Spread your wings. Feel the natural rhythms of the wind. Trust your instincts. Find ease in the work. Let your inner self guide you …and feel JOY.
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Grateful
There are so many wonderous experiences and gifts in your life. But it is only through appreciation that the richness, the joy, and the abundance surfaces, completing and sealing those experiences as the gifts they really are.
Become aware of one thing that you can appreciate…right now. And feel grateful.
Great…
And
…Full
Love a little more
Settle your shoulders away from your ears, slide your shoulder blades down your back, squeeze them together a little, opening your heart space. Take a deep breath in and feel a little more love.
BREATHE! BREATHE deeply! Feel your chest rise, your ribs expand…FREE your heart. Shed the coat of armor, soften and expand the space surrounding your heart. Invite deeper and more fulfilling breath into the body, and begin to heal, soften, and strengthen your heart space.
Opening the heart allows you to forgive, let go of resentment, release fear…experience more freedom, more love, more joy.
Breathe. FREE your heart.
Keep BREATHing…love a little more.
Share Your YOUness
Never discount your contributions, your value…your YOU-ness. Share your gifts with the world, not out of vanity or to gain some return, but because they may make the difference in someone else’s life. But, you can’t be selective, sharing only some of your gifts, some of the time, as you never know for whom, when, or why your gifts will matter most.
“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”
― Dr. Seuss
Invite the Light Back In
Dance…laugh…cry…sing
Invite the sunlight back again.
It truly is that easy to go from darkness to light.
What’s stopping you???
Timeless Optimism
The Optimist Creed (by Christian D. Larson, 1912)
Promise yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past, and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.
To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.
Written 100 years ago and yet written for today.
Make it a great week!
Replace Fear with Love
Our natural state is one of love. We are meant to make decisions, act, and behave from a space of love – love for ourselves and love for each other. Yet, as we go through life, sometimes experiences create in us a space of rustling, uneasiness, fear. We end up acting and moving from a state of fear, rather than one of love.
Fear is not a natural state – breath is shallow, muscles tense, the ego steps in, behaviors become defensive, and the mind, body, and breath are imbalanced.
Reclaim your balance. Steady yourself. Let go of expectations and pre-determined outcomes. Notice that decisions and actions from a space of fear can be hollow or unfulfilling in the end.
Return to your natural state. Connect with the true seat of your wisdom, your heart. Accept and like yourself, don’t be afraid of who you really are, and move from a place of love.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
(Marianne Williamson)
Today is your Lucky Day!
There is something that has just happened or will happen any moment for which you can be grateful…you just have to choose to see it that way.
It will warm your heart, bubble up into your brain, and remind you how incredible your life is…if you’ll only let it.
Laugh…and Open New Possibilities
Laughter is a strong medicine for mind and body. It is a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and conflict. It also lightens burdens, inspires hopes, connects you with others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert.
There are many physiological and psychological benefits to laughter.
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Laughter is a catalyst for creativity, new discoveries, and enhanced relationships, with oneself and others. Laugh more and you will find that you become more relaxed, positive, creative, joyful, and balanced.
Try this simple exercise: Take a full breath in and then draw your shoulders up towards your ears. Hold your shoulders up close to your ears. Count to two and then as you exhale, move your shoulders down and up quickly as you laugh, “ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha”, for six or eight times in a row. Repeat several times. Notice the release of tension in your upper body, notice your renewed energy and freer flow of breath.
Enjoy the benefits of laughter and know that, with every laugh…you open new possibilities for the Universe.
Make it a great week!
Life Lessons
Life isn’t so simple,
Or, so, some might say.
But, joy, love and kindness
Can brighten anyone’s day.
And, isn’t that really what matters most of all.
To care for ourselves and those around us…no matter how big or small?
(Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss…and thank you for inspiring these and so many of my other words, thoughts, and actions!)
