceiling?” he laughs.
“If I could…I would,” she teases back.
I checked in on them before I went to bed last night and they were putting together the ceiling tomatoes wondering how well it will work.
Mom really knows Dad…
Each and every day ask yourself questions and observe your surroundings. What are others having you read? What do others have you listening to? What people are in my life? Who am I listening to? What do others have me thinking about? Then make a check within yourself and ask, “Is that what I want? Is that where I want to go? Is that what I want to become?” Make the adjustments as needed. It is your choice to be who you want to be.
It’s Mom and Dad day. I’m taking them to town to run their errands; doctor, pharmacy, grocery store, Macy’s, and one of Dad’s favorites…Wendy’s fast food.
Dad loves to ride and be able to sit in the passenger side and look at all the plants in bloom. He names every one (their Latin names) and always has a good story or two about his landscaping days. He worked in the Beverly Hills area before owning his own business so he loves telling stories of different celebrities he landscaped for.
He doesn’t know it but I’ve written down every story he’s ever told me. One day I think I’ll write a book on his experiences.
Every relationship that you have with your spouse, children, family and friends are what you have attracted into your life. Each situation and person is there because the experience is the one that you needed in life right now.There is meaning behind every relationship, and every set of circumstances that follows. And this ‘meaning’ is part of your own expansion of consciousness. Once you ‘expand’, the situation will change or disappear. Is it time to ‘expand’ so that you can move on from a particular situation?
Lee and I really enjoyed our day at the coast yesterday. It was nice to ‘get away’ just the two of us. Peanut stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa this time. She loves going to the Law of Attraction Gatherings with us. She hands out the ‘goodie bags’ and sits at a table with all of our books and DVD’s but she decided that she wanted to stay home this time to take care of Grandpa and Grandma. She makes their lunch (peanut butter & honey) and sits in their room with the guinea pigs.
Needless to say, when Peanut ‘babysits,’ Grandma and Grandpa don’t get much done.
Just for a moment do you think you can release the thought of needing an answer? Do you think you can realize that there is an answer but that it is time to let go of that resistance of having to know right now? Maybe, just maybe, letting go of all the emotions attached to worrying about an answer will bring you the answer. Let go and let the knowledge in…
Last night Peanut and Dad were talking quietly in the living room. They looked like they were making some kind of plan….they were.
Lee and I had just gotten ready and we were going into the kitchen. I always step out on the porch and take a big deep breath of fresh air before starting the day. I went on the porch and looked over to the meadow and Peanut was there digging her pond. She’s created a pond that is now six feet wide but this morning she wasn’t the only one out there. I could see Dad out there and he was sitting on his walker directing Peanut with his arms.
I thought ‘how sweet is that’ until my mind reminded me he is supposed to stay out of dirt and grass because of his foot and his surgery. Hmmm…I didn’t want to step on his independence but this is how his infection started last night (moldy shoes and dirt). He is eighty two and can make his own decisions but…
Next thing I knew, Mom comes whizzing past me with her cane and her little limp. She is walking as fast as she can making a ‘bee line’ for Dad and Peanut. I decided I better catch up to her even if I was in my slippers. She wasn’t saying a word so I thought I better keep quiet. I secretly was laughing inside because I remember when I was little and Mom got that look on her face, she meant business.
Dad’s back was to her as he sat on the walker and Peanut was involved in shoveling. “At least Dad had remembered his hat,” I thought. He’s had skin cancer in the past.
Mom took a deep deep breath and from the bottom of her belly (you know that kind of voice, right? hee hee) she said, “WHAT are YOU doing?”
Okay…I think time actually stood still. Dad jumped, Peanut jumped, and I jumped.
Dad turned around. “You could have given me a heart attack!”
“That’s the LEAST of your worries, Buster!” Mom said.
Peanut went to say something but I shook my head ‘no.’ I knew when to keep quiet and Peanut needed to be silent as well.
Dad’s walker had mud all over the wheels but his shoes and legs were covered in two big garbage bags with rubber bands at the top.
