Feelings and The Law of Attraction

I’ve been learning and learning and learning during these past few months. Learning that to change our world perspective I need to change my own. My world is a reflection of me. If I want joy in the world I need to have joy within me first. Everything and anything begins with me first.
Here’s how to live from and in joy: remember the time in your life when you felt complete joy? Was it enjoying an ice cream cone? Was it sitting on the beach watching and listening to the water while feeling the sand between your toes? Was it listening to a piece of music that you love? Was it the birth of your child? Was it the first cup of great tasting/smelling coffee that you ever had? Was it great sex? Was it being hugged? Was it a real smile from another? Was it riding your bike creating wind in your face? Was it watching the best sunset ever? What was it for you? Can you feel that feeling right now? That’s it. Feel it………………………………………………………………………….. Take that feeling with you in every moment of this day, no matter what. Don’t let anything or anyone to take that away from you. It’s yours.
What is it that you want from your life? More money? New job? More money? Vacation? Health? Peace? More money? New car? Bigger house? New __________________? More money?
Seems that most folks want more money. Do you want it for the feeling of joy that it’ll bring? Do you want it for the feeling of freedom? What’s the feeling you want that money will give you. That feeling is what makes our lives worthwhile, joyful, happy, etc. If you can change your perspective from the object, money, to the feeling then you’ll be on your way to a happy life. And, remember that what you focus on expands so when you focus on the freedom money will bring to you then you’ll get more feelings of freedom. Pretend that you have all the money you could ever want. Isn’t that feeling of freedom really awesome?! Focus on it, in every moment. If you fall out of it then get it back as fast as you can. Be grateful that you know what it feels like. Being appreciative and feeling freedom will bring you more and more of it. What you focus on expands in your life. If you can focus on money being freedom and loving money for the freedom then you create the attraction of it to you. Appreciating and feeling it are the keys to the law of attraction.
Ok, now the “I Love” game, my turn first: I love the taste of chocolate and coffee together.
Your turn:

Love, Light & Laughter

Reverence for Life 2

What came up for me this month was my human-ness, specifically anger.  Being human means I have feelings which show me about myself.

Let’s pretend that we have reverence for our own lives, that we love ourselves. Ok, I’ll start. I love my human-ness.  I love my anger, it lets me see where I need to direct my attention, not to the guy who cut me off on the freeway, but to my own anger in the situation.  If all the world is a mirror of me to help me learn about myself then what was that showing me?  Behind anger is fear.  Was I angry because he was breaking the rules and I don’t because I’m afraid of being caught doing something wrong?  Was I angry because I was scared to death in that moment? Was I angry because his action surprised and frightened me and I didn’t know what he would do next?  So far I have 1) “How come he can break the rules and I can’t?”, so….fear that I’ll get caught doing something wrong; 2) “I felt like a victim when I was scared to death.”; and, 3) “I had a fear of the unknown.”  I claim all three.

I’m going to focus on number one 1).  “…afraid of being caught doing something
wrong.”  As a child I learned that I must strive to be perfect, to be perfect in thought, word and deed.  To be on the alert at all times to ensure I was being perfect.  When I transgressed I would have to confess the wrongdoings once a week in Confession.  That created fear in me, fear of not being perfect.  Now, there’s a belief we can all do without.  I mean………come on………little
kids scared to death to do anything, say anything and think anything that wasn’t
Godlike.  What a way to control.  And, apparently I still had that belief, I was still under the control of that belief.  How about, “I am perfect as I am.”  How about, “I am perfectly me.”  I like those.  I could say I worked on that but I prefer to
say I played in the energy of being perfectly me with all the “bad” I’ve done over my lifetime.  The “bad” were simply experiences that I chose at the time, at 5, 7, 10, every age, simply experiences that I chose which I chose with the knowledge I had at the time.  Doesn’t make any of it wrong, it was simply a choice at the time.  Thinking, “I hate that girl,” doesn’t make an 8 yr old bad or unGodlike,
it just makes her an 8 yr old who for some reason has strong negative feelings
for another girl.

I’m going to forgive myself for all the “bad” thoughts I ever had.  All thoughts I have are based on my beliefs past or present.  I’m changing the belief from “Must Be Perfect” to “I Am Perfectly ME”.  So there!

