Dance…laugh…cry…sing
Invite the sunlight back again.
It truly is that easy to go from darkness to light.
What’s stopping you???
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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!)
Look into their eyes
The world goes by so bustlingly fast, a blur of action, words, and feelings. As human beings, we work so hard to take it all in, to make it all part of that story that is us.
So often we miss the opportunity to witness without action, to pause and be in the moment, to look into the eyes of those around us as they experience their own defeat and triumph, their own fears, their own hurt, their love, their joy and to be with it all, but act on none of it. Animals do it, especially cats. They are wonderful at exercising the witness mind.
Let go of rational thought for a moment and step away from the need to do. Pause, tapping into your animal instincts, and just watch. Meditate on what you see. Look into the eyes of those around you. Look beyond the surface…and even those who, in your mind, may have brought hurt or pain may reveal to you an underlying softness, a love, that they just can’t figure out how to put into action because they’ve put so much other stuff out there.
Look into their eyes and connect with that love and you just may have more love to hold onto as you go bustlingly through the fast-paced action that is the story of you.
Rock Your Goddess
You are a goddess if…
*you are a source of life and being.
*you are believed in by others.
*you are a being of beauty and grace.
*you have supernatural powers and attributes.
YOU are a GODDESS!! (yep, guys, you have goddess in you too!)
Believe in YOURSELF… your INNER BEAUTY…your FLOWING GRACE…your GENEROUS SPIRIT…your SUPERNATURAL POWERS!
Let the mystery and sparkle that is you continue to slowly unfold as you rock your goddess self!
Beacon of Joy
Do what feels good. Not what feels good to the touch, but what feels good to the soul.
You know…that feeling that comes from way deep down, that bubbles up through your heart space and spontaneously makes the corners of your mouth turn up from the inside. The stuff that breeds butterflies in your belly, causes goose bumps to ripple on the skin, and parts the clouds in a heavy sky.
If you move from that place of good, you cannot help but to be a beacon of abundant joy.
And, isn’t that what life should really be about?
Ebbing Seasons
The distance between despair and happiness is no farther than traveling from one moment to the next.
Although often it feels never-ending and all-encompassing, despair is fleeting, like a season.
Winter grays, chills, and presses down heavily upon the earth as if it will never move along and yet, somehow, even as memory serves to guide us, we forget that this is just a point in time.
And, suddenly, with such precision, in the next moment Winter lifts its heavy veil and Spring arrives.
And, so it is with despair and happiness, ever swift and cunning, they ebb and flow in and out of our lives just like the changing seasons.
Celebrate Every Day Like It’s Your Birthday
Every day, heaven and earth celebrate the gift of you, so why shouldn’t you?
Let every day contain the same wonder and awe that came with you as you entered this world.
Revel in all that you see, be grateful for all that you encounter, and live every moment fully.
Let every day be the gift that it was intended to be. There is no question the world would not be what it is without you.
So, celebrate the greatness of you…every day.
Monday Mindfulness 