“I’m protected,” he grinned. He stuck his legs out to show us. “Peanut fixed me up!” He continued. “Peanut needed a little direction.”
“So who’s going to have to clean up that walker?” Mom was trying to make a point.
Peanut hasn’t learned how to keep silent as of yet. “I’ll do it, Grandma.”
Mom looked at Dad. “Absolutely hopeless! I’m going to tell your doctor.” She flipped around and did her fast little walk.
Dad yelled back to her, “YEP! You can tell that ol’ doctor how I was spending time with my baby granddaughter!”
Mom’s shoulders began to shake and she started laughing. She looked to me and said, “Can you believe those garbage bags and rubber bands?! He’s your father!”
“Yep,” I said. “He’s my dad all right and I wouldn’t have it any other way!”
Every cell of your being is connected to the Universe. When you have that wonderful feeling of joy, you have the energy flowing and it is open and ready to receive even more joy. You have a direct connection to the Universe through that flowing energy. So when you feel fear, frustration, anger, guilt, blame, or regret you are stepping on the open flow of energy. Keep an eye on your ‘flow’ of energy so that all your cells can do what they are supposed to do. They signal the Universe as to what you want and don’t want through the ‘flow’ of energy within you.
I went in Mom and Dad’s room to visit. Mom’s decorated their room in all pinks and purple flowers; the comforter, the curtains, vases of flowers, Dad’s nightstand. For years Mom always decorated their room in a neutral color because she would say, “It’s Dad’s room too so I don’t want him to feel like it’s a girlie kind of room.” But when she got older and had been married for many years, she decided that she would decorate the room in all the colors she loved. What she didn’t know is that Dad never really cared about what the room looks like.
When her new comforter came in she didn’t want to show Dad but when she did he said, “THAT is beautiful!! How come you never bought one like that before?”
“What? I thought it was too girlie for you. I thought you wouldn’t want to sleep in here with all these…girlie kind of colors.”
He patted the comforter and then patted Mom. “I would think you’d know by now that it doesn’t matter what our room looks like. The only thing I care about having in our room is….you.” My dad can sometimes say the right thing.
It was adorable. Mom looked down and batted her eyes at Dad. “I love you…even if you do like sissy colors. “
Just because you have a negative reaction to an answer that might be ‘the one’ doesn’t mean it isn’t the answer. Don’t accept any kind of negative when it comes to the situation you are in. Feel it and ‘put it on and wear it’ before you decide that it isn’t an option. Usually a negative response is our own logical, ego-self trying to stay within the limited answer box. Get beyond the negative response and see if maybe it only came from fear or failure. Fear and failure are two reasons to look beyond the negative response. They are only created by the societal mind not from your eternal self within that has the answers since it is always connected to the Universe.
Lee and I will be recording radio interviews for RADIO LOA today then Janet (our office manager) and I will be getting the schedule together for Lee and my next set of phone counseling sessions. It sounds busy, doesn’t it? But there is something that we have learned around our office. We can be in ‘productive’ mode but we make sure to enjoy the moment as well. We don’t ‘rush around’ to get things done. We get things done but all through calm and ease…and joy.
And if someone ‘snaps’…I usually laugh. I can’t help it! Then we all take a breath in and relax with a break then back to production mode.
Jim (our recording engineer) has been known to ‘snap’ just for a break which is kind of funny because he knows that he can take a break anytime. I think he likes it when we all take a break together.
Make a list of what you want in your life. Know that you can have it. Visualize the experience of having what is on that list; know and trust that it is done, and then give thanks that it is done. Next… Watch for all the miracles that will come into your life as you trust the Universe and ‘just know.’
Lee’s parents will be going home tomorrow so Lee and his dad are heading off to have a ‘boys’ day. I asked him what they’ll be doing and he said, “I have no clue. We’re just jumping in Dad’s truck and seeing where it leads us!”