So……….I noticed the anger and named it, “Fear”.  I became aware of it and then allowed it (oh yes, there was mass cuss words, and cussing is not a sin).  I acknowledged it and accepted that it was mine.  I appreciated that it was MY feeling.  And, I embraced it.  I embraced my human-ness.

Ok, let’s play the “I Love game”, I’ll start:  I love fresh air after rain showers…….I love a mocha latte……I LOVE ME.
Your turn.

Love, Light & Laughter,

Terry

Reverence for Life 1

Let’s begin today, right now having reverence for life by starting with ourself.  We know deep down in our soul that we are Lights of the Divine.  When we shine our Light we revere the Divine, the Beloved, our Creator, and, ourself. 

We ask, “How can we shine our Light?”  Our Light shines when we love ourself.

How to love ourself:   Look in the mirror, love every aspect of that reflection, every detail, remembering that Beloved created that work of art with UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.  Accept that.  We are that loved.  Our heart opens when we love ourself.  When we have something we can give it away, when we have love for ourself we are then capable of giving it to another with an open heart.  With love comes reverence, reverence for ourself which is reverence for Beloved.  Let’s be grateful to Beloved for the gift of our Life, the gift of ourself.  Then let’s be grateful for all the gifts Beloved has bestowed on us:  air to breathe, water to drink and hear and play in and use, yummy and wonderful flavors to taste, the ability to see beautiful colors and shapes and textures, sounds to hear and feel, feelings to feel, beautiful things to touch, experiences of love and fun and laughter, hugs, information to learn, all the multitude of gifts we have.  List some of your own.  Science has proven that thoughts become things so when our focus is on all the marvelousness in our life we will get more.  Try an experiment:  Say out loud a short list of things that you love.  I’ll start, “I love the first cup of coffee in the morning.  I love chocolate.  I love listening to children play. I love a hug.  I love looking at the tulips in bloom, I love watching my flowering crabapple tree bloom, I love watching the hummingbirds fly up to the feeder……………………”  Then get with another and alternately list things you love.  Notice how you feel after playing this game.  Now look in the mirror and play this game with yourself, “I love the color of my eyes, I love the shape of my chin, I love…………….”  We shine our Light when we love ourself.  We can make the world a better place when we open our hearts first to ourself then to the world – our Light shines brightly.

Watch for ‘Reverence for Life 2’ next week.

Believe in YOU

“Believe in love.

Believe in magic.

Believe in Santa Claus.

Believe in…….yourself.

Believe in your dreams.

If you don’t, who will?”

Adapted from the quote

- Jon Bon Jovi

Love Yourself……First – Joy, The Experience

Remember the last time you were filled with joy.  Can you remember it now? 

That’s the feeling you can take with you, in every moment.  That feeling is where you find YOU.  That’s YOU.  That’s your essence.  That’s your Light shining.  Let that shine out to the world.  Smile at yourself in the mirror with that feeling and shout, “I Am Joy!”.  Dance to the music of you shouting, “I Am Joy!”  Sing it, “I Am Joy!”  Smile at another with that feeling.  Do it.  Do it now.  Let’s all do that right now.  Woo Hoo, how wonderful is that feeling!!!!

Thoughts become things and when you feel joy, you are joyous and you get joy.  When you smile at yourself with joy, you get joy.  When you smile at another with joy, they get joy and you get joy.

Thoughts become things and when you focus on the negative happenings then you get negative happenings.  As Dee Wallace says, “When you focus on the poop, you get more poop.”  When you focus on the joy, you get more joy.

Let’s choose JOY, right now…………………………..JOY.

Love, Light & Laughter

Terry

Do You Know Yourself

Do you know who you are?

Are you being who you really are?  Or, are you trying to be what you think another wants you to be? 

If you trying to be someone another will like then you are really only acting a part, the part of being the ‘not real’ you, the actor, the phony.  It’s a lie.  You are not being you.  You will be stuck playing the part of ‘not real’ you.  You may have to say, “Yes” a lot when you want to say, “No”.  After a while you’ll get angry at the friend, and you’ll think negatively about them.  None of it will be their fault.  And, it’s not your fault.  It’s the way we were programmed.  We were taught to………………………………………………………………………..

…………………Be Nice.

Are you afraid they won’t like you if you were the real you? 

Do you even know who the real you is?

