The Secret Is Wags

A friend told me she was making a list of things she loved.  What a great idea!  What better way to feel good than to deliberately think of all the things you love?

Abraham-Hicks say that the vibration of appreciation is one of the most powerfully positive vibrations you can experience.  When you’re appreciating, you’re aligned with source, with your nonphysical self, and when you’re aligned, you’re a vibrational match to what you want.

So that’s what I just did; I made a list of things I love and appreciate.

Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

1. Tim
2. Ducky
3. Muggins
4. Me
5. My house
6. All the trees in my yard
7. Trees in general
8. Privacy
9. Living near the ocean
10. The constant sound of the ocean
11. Rain
12. More rain
13. Even more rain
14. Blustery days
15. Laughing
16. Winnie the Pooh
17. Tigger
18. My memory foam/latex king-sized mattress …. Ahhhhh
19. My memory foam pillow
20. Ducky sleeping against me
21. Watching Ducky sleep
22. Watching Ducky play
23. Watching Ducky watch TV (she likes dog shows)
24. Watching Ducky do pretty much anything … (yes, even peeing)
25. Walking in the woods
26. Walking by the ocean
27. Finding agates
28. Finding shells
29. Finding glass floats
30. The glass floats I’ve already found
31. The big driftwood logs Muggins once carried that I saved and Tim sanded and sealed and that are in my bedroom reminding me of how wondrous Muggins was and still is (in nonphysical form)
32. Long, hot jacuzzi baths
33. Reading in bed
34. My gas fireplace
35. Funny movies (not stupid, just funny)
36. The Joyful Springer blog
37. Bubbles
38. Teddy bears
39. Puppies
40. Dogs
41. Elephants
42. Deer
43. Rabbits
44. Raccoons
45. Squirrels
46. Pizza
47. Red wine
48. Riesling wine
49. Chocolate
50. Especially brownies
51. And chocolate chip cookies
52. Lemon meringue pie
53. Cheesecake
54. Crab cakes
55. The Ocean Crest Resort Restaurant
56. The Oregon Coast
57. Cannon Beach, Oregon
58. Jan
59. Nancy
60. Kathy
61. Paz
62. Drawing
63. Singing
64. Sex (with my husband)
65. Dancing
66. Sleeping in
67. Waking up naturally (no alarm)
68. Puppy Days
69. Writing
70. Selling a book
71. Seeing my books in book stores
72. Money, specifically, money that’s mine
73. Playing Scrabble
74. Playing cards
75. Having friends over to play games
76. Playing Pictionary
77. Supportive friends
78. Purple
79. Vibrant blue
80. Bright red
81. A good action thriller movie
82. Anne Rivers Siddons books
83. The Corrs
84. Enya
85. Sarah McLachlan
86. Candlelight dinners
87. Foot massages
88. Full body massages
89. Using my chi machine
90. Hot tubs
91. Having my day free to do whatever the heck I want to do
92. Sweetheart roses
93. Taking pictures
94. Taking pictures of dogs
95. My laptop computer
96. My ability to type quickly
97. My ability to read quickly
98. My ability to think quickly
99. Being able to walk
100. The fact that Tim tells me he loves me several times a day
101. Having a husband who thinks I’m beautiful no matter what
102. Ducky’s exuberant greetings (when we’ve been apart for 5 minutes)
103. Petting Ducky
104. Watching House Hunters International on HGTV
105. Baking
106. Going out for dinner
107. Going out for breakfast
108. Going out for lunch
109. Miniature golf
110. Air hockey
111. Shooting arcade games
112. Racing arcade games
113. Celtic knots
114. My bedroom furniture
115. The hutch that Tim built
116. The mountains
117. Mount Rainier
118. Sunsets
119. Sunrises
120. Rainbows
121. Eagles
122. Mystery novels
123. Piano music
124. Listening to Tim sing
125. Singing with Tim
126. Watching Tim direct a choir
127. Long talks with close friends
128. Coffee with hazelnut cream
129. Dreaming about Muggins
130. My 22-year old 4runner, which keeps on truckin’
131. The Weatherwax, the forest where we walk Ducky
132. Good water pressure
133. Gas cook stove
134. Garbage disposals
135. My ceiling fan
136. My washer/dryer
137. The fact that Tim does laundry
138. The fact that Tim helps me clean the house
139. Having the house clean and neat
140. Clean sheets
141. Flannel sheets
142. Fuzzy navels (the drink, not lint in a portion of the anatomy)
143. Peaches
144. Raspberries
145. Crusty French bread
146. Manicotti
147. Mexican food
148. Mu shu chicken
149. Vegetable egg rolls
150. Simple gold jewelry
151. My celtic wedding band
152. My Muggins necklace (her picture in 24k gold)
153. Abraham-Hicks
154. The law of attraction
155. My peaceful neighborhood
156. Quiet evenings at home
157. The movie, Love Actually
158. The movie, Notting Hill
159. Interior design
160. Shopping for décor stuff
161. Sewing teddy bears
162. Snow
163. Having a nice ex-husband
164. Being married to a very sweet man
165. Having my hair washed
166. Thinking about the Waggery
167. Thinking about traveling in an RV with Tim and Ducky
168. Being slender (I can vaguely remember what that felt like)
169. My covered back deck
170. My small town
171. Being 1 minute from a grocery store
172. Being less than that from a beach
173. Getting a pedicure
174. Massage chairs
175. Writing a novel
176. Finishing a novel
177. Buying presents for friends and family
178. Wrapping presents
179. The yuletide
180. Decorating for the yule
181. Opening presents
182. Holy Clothing (it’s a brand, not something spiritual)
183. Ebay
184. Getting unexpected money
185. Winning
186. Success
187. Pancakes on Sunday mornings
188. Being able to see, hear, smell, feel, and taste
189. Cobb salad (without the bacon)
190. Avocados
191. Artichokes
192. Picnics
193. Bev Doolittle art
194. Strawberry/banana smoothies made with soy milk
195. Submarine sandwiches (with turkey, cheese and all the fixings, especially with vinegar … but NOT from Subway—they’re okay, but not my fave)
196. Training Ducky—especially when she GET’S IT!
197. The Pacific Northwest
198. The Olympic Mountains
199. Fort Warden in Port Townsend, WA
200. Costco
201. Lazing in a hammock
202. Hummingbirds
203. Butterflies
204. Ladybugs
205. Fuzzy caterpillars
206. Chipmunks (especially feeding them)
207. Feeding apples to the deer across the street from our house
208. Day trips

I’m making it a goal to continue to think of things to add to this list.  How can I be thinking of things I don’t like if I’m scouring my head for things I love?

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