I’m always amazed by genetics. Lee and his dad didn’t really ‘know’ each other for over twenty years and when they ‘found’ each other, it was unbelievable to watch. Lee’s sense of fun, the way Lee stands, the things he likes to eat, the things he likes to talk about, the things he does in his spare time…all those…are just like his dad. I can see what Lee will be like when he’s older if I just look at the older version. lol Of course their belief of life and such isn’t the same but those old genetics came through with these two!
It isn’t possible to be separated from the Universe. You may call the Universe ‘God’ or by some other name, but we are continually connected. It is your choice to feel separate, not the Universe’s. Everything you do is always your choice. You have the free will, and the Universe just answers your unique vibration. You can’t get it right or wrong. The Universe loves you unconditionally no matter what you decide to do. It’s up to you. You’re here for this wonderful experience, and to expand your own consciousness.
Last night, after everyone had gone to bed, I decided to get up and sit in the kitchen. We have a table with a built in corner bench full of pillows. We call it the ‘breakfast and lunch’ table. We use the big dining table for dinner. So I open with window to get some fresh air and sink back into the pillows enjoying the ‘dark and the comfort.’ I hear a little voice, “Mom? Can I sit with you?” It’s Peanut.
“Of course you can.” She snuggled up to me and we sat together. Then Dad came in.
“I needed a little something…” He goes rummaging around in the cupboard and finds the peanut butter. He sits down.
“What’s going on in here?” Mom came around the corner and grabbed the potato chips.
We all sat quietly. The only thing you could hear were the crunching of Mom’s chips.
“Is this a party?” Lee came in from the studio and we scooted over to make room. It was beginning to feel like the wonderful children’s book about ‘the Mitten.’ Do you remember that? One by one an animal found this one mitten and they all began to squeeze into the mitten to keep warm.
No one said a word. We just ‘enjoyed’ each other.
We hear the RV door open from outside and here comes Grandma and Grandpa P. “We saw you up and thought we’d join you. We all scooted together and made room.
Needless to say the bag of chips disappeared as all the grandmas and grandpas munched it down and we just sat, enjoyed the fresh air, and each others company. Once the chips were gone Dad said, “Party over?”
We all laughed and said, “Goodnight” and one by one we headed by to our rooms.
What a wonderful memory for Peanut. No agenda, no need to have to talk, just enjoying one another, and the love…
How’s that complaining working for you? Remember that any thought that is connected with an intense focus and feeling will surface in your life. If you blame others you are keeping what you want in a holding pattern, if you complain, you are keeping what you want away, and if you are feeling guilty or frustrated, you are keeping the things you really want from you.
These are all forms of resistance. You are resisting what you want in your life by continually staying in the frame of mind of “Finding something that is wrong in my life.” Does this mean that you never get upset? Absolutely not, but what it does mean is don’t hang onto the feelings and relive them day by day. Get mad if you need to, but then find your balance. Find the balance within, find answers, and then move on from those feelings and get productive by moving into a calmer place. That calmer place cupped with visualization and focus will bring you a calmer, easier life.
Lee & I have business meetings in town today. We’ll be speaking to a group that is interested in the Positive Thought Retreat. So I’ve put on my most comfortable ‘business meeting’ attire and have already meditated so I’m raring to go. No, I’m afraid I don’t do ‘power’ business suits or even a dress or skirt. I tend to be a classic type girl when it comes to clothes so I’ve got on my cherry red ‘dressy’ blouse and my jet black Dockers topped with my short black boots. That’s as business like as I get. I’m much more comfortable in a pair of jeans and a nice comfy shirt.
Being a costume designer for many years I had to have an ‘eye’ for fashion but I personally have always gone with what ‘feels’ good. I’m all about feeling joyful in every area of my life and part of my joy is feeling good in what I wear and not what everyone thinks I should wear.
Got my coffee and my hubby and away we go!
It’s relatively simple. When you really decide YES!!!!! about something and you feel that feeling from within, you are creating alignment with what you are saying yes to. When you think about saying yes but all you can do is worry about the NO of it all, then you are creating that feeling that is saying, “Bring me more NO.” Less focus on the No and more focus on the Yes of your life is the road to what you want.