I’ve done this oh so many times in my life so I know how it feels.  As the actor I felt trapped, like I didn’t have any freedom.  I know now that the feeling of freedom is one of the most important experiences in my life.  I love freedom.  I love the feeling of freedom.  I love the experience of freedom.  Can you remember an experience in your life when you felt freedom?  What a fantastic, peaceful, joyful experience!!! 

Would you like to feel the freedom of being YOU?  The REAL YOU?

You can start by getting acquainted with yourself.  One way is to know what you really like and don’t like.  By listing what you truly like and truly don’t like you will be able get a glimpse of yourself.  When I did this, my ‘don’t like’ list was sooooooooooo much longer than my ‘like’ list.  I decided that I would start making my ‘like’ list longer.  It would consist of, for instance:

.    the kind of ice cream I liked, not the kind I think someone would want me to like

.    cotton sheets or flannel sheets or silk sheets (or all three)

.    playing baseball or watching (or both)

.    4” heels or 2”, sling back, open toed, red, or, I would choose depending on how I felt that day

.    parmesan powder or shaves of a real wedge of parmesan on my spaghetti and maybe my salad

There are a multitude of things to experience in this world, you can branch out big time and choose all the things you like.  Try it, you’ll like it.  I’m going to get a bar of dark chocolate and enjoy every bite.  Maybe I’ll get milk chocolate too.  And eat both.  Don’t limit yourself.

Love, Light & Laughter



You Are the Valentine

Love yourself.  Start today.  Look in the mirror at magnificent you, smile at yourself.  If your Creator thinks you are magnificent and adores you, cherishes you, treasures you then who are you to not do the same?  Leave yourself a voice message saying, “I love you _________(your name).”  Write yourself a love email.  Text yourself with love messages.  Leave sticky notes around your living space with messages of self love.  Here’s a couple of examples, “I love you __________, you are wonderful.”  And, “I love you ___________, you are delightful.”  Use your own words too, think up love thoughts for yourself.  Do it.  Do it now.  Let’s spread love by loving ourself first.

Love, Light & Laughter.

Know Yourself, Love Yourself

 N, N and 5 A’s

You are the only you there is in this world.  The only one.  How unique is that!!!  That makes you unique.  You are magnificent, YES YOU ARE.  Your Creator says that to you all the time, are you listening?

To be able to love yourself you MUST first know yourself, know what you’re loving.  You know what you look like and your Source created you with unconditional love, You Are Cherished.  You know a little about things you like and don’t like.  To really get acquainted with yourself you’ll need to know how you feel.  Not how you think you should feel, but how you really feel.  Don’t panic, how you feel may have been buried or stuffed down but let’s take a look at how to let them all out.

NOTICE any feeling, or thought that seems like it would lead to a feeling.  Ask yourself, “What is that?”  NAME it.

Be AWARE of the feeling.  Don’t disregard it or try to push it away or try to bury it. 

ALLOW it.  Yes, allow it.  It wants your attention so allow it to be.

ACKNOWLEDGE it.  Give it the nod and say, “I see you”, or “I hear you”, or “I feel you”, whichever suits you personally.

ACCEPT it.  It’s yours.  No one else in the world feels that feeling your way, only you.  Accept that you have it, it is yours.  It belongs to unique you.

APPRECIATE it.  It belongs to unique you and it’s trying to tell you that it is unique just like you.  You can tell it, “I appreciate you, thank you for being a unique part of unique me.”

Embrace your own unique humanness, it’s part of your magnificent self.  Yes, MAGNIFICENT.

Love, Light & Laughter

Give To Another

“Whatever it is you want more of, give it to another”.  I don’t know who said that but I had to think about it for a moment.

If I want joy then if I give joy to another it creates joy in them, in their heart, and, causes me to feel joy just seeing/hearing/feeling them receive it.  OK, I get it. 

So, if I create my own world with my thoughts then I create more joy in my world thinking about giving joy to someone and then by giving it to him or her.

Sounds like the easy path to world peace to me.

Love, Light & Laughter!

Int’l Happiness Day Tip

I acted on the tip about writing “I Love You” on sticky notes and sticking them to places where people I care about would find them:  inside a pants pocket, inside a cabinet door, in a briefcase, on a bathroom mirror, inside a drawer, on tomorrow’s page in a daytimer, inside a clean coffee cup, on the back of a tv remote – all over the place.  It made me laugh sneaking around to stick them and then having folks find them.  What great fun it was.  You’ve gotta try it!!  Woo Hoo!!!!