Peanut (our 11 yr. old) has an affinity with animals, birds, and butterflies. Animals are drawn to her and they have no problem walking right up to her and saying ‘hello.’ So you may think, “Well…pets are nice that they like her.” I’m not only talking pets, I’m taking animals, birds, & butterflies in nature as well.
We just had our grass mowed and Peanut went to sit outside in the grass. First a yellow finch landed on her hand. It sat and looked at her and she cooed at him then he flew away. Not ten minutes later two beautiful blue butterflies circled her and landed on her arm. She sat perfectly still as they basked in the sun. Just about the time they left, her cats came over and laid by her side.
We’ve told her if she sees a bear outside to come in the house. He may want to say ‘hello’ and give her a bear hug.
Is it her shampoo or her brightly colored shirt that they are attracted to? No, I don’t think so. I believe it’s her sweet nature and her love of living things.
Each and every day make sure to consciously say to yourself what is right with you today, and the positive in those thoughts will create more good in your world. Don’t just look at what may have seemed to go wrong. Start looking for what went right…find anything…shift your focus….and you will begin to shift your life in a whole new direction.
We had such a great time yesterday. I’d call it a ‘Hopscotch day’ where we were in the house, in the studio, in town, back to home, in the studio, and enjoying every ‘hop.’
Lee’s parents are here and it’s wonderful to watch his parents and my parents talk about the old days. Each story gets bigger than the next and you begin to wonder what is fact and what is fiction!!
The fish get bigger, the bears get bigger, and the old school stories become a bit more animated. And every sentence began with “in MY day…”
I love ‘older’ people. They have had so many experiences that we can ‘experience’ through full of wisdom and humor. What a joy!
I am so excited about all the sign ups for my new class ‘How I Found Joy: A Direct Course to Happiness.’ I’m looking forward to all the realizations we will have together and the joy it brings to ‘talk’ with each and every one of you. This two week class starts May 15th and will accommodate to any schedule you may have. If you’re already a positive person this will take it to a whole new level!! And if you are looking for that vein of true happiness, you’ll find your answers during this two week course.
When you desire something with all your heart then this means you care if the particular desire will come about. The only problem is, in this case, caring is a form of concern or possibly even worry, and it slows the flow of what you desire. Focus on what you want and see it happening ‘in the now’. Ask and visualize it coming into your experience and then ‘let it go’ so the Universe can take care of how it happens. Don’t be concerned about the outcome of it all no matter how desperate you believe whatever it is may be needed. When you don’t ‘care’ you are releasing it to the Universe. And your caring about what you want is no longer keeping the desire in a holding pattern. Just know that all is there in the right flow and time.
Lee and I had some wonderful ‘one on one’ time with our son yesterday. Usually both boys come out to the house together but one of them had to work. It was nice to be able to sit and talk about his life and see what direction he is going and to hear his views.
It’s funny…my mom used to stay up and worry when I was out as a teenager and even now she can’t sleep until we are all safe and sound in our beds here at the house. And I learned something from her worrying. I realized that no matter how much she worries what is going to happen is going to happen. Each person that we care about and love make decisions based on their thoughts and perceptions. I value my mom’s love and I know she feels worrying is a form of love but it taught me so much growing up. It taught me that loving and accepting and expecting the best instead of worrying brought more to the person I was thinking about. I was sending them blessings and prayers by ‘seeing’ them in a wonderful light of protection and love.
So do I never worry? No…but I do catch myself and shift back in that joy. Part of loving someone is being able to ‘let them be’ and unconditional love them even if you don’t like their choices.
So our son is living life well through his beautiful big brown eyes. He’s making good choices for him and that is all that matters. What a joy he is!
The Universe doesn’t punish us because the Universe is always on our side. The Universe doesn’t keep us apart from good things. It is us who are responsible for our lives by reaping what we sow; that is in accordance with the law of cause and effect. Our consciousness is the cause and what happens to us is the effect of our own thinking. When you reap what you sow think about what are you sowing. What thoughts are you putting into action over and over again that causes you to sow those seeds? Any seed that is watered is going to grow and bring results. What mental thoughts are you sowing right now? Those thoughts, if you keep watering them, will come into existence.
We have our boys coming out this morning so Grandma’s cooking up everything in the kitchen! LOL
Lee and I are working on a new ‘course’ that many people have been e-mailing asking where did we find this joy that we can’t contain? Well…I know…marry Lee! hee hee I love working on new material because it helps me to fine-tune my own focus. I’m going to have a wonderful day…I just feel it!
Every religion serves its purpose and does its best to bring mankind to ‘oneness.’ Don’t bring down someone else’s beliefs or religion because those particular thoughts and teaching might be important to that person’s growth at that time. It may be their way of experiencing the Universe. Sure, there may be some beliefs that seem to keep someone from growing or that actually go against the eternal truth of life… love and joy. But when we or others judge another for their beliefs we ourselves are doing just want we want to avoid… judgments and non acceptance of what we feel is truth.
Lee is feeling good and is back in the studio. It’s wonderful to have my other half back in full swing. We’ll be recording RADIO LOA this afternoon and then getting rooms in the house ready for our weekend. We have family coming in tomorrow and on Friday so it’s time to spruce up a bit.
Mom is the queen of arranging flowers for the vases but she deserves that title. She owned her own florist for many years and has an incredible eye for design. She is at her best when company comes in. She loves planning everything down to the ‘T.’ Dad (on the other hand) likes to watch!! LOL
Are you one of the happy people of this world? Do you recognize who and what you are? Are you able to ‘be’ an open channel for the currents of flow that come and go in your life? Do you ‘live’ your truth? Instead of working for just for money, do you see the bigger picture of this material world? The ones who are truly happy have mastery over the thoughts of lack.
They realize that there is an unlimited supply of abundance sitting right within themselves, and that every need is taken care of. The need is taken care of in the way that is best for the individual, not necessarily what they expect or visualize on. They know that what they envision will be done. And they know that the Universe works in their favor and gives up any kind of disappoint in life knowing that the direction they are heading is exactly where they should be at that moment. All the while knowing that all is taken care of in anything they envision and live. It doesn’t mean that they don’t have problems. It means they have lifted above the societal thought of what life should be in this physical world and began living by the true-thought laws of the Universe.
My twenty eight year old son called last night and said, “Mom? Can I ask you a important question?”
That usually is a question about a girl when he asks about something important.
“I have this great girl coming over tomorrow night. Josh says I should cook to show her I care….uh…”
“You don’t cook,” I said bluntly.
“That’s the problem. Do you think you could come over and cook something up?” he asked.
“You mean you want me to be there?”
“Uh…no! I just wanted to know if you’d cook it up and then it would look like…”
“I get it. You want me to cook so you can take the credit.”
He kind of laughed. “Yeah.”
“Not going to happen,” I laughed. “Why would you start out a relationship under false pretenses?”
“Cuz I like her.”
“Then she’ll like you if she knows you can’t cook and maybe you should be coming over so I can teach you to cook,” I suggested.
“Remember last time?” he said.
“Oh.” I remember last time all right. This is my son who is a wonderful guy full of interesting ideas but he has always had his own way of doing things. When we got in the kitchen together he seriously had no clue the difference between boiling and frying. He had no concept of cooking. I guess when he was young he didn’t pay attention to the cooking end of things, only the eating! It ended up us laughing hysterically in the kitchen when he tried making some Cream of Wheat. It was full of so many lumps and burn marks that even the cat wouldn’t eat it.
“This is what you do. Go to the Market of Choice and go to their gourmet deli. They have all kinds of salads and pick out a few with variety. Get some French bread and then make a nice presentation. She’ll be able to tell you care just by that. And she’ll really know you care when you didn’t cook for her!”
“That sounds good, Mom. I’ll do that.”
I just had to tease him. “Are you sure you don’t want me to come over?”
“Uh…no Mom. She doesn’t need to hear how wonderfully positive she is from you. That’s my job to tell her.”
That’s my boy.
Free yourself from the worries of your daily life. Choose calm and ease over fear. If you are all tied up in difficulties choose to be set free within your mind. Break the chains of fear and worry. What will it do for you? Wouldn’t it be much easier and joyful to cut free from the thoughts of fear and assume the best in your life? Free yourself today. Make a choice to shift your focus away from fear and replace it with trust in all the possibilities.
Isn’t it amazing how siblings can be so different? I know that it is part of the experience but you would think that being raised by the same parents and in the same environment, would make us more similar. Lee and his sister couldn’t be more different, two of my siblings and I are on completely different planets, and my other sibling and I understand each other and talk the same language but still…
I appreciate each one for who they are but I will say that I learn most of what I want and (don’t want) in life through the example of my siblings. We’re all creating and experiencing, aren’t we?
Time to go call the other planet. I’m being the ‘good’ sister!
When you seek joy, take a look at a child. Watch how they gravitate to what makes them happy. They are born with the feeling of complete connection to the Universe. Then he begins to see how this physical world works and begins realizing the contrast regarding what he wants and doesn’t want.
Make sure that a choice that is made for your child is a reflection of what you both want…not just you. You’ll be teaching him to understand that it’s okay to think differently than his parents, but at the same time encourages him to demonstrate respect for your decisions as long as his feelings and thoughts are taken into consideration.
We are all here creating together. We can all have the life we want and we can encourage others to do the same as long as it harms no one. We can respect each others life creations and enjoy and help each other along.
“Go talk to your father! He makes me so mad!” That is what Mom came in with this morning.
So I went back to his room and he was sitting there without his trusty walker.
“Your mom’s a little miffed at me.”
“Why’s that, Dad?”
“I’m feeling really good. I don’t think I need that walker anymore. You don’t know what it’s like to be cooped up and not be able to do anything. This Spring weather makes me want to plant and…”
It’s about his independence. Mom doesn’t want him to do anything because she doesn’t want him to get hurt but Dad is the kind of guy that needs to be doing something.
“I’ll go talk to her, Dad.”
“She’s hoppin’ mad,” he warned.
“I know.” What Dad doesn’t know is that many of my own lessons of life, and why I am the way I am, stemmed from observing them…especially Mom. I found out what I wanted and didn’t want within my own thoughts partly because of them and I knew what Mom was feeling…even if Dad didn’t.
“Hey, Mom?” She was sitting at the table fuming.
“Did you talk to him?” she asked.
“Yeah…Mom you want to see Dad’s side here as well,” I said cautiously.
“You’re taking his side,” she said glaring at me.
“Not at all. Just think of it this way. You can get around and do the things you want to but little by little Dad’s independence keeps dwindling. He can’t walk without help, he can’t garden, he’s not able to drive, his food is being restricted, and he’s beginning to feel like he’s not living. You don’t want that…right?”
She was silent.
“I know Dad’s eighty two but if we take everything away from him then he’s going to decide that maybe it’s time to hit the road…and decide it’s time to pass on. We need to keep his mind busy and let him enjoy some of the things.”
She softened. “I just don’t want him to die, Bethie.”
“I hear you, Mom. I do. I don’t want him to die either but stopping him from doing everything is pointing him in that direction. He has a brain. He knows most of his limits.”
“Only cuz of me,” Mom said.
I laughed. “Yes, you are the voice of reason but let’s let him live a little. What do you say?”
“OOOHHhhh! How can I have been married for sixty one years to that man?”
“Because you love him,” I said.
“He’s an old fart,” Mom shot back. “But I do love him.”
“So no more walker for now?” I asked Mom.
“Okay but that makes more work for me,” she said.
“What do you mean?”
“The walls will be dirty from him keeping his balance. Oh your father…”
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